Alpine Village Inn Las Vegas 1959-1961 Stardust German Restaurant Christmas Card

Description: I have been collecting Alpine Village inn items for years and have never come across a spare one of these until now!~Vintage, Alpine Village Inn Las Vegas Strip restaurant Advertising Christmas card 1959-1961 # zdFor sale is an UNUSED old holiday card. This RARE Greeting CARD, Shows a Rare exterior shot of the 1959-1961 Strip Location ( across from the Stardust -before the fire). Shows the owning family, Hershel, Dora and Terry. Never used ! New Old Stock NOS. Printed in shimmery, pearlescent paper (that is why there is weird shading in the scan -this item is clean with no dirty spots)Measures about 5 1/4 inches tall by 4" across .This awesome item is in excellent condition. Item looks far better than my low quality scan.Includes an unrelated postcard. Some History on the famous Alpine Village Inn in Las Vegas; The long gone Alpine Village Inn was last located at 3003 Paradise Road, across the street from the Las Vegas Hilton. Famous for their Chicken Supreme Soup and their Seasoned Cottage Cheese appetizer, this place began serving German food in a downtown location in 1950, then moved three or four times before settling into its final location on Paradise, in 1970. Las Vegas; 1950 Downtown location opened(presumably by Ray E. Dambach) at 905 North Las Vegas Blvd. Later became The Chalet. 1953 Moved to Maryland Parkway near Tropicana “across from the University”. This is the location referred to as “Two miles off Hwy 91 on Bond Road”. Phone number was Dudley 4-9749. Hwy 91 in those days was also called the LA Highway, but is now known as the Las Vegas Strip. 1958; Hershel Leverton and John Marion were in talks to buy the Alpine Village Inn, Inc. from Ray E. Dambach for $17,750. 1959; Opens under Leverton ownership “across from the Stardust" Phone number was DU 4-5512. 1961; July – “Stardust” Location Completely Destroyed by fire. Closed for almost 2 years. 1963;Opens new location in April at 4375 S. Las Vegas Blvd next to the Lucerne Motel, across where Mandalay Bay is now. Phone number 736-3704. 1970; 3003 Paradise Road (across from the Hilton). Phone number 734-6888. 1975, December; two bombs were planted on the roof of the Paradise Road restaurant. They went off at 9 p.m., 30 seconds apart, on a busy Saturday night. Amazingly, though 400 patrons, employees, and passersby were on the scene, no one was seriously injured. Circa 1994; Hershel Leverton sells Alpine Village. March 1997 Alpine Village closes under new ownership and items are sold off. Other Locations; Reno; 6395 South Virginia Rd Opened July 1959 closes before April 1963 Denver; 1150 So. Colorado Blvd. Circa 1959 through at least 1963 Phone number SK6-3802 Eugene, Oregon 260 River Road exists circa 1963. Phoenix; 5025 North Seventh Avenue in Phoenix Arizona. Circa 1965 The North Woods Inn 6115 So. Santa Fe in Littleton, Colorado. PY4-2112 was also part of this restaurant group at one time.This awesome item is in excellent condition.It looks BEAUTIFUL!!You are bidding on vintage merchandise. I describe the items to the best of my ability.* *Remember...RARE Vintage items like this are hard to find so bid now or you could miss out on this piece forever...Please check my other auctions AND STORE in both EBAY Motors and in regular Ebay for more great products!Read my feedback- bid with confidence! Please ignore any DIRT SPECKS from my scanner. Check my SHIPPING options to see which is the cheapest (or best ) for you! My items are great for Gift Giving!Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you for looking. MF PC P/C

Price: 4.47 USD

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada

End Time: 2024-09-22T20:42:21.000Z

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