Braceros spend their leisure time eating and resting in a living quarter near McAllen, Texas.
Title
Braceros spend their leisure time eating and resting in a living quarter near McAllen, Texas.
Description
On a Texas farm, 200 braceros, stacked like drygoods, share a long, shed-like building with double-deck canvas beds. Such close living conditions cause respiratory illnesses among the braceros.
Original Caption: A flimsy barracks, by turns drafty or stifling, is the housing provided by a Texas farmer for his braceros. The only mattress on the double-decker bunks is a sheet of canvas. Crowded living conditions like these result in a high incidence of respiratory illness among the braceros. (Jubilee: A Magazine for the Church and Her People, April 1957, p. 40.)
Original Caption: A flimsy barracks, by turns drafty or stifling, is the housing provided by a Texas farmer for his braceros. The only mattress on the double-decker bunks is a sheet of canvas. Crowded living conditions like these result in a high incidence of respiratory illness among the braceros. (Jubilee: A Magazine for the Church and Her People, April 1957, p. 40.)
Creator
Leonard Nadel
Date
1956-00-00
Source
The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.05.01; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.05.01; Roll #: 5
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, 9.
Spatial Coverage
Near McAllen, Texas
Rights Holder
National Museum of American History
Citation
Leonard Nadel, “Braceros spend their leisure time eating and resting in a living quarter near McAllen, Texas.,” Bracero History Archive, accessed November 23, 2024, https://braceroarchive.org/items/show/1382.