{"id":14099,"date":"2015-08-13T07:00:59","date_gmt":"2015-08-13T15:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/?p=14099"},"modified":"2015-08-05T15:14:59","modified_gmt":"2015-08-05T23:14:59","slug":"daily-mail-the-birth-of-sin-city-rare-retro-photos-reveal-how-las-vegas-transformed-from-a-one-horse-town-to-the-glitzy-city-of-lights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/13\/daily-mail-the-birth-of-sin-city-rare-retro-photos-reveal-how-las-vegas-transformed-from-a-one-horse-town-to-the-glitzy-city-of-lights\/","title":{"rendered":"(Daily Mail) The birth of Sin City: Rare retro photos reveal how Las Vegas transformed from a one-horse town to the glitzy City of Lights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"_5pbx userContent\" data-ft=\"{&quot;tn&quot;:&quot;K&quot;}\">\n<p>EXCERPT: Revealed in rare retrospective photographs are the vintage cars parked outside casinos for a weekend escape, swim-up gambling tables, and the glamour of 1950&#8217;s showgirls. The city that lured Hollywood&#8217;s glitterati including Elvis Presley and Gene Kelly is strikingly different to the illuminated, bustling hot spot of today.<\/p>\n<p>In its first flush of popularity the rich and famous of the golden era were greeted by empty desert streets and a handful of burgeoning venues only hinting at their future fortunes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/travel\/travel_news\/article-3176030\/Evolution-Sin-City-Rare-retro-photos-reveal-Las-Vegas-transformed-one-horse-town-glitzy-City-Lights.html\" target=\"_blank\">Click Here to Read More.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/travel\/travel_news\/article-3176030\/Evolution-Sin-City-Rare-retro-photos-reveal-Las-Vegas-transformed-one-horse-town-glitzy-City-Lights.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-14100\" src=\"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/2AE05B1B00000578-3176030-First_glimmer_The_main_strip_in_Las_Vegas_during_the_golden_era_-m-27_1438199602833-e1438816457204.jpg\" alt=\"2AE05B1B00000578-3176030-First_glimmer_The_main_strip_in_Las_Vegas_during_the_golden_era_-m-27_1438199602833\" width=\"550\" height=\"341\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/travel\/travel_news\/article-3176030\/Evolution-Sin-City-Rare-retro-photos-reveal-Las-Vegas-transformed-one-horse-town-glitzy-City-Lights.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/travel\/travel_news\/article-3176030\/Evolution-Sin-City-Rare-retro-photos-reveal-Las-Vegas-transformed-one-horse-town-glitzy-City-Lights.html<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EXCERPT: Revealed in rare retrospective photographs are the vintage cars parked outside casinos for a weekend escape, swim-up gambling tables, and the glamour of 1950&#8217;s showgirls. The city that lured Hollywood&#8217;s glitterati including Elvis Presley and Gene Kelly is strikingly different to the illuminated, bustling hot spot of today. In its first flush of popularity [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14099"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14101,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14099\/revisions\/14101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.canyoncountryzephyr.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}