Tag: Vintage Las Vegas
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Sunrise on Sin City: Vegas in the 1930s
Download Episode Last week, we talked about how Vegas began as a humble, dusty railroad town, springing up from the desert floor with silent-era movie theaters, a raucous district of ill-repute, the first use of neon signage, and the building of the Hoover dam, the catalyst that would spur major development, Vegas had soared through…
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Welcome to Fabulous Frontier Town
From a Dusty Desert Town to The Roaring ‘Teens and ‘Twenties Download Episode Before there was the glow of neon or the crooning of the Rat Pack, there was sagebrush and open desert. Back when “The Strip” was still known as Highway 91, back before the tagline “What happens in Vegas…” existed, there were a…
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Hollywood Hideaways: Tales from the Chateau Marmont
Download Episode Estimated read time: 10 minutes If you must get into trouble, do it at the Chateau Marmont,” Columbia Pictures’ producer Harry Cohn once famously said. Welcome to this episode of On With The Show, where we dive into the glitz, glamour, and gossip of one of the entertainment world’s most iconic landmarks. Today, we’re…
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