Braceros in Living Quarter

Braceros stay in a living quarter of a Californian camp and have a rest, write a letter or read a book.

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Object Details

photographer

Nadel, Leonard

Description

Photograph: Braceros sit and lie on their beds while one writes a letter and another reads a book in a living quarter at a camp in California.

date photographed

1956

ID Number

2004.0138.51.06

accession number

2004.0138

catalog number

2004.0138.51.06

Object Name

negative

Place Made

United States: California

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Work

Photography

Agriculture

Leonard Nadel

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Bracero Program

Mexicans

Immigration

Migration

Migrant Workers

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