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Post Card, Roadside

Sands Motel Wichita Falls TX

Western Sands Motel Wichita Falls TX
Western Sands Motel Wichita Falls TX

This is a very interesting card. It shows some kind of clone of the ‘real’ Sands hotel in Las Vegas. It is the Sands motel Wichita Falls TX. The architecture and the sign look definitely similar, just scaled down.
(The original card is here.)

Card reads:

Western Sands Motel
Hwys, 82 and 277 at the Circle
Wichita Falls TX
One of the newest and finest in the city. 56 beautiful rooms with free television, free ice, heated pool, individual heat and air conditioning. Complete dining facilities, wall to wall carpeting, combination tile baths, 24hours room phones. Only three minutes from downtown
Phone: 322-5618. L.D 29.P.O. Box 2078

Post Card, Roadside

Sands Motel Las Vegas NV

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The Sands Motel Las Vegas NV
The Sands is a great hotel created in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip. This magnificent structure was created by a leading designer who has achieved an architectural blend of modern beauty and design which will remain unsurpassed for years to come.
(A card of a hotel with the same and similar architectural layout (!) is here.)

Side note:
The Sands Motel Las Vegas NV and many other Vegas hotels of the 50’s are featured in this interesting video