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This is a photograph of railroad bracero Jose Ortiz Espino taken 5/7/1944.

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This individual work agreement was for Jose Ortiz Espino to work on the railroad.

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Individual work agreement for railroad worker, Jose Ortiz Espino, issued 5/7/1944.

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Jose Ortiz Espino received this continuation of standard work contract in 1954. This is the top front half.

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Standard Work Contract for Jose Ortiz Espino. This is bottom front half.

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Standard Work contract for Jose Ortiz Espino. This is the top back portion of the contract.

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Jose Ortiz Espino's standard work contract. This is the bottom back portion of the contract

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Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Salvador Esparza was born on July 15, 1919, in Tepehuanes, Durango, México; he was the eldest of his nine siblings; when he was fourteen years old, he and his family moved to Durango, Durango; in 1945, he…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Rafael Cortez was born in Techaluta [de Montenegro], Jalisco, México; some of his family members, including uncles and cousins, came to the United States under the bracero program; Rafael longed to come to the…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Perfecta Rivas de Rodríguez was born in Valparaíso, Zacatecas, México, on December 11, 1947; her mother, Consuelo Garcia, was a housewife, and her father, Juan Rivas Bañuelo, made marble headstones for…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Margarita Saldívar was born in México, Distrito Federal; she is the eldest of her eight siblings; before her parents were married and she was born, her father, Francisco Leopoldo Saldívar, enlisted in the…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Irene Solís was born on May 4, 1941, in Carrillo Puerto, Durango, México; by the time she was sixteen, she was already married and pregnant with her first child; in 1957, her husband, Fernando Barrios Domínguez,…

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Photo of Jesus Cervantes (black and white) taken at 30 years of age and photo of Estela Velez de Cervantes (color).

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Mexican marriage certificate of Eugenio Renteria and Maria Refugio Gomez.

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Birth Certificate of Eugenio Renteria. Born March 24, 1915.

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Death Certificate of Eugenio Renteria-Mojica

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Backside of Bracero ID Card of Eugenio Renteria-Mojica.

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Bracero ID Card (frontside) of Eugenio Renteria-Mojica.

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Notification to braceros about use and procedures of MICA cards.

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Faustino Martinez received this missing documentation in Mexicali, Baja California in 2006 because he was missing some documents for his request of his 10%.

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This notarized letter acknowledges the fact that Faustino Martinez worked as a bracero from 1957 to 1962. Two people signed as witnesses that he worked in both Imperial and San Joaquin Valley.

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This birth certificate delineates the birth of M. Esther Rivera, Federico Navarro Duran's wife. It also states that she was born January 23, 1930 in Guanajuato.

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This birth certificate delineates the birth of M. Esther Rivera, Federico Navarro Duran's wife. It also states that she was born January 23, 1930 in Guanajuato.

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This letter is from Federico Navarro to Mexican Consul in Los Angeles. In it, he solicits that the Consulate be aware that Mr. Baldomero Capiz is not a representative of the bracero community within California or the United States. He goes on to…

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This letter acknowledges the fact that Federico Navarro Duran worked as a bracero from 1952 to 1961. Martin Cuevas Diaz and Jesus Nava Orozco signed as witnesses that he worked in various places throughout the United States of America.

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