Biography: Cleveland, Francis Leslie

In the steps of the king

A photograph of the Normandie Motel, which features a billboard saying, ‘Elvis slept here’.

Les Cleveland photographed this Las Vegas motel in 1995, during one of several trips to the United States in later life.

Using this item

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: Les Cleveland Collection. PAColl-D-1519

by Les Cleveland

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

How to cite this page

Lawrence McDonald. 'Cleveland, Francis Leslie', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2023. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/47870/in-the-steps-of-the-king (accessed 4 June 2026).