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

For Sale

This photo from the 1950s depicts a plot of barren land for sale. For a cool, $3-million, someone could buy this area and turn it into a big-time casino, and that’s exactly what developers did. But once upon a time, Las Vegas, too, was relatively small and non-existent.

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