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| 1 | Aerial view of Spring Mountain Ranch | Overhead shot of the ranch house and pool at Spring Mountain Ranch, outside of Las Vegas, Nevada. The property was purchased by Howard Hughes from Vera Krupp as a house for his wife, Jean Peters, who never followed her husband to Las Vegas. | |
| 2 | Desert Inn Hotel and swimming pool | Daytime photo of the outdoor swimming pool at the rear of the Desert Inn Hotel. Two women in swimsuits are by the pool. The pool is surrounded by artificial turf. The back of the hotel is visible in the distance. | |
| 3 | Flamingo Hotel at sunset | Exterior view of the Flamingo Hotel at sunset, circa 1950s. The illuminated champagne tower, added during the 1953 remodeling, is visible and a marquee advertising Betty Grable and Harry James is seen in the background. A row of automobiles is parked in front of the hotel. | |
| 4 | Flamingo Hotel gaming room entrance | Daytime photo of the exterior of the Flamingo Hotel, showing the canopied gaming room entrance, circa late 1940s-early 1950s. | |
| 5 | Landmark Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada | Daytime photo of the tower of the Landmark Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada. Also visible is the roof of the casino below, and a large parking lot across the street. | |
| 6 | Las Vegas hotel marquees | Marquees of the Silver Slipper, Desert Inn and Frontier Hotels in Las Vegas, Nevada, at twilight. The Sands Hotel tower can be seen in the distance. (The Silver Slipper marquee advertising the "Fight of the Week" between Mac Foster and Joe "Hempfield" was supposed to read Joe Hemphill.) |