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This is 1958, probably September 1958, the only exact match I can find for the four headliners on the Golden Nugget marquee (0:56 Harry Ranch, Wade Ray, 4 Barons, Nick Alexander). Some of the neon signs and building decorations seen in the film date to 1958, some changed by 1959, more changed by 1960.
I agree, you would expect to see some 1960 model cars there and its Vegas so you expect them, given how rich America was then and nearly everyone had the latest car. Did see a 1958 Edsel though. All the cars to me say 1955 - 1958, although at the start is a very 1940s thing turning the corner.
I know my Uncle and Aunt went broke, were broke, stayed broke, gambled every cent they had for their entire lives. In the 60s and 70s flying out to Vegas once a year was huge event for them and others from all over the USA.
Other than the Vietnam War draft coming 5 years later, 1960 was a better time to be alive than 2021. Enjoyed seeing Vegas the way it was meant to be. 1972 Vegas wasn't bad, either.
Love it ❤️❤️ I'm battle Born and raised ❤️ and my Daddy was already 7 yrs in at the Flamingo out of 53!! He put in there! How lucky they were to have this Jewel in the Desert!! ❤️❤️💋💋
Seems like Fremont Street was wider back in the old car driven Avenue era compared to today's transformed canopy covered mall look. Then again it's just me.😊🍺
Wouldn't it have been something if they had preserved fremont street to maintain its original state. Imagine all the people that would want to visit just to see vintage vegas in person.
There was a direct link to this video on some study material from my university on Robert Venturi's analysis of the Las Vegas strip. Cool vid! Thanks for sharing.
Biggest disappointment of my 1998 trip to Vegas was the absence of the famous Golden Nugget neon sign . Only the Horseshoe and the Flamingo signs were worth looking at .
Apologize if I am repeating but there is nothing in this clip to suggest it was shot after 1958. No way you wouldn't see a '60 in foo foo Vegas in '60 but the newest here are '58s - an Edsel and possibly the Dodge. 🎬
Month, and Year'..i was Born. ( Bangor, MA) Dad was in Airforce. Fam was in Japan, Alaska, Maine, So Cal...but would be dispatched from an American Airbase in Japan, direct to Las Vegas NV, in 1964. Where we stayed for 10 years, till moving to Nor. Cal...in the Fall of '74. A wonderful Decade, of some of the best years of my Life. Las Vegas...Before it turned into an utter and complete 'unrecognizable' overbuilt, overpopulated shit hole.
If any one home movies have two kids out front of the Nugget that was Bob and Jeff I was seven brother eight dressed in cowboy gear out front GN whilst mom put nickles in the slots, pop watch us.
Vegas first got ac in 1920 and it was the Apache hotel that got it first I think they may have also been the first hotel on the strip I’m not sure but yeah it was there in the 20s so it had to be there in the 60s.
There wasn't near as much govt overreach back then and living wages were on par with cost of living One person could work and have a wife at home to raise the family. Nowadays the govt has everyone chasing their tales and the banksters have stolen from us via inflation (reverse theft) and the cost of living is much higher than most wages.
