Braceros unpack their personal belongings as an inspector searches for contraband at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas.
Title
Braceros unpack their personal belongings as an inspector searches for contraband at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas.
Description
In the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, braceros had to place their belongings on a long table for the official to search for contraband. The Processing Center was located right behind the Mexico-U.S. border and smuggling drugs etc. into the country happened quite often.
Creator
Leonard Nadel
Date
1956-00-00
Source
The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.02.25; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.02.25; Roll #: 2
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, 7.
Spatial Coverage
Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas
Rights Holder
National Museum of American History
Citation
Leonard Nadel, “Braceros unpack their personal belongings as an inspector searches for contraband at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas.,” Bracero History Archive, accessed November 25, 2024, https://braceroarchive.org/items/show/1308.