A grave of rocks and a wooden cross on the top is located in front of a barbed wire fence along the railroad track near the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.
Title
A grave of rocks and a wooden cross on the top is located in front of a barbed wire fence along the railroad track near the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.
Description
A mound of rocks and wooden cross before a barbed wire fence mark a grave near the Monterrey Control Station, Mexico. n 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.
Creator
Leonard Nadel
Date
1956-00-00
Source
The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.09.03; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.09.03; Roll #: 9
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, 3.
Spatial Coverage
Near the Monterrey Processing Center, Nuevo Le?n, Mexico
Rights Holder
National Museum of American History
Citation
Leonard Nadel, “A grave of rocks and a wooden cross on the top is located in front of a barbed wire fence along the railroad track near the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.,” Bracero History Archive, accessed November 3, 2025, https://braceroarchive.org/items/show/1558.