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Braceros put lunch on the plates of the lined up braceros on the edge of a field in the Salinas Valley, California.

Braceros receive food while others sit down and have dinner in a dining hall in a Californian camp.

Braceros receive food while others sit down and have dinner in a dining hall in a Californian camp.

Braceros receive food while others sit down and have dinner in a dining hall in a Californian camp.

Braceros receive food while others sit down and have dinner in a dining hall in a Californian camp.

Braceros receive food while others sit down and have dinner in a dining hall in a Californian camp.

Braceros receive lunch before boarding buses and leaving the Monterrey Processing Center, Mexico.

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…

Braceros receive paychecks from an official in Stockton, California.

Braceros receive their 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, Texas. As the photograph shows, they look on the photographs, which are already done.

Braceros receive their 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, Texas. As the photograph shows, they look on the photographs, which are already done.