Centennial Countdown
Las Vegas Centennial - 1905-2005
As Las Vegas prepares for its centennial year, the Review-Journal is printing classic photos as a countdown to the New Year of 2005. The Las Vegas News Bureau selected 100 photos, dating back to 1949.
More: Photos illustrate how the world got to know LV
• Fab Four Finds Vegas - The BeatlesThe Vegas Kid - Wayne NewtonRockin' All Night - the Mary Kaye TrioLegendary Legs - Marlene DietrichThe Bod Couple - Jayne Mansfield & Mickey HaritigayRide That Metaphor! - Stardust resortWhen Elvis Flopped - Elvis PresleyO'Connor On Top - Donald O'ConnorClass and Sass - Maurice Chevalier & Sophie TuckerCaptain Robert - Robert MitchumFirst Of The Breed - Rudy Vallee at El RanchoAncestors of Anarchy - The Ritz BrothersFaces of the '50s - Frank Sinatra and Audrey HepburnGonna-be Granny - Irene Ryan & Tennessee Ernie FordPlaying The Fool - Jerry LewisAt Home in Vegas - Danny ThomasWe Get It, We Get It - Lucille BallEaster Eye Candy - El Rancho's Barry Ashton DancersThe Durable Durante - Jimmy DuranteRickshaw Rooney - Mickey RooneyTwo for the Show - "Tennessee Ernie" Ford and Pearl BaileyLeading Him On - Marilyn MaxwellRemember Them All - Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, and Marilyn MonroeKid in the Middle - Sammy Davis, Jr.Elvis Came in Third - Debra PagetThey Were Happy - Virginia Mayo and Michael O'SheaThis is a Guest Star? - Tina TurnerShe Was Carmen - Dorothy DandridgeWish You Were Here? - Gene KellyJazz Cats - Lionel Hampton & Sammy Davis Jr.Royal Wedding - Elvis PresleyLiving Fast - Bobby DarinThe Boy Next Door - Van JohnsonOur Favorite Trouper - Ann-MargretBefore She Was Kizzy - Leslie UggamsThree's A Crowd - Eddie Fisher, Elizabeth Taylor & Debbie ReynoldsWorth More Than Words - Floating Craps GamePretty And Poised - Polly BergenPaying Respects - Red Foxx and Clerow "Flip" WilsonMaking a Legend - Cassius Clay (Muhammed Ali) and Floyd PattersonJackie, We Hardly Knew Ye! - George Burns and Jack BennyLucky Old Son - Frankie Laine Swing Brothers - Tommy and Jimmy DorseyClassic Bombshell - Miss Atomic BombOnly in Las Vegas - CharoOn Cusp of Comeback - Frank Sinatra, Ava Gardner, Jack Benny and the Ritz BrothersA Beautiful Match - Arlene Dahl and Fernando LamasSoul Mates - Paul Newman and Joanne WoodwardThunderbird Flying High - Rosemary ClooneyStrip Entertainment - Red ButtonsMovie Tickets Sold Here - Frank SinatraViva Sahara - Elvis PresleyGroundbreakers - Louis Prima and Keely SmithKing of the Headliners - Johnny CarsonPool Pose - Jayne MansfieldGoing Ape - Ronald ReaganStar Power At Sahara - Cary Grant, Betsy Drake, Ray Bolger and Grace KellyPinky Lee TV Big Shot - Ed SullivanMr. Benny - Jack BennyDancing Dice - George Moro DancersEnsemble for the Ages - LiberacePast Politics - Dwight Eisenhower and Nevada Gov. Charles RussellBelle of the Riviera - Dinah ShoreReach For The Sky - Van Johnson, Lou Atkins and Eddie GilbreathColor Bar Breakers - Will Maston TrioComediennes - Gracie Allen, Bea BenaderetBest of the Putters - Bob HopeThe Honeymooners - Bing Crosby and Kathy GrantRighteous Brothers - Bobby Hatfield and Bill MedleyDesert Inn Snapshot - Elizabeth Taylor and Eddie FisherHowdy, Zsa Zsa - Zsa Zsa GaborSerious Comedians - Smothers BrothersVery Popular Las Vegan - Betty GrableRaising the Ante - Janet LeighSeven with One Shot - Milton Berle, Red Skelton, Gale Storm, Spike Jones, Anna Maria Albergetti, Vic Damone and Herb ShrinerBlackjack Joker - Milton BerleSharing The Sweets - Lauren Bacall, Frank Sinatra and Kim NovakHonk If You Golf - Joey BishopAfter Nixon - Red SkeltonOne Nickel at a Time - Jack BennyRoulette for Dummies - Edgar BergenThe Prez and the Schnoz - President Harry Truman and Jimmy DuranteWinters In Las Vegas - Shelley WintersBrewing Up Hits - Teresa BrewerDesert Inn Welcome - Wilbur Clark, Eddie Fisher and Debbie ReynoldsTelethon Reunion - Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Jerry LewisRancho Repartee - Bud Abbott and Lou CostelloRole Reversal - Ernest BorgnineConquering the West - Siegfried & RoyLive in Las Vegas - Nat 'King' ColeStage Presence - The Jackson FivePopular Pinup - Abbe LaneTournament Queen - Mamie Van DorenDemocrat Demonstration - President KennedyStrip Harmony - Mills BrothersCharming But Naughty - Rat PackWhat Will Be - Doris DayMaking A Splash - Esther WilliamsA Legend Is Born - Wayne Newton
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