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View over some empty beds of braceros in a barn in California.
Original Caption: This drafty barn was hastily converted into housing facilities for braceros near Stockton, Calif. One dirty mattress and one blanket was all that was provided for bedding. (A, #21/ See also 22.03)
Women prepare food and drink for braceros as they wait to be processed through the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.
Local vendors which were mostly women sold food and beverages as well as hats while the braceros had to wait either to enter the Monterrey Processing Center or to be processed inside.
Women wash clothes and care for a child in the courtyard of a bracero family home in San Mateo, Mexico.
Original Caption: " In the village of San Mateo, about 20 miles south of Mexico City, approximately 150 braceros leave their homes per hear to work in the United States. The population of the village is about 2500. When work is available, a Mexican…
Women work and care for children in a braceros family home in San Mateo, Mexico.
Women framed by an arch work and care for children in their San Mateo, Mexico, bracero family home. When the cost of living outstripped wages in villages like San Mateo Atenco, many men enrolled as braceros. Families stayed behind.
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