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Braceros perform stoop labor in a pepper field in California.
Braceros cultivate a field using short-handled hoes near Salinas, California. Many braceros assigned to stoop labor developed serious back injuries.
A bracero reads a letter while sitting on his bed in a living quarter of a Californian camp.
Separated from their families for months, many braceros stayed in touch through letters. Some learned to write in order to send personal messages home to their wives.
A bracero lies on his bed and has a rest in a living quarter of a Californian camp.
Original Caption: "Work is not always available. During such lulls the men must remain in camp and shift for themselves in trying to fill the time. With bottle caps and the side of a cardboard catton, these men try to improvise their own limited…