Braceros form a line to present documents to an official at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.
The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.04.11; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.04.11; Roll #: 4
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Braceros wait behind a barbed wire fence at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.
The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.04.12; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.04.12; Roll #: 4
At the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico an armed guard supervises a line of braceros carrying their belongings.
The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.04.13; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.04.13; Roll #: 4
A vendor sells pineapples to braceros at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.
Local vendors sold food and beverages as well as hats while the braceros had to wait either to enter the Center or to be processed inside.
The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.04.14; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.04.14; Roll #: 4
Braceros drink coffee at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico as others walk past for processing.
The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.04.15; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.04.15; Roll #: 4
Braceros wait to be processed at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico while others wait to enter the center outside along the railroad tracks.
The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.04.04; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.04.04; Roll #: 4
Braceros wait to be processed as a train arrives at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.
Braceros wait to be processed as a train arrives at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico. The train says "Nacionales de Mexico, Correo".
The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.04.05; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.04.05; Roll #: 4
The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.04.06; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.04.06; Roll #: 4
Braceros eat at vendors' stands while waiting to be processed at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.
The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.04.07; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.04.07; Roll #: 4
Braceros wait to be processed at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.
The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.04.08; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.04.08; Roll #: 4
The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.04.09; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.04.09; Roll #: 4
Braceros present their documents at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.
The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.04.42; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.04.42; Roll #: 4
A man looks on as braceros present their documents to officials at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.
The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.04.43; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.04.43; Roll #: 4
The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.04.44; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.04.44; Roll #: 4
The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.04.01; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.04.01; Roll #: 4
The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.04.02; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.04.02; Roll #: 4
Print NAD-2004.0138.57.52. See Nadel Footnotes, 1.
The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.04.03; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.04.03; Roll #: 4
Braceros, viewed from a military barrack, wait at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.
While taking pictures of braceros at the Monterrey Control Station, photographer Leonord Nadel decided to climb atop a nearby military barrack in order to take this picture of the assembled braceros. A group of Mexican soldiers, however, saw him and promptly arrested him for not having received permission to take pictures. The language barrier between them prevented communication, and Nadel said he was "surrounded by carbines" until a camp official managed to rescue him from his predicament.
The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.04.36; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.04.36; Roll #: 4
The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.04.37; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.04.37; Roll #: 4
While taking pictures of braceros at the Monterrey Control Station, photographer Leonord Nadel decided to climb atop a nearby military barracks in order to take this picture of the assembled braceros. A group of Mexican soldiers, however, saw him and promptly arrested him for not having received permission to take pictures. The language barrier between them prevented communication, and Nadel said he was "surrounded by carbines" until a camp official managed to rescue him from his predicament.
The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.04.38; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.04.38; Roll #: 4
A woman sells food to braceros waiting in line at the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.
Local vendors which were mostly women sold food and beverages as well as hats while the braceros had to wait either to enter the Monterrey Processing Center or to be processed inside.
The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.04.39; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.04.39; Roll #: 4
At the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico, a woman offers food for sale to braceros as they wait in line.
The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.04.40; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.04.40; Roll #: 4
The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.04.41; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.04.41; Roll #: 4
Braceros spend their leisure time eating and resting in a living quarter near McAllen, Texas.
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.)
The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.05.01; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.05.01; Roll #: 5
Braceros cross the Mexico-U.S. border while walking over the Reynosa-Hidalgo bridge.
The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.05.02; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.05.02; Roll #: 5