Archive for the ‘Vegas History’ Category
Silent Heroes of the Cold War: The Mysterious Military Plane Crash on A Nevada Mountain Peak – and the Families Who Endured an Abyss of Silence for Generation
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From Las Vegas, Mount Charleston looks like little more than a giant gravel mound in the distance, towering 11,916 feet above the neon lights of the entertainment capital of the world. Only a fraction of the nearly 40 million people who visit this 24-hour city ever bother to look west and skyward toward the mountain.The truth is that this very mountain is a silent memorial to fourteen men who died there in a plane crash on November 17, 1955; men who were part of the... More >>
The Vatican to Vegas: The History of Special Effects
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A richly illustrated journey through five centuries of optical illusions and other wonders. Special effects...are coup de théatres, thunderclaps that shock you: a burst; an eruption; something small, like an insect down your back; a wall dissolving suddenly.—from The Vatican to Vegas A guided tour through special-effects environments from 1550 to the present, Norman Klein's The Vatican to Vegas: The History of Special Effects demonstrates how Renaissance ... More >>
Viva Las Vegas
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Due to changes wrought by advances in transportation, the legalization of gambling, and industrialization, in less than a century Las Vegas developed from a Mormom colony into an entertainment mecca. By the 1950s, Vegas was one of the hottest venues for nightclub singing sensations and their Hit Parade of songs. Includes full-color book.... More >>
Las Vegas / TIME Cover: January 10, 1994, Art Poster by TIME Magazine
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The most eagerly awaited event in the editorial cycle at TIME Magazine is always the selection of the cover. The best covers capture the zeitgeist of the week while surviving the judgment of history. As browsing this collection of TIME cover art prints shows, TIME is as good a record as any of who and what mattered over the past 80-plus years. And so when TIME captures a person, an event or a trend within its iconic red borders, the magazine is adding that extra dos... More >>
Las Vegas / TIME Cover: January 10, 1994, Art Poster by TIME Magazine