A VINTAGE PROJECT

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Whitney Houston, 1986

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El Rancho Vegas, November 1949. Photos by Peter Stackpole.

There were four resorts, and scattered motels and nightclubs on this stretch of hwy south of Las Vegas that locals were now calling “the Strip.” El Rancho Vegas was in its 8th year.

These photos by Peter Stackpole of LIFE magazine are previously unpublished, from an unknown assignment.

History of El Rancho Vegas, '41–'60

El Rancho Vegas popularized the Las Vegas Buffet

Las Vegas photos by Peter Stackpole

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Wilson, 1980

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MGMT, 2003

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Queen, 1973

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Cats on a vintage postcard

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Moorish woman from Morocco

French vintage postcard

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Santa Claus on a vintage postcard

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Santa Claus and Zwarte Piet on a Belgian vintage postcard

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Air France. Año 1950

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Berland's Department Store in Downtown Los Angeles

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