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Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Amadeo Tapia was born in Sahuaripa, Sonora, México; he is the youngest of eight siblings; his father worked in agriculture, and was also a civil judge; he had formal schooling until the fifth grade; in 1958, he…

An agent from the Texas growers association examines the musculature of braceros in the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas and selects some for distribution among his association members in Hidalgo. They preferred braceros who have already worked as…

An agent from the Texas growers association examines the muscles of braceros in the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas and selects some for distribution among his association members in Hidalgo. They preferred braceros who have already worked as…

An agent from the Texas growers association examines the muscles of braceros in the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas and selects some for distribution among his association members in Hidalgo. They preferred braceros who have already worked as…

An agent from the Texas growers association examines the muscles of braceros in the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas and selects some for distribution among his association members in Hidalgo. They preferred braceros who have already worked as…

Print NAD-2004.0138.57.54. or 14.19???

Print NAD-2004.0138.57.54 or 15??

Original Caption: Lonely, and sick. This bracero sits on his bunk at a makeshift camp in asparagus fields near Stockton, Calif. reluctant to seek aid for his illness because he is fearful would mean that he would be returned to Mexico. (A, #19)About…

An official lash on braceros with a rubber truncheon through processing at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.

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.At the…