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Emilio working his job as maintanence groundskeeper for an apartment complex in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Information

Creator

Creator: Henry, Scott

Date

1983 to 1986

Description

In his native Guatemala, Emilio was a banker. Today, he works as a maintenance groundskeeper at a local apartment complex. Emilio is illustrative of many of his countrymen who fled poverty, unemployment, and political oppression; professionals who because of their language problems have been forced to find work in low skilled jobs. Emilio has two children, both born in Las Vegas.

Digital ID

PH-00442_032
Details

Citation

PH-00442_032. 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/d1tx38b7x

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

91035296

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

Format

image/tiff