Photo from the Mark Englebretson Collection
| Frontier Club |
| 117 Fremont |
| 1935 - 1953 |
Photo from the Mark Englebretson Collection |
 Photo from the Mark Englebretson Collection |
| To the best of our knowledge, no casino ashtrays were ever created for the Frontier Club in Las Vegas. If you happen to know where one exists, please consider sharing a photo of it with the collecting community. |
| The 1944 phone book lists former LAPD vice squad commander Guy McAfee as the proprietor of the Frontier Club, which opened in 1935 on the site of a former general merchandise store. While heading the vice squad, McAfee also allegedly owned saloons and brothels, operated gambling houses, and had ties to organized crime. There was a “Ladies Welcome” sign on the Frontier Club. Men did most of the gambling in the early days of Las Vegas. Most of the women that were found in the casinos…well, they weren’t “proper” ladies. So, which kind of “ladies” was the Frontier Club welcoming? |
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