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VINTAGE 1940'S BAKERY NEON SIGN
MEASURES: 5ft.long x 10"thick x 1ft.2"tall
ALL ORIGINAL DOUBLE-SIDED (ONE NEON) METAL SIGN.
WORKS WELL! 2,900.00
This is Catch Photo #14, a new game of Photo Catch I'm playing with my Partner Darek (aka blankspace321) . We each take turns adding something to the photo. We limit ourselves to 20 additions each. This is the 17th of my 20.
To see the original photo: CLICK HERE!
Las Vegas Blvd | Las Vegas Sign 29/11/2009 17h20
We went back to the Las Vegas at night. Just because to see it illuminated.
The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign is a Las Vegas Strip landmark funded in May 1959 and erected soon after by Western Neon. The sign was designed by Betty Willis at the request of Ted Rogich, a local salesman, who sold it to Clark County, Nevada.
Willis embarked on developing a sign that was unique in its shape, style and content. The sign is a 25-foot tall classic roadside pole design, mounted offset on two flat poles which are joined by a cross piece at the top. The poles extend above the top of the sign. The sign is a horizontally stretched diamond shape, with the top and bottom angles pointed while the side angles are rounded. It is double-backed, internally lit, with a border of flashing and chasing yellow incandescent bulbs outside around the perimeter. In a nod to Nevada's nickname as "the Silver State," across the top of the sign are white neon circles, designed to represent silver dollars. The circles each contain a red painted letter, outlined in neon, which together form the word "Welcome." Crowning the sign, located between the two poles and just under the crosspiece is an eight-pointed, red-painted metal star outlined with yellow neon. The intersecting vertical and horizontal lines of the star extend over and wrap around the frame that is created by the two poles and the cross piece, which give the star a dynamic, explosive appearance. The cabinet is faced with translucent white plastic and covered with blue and red painted text. The south side of the sign reads "Welcome" inside the silver dollars, with "to Fabulous" in blue, in a 1950s-style cursive, underneath. The words "Las Vegas" are on the next line in red, all capitalized, and large, almost filling the width of the sign. Under "Las Vegas" is the word "Nevada" in blue, all capitalized, in a much smaller font. On the back or north side, the sign reads "Drive" on the top line and "Carefully" on the second in red capital letters, with "Come Back" in blue on the third line, in script, and "Soon" all capitalized in blue on the fourth line. The design is characteristic of the Googie architecture movement.
Over the years, the sign has been moved south several times on Las Vegas Boulevard as growth has continued, although there is no documentation to support that statement, either with Clark County or with the sign's owner.
On October 4, 1999, the sign went dark for about a month when the company that had been paying the power bill was bought by another company who did not pay the bill. When the problem was discovered, payment of the past due amount, under $60, was made, and power was turned back on.
With the sign so far away from the city itself, in 2002, the Las Vegas City Council erected a Welcome to Fabulous Downtown Las Vegas sign on Las Vegas Boulevard just within the city limits of the City of Las Vegas proper.
[Source: Wikipedia]
Ayumi & Eric came all the way from Australia to get married in the 108 degree weather of Las Vegas! We started out at the Neon Sign Graveyard near downtown Las Vegas. The actual wedding ceremony was held at the Bellagio, my old stomping grounds. In case you didn't know I used to be a wedding photographer at the Bellagio.
THE ROBERT IRVINE FOUNDATION PRESENTS TAPS LAS VEGAS SURVIVOR EXPERIENCE
JULY 18 - 21, 2019
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA
VINTAGE 1970'S COOL VIEW MOTOR COURT MOTEL NEON SIGN
MEASURES: 9ft.tall x 8 ft.Wide
ALL ORIGINAL HUGE DOUBLE-SIDED. WORKS GREAT !
WWE WrestleMania XXXI - Las Vegas - San Jose - Los Angeles - The Neon Museum
Founded in 1996, the Neon Museum is a non-profit 501 (c)3 organization dedicated to collecting, preserving, studying andexhibiting iconic Las Vegas signs for educational, historic andcultural enrichment. The Neon Museum campus includes the outdoorexhibition space known as the Neon Boneyard, a visitors' centerhoused inside the former La Concha Motel lobby and the Neon BoneyardNorth Gallery which houses additional rescued signs and is availablefor weddings, special events, photo shoots and educational programs.
Due to the nature of our collection, the Neon Museum Boneyard is onlyavailable to the public through an hour long guided tour. Tours areavailable seven days a week and tour times vary based on the season.
Dedicated individuals from the private sector, as well as corporateand government entities, worked collaboratively to promote thepreservation of these national treasures as significant pieces ofartistic and historical importance. Each of the nearly 150 signs inthe Neon Museum's collection offers a unique story about thepersonalities who created it, what inspired it, where and when it wasmade, and the role it played in Las Vegas' distinctive history.
( Our Tour in Las Vegas, San Jose and Los Angeles for Wrestlemania 31 from San Jose )
Vegas Rocks! Magazine celebrated its 5 year anniversary in front of the Las Vegas sign on August 11, 2009.
The goal was to break the world record of the most guitarists playing along to Elvis Presley's classic "Viva Las Vegas" in front of the Las Vegas sign.
The publishing queen of rock 'n roll, Sally Steele hosted the event and our own cool Mayor, Oscar Goodman even showed up to play some guitar and sing along with the rockin' Elvis impersonator that also there.
