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Motel signs on Las Vegas Blvd, 1968. Photos by Robert Venturi & Denise Scott Brown.
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Motel signs on Las Vegas Blvd, 1968. Photos by Robert Venturi & Denise Scott Brown.
Bagdad Inn, 2211 South 5th (Las Vegas Blvd) – July 1959
Driving towards downtown Las Vegas c. 1958
Left: Sun N Sand Motel, and the first Terrible Herbst location in Las Vegas. Right: Holiday Inn (aka Holiday Motel), Bagdad Inn. Undated red border Kodachrome, VLV.
Bagdad Inn, 2211 S Las Vegas Blvd – May 1979
The motel opened in ‘54, with a sign built by L.A.’s EPCO. The “Motel” and reader-board part of the sign was reused when it became Holiday House in the 80s. The “Bud’s” sign is the shape of a fez, originally created for Red Fez Lounge, and still in use for a wedding chapel. Photos by Toon Michiels from American Neon Signs by Day and Night.
Bagdad Inn, 2211 S 5th (Las Vegas Blvd) - October 1955.
The sign was raised higher, with a reader board added below, and stood until the early 80s.
The back of this photo is stamped: “Electrical Products Corporation, Los Angeles CA. Photo # 19319, Oct 27, ‘55.” EPCO was one of the largest sign makers on the west coast; merged with Federal in the early 60s.
Gallery of EPCO photos.
Bagdad Inn, Las Vegas, c. 1956
The signs and wood paneling are long gone, but the motel is still there under the name Holiday House, 2211 S Las Vegas Blvd. Kodachrome red border slide.
The Strip, June 1955
Silent 8mm home movie, shot while passing the Riviera, Algiers, Thunderbird, Sahara, and Bagdad Motel. via VidiArcheology.
Motel morning, August 1968.
Las Vegas Blvd north of Sahara. Bagdad Motel, Holiday Motel, Rancho Anita Motel. Location.