Viva Las Vegas!
It wasn't long after The San Pedro, Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad was completed in 1905 that the small settlement earned a reputation as "Sin City"...
This 1906 picture shows several of the establishments from the city's early days.
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This 1946 shows the iconic Flamingo Hotel under construction in the Vegas desert.
By 1955, hundreds of neon lights began shining on Fremont Street. At the time, gambling was limited in Las Vegas to an area of four square blocks.
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