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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
    Details

    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

    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

    91351894

    Publisher

    University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

    Format

    image/tiff