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Eddie Escobedo Sr. and son Eddie Jr. drafting "El Mundo", the largest Spanish-language weekly newspaper in Las Vegas, Nevada: photographic print

Information

Creator

Creator: Henry, Scott

Date

1983 to 1986

Description

The success of "El Mundo," the largest Spanish-language weekly newspaper in Las Vegas, is indicative of the tremendous increase in the Hispanic population. El Mundo was started in 1980 by Eddie Escobedo, a Las Vegas born in Torreon, Mexico. Escobedo served at Nellis Air Base during the 1950's and decided to make Las Vegas his home. Escobedo is assisted above by his son, Eddie Jr.

Digital ID

PH-00442_009

Permalink

http://n2t.net/ark:/62930/d1t14xv0j
Details

Contributor

Contributor: Rodriguez, Thomas

Subject

Hispanic Americans
Latin Americans
El Mundo (Las Vegas, Nev.)
Newspapers
Escobedo, Eddie
Escobedo, Eddie, 1961-

Time Period

1980s (1980 - 1989)

Resource Type

Image

Material Type

photographs
photographic prints
black-and-white photographs

Source

Eddie Escobedo Sr. and son Eddie Jr. drafting <em>El Mundo</em>, the largest Spanish-language weekly newspaper 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_009. 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/d1t14xv0j

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

91455436

Publisher

University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Libraries

Format

image/tiff