Vegas Vic

Vegas Vic lit up over Fremont Street in downtown Las Vegas, photographed by Carol M. Highsmith. The 40-foot neon cowboy was built by the Young Electric Sign Company for $25,000 and went up on the Pioneer Club in 1951, where his arm once waved to passersby. Several feet came off the top of his hat in 1994 to make room for the Fremont Street Experience canopy, but he remains the face of old downtown Vegas.