Braceros walk in line in a sandstorm at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.
Title
Braceros walk in line in a sandstorm at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.
Description
Braceros on the long trek to the Monterrey Processing Center, where they will be processed as potential farm workers. The journey to the Monterrey Processing Center was long and arduous, and many had to carry all of their belongings with them.
Original Caption: Bracing themselves against the daily, biting sand storms a long line of braceros file in procession towards the lunchroom. after they have gone through the first stage of processing for employment on United States' farms. They must still go through another processing stage at the border. (A, #9) At 3:15 pm every day the winds came up like clockwork to whip up the sands at the Mexican Control Station in Monterrey, Mexico. Here the braceros are in long processionb towards the lunchroom after they have been processed and are accepted for employment in the U.S. They must still be processed at the Control Station in Hidalgo, Texas. (B, #8)
Original Caption: Bracing themselves against the daily, biting sand storms a long line of braceros file in procession towards the lunchroom. after they have gone through the first stage of processing for employment on United States' farms. They must still go through another processing stage at the border. (A, #9) At 3:15 pm every day the winds came up like clockwork to whip up the sands at the Mexican Control Station in Monterrey, Mexico. Here the braceros are in long processionb towards the lunchroom after they have been processed and are accepted for employment in the U.S. They must still be processed at the Control Station in Hidalgo, Texas. (B, #8)
Creator
Leonard Nadel
Date
1956-00-00
Source
The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.10.01; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.10.01; Roll #: 10
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 Captions A, #9 / B, #8. See also Nadel Footnotes, 1.
Spatial Coverage
Monterrey Processing Center, Nuevo Le�n, Mexico
Rights Holder
National Museum of American History
Citation
Leonard Nadel, “Braceros walk in line in a sandstorm at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.,” Bracero History Archive, accessed November 27, 2024, https://braceroarchive.org/items/show/1567.