The Sergio Salgado Photographs (approximately 1967-1992) consist of photographic prints and slides taken by Salgado that document scenes around Las Vegas, Nevada. Subjects include daily life, social gatherings, Mexican community events, hotels and casinos on and near the Las Vegas Strip and Fremont Street, and Helldorado parades. Several of the photographs document social and fundraising events of the Mexican Social Club.
The Sergio Salgado Photographs (approximately 1967-1992) consist of photographic prints and slides taken by Salgado that document scenes around Las Vegas, Nevada. Subjects include daily life, social gatherings, Mexican community events, hotels and casinos on and near the Las Vegas Strip and Fremont Street, and Helldorado parades. Several of the photographs document social and fundraising events of the Mexican Social Club. Also included in the collection is a photograph depicting the Valley High School (Las Vegas, Nevada) Class of 1972 that was not taken by Salgado.
Collection is open for research.
This material is made available to facilitate private study, scholarship, or research. The donor, Sergio “Checko” Salgado, transferred all right, title and interest they had in the Sergio Salgado Photographs (PH-00463) to UNLV. However, some material may be protected by copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity rights, or other interests not owned by UNLV. Users are responsible for determining whether permissions are necessary from rights owners for any intended use and for obtaining all required permissions. Acknowledgement of the UNLV University Libraries is requested. For more information, please see the UNLV Special Collections policies on reproductions and use or contact us at special.collections@unlv.edu.
Materials remain as they were received.
Sergio Manuel Salgado was born on October 20, 1939 in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico. He was raised in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico and El Paso, Texas. Salgado moved to Las Vegas, Nevada in the late 1950s and married Norma Reyes in 1963. The couple had three children, Norma, Alex, and Sergio “Checko.”
In addition to working in the hospitality industry in Las Vegas, Salgado was active in his community and was a writer and photographer. He wrote a weekly column for the
Sources:
“Sergio Manuel Salgado.” La Paloma Funeral Services. Accessed April 29, 2025. https://lapalomafuneralservices.com/6426-2
Sergio Salgado oral history interview, 2018 September 26. OH-03485. Audio recording. Oral History Research Center, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada. http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/f1k160
Sergio Salgado Photographs, approximately 1967-1992. PH-00463. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
Materials were donated in 2025 by Sergio "Checko" Salgado; accession number 2025-034.
In 2025, Landon Paljusaj rehoused and processed the materials and wrote the finding aid in ArchivesSpace.
Administrative Information
Acquired by Aaron Mayes, Visual Resources Curator, as part of UNLV Special Collections and Archives holdings on the visual history of Las Vegas, Nevada and the Latinx community on the east side of Las Vegas. All material that formed the original gift has been retained.