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Clint Walker as Jim Cole The Night of the Grizzly (1966) dir. Joseph Pevney

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in pockets of time and a connection of want no one has access to except for two people and the distance between them

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Andy Warhol, Butterflies, 1950s

© 2012 Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

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Las Vegas Blvd neon in the 90s

Silver Bell Wedding Chapel (607 S Las Vegas Blvd), Monterey Motel (1133), Yucca Motel (1727), Rummel Motel (1809), Holiday Motel (2205), Candlelight Wedding Chapel (2845).

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Joshua Tree (Yucca brevifolia) and moonrise, Date Creek Mountains, Yavapai County, Arizona.

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"Enchantress of Venus" Planet Stories, Fall 1949 Cover by Allen Anderson

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wild mustangs

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Mount Kazbegi, as viewed from the town of Stepantsminda, Georgia

Taken March 2025

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we did the best we could to extract the perfect columbo reaction gif, and here it is - been wanting to make this for bloody weeks

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ty i ja - magazine cover appreciation

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The Mint, 1957.

The long-awaited $1.2M Mint Club made its debut Friday [Jul. 12] … Architects for the building were Walter Zick & Harris Sharp … its big story concerns the fabulous nine-story sign that has already commanded national attention. Believed to be the largest sign in the world actually incorporated into the building front, the Mint spectacular was designed by Ed Harris of the Zick and Sharp firm in collaboration with the Young Electric Sign Co. The vertical section requires two elevators for the regular servicing that is required. - Mint Club in Gala Opening on Fremont. Review Journal, 7/14/57

The Mint was built after the city of Las Vegas condemned and cleared various buildings at 104-116 Fremont St (Lots 13-17 of Block 15). The casino later expanded west to 100 Fremont, and north to Ogden. This timeline of The Mint covers some of the original buildings at 100-116 Fremont. 

100 Fremont, Lots 11-12. '05: First State Bank opens in a temporary wood building. '06, Jan 1: First State Bank opens permanent concrete building. '37, Dec. 29: FSB absorbed into First National Bank of Nevada. '57, May: Bank demolished (RJ 5/16/57, 5/26/57). '58, Jan 8: The Bird Cage opens; licensed to M Fortney, S Kennard (L.A.), S McDonald, L Marzen (L.V.); architects McDonald, Gabriele, and Knighton (RJ 1/8/58). '59, Apr 29: closes, "lack of patrons" (RJ 4/30/59).

104 Fremont, Lot 13. '20s: J.M. Ullom hardware, and Larry Ullom photo studio in the 30s. '46: Wolfson Jeweler. '50: State Loan & Jewelry. '55: Buildings of the "Pauline Kline block" were demolished late '55, except for 106 Fremont, demolished in '56. (RJ 12/27/55, RJ 1/20/56, RJ 6/28/56)

106 Fremont, Lot 14. Called the Al Ripps building in the '50s, original date unknown. '30s: Rose's Liquor. '39-'56: Mike’s Liquors. Demolished c. Jul. '56.

108 Fremont, Lot 15. '20s-'55: Family Shoe Store. Demolished in '55.

110 Fremont, Lot 16. Adolph Levy building, aka Sullivan building, aka Lodge Bldg, circa '07. Second floor used for lodge meetings. '12-'18: The People's Store. '18-'20s: Gunn Supply. '20s-'30s: Ward's Cash & Carry. c. '38-'55: Smith & Chandler. Demolished in '55. 

116 Fremont, Lot 17. '30s: Harrington real estate; Louis Wiener Tailors. '36: Oakes Vegas Studio (RJ 1/18/36). '41, Jul: Jack Pot casino. '45, Jul: Club Savoy casino. Opened with neon lettering flat against the building. '47: New sign, mid-late year. Closed c. '50-'53. Sign remained for several years. Demolished in '55. 

Timeline of The Mint

'57: Mar. 13, Groundbreaking.

'57: Jul. 13, Grand opening. Milton Prell, Al Winters, J. Hall, LB. Scherer, owners. Zick & Sharp, architect. Signs by YESCO. “the Mint spectacular was designed by Ed Harris of the Zick & Sharp firm in collaboration with Young” (RJ 7/14/57 p.9). Opened Fri, July 12 (RJ 7/14/57 p.9). 

'60: Jul. 1, Opening of the expansion to 1st St into the former Bird Cage casino. Casino described in detail in “Enlarged Mint,” Review-Journal, 6/30/60. 

'61: Sep, Prell’s The Mint, Sahara, and Lucky Strike Club bought by Del Webb Corp. 

'63: Construction begins on tower. Martin Stern Jr, architect. 

'64: Dec. 24, First three floors of the unfinished tower opened. 

'65: Mar., Tower topped off, tallest in Nevada. 

'65: Jun., Grand opening of the tower, rooftop pool and restaurant. 

'73: On the signs: “Del Webb’s” on the original sign and the corner; garage addition. 

'75: marquee added to signs spanning the Fremont & 1st sides of the casino. 

'77: expansion to Ogden St. (Webb Spinners, Nov-Dec ‘77). 

'88: Jun., Horseshoe Club buys The Mint. The sign is removed by Aug. 

Construction of the sign at The Mint, c. June 1957. Photo from YESCO. Film: Birth of a Giant (1957) by YESCO

The Mint, 1957. Ladders on the sign. “Free martinis.” Former Bank of Nevada has been demolished, with Bird Cage under construction. Photo via Kodachrome of the Dead.

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Wasteland Wanderer

Concept art for Fallout 3

Art by Adam Adamowicz

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RESIDENT EVIL REVELATIONS ⮞ Episode 9: 'No Exit'

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