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Manuel J. "Manny" Cortez, four-term Clark County Commissioner, speaking at the groundbreaking of the LULAC Senior Center: photographic print

Information

Creator

Creator: Henry, Scott

Date

1991

Description

Acknowledged as one of the most popular and influential political leaders in the State of Nevada, Manuel J. "Manny" Cortez, a 44 year resident of Las Vegas and native of Las Cruces, New Mexico, is shown above speaking at the groundbreaking of the now completed LULAC Senior Center. As a four-term Clark County Commissioner, Cortez has been highly instrumental in the development and funding of many such projects as well as in the overall dynamic growth of Las Vegas and Clark County, Nevada.

Digital ID

PH-00442_004

Permalink

http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1ft8hq19
Details

Contributor

Contributor: Rodriguez, Thomas

Subject

Hispanic Americans
Latin Americans
Cortez, Manuel J., 1939-2006
Politicians
Senior centers

Time Period

1990s (1990 - 1999)

Resource Type

Image

Material Type

photographs
photographic prints
black-and-white photographs

Source

Manuel J. "Manny" Cortez, four-term Clark County Commissioner, speaks at the groundbreaking of the LULAC Senior Center: photographic print, 1986 May 05

Archival Collection

Scott Henry Photographs of the Las Vegas, Nevada Latinx Community

Citation

PH-00442_004. 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/d1ft8hq19

Rights

This material is made available to facilitate private study, scholarship, or research. Copyright is owned by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Please see the UNLV Libraries Special Collections policies on reproduction and use (https://www.library.unlv.edu/speccol/research_and_services/reproductions) or contact us at special.collections@unlv.edu.

Digital Provenance

Digitized materials: physical originals can be viewed in Special Collections and Archives reading room

Date Digitized

2021-10-05

Extent

91463014

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

Format

image/tiff