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Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Zenon Martínez Banda was born in Lagunillas, San Luis Potosí, México; his father worked on a milpa; as a boy, he helped his father work in the fields growing corn and green beans; he was never formally educated;…

Payment scale based on hours and crop for Yolo Growers Inc. typed in English and Spanish.

Two men using a tractor to move hay bales.

Workers using horses to move a structure.

Back page of Standard Work Contract with terms for Jose Guadalupe Blanco Ortega, 1957.

Work contract written in Spanish and issued by the Secretary of Labor for the United States. it was issued to J.C. Quezada Morales on November 28, 1952. It is signed by the Secretary of Labor and includes a fingerprint from J.C. Quezada Morales.

Continuation of Standard Work Contract for Jose Guadalupe Blanco Ortega, from 1957 to 1958 for northern California. Signed in El Centro, California.

Bracero Work Certificate Letter from the Arroyo Grande Farm Labor Association dated July 1956.

Women framed by an arch work and care for children in their San Mateo, Mexico, bracero family home.When the cost of living outstripped wages in villages like San Mateo Atenco, many men enrolled as braceros. Families stayed behind.

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Original Caption: " In the village of San Mateo, about 20 miles south of Mexico City, approximately 150 braceros leave their homes per hear to work in the United States. The population of the village is about 2500. When work is available, a Mexican…

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.