At the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico, braceros recieve packed lunches as they board buses to the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Title

At the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico, braceros recieve packed lunches as they board buses to the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Description

At the Monterrey Processing Center, braceros line up to board the buses. The side of the buses read "Transportes Monterrey Saltillo S.A. de C.V.". These buses from Mexico will transport braceros to another processing center near the U.S.-Mexico border. Nadels Photos show the Hidalgo Processing Center in Texas as the next stop for becoming a bracero. Braceros also traveled by freight train from the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico to the Mexico-U.S. border at Hidalgo. By train, the 150-mile journey took eight hours.

Creator

Leonard Nadel

Date

1956-00-00

Source

The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.01.41; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.01.41; Roll #: 1

Publisher

National Museum of American History

Contributor

National Museum of American History, Division of Work and Industry

Rights

Restricted: no; Contact: NMAH Rights & Reproductions by email before distribution - rightsreproductions@si.edu

Relation

See Nadel Footnotes, 1.

Spatial Coverage

Monterrey Processing Center, Nuevo Le�n, Mexico

Rights Holder

National Museum of American History

Citation

Leonard Nadel, “At the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico, braceros recieve packed lunches as they board buses to the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border.,” Bracero History Archive, accessed November 24, 2024, https://braceroarchive.org/items/show/1284.