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Two men prepare dinner for the braceros in a dining halls' kitchen at a camp in California.
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A field representative for the growers association in the Salinas Valley, California and one of the growers of an onion field look over a group of braceros working in the field.
Original Caption: "Ben Lopez (on the right) is the field representative for the growers association in the Salinas, Calif. area. Born in New Mexico of Mexican ancestry, he worked for the Dept of Agriculture and then for the growers assn. Here he is…
Braceros perform stoop labor and hoe rows in a field in California.
Original Caption: "Stoop labor" - monotonous, exhausting work - is an operation no machine can do. Men are switched back and forth from hourly to piece-rate jobs at the will of the overseer, and get paid at whichever rate is lower. (Jubilee: A…
