This just turned up in my inbox.

It is Fremont Street, I'm guessing in the mid-1950s.  It is looking west towards the Train Depot.

Wonderful look at Fremont Street when it was still the city's Main Street, USA.

Smith and Chandler's Western Wear, Baines for Women, Skaggs Payless Drugs,  watch repair and in the foreground in the right corner, the wonderful Melodie Lane Restaurant.

Ahh, the Las Vegas of old.

Does anyone know where the photo came from?  Flickr?  Another historic site.

Please let me know if you find it in your travels!

The original Aladdin neon signage designed by Yesco.  Brian "Buzz" Leming was part of the design team

Origina Caesar's Palace neon signage designed by Yesco.  Brian "Buzz" Leming was part of the design team.

Neon sign designed by Brian "Buzz" Leming

Architecture and Neon in Clark County is the topic of the May 1 panel discussion at 6 pm at the Clark County Government Center. This month we throw the spotlight on the neon and the architecture that made mid-century Las Vegas famous.

Panelists include

Brian “Buzz” Leming, long-time sign designer who mentored under Betty Willis, worked with some of the great sign designers at YESCO and is still designing signs today for Federal Heath.

Helga Watkins, Associate Professor, UNLV Art Dept.,

architect Eric Strain

Dr. David Schwartz, UNLV Library Special Collections.

Friday, May 1st

Clark County Government Center

Clark County Commisioner Chambers

6:00 pm

The discussion, which is free to the public, is part of the ongoing First Friday series “Centennial Stories: Examing Our Past” commemorating 2009 Clark County’s Centennial. The discussion will be broadcast live on CCTV 4. Audience members are encouraged to ask questions