slgwv's photos with the keyword: rides

Looking south. Note the billboard for Binion's Horseshoe on Rancho Rd. at the far left.

Looking south. The Binion's Horseshoe billboard on Rancho is again visible.

Looking southeast, Rancho Road in the background. Note the old Thriftymart behind the sign for the turnoff to Twin Lakes Lodge.

Looking south.

Looking a bit west of south.

Looking east, with Rancho Road in the background. Note the old Standard station. The blank white building partly visible at the far right is the old Thriftymart at the corner of Bonanza & Rancho.

Practically the same view as #13.

Again looking south.

Another view, roughly northeast. Still winter, 1960, in Las Vegas on Rancho Rd. northeast of the intersection with Washington. Here the amount of development in the last 50+ years is much more obvious. Still, the part of the shopping center that was there in 1960 has survived. The old Sprouse-Reitz variety store (this was long before Big Box retail) is now a beauty supply store. Again, the little boy in the white sweater is me, the girl in the white sweater is my kid sister, and I don't know who any of the other children are.

Winter, 1960, in Las Vegas on Rancho Rd. northeast of the intersection with Washington. Looking more or less east. It's utterly amazing that this late 1950s shopping center has survived, but it has. The stores are all different, and they've filled in some stores in the vacant space between the old Faiman's Market and the rest of the center (that had already happened by the mid 1960s, IIRC), but the buildings are still there. I didn't quite get the angle right on this one, due to squinting at the monitor in bright sun. It's pretty close, though. The little boy in the white sweater on the pony in the middle is yours truly, and the girl behind me, also in a white sweater, is my kid sister. I have no idea who the other kids are. Yes, another thing that dates the photo--pony rides in Twin Lakes Plaza!