Continuing our walk down Memory Lane:

Here is a row of houses in early Las Vegas.  The idea that no one lived here is just a myth.  People came to Las Vegas for the land auction in May, 1905 and began carving a community out of the harsh desert almost immediately.

The Las Vegas Grammar School.  The cornerstone was laid in 1910 and the school opened in 1911.  Students from across the Valley were invited to attend.  The school burned down in 1935 and was rebuilt as a sturdier structure that is currently being restored by the City of Las Vegas.

Before Vegas Vic became the iconic neon sign on Fremont Street a similar image was used by the
Chamber of Commerce and businesses around town to promote the city.  Here is a postcard from the
Old West Motel on South Fifth Street.  Today Fifth Street is better known as Las Vegas Blvd. South.

Special thanks to the Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas for letting us use these images.

We apologize for being gone so much the last couple of weeks. The knee surgery from June took longer to heal up then originally anticipated.  To say thank you for your patience and kind thoughts, I'd thought I'd share some photos of things that aren't there anymore, Las Vegas-style:

This is Fremont Street circa the early 1930s.  The train depot is at the end of the street.  The Las Vegas Pharmacy is on the right-hand side about half way down (the castle like structure).  Retail businesses like the Sweet Shoppe, restaurants and other business are the focal point for  the small community.  Professionals such as doctors and lawyers offices are located on the second floor of many of the buildings.  The various gambling halls have yet to arrive.

The Hotel Last Frontier along Highway 91 (the highway to and from Los Angeles) with the pool out front so that passing motorists could see the cool, blue water and bathing beauties.  On a hot summer day in those years before air-conditioning was standard in cars, sites like this probably looked very refreshing to weary travelers.

A bevy of beauties.  The original hotels on the Las Vegas Strip all had chorus lines of young, beautiful dancers like this.

Downtown circa the early 1960s.  The Las Vegas Pharmacy has been replaced by the Silver Palace, Vegas Vic's arm still goes back and forth and he still talks and the beautiful Mint Hotel shoots neon into the heavens every night.  Downtown has become "Glitter Gulch".

Special Thanks to the Nevada State Museum, Las Vegas for letting us use these images.