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A bracero picks up a load of cotton near McAllen, Texas.
Original Caption: Straining under back-breaking weight of cotton, the bracero falters as he waits to get checked off by the foreman. He then unloads the cotton into a nearby trailer. For this he gets 50c an hour. Cotton harvesting in McAllen, Texas…
A bracero prepares food and slices onions in the kitcken at a camp in the Salinas Valley, Caliornia.
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A bracero prepares food and slices onions in the kitcken at a camp in the Salinas Valley, Caliornia.
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A bracero prepares food and slices onions in the kitcken at a camp in the Salinas Valley, Caliornia.
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A bracero reads a letter while sitting on his bed in a living quarter of a Californian camp.
Separated from their families for months, many braceros stayed in touch through letters. Some learned to write in order to send personal messages home to their wives.
