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Living quarters in a bracero camp in the Salinas Valley, California.

Gonzales?

Linda Espino

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Mr. Ernesto Espino and Mrs. Linda Espino are a married couple; Ernesto’s father, José Ortiz Espino, was a bracero from 1944 to roughly 1954; as a bracero, José worked in Arizona, California, Colorado, and…

Lily Gutiérrez Reveles

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Lily Gutierrez was born in El Paso, Texas, on October 5, 1935; her father was a professional butcher who owned several grocery stores, and her mother was a homemaker; she had four brothers and two sisters; after…

Librado Duque

Librado Briceño Domínguez

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Librado Briceño Domínguez was born in 1936, on a ranch named Los Orgunos, in Manuel Doblado, Guanajuato, Mexico; his father, Librado Briceño, died before he was born; his mother, Rosa Domínguez, worked to care…

Librada Estrada

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Herminio Estrada Tozcano was born on a ranch in Saloya, Jalisco, México; he was the second born, of his two sisters; his father died in the revolution when he was roughly three or four years old; he started…

Liborio Santiago Pérez

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Liborio Santiago was born on June 23, 1924, in Etla, Oaxaca, México; he was the oldest of three brothers; at age of twelve, he became an orphan, and was adopted by an aunt; there, he was forced to work in the…

Liborio Andrade Lopez

Letter to the Mexican Consul in Los Angeles

This letter is from Federico Navarro to Mexican Consul in Los Angeles. In it, he solicits that the Consulate be aware that Mr. Baldomero Capiz is not a representative of the bracero community within California or the United States. He goes on to…

Tags: 2004, Alianza Bracero ProA, Baldomero Capiz, Duran, letter, Los Angeles, Mexican Consul, Navarro

Letter to Mexican consulate

Letter on behalf of Guadalupe Cano Quiroz to Mexican Consulate in Los Angeles signed August 4, 1961

Tags: 1961, cano, Consul, Letter to Consulate, Los Angeles, quiroz

Letter supporting bracero rehire

Letter support rehire of Nepomucano Gonzalez by James Hiroto of the Coachella Valley Farmers Association.

Tags: bracero, coachella, letter, nepomucano, patino, support, velasco

Letter of work recommendation

Handwritten letter of work recommendation for Heleodoro Martinez Solis signed 04/04/1955.

Tags: 1955, Arizona, letter, Martinez, Recommendation, solis, Work

Letter of work recommendation

Letter of Work Recommendation from the Beet Growers Labor Association for Homero Lopez Ortiz.

Tags: 1961, Beet, California, chico, letter, Lopez, ortiz, Recommendation, Work

Letter of good credit from bank

Letter of good credit for Vincent Borchard to bring in Mexican immigrant workers.

Tags: 1961, bank, brawley, California, credit, good, letter, santacruz

Letter of good conduct

Letter of good conduct for Jose Guadalupe Santacruz Rangel by the municipal president dated March 4, 1960.

Tags: 1960, conduct, good, letter, santacruz, zacatecas

Letter for temporary visit to Mexico & readmittance to U.S.

Letter for temporary visit to Mexico & readmittance to U.S., dated July 19, 1948 for Nepomuceno Gonzalez. Exited through Mexicali, B.C. and returned through Calexico, California.

Tags: 1948, border, bracero, calexico, letter, Mexicali, patino, readmit, temporary, U.S., velasco, visit