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A field representative for the growers association in the Salinas Valley, California and one of the growers of an onion field look over a group of braceros working in the field.
Original Caption: "Ben Lopez (on the right) is the field representative for the growers association in the Salinas, Calif. area. Born in New Mexico of Mexican ancestry, he worked for the Dept of Agriculture and then for the growers assn. Here he is…
Braceros perform stoop labor and hoe rows in a field in California.
Original Caption: "Stoop labor" - monotonous, exhausting work - is an operation no machine can do. Men are switched back and forth from hourly to piece-rate jobs at the will of the overseer, and get paid at whichever rate is lower. (Jubilee: A…
Women wash clothes and care for a child in the courtyard of a bracero family home in San Mateo, Mexico.
Original Caption: " In the village of San Mateo, about 20 miles south of Mexico City, approximately 150 braceros leave their homes per hear to work in the United States. The population of the village is about 2500. When work is available, a Mexican…
Braceros, walking from the Mexican town of Monterrey to the processing center three miles away, pass the grave of a fallen compatriot.
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…
Original Caption: The Control Station to which the prospective farm laborers report for…
Braceros walk in line in a sandstorm at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.
Braceros on the long trek to the Monterrey Processing Center, where they will be processed as potential farm workers. The journey to the Monterrey Processing Center was long and arduous, and many had to carry all of their belongings with them.…
Women work and care for children in a braceros family home in San Mateo, Mexico.
Women framed by an arch work and care for children in their San Mateo, Mexico, bracero family home. When the cost of living outstripped wages in villages like San Mateo Atenco, many men enrolled as braceros. Families stayed behind.
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A young woman works in the small village of San Mateo Atenco, Mexico.
Many people learned about the Bracero Program over the radio. A woman works at home surrounded by a radio, icons, furniture, and a painting of the Virgen de Guadalupe in San Mateo, Mexico.
Original Caption: Home of a bracero's familiy in the village…
Original Caption: Home of a bracero's familiy in the village…
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 barracks in order to take this picture of the assembled braceros. A group of Mexican soldiers, however, saw him…
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…
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 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, 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)
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…