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A bracero speaks to a nurse while the doctor listens to them in a clinical practice in the Salinas Valley, California.
Original Caption: In the medical clinic maintained by the insurance company in the Salinas, Calif. area, Dr. Stanley Savoy handles about 85 men per day. Since he cannot speak Spanish, he has his nurse interpret for him in dealing with the braceros.…
A bracero speaks to an official during processing at the Monterrey Processing Centern, Mexico.
Oftentimes, braceros were forced to show their hands to prove that they were experienced farmers. Inspectors would check to see how callused their hands were; according to them, the more callused the hands, the more experienced the farmer.
A bracero stands for identification photographs at the Hidalgo Processing Center, Texas, while others wait in line.
As part of the process of becoming a bracero identification pictures had to be taken from the men. That was part of the process at the Hidalgo Processing Center in Texas.
