An official directs a bracero to another station during processing at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.
Title
An official directs a bracero to another station during processing at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.
Description
Oftentimes, braceros were forced to show their hands to prove that they were experienced farmers. Inspectors would check to see how callused their hands were; according to them, the more callused the hands, the more experienced the farmer.
Creator
Leonard Nadel
Date
1956-00-00
Source
The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.11.42; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.11.42; Roll #: 11
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
Print NAD-2004.0138.57.20. See Nadel Footnotes, 1.
Spatial Coverage
Monterrey Processing Center, Nuevo Le�n, Mexico
Rights Holder
National Museum of American History
Citation
Leonard Nadel, “An official directs a bracero to another station during processing at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.,” Bracero History Archive, accessed November 25, 2024, https://braceroarchive.org/items/show/1596.