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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 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 put filled boxes of Farm Fresh Lettuce on a truck while others are working in the field in the Salinas Valley, California.
View from the top of a truck filled with boxes of Farm Fresh Lettuce in the Salinas Valley, California.
Braceros prepare tortillas in a camp near McAllen, Texas.
On a Texas farm, 200 braceros, stacked like drygoods, share a long, shed-like building with double-deck canvas beds. Besides from their close living conditions they prepared food by themselves. As they were used to it and it was affordable with even…
Braceros prepare tortillas in a camp near McAllen, Texas.
On a Texas farm, 200 braceros, stacked like drygoods, share a long, shed-like building with double-deck canvas beds. Besides from their close living conditions they prepared food by themselves. As they were used to it and it was affordable with even…