vintagelasvegas:Thunderbird Hotel. Las Vegas, c. 1950. Nat King Cole’s Las Vegas debut was at the Th
vintagelasvegas:Thunderbird Hotel. Las Vegas, c. 1950. Nat King Cole’s Las Vegas debut was at the Thunderbird, the present-day location of the Fontainebleau. Photo by G.I. Pitchford.“After we performed we had to get out. There was a car waiting outside for us to take black performers to the west side … You couldn’t even walk on the Strip.” – Bunny Briggs, from Tap Dancing America: A Cultural History -- source link