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Housing barracks for bracero workers at Fred Bright Camp in Imperial Valley, California
This image was collected during Henry P. Anderson’s doctoral research into the public health aspects of the Bracero Program, a bi-national agreement which allowed workers from Mexico to travel to the United States temporarily to work in the…
A photo of a farm owner supervising braceros as they harvest sugar beets and toss them in the back of the truck, 1942
The original description from photographer Hal Higgins reads: “President Robert Barr of the Central California Beet Growers' Assoc. And his crew of Mexicans recently imported into California to save the record crop. Mr. Barr likes the Mexican labor…
A photo of officials standing with a group of braceros by a Southern Pacific train in California, 1942.
After going through the processing center in Mexico, workers were transported by train or bus to processing centers in the United States and then to bracero camps. The group pictured in this photograph is among the first group of braceros hired in…
Agricultural laborers stand in front of bus parked on the side of field
This image is from the personal papers of researcher Henry P. Anderson. These materials were collected or generated by Anderson during his graduate studies at U.C. Berkeley and later affiliation with farm worker advocacy organizations. Topics…
Agricultural laborers empty sacks of freshly picked cotton into bed of truck
This image is from the personal papers of researcher Henry P. Anderson. These materials were collected or generated by Anderson during his graduate studies at U.C. Berkeley and later affiliation with farm worker advocacy organizations. Topics…