A vintage color postcard showing a painting of a lively 1890s-style Western bar and gambling hall. At the top, a line of six can-can dancers in colorful dresses perform on a raised stage. Below them, a crowded room is filled with men in period attire, including top hats and cowboy hats, gathered around gambling tables.
An uncirculated postcard back with a divided layout. The top left corner describes the scene as the famous painting in the Gay 90's Bar of the Hotel Last Frontier. The center divider credits "A Mike Roberts Color Production, Berkeley 2, California." The bottom identifies the distributor as Desert Souvenir Supply, Boulder City, Nevada. The serial number C2546 is in the top left corner.
A vintage color postcard showing a painting of a lively 1890s-style Western bar and gambling hall. At the top, a line of six can-can dancers in colorful dresses perform on a raised stage. Below them, a crowded room is filled with men in period attire, including top hats and cowboy hats, gathered around gambling tables.
An uncirculated postcard back with a divided layout. The top left corner describes the scene as the famous painting in the Gay 90's Bar of the Hotel Last Frontier. The center divider credits "A Mike Roberts Color Production, Berkeley 2, California." The bottom identifies the distributor as Desert Souvenir Supply, Boulder City, Nevada. The serial number C2546 is in the top left corner.

1950 Hotel Last Frontier Mural Las Vegas Nevada Vintage Postcard

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About This Vintage Postcard

The spirited atmosphere of the Old West comes to life in this vibrant scene, depicting the legendary mural that once graced the Gay Nineties Bar at the Hotel Last Frontier. Above a crowded room of focused card players and top hatted observers, a line of can can dancers performs with an energy that seems to spill off the canvas. It is a colorful window into the early days of the Las Vegas Strip, capturing the blend of frontier nostalgia and theatrical flair that helped define the citys unique identity as a world class playground.

Details

Era: Chrome, 1950s (actual year 1955)
City: Las Vegas
State: Nevada
Country: United States of America
Topics: Casinos, Hotels, Murals, Can Can Dancers, Gay Nineties Bar, Last Frontier Hotel, Gambling, Western Art
Artist Photographer: Mark Ryden
Condition: Uncirculated
Orientation: Horizontal (Landscape)
Publisher: Desert Souvenir Supply
Printer: Mike Roberts Color Production

Additional Information

This postcard reproduces the famous mural "Western night life in the Gay '90s" from the Gay Nineties Bar at the Hotel Last Frontier. While this physical mural was a staple of 1950s Las Vegas decor, it served as a major creative touchstone for the contemporary artist Mark Ryden. Ryden, known as the "Godfather of Pop Surrealism," dedicated a massive body of work to this exact theme in his famous "The Gay 90s" exhibitions. His style blends meticulous Old Master techniques with kitsch and nostalgia, often exploring the same idealized 1890s Americana seen in this historic mural: vaudevillian stages, bustled dresses, and theatrical frontier life.

This vintage postcard would look great framed or make an excellent addition to any collection.

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