Beyond railroad tracks, a large group of braceros waits to be processed at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.

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Title

Beyond railroad tracks, a large group of braceros waits to be processed at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.

Description

A crowd of braceros stand beyond the railroad tracks and wait for processing at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico. They come by train from the Monterrey Station in the city of Monterrey. Some of them also walk the way to the Processing Center, which is located 3 miles south of the city of Monterrey, Mexico. They will be processed to become a farm worker in the United States. Everyday not less than 500 braceros are processed at this place.

Creator

Leonard Nadel

Date

1956-00-00

Source

The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.01.44; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.01.44; Roll #: 1

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, 1.

Spatial Coverage

Monterrey Processing Center, Nuevo Le�n, Mexico

Rights Holder

National Museum of American History

Citation

Leonard Nadel, “Beyond railroad tracks, a large group of braceros waits to be processed at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.,” Bracero History Archive, accessed May 2, 2024, https://braceroarchive.org/items/show/1275.