Vintage Postcard – Desert Inn

Wilbur Clark’s Desert Inn,
Las Vegas, Nevada
Adjacent to the beautiful olympic swimming pool of this fabulous “strip” hotel is nightly presented a breathtakingly beautiful performance of the “dancing Waters” – dancing to the accompaniment of beautiful music.

Pub. by Las Vegas News Avency, Las Vegas, Nevada
Plastichrome by Colourpicture Publishers, Inc., Boston 15, Mass., U.S.A.
P26479

This lovely night view vintage postcard was mailed March 4 1961 using a green 3 cent International Naval Review Jamestown Festival stamp. It was mailed to Simos Brothers – Excavators, Platt Avenue Hills, West Haven 16, Connecticut. It reads:

Beside this – the most beautiful stage – the Stardust has about 7 or 8 different arrangements of water sprays – falls – streams – ponds – fountains etc. – Thought this would interest you
George Colins
Sumac St

I only can assume that George Colins works as an excavator as well and spent most of his time vacationing looking at water sprays, streams, ponds, etc. I bet his vacation slide-show-viewing parties at home were legendary “and here, you see another pond with landscaping…”

This postcard is added to my collection of Desert Inn postcards, as shown in the mega-post here. The Desert Inn operated from April 24, 1950 to August 28, 2000. It was where Wynn Las Vegas stands now. Desert Inn has a fascinating history…check out the Wikipedia here.