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A photo of a farm owner supervising braceros as they harvest sugar beets and toss them in the back of the truck, 1942The original description from photographer Hal Higgins reads: “President Robert Barr of the Central California Beet Growers' Assoc. And his crew of…
Mexican migrant workers travel by train to Los Angeles (Calif.)Mexican migrant workers travel by train to Los Angeles as participants in the Bracero Program, which was instituted by the American and Mexican…
Housing barracks for bracero workers at Fred Bright Camp in Imperial Valley, CaliforniaThis image was collected during Henry P. Anderson’s doctoral research into the public health aspects of the Bracero Program, a bi-national agreement…
S.898An Act to amend the Interstate Commerce Act, with respect to the authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate the use by motor carriers…
Time is running out for the bracerosBraceros, or Mexican farm workers, are shown in this undated photo in California. From 1942 until 1964, about 4.5 million Mexicans were brought in to…
Activist Galarza dispatched photographers to record farmworkers' experiences.
Shot Handle HoeMexican workers working in California's using short-handled hoe
Braceros in Living QuarterBraceros sit and lie on their beds in a living quarter at a camp in California
"500 nabbed by L.A. Wetback RaidersNewspaper
Chualar TragedyNewspaper clipping of the Chualar Tragedy