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Haurongo: 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.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

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.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Lawrence McDonald. 'Cleveland, Francis Leslie', Ngā Tāngata Taumata Rau, i tāngia tuatahitia ki 2023. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/47870/in-the-steps-of-the-king (accessed 4 June 2026).