A photo of officials standing with a group of braceros by a Southern Pacific train in California, 1942.

Title

A photo of officials standing with a group of braceros by a Southern Pacific train in California, 1942.

Creator

Higgins, Floyd Halleck

Description

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 1942 to help with the sugar beet harvest near Salinas, California.

Publisher

Digital Public Library of America

Date

1942

Type

Image

Format

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Source

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Higgins, Floyd Halleck, “A photo of officials standing with a group of braceros by a Southern Pacific train in California, 1942.,” Santa Clara University Digital Exhibits, accessed January 31, 2025, https://dh.scu.edu/exhibits/items/show/5603.

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