Happy Nevada Day!!!
Today was National Nevada Day! So as a special Featured Photo presentation, I am sharing vintage 1994 photos of the Luxor Hotel & Casino in it’s infancy, and the Excalibur Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada. . .
Happy National Nevada Day ! ! !
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Luxor Hotel & Casino:
Retro Photo: Luxor Hotel & Casino was opened on October 15, 1993. Less than three months after it’s opening, this photo was taken on January 1, 1994.
Photo #1 taken with a Nikon FE camera mounted on a mini-pod through a Nikon 26 mm lens, filter=NONE, Aperture=2.8 f/stop, shutter-speed 1/8th second, loaded with Fujicolor 400 Color 135 Negative Film processed with C-41 Processing Chemicals, and a Type C Print using the RA-4 enlargement paper process, onto a 4X6″ semi-gloss print.
Excalibur Hotel & Casino:
Retro Photo: Excalibur Hotel & Casino was opened on June 19, 1990. Less than four years after it’s opening, this photo was taken on January 1, 1994.
Photo #2 taken with a Nikon FE camera mounted on a mini-pod through a Nikon 26 mm lens, filter=NONE, Aperture=2.8 f/stop, shutter-speed 1/15th second, loaded with Fujicolor 400 Color 135 Negative Film processed with C-41 Processing Chemicals, and a Type C Print using the RA-4 enlargement paper process, onto a 4X6″ semi-gloss print.
UPDATE: A request for when the “National Nevada Day” started led me to this information: “Informal celebrations of this holiday began in the 1870s when it was called Admission Day.”
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