Greetings from Las Vegas

Hardback

Main Details

Title Greetings from Las Vegas
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Peter Moruzzi
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:176
Dimensions(mm): Height 203,Width 254
Category/GenreTravel
ISBN/Barcode 9781423651765
ClassificationsDewey:979.3135
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Gibbs M. Smith Inc
Imprint Gibbs M. Smith Inc
Publication Date 3 September 2019
Publication Country United States

Description

A curated vintage ephemera tour of Las Vegas through the first half of the twentieth century as it blossomed out of the desert sands into an entertainment mecca. The story of early to mid-twentieth-century Las Vegas in its gilded age as told through a fun and diverse collection of old photos, picture postcards, matchbooks, ads, and other vintage

Author Biography

Peter Moruzzi was born in Concord, Massachusetts, and raised in Hawaii. He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley and later attended the American Film Institute in Los Angeles. In 1999 he founded the Palm Springs Modern Committee (PS ModCom), an architectural preservation group. Residence: Palm Springs, California.