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Four generations of Pacheco women posed together: Mary, Jennifer McKinney, Evelyn, and Emilia (identified from left to right): photographic print

Date

1983 to 1986

Description

The Pacheco women featured in this photograph personify the melting-pot phenomenon so common in Las Vegas. Emilia, the matriarch (far right) was born in Sonora, Mexico and moved to Las Vegas in 1940 with her husband, Francisco, a cement finisher. She gave birth to her oldest daughter, Mary (far left), who was born in the United States. Emilia raised Mary in a traditional Mexican home and culture. Mary married a fellow Mexican, but her daughter, Evelyn (third from left) married a non-hispanic and later gave birth to Emilia's great-grand daughter, Jennifer McKinney (second from left).

Image

Tres Lobos Mexican Restaurant and Cantina "The Legend of Tres Lobos", Enter the Night's "Heartbeat" and "Mystery of the Night": video

Date

1991-09

Description

Video advertisement for Tres Lobos Mexican Restaurant inside the Stardust Hotel; and two promotional videos for Enter the Night entitled "Heartbeat" and "Mystery of the Night". The Tres Lobos promotional video includes a fictional story about a town in Mexico, then features dishes available in the restaurant. The two videos for Enter the Night use similar clips from the show while playing the "Enter the Night" song. Kristofferson Films. Original media VHS, color, aspect ratio 4 x 3, frame size 720 x 486. From the Stardust Resort and Casino Records (MS-00515) -- Photographs and audiovisual material -- Digitized audiovisual material file.

Moving Image

Kern, Richard H., 1821-1853

"Richard H. and Edward Meyer Kern, artists and western explorers, gave the American public some of its earliest authentic graphic images of the people and landscape of Arizona, New Mexico, and southern Colorado; providing views of Canyon de Chelly, Chaco Canyon, and El Morro (Inscription Rock)." --

https://www.ansp.org/research/library/archives/0100-0199/kern146/

Person

Marsh, Jim

Jim Marsh was born December 25, 1933 in Denver, Colorado. His father was the chief for the Colorado Patrol and his mother lived in Nebraska, so he split his time in both places while growing up. He was a service member of the United States Army upon his discharge from the service, he started working with his father at a Ford dealership.

Person