Framed by a bus door, braceros recieve packed lunches as they board buses; they will travel from Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico to the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Framed by a bus door, braceros recieve packed lunches as they board buses; they will travel from Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico to the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, on the U.S.-Mexico border.

At the Monterrey Processing Center, braceros line up to board the buses. The side of the buses read "Transportes Monterrey Saltillo S.A. de C.V.". These buses from Mexico will transport braceros to another processing center near the U.S.-Mexico border. Nadels Photos show the Hidalgo Processing Center in Texas as the next stop for becoming a bracero. Braceros also traveled by freight train from the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico to the Mexico-U.S. border at Hidalgo. By train, the 150-mile journey took eight hours.

Leonard Nadel

1956-00-00

The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.01.40; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.01.40; Roll #: 1

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Monterrey Processing Center, Nuevo Le�n, Mexico

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