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Birth Certificate
Mexican birth certificate for Roberto Ramon Carrillo.
Instruction book
Small instruction and bracero help guide or Instructivo Para los Trabajadores Agricolas Mexicanos (braceros).
Instruction book, page 2-3
Instruction book or guide for braceros, inside pages 2 and 3. General recommendations for Mexican workers for their stay in the United States.
Beyond barbed wire, an official armed with a rubber truncheon directs braceros while others wait in line at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.
During peak seasons approximately 5,000 men passed through this camp daily. The first step for processing is for the men to have their name recorded on the main list. At the Processing Center in Monterrey, Mexico the men are kept in line by Mexican…
Braceros, holding their belongings, wait in lines organized by state of origin at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.
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)
Braceros cross the Mexico-U.S. border while walking over the bridge from Reynosa, Mexico to Hidalgo, Texas.
Coming from Monterrey, Mexico the braceros walked over the bridge between Reynosa, Mexico and Hidalgo, Texas and crossed the Mexico-U.S. border. Right behind the border they were searched for contraband, sprayed with DDT and had to pass a physical…
Braceros wait in long lines grouped by state of origin at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico. Vendors, including women and children, sell refreshments in the sun.
Original Caption: "General view of the daily lineup of applicants for farm work in the United States, as they assemble each morning at the Migratory Station in Monterrey, Mexico--one of the several reception centers, Mexico for processing braceros.…
Braceros, viewed from a military barrack, wait at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.
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…
Braceros, viewed from a military barrack, wait at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.
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…