An agent for the Texas growers association examines the musclulature of a bracero at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas.
Title
An agent for the Texas growers association examines the musclulature of a bracero at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas.
Description
An agent from the Texas growers association examines the muscles of braceros in the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas and selects some for distribution among his association members in Hidalgo. They preferred braceros who have already worked as farnworkers and therefore have well-trained muscles.
Original Caption: Sharp-eyed, experienced agents for the growers feel muscles of prospective workers as he sizes them up. This agent hired 2,000 braceros at one session. (A, #12)
Original Caption: Sharp-eyed, experienced agents for the growers feel muscles of prospective workers as he sizes them up. This agent hired 2,000 braceros at one session. (A, #12)
Creator
Leonard Nadel
Date
1956-00-00
Source
The Leonard Nadel Collection, NMAH. Catalogue #: 2004.0138.02.28; Negative #: NAD-2004.0138.02.28; Roll #: 2
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
Print NAD-2004.0138.57.25. See Nadel Captions A, #12. See also Nadel Footnotes, 7.
Spatial Coverage
Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas
Rights Holder
National Museum of American History
Citation
Leonard Nadel, “An agent for the Texas growers association examines the musclulature of a bracero at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas.,” Bracero History Archive, accessed November 25, 2024, https://braceroarchive.org./items/show/1311.