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

Bugsy Siegel’s Hotel

Seen in the photo above is the entrance to the Flamingo Hotel, as shown on one of the hotel’s postcards. It was the first luxury hotel on the strip when it opened in 1946. The Flamingo Hotel was financed by world-famous mobster Bugsy Siegel and his associates, who pretended to be businessmen. Vegas had a reputation of loose morals, much like these mobsters…

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