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Braceros with their belongings walk in line to the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico; a female vendor accompanies them.

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Two braceros working on railroad tracks, in the mountains. Aaron Castaneda Gamez is the one in the left. Phoenix, Arizona, April 27, 1944.

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Original Caption: Line up of Mexicans waiting to be called up for processing at the Control Station in Monterrey, Mex. Each line represents a particular area of Mexico from which the braceros come and they are processed by groups. (B, #12)

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While taking pictures of braceros at the Monterrey Control Station, photographer Leonord Nadel decided to climb atop a nearby military barrack in order to take this picture of the assembled braceros. A group of Mexican soldiers, however, saw him and…

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While taking pictures of braceros at the Monterrey Control Station, photographer Leonord Nadel decided to climb atop a nearby military barrack in order to take this picture of the assembled braceros. A group of Mexican soldiers, however, saw him and…

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While taking pictures of braceros at the Monterrey Control Station, photographer Leonord Nadel decided to climb atop a nearby military barracks in order to take this picture of the assembled braceros. A group of Mexican soldiers, however, saw him…

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On their long dusty trek toward a recruiting center at Monterrey, braceros approach the cross-topped grave of one of their number who died along the way.

Original Caption: The Control Station to which the prospective farm laborers report for…

Bríjido Zaragoza Solís was born October 8, 1925, in Hidalgo, México; his parents were field workers, and he had five siblings; although he was never formally educated, his father taught him how to work in the fields and care for animals; in 1955, he…
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