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Montreux, Switzerland - December 11, 2024: Casino Barriere Montreux, entrance, along the shoreline of Lake Geneva
“The Silver Slipper Saloon and Gambling Hall revives the Barbary Coast era, with its employees garbed in the dress of the Gay 90’s, effecting a continuous western pageant. The Village contains several authentic buildings over 100 years old and thousands of early western relics in its two museums.” [Text on the back]
The Last Frontier Village was built in 1950. It was created by the owner of the Hotel Last Frontier, William Moore, and featured a replica Old West town with shops, dining, a jail, and museums, all filled with authentic frontier artifacts. The Village closed its doors in the late 1960s.
The classic Sam's Town Hotel and Gambling Hall neon sign.
Frankfurt, Holzgraben
Bad Homburg, Louisenstr.
Fremont Street At Night. Las Vegas, Nevada. Postcard.
Unposted.
[06119]
The Spectacular Mint Casino - Fremont Street. From: Howdy From Las Vegas Souvenir Postcard Folder.
Silver Slipper Saloon And Gambling Hall. Las Vegas, Nevada. Postcard.
Unposted.
[06247]
The Silver Slipper Saloon and Gambling Hall opened in 1950 on the grounds of the Last Frontier Village. In April 1964, the Silver Slipper became the first casino in Nevada to be shut down on cheating charges. Agents raided it for using “flat” dice and for having other rigged games. In April 1968, business man Howard Hughes bought the casino for $5.4 million in his famous spending spree of buying Vegas properties, which included the Frontier next door.
In June 1988, the Silver Slipper casino was bought for $70 million dollars by Margaret Elardi, who by this time owned the Frontier. The Silver Slipper casino was demolished several months later and turned into a parking lot for the Frontier, until its closing and demolition in 2007.
In 2009, the Silver Slipper sign was restored and is now in the median along Las Vegas Boulevard North, across from the Neon Museum. [Source: Wikipedia]
[Note: The "Last Frontier Village" theme park is said to have been one of the Southwest's no. 1 tourist attractions for over a decade, but subsequent owners neglected the park and it closed in the early 1960s]
Golden Nugget Gambling Hall. Las Vegas, Nevada. Postcard.
Unposted.
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Golden Nugget Gambling Hall. Las Vegas, Nevada. Postcard.
Unposted.
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Fremont Street. Las Vegas, Nevada. Postcard.
1959 LAS VEGAS NEV. Postmark.
Sent to:
Mrs. Freida Fehl
202 W. 98th Street
New York, N.Y.
Message is mostly in German
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Silver Slipper. Las Vegas, Nevada. Postcard.
Unposted.
[06795]
The former Binion's Horseshoe, a historic Fremont Street casino since 1951.
Golden Nugget Gambling Hall. Las Vegas, Nevada. Postcard.
Unposted.
[06991]
In downtown Ambridge, Pennsylvania, on July 10th, 2020, buildings on the west side of Merchant Street, north of 9th Street. The left building is from 1946 behind its façade, and the right building is from 1932.
"Skill games" in this context are like video slot machines or video lottery terminals, but the games have been modified to require some element of "skill," so as to bypass Pennsylvania state gambling regulations.
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The party "Die Linke" (Left) has an information stand at the festival. Near a gambling hall.
Frankfurt, Große Friedberger Str.
LGTB Festival, CSD
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