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

Information

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

Archival Collection

Scott Henry Photographs of the Las Vegas, Nevada Latinx Community

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