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Product Identifiers
PublisherPavilion Books
ISBN-101911595148
ISBN-139781911595144
eBay Product ID (ePID)236709675
Product Key Features
Book TitleLas Vegas Then and Now®: People and Places (Then and Now)
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2018
TopicUnited States / State & Local / West (Ak, CA, Co, Hi, Id, Mt, Nv, Ut, WY), United States / West / Mountain (Az, Co, Id, Mt, NM, Nv, Ut, WY), Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), Social History, Pictorials (See Also Photography / Subjects & Themes / Regional)
IllustratorYes
GenreTravel, Photography, History
AuthorSu Kim Chung
Book SeriesThen and Now Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight20.2 Oz
Item Length4.9 in
Item Width6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2019-467274
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal979.355
SynopsisLas Vegas Then and Now is a pictorial nostalgia-fest for those who remember the city as it was 40, 30 or even 20 years ago., Las Vegas Then and Now is a pictorial nostalgia-fest for those who remember the city as it was 40, 30 or even 20 years ago. There has been constant change in Vegas ever since the wartime expansion of local industry led to a boom in visitors to what had previously been an out-of-the-way railroad halt.Fortunes have been won and lost in the gambling capital of America, not just in the one-armed bandits or on the roulette wheels, but in the development of brand new casinos where the stakes are billions.Using archive photos and vintage color postcards, and photographing the same site today, Las Vegas Then and Now People and Places charts the rise and demise of the classic casinos on the strip; El Rancho Vegas, the Desert Inn, the Stardust, New Frontier, the Sands, Showboat and the Dunes. It looks at the gambling halls enclosed on Fremont Street, the flying-saucer-shaped Convention Center, the famous failures such as the Moulin Rouge and Howard Hughes' futuristic Landmark Hotel together with the enduring successes such as the El Cortez and the Little Chapel of the West.Also includes: The Riviera, Caesar's Palace, Tropicana, Circus Circus, The Mint, Flamingo, Aladdin, Imperial City, Sahara, Hacienda, Westward Ho Castaways, Lady Luck, Boardwalk, Elvis-a-rama and the Star Trek Museum., Las Vegas Then and Now is a pictorial nostalgia-fest for those who remember the city as it was 40, 30 or even 20 years ago. There has been constant change in Vegas ever since the wartime expansion of local industry led to a boom in visitors to what had previously been an out-of-the-way railroad halt. Fortunes have been won and lost in the gambling capital of America, not just in the one-armed bandits or on the roulette wheels, but in the development of brand new casinos where the stakes are billions. Using archive photos and vintage color postcards, and photographing the same site today, Las Vegas Then and Now People and Places charts the rise and demise of the classic casinos on the strip; El Rancho Vegas, the Desert Inn, the Stardust, New Frontier, the Sands, Showboat and the Dunes. It looks at the gambling halls enclosed on Fremont Street, the flying-saucer-shaped Convention Center, the famous failures such as the Moulin Rouge and Howard Hughes' futuristic Landmark Hotel together with the enduring successes such as the El Cortez and the Little Chapel of the West. Also includes: The Riviera, Caesar's Palace, Tropicana, Circus Circus, The Mint, Flamingo, Aladdin, Imperial City, Sahara, Hacienda, Westward Ho! Castaways, Lady Luck, Boardwalk, Elvis-a-rama and the Star Trek Museum.
LC Classification NumberF849.L35
