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Mark Rios, Air Traffic Controller, stands in the control tower at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Information

Creator

Creator: Henry, Scott

Date

1983 to 1986

Description

Situated in the Las Vegas control tower, high above the runways of McCarran International Airport, Mark Rios scans the skies and directs pilots during take-offs landings. A former military Air-Traffic Controller, Rios was called into civilian service in Oakland, California during the Air-Traffic Controller's strike in 1981. Born in Los Angeles, Rios moved to Las Vegas in 1984.

Digital ID

PH-00442_026

Permalink

http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1mc8vm72
Details

Contributor

Contributor: Rodriguez, Thomas

Subject

Hispanic Americans
Latin Americans
Air traffic controllers

Time Period

1980s (1980 - 1989)

Place

McCarran International Airport

Resource Type

Image

Material Type

photographs
photographic prints
black-and-white photographs

Source

Mark Rios, Air Traffic Controller, stands in the control tower at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print, approximately 1983 to 1986

Archival Collection

Scott Henry Photographs of the Las Vegas, Nevada Latinx Community

Citation

PH-00442_026. 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/d1mc8vm72

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

91059854

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

Format

image/tiff