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Certificate of Work Completion for Carlos Rosario Rosario by Ventura County Citrus Growers Committee signed on November 08, 1956.

Continuation of standard work contract for Carlos Rosario Rosario signed on January 18, 1956.

Handwritten letter from friend to Carlos Rosario Rosario, 1969.

Image of the U.S. side of the Santa Fe bridge at meal time.

Image of the Rio Vista processing center, 1999.

Rio Vista mess hall, 1956.

Rio Vista transportation building. 1999

Santa Fe Bridge at meal time, 1955

Rio Vista mess hall, 1956

Rio Vista Main Office 1999.

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Alejandro Hernández was born July 10, 1927, in Durango, México; he was the first born of his four siblings; in 1936, when he was nine years old, his father died; as the eldest, he began working by helping care…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Gregorio de la Cruz was born on July 7, 1938, in Santa Ana, Sonora, México; his parents were seasonal field workers, and he had four brothers and two sisters; they grew up on the ejido where their parents…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Carlos Villagomes was born on November 18, 1932, in Uriangato, Guanajuato; he is the eldest of his five siblings; while going to school, he helped his father work the land, and as a result received very little…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Alfredo López was born April 15, 1939, in Guasave, Sinaloa, México; he had eleven siblings; by the time he was thirteen years old, he left home to work; in 1958, he decided to enlist in the bracero program; as a…