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Title: Daytime aerial view of the Las Vegas strip and surrounding area, 1967
Date Created and/or Issued: September 17, 1967
1967-09-17
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: CHANGING 'STRIP' COMPLEXION--Newest acquisition by financier Howard Hughes in Las Vegas is Frontier Hotel land and property (1), and adjacent section of undeveloped land (2). Other undeveloped land (3) is for sale and could go to Hughes, who also has option to buy Castaways Hotel (4). He owns the Sands (5) and has bid for much property on that side of the strip to north (6). He owns Desert Inn (7).
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b602_237463
ark:/21198/zz0002vfbt
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Environment
Landmarks
Hughes, Howard, 1905-1976
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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