Braceros sit on the ground and play checkers with bottle caps in a camp in California.
Title
Braceros sit on the ground and play checkers with bottle caps in a camp in California.
Description
On farms and without transportation, braceros play a game with bottle caps and the side of a cardboard carton.
Original Caption: "Work is not always available, During such lulls the men must remain in camp and shift for themselves in trying to fill the time. With bottle caps and the side of a cardboard carton, these men improvise their own limited recreation."
Original Caption: "Work is not always available, During such lulls the men must remain in camp and shift for themselves in trying to fill the time. With bottle caps and the side of a cardboard carton, these men improvise their own limited recreation."
Creator
Leonard Nadel
Date
1956-00-00
Source
The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.46.18; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.46.18; Roll #: 46
Publisher
National Museum of American History
Contributor
National Museum of American History, Division of Work and Industry
Rights
Restricted: no; Contact: NMAH Rights & Reproductions by email before distribution - rightsreproductions@si.edu
Relation
See Nadel Footnotes 24. Nadel subtitles A #24; Print NAD-2004.0138.57.48.
Spatial Coverage
California
Rights Holder
National Museum of American History
Citation
Leonard Nadel, “Braceros sit on the ground and play checkers with bottle caps in a camp in California.,” Bracero History Archive, accessed May 15, 2024, https://braceroarchive.org/es/items/show/2376.