The Silver Slipper, one of the Neon Museum’s most famous signs installed in the median on Las Vegas Boulevard North, has been restored to its original color combination as the result of a recent repainting.
Though it is known for its metallic, bulb-studded upper and bright-red sole and insole, the Silver Slipper was originally painted silver, gold, and blue when it first appeared on the building of its casino in the mid-1950s and remained that way into the early 60s. Today, travelers along the stretch of road between Sahara Avenue and Washington Avenue, which is a designated National Scenic Byway, will see those original colors once again.
The blue color selected by the museum team for the new paint scheme was chosen following a color match with photographs of the sign from the 50s into the early 60s.
One of nine restored and operational signs included in the Neon Museum’s Las Vegas Signs Project, the Silver Slipper sits just west of the Neon Museum Boneyard. Other signs in the Las Vegas Signs Project showcased on the National Scenic Byway include the Caballero from the Hacienda Hotel and Casino at Fremont Street, Bow & Arrow Motel and Binion’s Horseshoe near the La Concha Visitors’ Center at the McWilliams Avenue intersection and Society Cleaners, the Lucky Cuss Motel and the Normandie Motel at the Ogden Street intersection.
Additionally, the Las Vegas Signs Project includes the 5th Street Liquor sign at Garces Street and Casino Center Boulevard and the Landmark Hotel sign, installed on Paradise Road near the site of the imploded casino.
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