- Vegas Rocks! website
- Vegas Rocks! myspace
ALL PHOTOS © NICK LEONARD
DO NOT USE OR REPOST WITHOUT PERMISSION.
Email me for use: nickleonardphoto@yahoo.com
WWE WrestleMania XXXI - Las Vegas - San Jose - Los Angeles - The Neon Museum
Founded in 1996, the Neon Museum is a non-profit 501 (c)3 organization dedicated to collecting, preserving, studying andexhibiting iconic Las Vegas signs for educational, historic andcultural enrichment. The Neon Museum campus includes the outdoorexhibition space known as the Neon Boneyard, a visitors' centerhoused inside the former La Concha Motel lobby and the Neon BoneyardNorth Gallery which houses additional rescued signs and is availablefor weddings, special events, photo shoots and educational programs.
Due to the nature of our collection, the Neon Museum Boneyard is onlyavailable to the public through an hour long guided tour. Tours areavailable seven days a week and tour times vary based on the season.
Dedicated individuals from the private sector, as well as corporateand government entities, worked collaboratively to promote thepreservation of these national treasures as significant pieces ofartistic and historical importance. Each of the nearly 150 signs inthe Neon Museum's collection offers a unique story about thepersonalities who created it, what inspired it, where and when it wasmade, and the role it played in Las Vegas' distinctive history.
( Our Tour in Las Vegas, San Jose and Los Angeles for Wrestlemania 31 from San Jose )
WWE WrestleMania XXXI - Las Vegas - San Jose - Los Angeles - The Neon Museum
Founded in 1996, the Neon Museum is a non-profit 501 (c)3 organization dedicated to collecting, preserving, studying andexhibiting iconic Las Vegas signs for educational, historic andcultural enrichment. The Neon Museum campus includes the outdoorexhibition space known as the Neon Boneyard, a visitors' centerhoused inside the former La Concha Motel lobby and the Neon BoneyardNorth Gallery which houses additional rescued signs and is availablefor weddings, special events, photo shoots and educational programs.
Due to the nature of our collection, the Neon Museum Boneyard is onlyavailable to the public through an hour long guided tour. Tours areavailable seven days a week and tour times vary based on the season.
Dedicated individuals from the private sector, as well as corporateand government entities, worked collaboratively to promote thepreservation of these national treasures as significant pieces ofartistic and historical importance. Each of the nearly 150 signs inthe Neon Museum's collection offers a unique story about thepersonalities who created it, what inspired it, where and when it wasmade, and the role it played in Las Vegas' distinctive history.
( Our Tour in Las Vegas, San Jose and Los Angeles for Wrestlemania 31 from San Jose )
These are some fun cupcakes I was asked to make for an anniversary present for a couple who married/honeymooned in the USA.
I couldn't wait to incorporate the vegas sign and the other elements specified for inclusion were red/orange gerberas, hollywood stars and a Happy Anniversary message.
Ayumi & Eric came all the way from Australia to get married in the 108 degree weather of Las Vegas! We started out at the Neon Sign Graveyard near downtown Las Vegas. The actual wedding ceremony was held at the Bellagio, my old stomping grounds. In case you didn't know I used to be a wedding photographer at the Bellagio.
Ayumi & Eric came all the way from Australia to get married in the 108 degree weather of Las Vegas! We started out at the Neon Sign Graveyard near downtown Las Vegas. The actual wedding ceremony was held at the Bellagio, my old stomping grounds. In case you didn't know I used to be a wedding photographer at the Bellagio.
VINTAGE 1950'S / DOUBLE-SIDED CROWN LIGHTED SIGN
MEASURES : 5 FT tall x 8 FT.Wide.
THIS ALL ORIGINAL WORKING VINTAGE SIGN THAT
DATES BACK TO THE 1950's IS DOUBLE SIDED.
SUPERB POP ART PIECE. GOES GREAT IN A LOFT SITUATION
OR A RECORDING STUDIO !
Vegas Rocks! Magazine celebrated its 5 year anniversary in front of the Las Vegas sign on August 11, 2009.
The goal was to break the world record of the most guitarists playing along to Elvis Presley's classic "Viva Las Vegas" in front of the Las Vegas sign.
The publishing queen of rock 'n roll, Sally Steele hosted the event and our own cool Mayor, Oscar Goodman even showed up to play some guitar and sing along with the rockin' Elvis impersonator that also there.
- Vegas Rocks! website
- Vegas Rocks! myspace
ALL PHOTOS © NICK LEONARD
DO NOT USE OR REPOST WITHOUT PERMISSION.
Email me for use: nickleonardphoto@yahoo.com
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Between There and Vegas
24 hours straight
through and you learn
they play the same 20 oldies
on every FM station
between home and Vegas.
I've done my shift
and stretch out in the back
seat to watch the 2 AM stars
pass over until I drift off
and somewhere past Salt Lake
I wish the roof
were made of glass
so I could count them
all like sheep.
In the blackness on I-84
there are more trucks
than I think I've ever seen
and as their wheels murmur by
I think what fun it would be
to be in a convertible
instead and trade in
the view the new moon
and Venus have for a trucker's
noon view of my tits,
tops down on the way to Vegas.
Donna Smith
June 2006