The Allure of Sin City: Never-Before-Seen Photos of the Glory Days of Las Vegas

Howdy Podner

Anyone who visited the Pioneer Club was greeted by this cigarette-smoking cowboy named Vegas Vic. The sign was legendary and still around to this day, even though the Pioneer Club is not. It was known as Howdy Podner (because that’s how he would say “partner”). At the Pioneer Club, gambling was available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

 

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