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Copyright: Eleu Tabares (eldancer1)
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| Genre: Places |
| Medium: Color |
| Date Taken: 2007-10-24 |
| Categories: Daily Life |
| Camera: Nikon COOLPIX L100 |
| Exposure: f/3.6, 1/50 seconds |
| More Photo Info: [view] |
| Photo Version: Original Version |
| Date Submitted: 2009-05-17 9:17 |
| Viewed: 135 |
| Points: 0 |
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| [Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note |
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
The sign, just to the south of the Las Vegas Strip, welcoming visitors to the city
The “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign is a Las Vegas Strip landmark created in 1959 by Betty Willis and Ted Rogich for Clark County, Nevada. Willis received $4,000 for her work. The design is characteristic of the Googie architecture movement which was popular at the time. The sign was built by Western Neon. Over the years, the sign has been moved south several times on Las Vegas Boulevard as growth has continued. The back of the sign reads "Drive Carefully" and "Come Back Soon". When seen up close, the circles with the letters of the word "WELCOME" reveal themselves to be silver dollars.
The sign is currently located in the center island of Las Vegas Boulevard across from the (now closed) Klondike Hotel & Casino. Some consider the sign to be the "official" southern end of the Las Vegas Strip. The sign, like most of the strip, sits in the town of Paradise and is located roughly four miles south of the actual city limits of Las Vegas. (Such distinctions are usually ignored by both locals and tourists, who refer to the entire metro area as "Las Vegas".) |
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