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Mexican emigrant workers identification card, 1953

This card identifies Asterio Lopez Leon as a chauffeur in Hermosillo, Sonora on January 11, 1963.

This cedula personal is a personal identification card issued to Asterio Lopez Leon on January 18, 1963.

Backside of a MICA card for J. Carmen Quezada Morales. Lists a birthdate, address, and birthplace. Also lists date and place of admission to the U.S..

This cedula personal is a personal identification card issued to Asterio Lopez Leon on January 18, 1963.

Front side of an identification (MICA) card. It reads 'ALIEN LABORER'S IDENTIFICATION CARD" on the top and has a picture of the individual below.

Alien Laborers Identification Card, back, for railroad track laborer Aaron Castañeda Gamez, identifying the Pennsylvania Railroad, as the contractor, 1944.

Identification card for Jesus Rosales Rios, with extension contract dates on one side and rules in Spanish on the other, ca. 1960.

Immigration Identification card for Jose Gamez, issued in Fabens Texas, Feb. 1, 1949.

Alien Laborer's Identification card, front and back, for Timoteo Flores.

Identification card for Antonio Rivera Lopez.

Identification card or MICA for Feliciano Marin, issued in 1957.

Identification card, MICA for Felicino Marin issued 1957 in Calexico, CA.

Alien Laborer's Identification card for Jesus Rivera Lopez.

Alien Laborer's Identification card for Jesus Rivera Lopez.

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Igancio Gómez was born on January 14, 1936, in Michoacán, México; his father died when he was an infant, and his mother later died when he was twelve years old; as the eldest of three children, he began working…

Ignacio I. Álvarez was born February 10, 1933, in Guerrero, México; his parents worked in agriculture, and he had six sisters and three brothers; he was formally educated through the second grade; his family was poor, and consequently, he had to…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Ignacio Magallanes was born on July 31, 1932, in Chalchihuites, Zacatecas, México; he was the third of seven brothers; at the age of ten, he worked in agriculture; his father joined the bracero program in 1942;…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Ignacio Nájera was born in 1937, in Santa Isabel, Chihuahua, México; he was formally educated for four years; in 1960, he and a group of friends traveled to Chihuahua, Chihuahua, to begin the enrollment process…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Ignacio Ochoa was born in 1923, at Petatlán, Guerrero, México; he was the first of six siblings, and his mother died when he was twelve years old; from an early age he worked cutting wood; at age fifteen, he…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Ignacio Pérez was born in 1924, in Rodeo, Durango, México; he was the oldest of four brothers; an orphan at the age of seven, he grew up with his maternal grandmother; he worked as a shepherd when he was a boy;…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Ignacio Serna Gallardo was born on July 31, 1928, in La Higuera, in the municipality of Huanusco, Zacatecas, México; his father’s name was Gumaro Serna, and his mother’s name was Adelaida Gallardo; both worked…

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Image of photo page album. Top photo: Consuelo Lerma at the Singer store in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Bottom picture: Some farmer's wives, including bracero's wives, making arts and crafts in HELP (Home Education Livelihood Program).
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