LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Frank Sinatra appears in all kinds of Las Vegas photos. Some are stage performances, some are with his fellow Rat Pack members, and some are publicity shots.
But not too many show the Chairman of the Board dressed as a clown.
This photo dated Oct. 16, 1953, from the Las Vegas News Bureau Collection of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority Archive is from a costume party at the Sands. Sinatra’s first performance at the Sands came on Oct. 7, 1953…