Never-Before-Seen Photos of the Glory Days of Las Vegas

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 Nowadays, the idea of a fast and cheap Vegas wedding is a well-known thing, but back in the 1940s, it was something new and exciting. Shown here is the wedding of on-screen siren Betty Grable and bandleader Harry James on July 14, 1943. If huge stars were coming to Vegas, that could only be a good sign of things to come…

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