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Title: Fabulous Las Vegas in the 50s: Glitz, Glamour & Games by Fred E. Basten, Charles Phoenix ISBN: 1-883318-05-X Publisher: Angel City Pr Pub. Date: October, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A visual fantasyland
Comment: I've been to Vegas a dozen times, but the stores are always sold out of this fabulous book. So I was glad to get it here. It's a great, visual tour of old Las Vegas--the place my mom and dad used to go and bring me souvenirs. I like the pictures very much, as well as the artwork from the period, and the brief captions were enough to whet my appetite for more. I want to collect poker chips now! The fabulous shot of Elvis and Liberace, as well as the shots of Sinatra and Mae West are all unbelievable treasures. I don't know how these guys found all this stuff, but my hat is off to them. And actually reading Keely Smith's words after listening to her music for years was a great honor. I recommend this book whole heartedly
Rating: 2
Summary: Bad Track Record
Comment: Mr. Basten is not known for his photographic expertise. Just look at one of his earlier books, Bruin Country, where the photographs are the worst I have ever seen in a book of pictures.
Rating: 3
Summary: Only a photo album
Comment: I'm sorry to be negative--I'm a big fan of some of Mr. Basten's other books--but this was a disappointment. I expected more (or at least some) text. Hardcover, but only 127 pages, and many of the photos are blown up so that their pixels or scanner artifacts show. The book's graphic style is "Annoying Fifties," which is appropriate, but the caption text is rendered in brush script. Another reviewer said that the first half was all about the early history of the first casinos--would that this were true.
There are lots of "mood" photos, and Charles Phoenix' collection of matchbooks and swizzle sticks are amply presented, but the text is filled with "mid-fifties" and "late 1940s." Call me obsessive, but I like a bit more precision in my history. The book starts with a mention of "Helldorado Day," a tradition that evolved into a four-day annual celebration. Wonder what time of year it occured or whether or not it is still occurring? Me, too.
So, if you'd like to see several dozen historical photos with reasonably good captions, here's your book. Keely Smith's introduction is entertaining. But as another reviewer mentioned, Alan Hess' Viva Las Vegas is better for a real history with actual, um, facts.
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Title: Southern California in the '50s: Sun, Fun and Fantasy by Charles Phoenix ISBN: 1883318491 Publisher: Angel City Pr Pub. Date: June, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Las Vegas Then & Now (Then and Now Series) by Su Kim Chung ISBN: 1571458530 Publisher: Thunder Bay Press Pub. Date: January, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.98 |
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Title: Going Home to the Fifties by Bill Yenne ISBN: 0867195657 Publisher: Last Gasp of San Francisco Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Las Vegas Vintage Graphics by Jim Heimann, Willy R. Wilkerson ISBN: 3822826200 Publisher: TASCHEN America Llc Pub. Date: November, 2003 List Price(USD): $9.99 |
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Title: All American Ads of the 60's by Jim Heimann ISBN: 3822811599 Publisher: TASCHEN America Llc Pub. Date: December, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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