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Rafael Vega and his mother, Mary, standing inside one of their many businesses: photographic print

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Creator
Creator: Henry, Scott
Date
1985
Description

In 1978, after successfully operating Casa Vega, a popular Mexican restaurant in Los Angeles, California, Rafael Vega, his family, and his mother, Mary, moved to Las Vegas, Nevada. Since then, under the leadership of Rafael, the Vega's have started a series of successful businesses which today comprise Vegas Enterprises. In 1985, Vega Enterprises had gross revenues of $21 million.

Digital ID
PH-00442_010
Permalink
http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1pc2xf13
Details
Contributor
Contributor: Rodriguez, Thomas
Subject
Hispanic Americans
Latin Americans
Businesspeople
Time Period
1980s (1980 - 1989)
Resource Type
Image
Material Type
photographs
photographic prints
black-and-white photographs
Source
Rafael Vega and his mother, Mary, stand inside one of their many Las Vegas, Nevada businesses: photographic print, 1985
Citation

PH-00442_010. Scott Henry Photographs of the Las Vegas, Nevada Latinx Community, approximately 1983-2000. PH-00442. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1pc2xf13

Rights
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Digital Provenance
Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room
Date Digitized
2021-10-05
Extent
91351894
Publisher
University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries
Format
image/tiff