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The Era of the Bracero

Family of a Bracero
The wage earner of this family in San Mateo, Mexico plans to go to the United States. As a bracero he may earn much more than would be possible at home.

Photo by Leonard Nadel, 1956 / Courtesy Smithsonian's National Museum of American History

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Photos from: American History Museum Explores the Era of the Bracero »