Braceros spend their leisure time in a living quarter on a camp near McAllen, Texas.

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Title

Braceros spend their leisure time in a living quarter on a camp 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: This is housing provided by a Texan farmer for 200 braceros in this long building, with the beds made out of stretched canvas, upper and lower. Such close living conditions make for the high incidence of respiratory illnesses among the braceros.

Creator

Leonard Nadel

Date

1956-00-00

Source

The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.05.12; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.05.12; 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

Print NAD-2004.0138.57.59. See Nadel Caption A, #20. See also Nadel Footnotes, 9.

Spatial Coverage

Near McAllen, Texas

Rights Holder

National Museum of American History

Citation

Leonard Nadel, “Braceros spend their leisure time in a living quarter on a camp near McAllen, Texas.,” Bracero History Archive, accessed November 22, 2024, https://braceroarchive.org/items/show/1393.