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Mexican Migrant Workers at El Rio FSA Camp

This is an image of three men and two women seated at a table at the El Rio FSA Camp in 1940.

Mexican immigrants looking for work in California

This is an image of a family of Mexican immigrants pulled over on the side of the road facing tire troubles while looking for work in California.

A Sewing Class of Mexican Girls

This is an image of Mexican girls in sewing class, a forced attempt to assimilate Mexican immigrants.

El Corrido by Isabel Villaseñor

This is an image of Isabel Villaseñor's woodcut "El Corrido".

Living Quarters at the Gondo Labor Camp

This is an image of clothes hanging on the fence to dry at the living quarters of the Gondo Labor Camp.

Bracero Living Quarters

This is an image of a worker lying in his bed and smoking in the living quarters of a Californian camp. This image was taken in 1956.

Braceros picking lettuce in a field in the Salinas Valley in California.

This is an image of laborers picking lettuce in the Salinas Valley in 1956.

Mexican labor workers waiting to leave the Hidalgo Processing Center.

This is an image of Mexican labor workers sitting in a truck bed waiting to leave the Hidalgo Processing Center in Texas

Backside of Bracero Identification Card

This is an image of Plutarco Chavez Ruiz's identification card, issued March 26th 1957.

Image of the Hidalgo Processing Center in 1956

At the Hidalgo Processing Center in Texas, this image shows Mexican laborers in line waiting to be processed and officials taking fingerprints as part…