Golden Nugget, Las Vegas, 1951
Golden Nugget featured live country music nightly “3 PM to 4:30 AM” from the ‘40s to the ’70s. Below, Joe Wolverton and His Dogpatch Country Band featuring Polly Possum on stage.
“Joe Wolverton and his Dogpatch Country band, one of the most popular acts to ever appear in Las Vegas, has returned to the Golden Nugget Saloon. Polly Possum, star of the popular troupe, will be singing the folk songs nightly that have made her a radio celebrity.” – Wolverton, Polly Back at Nugget. Review-Journal, 7/29/51
Color slide scan by Nolan Pelletier. Band photo from the John C. Olsen Photograph Collection (PH-00320) UNLV Special Collections & Archives.
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