Passport Picture of My Father- A Bracero
description: I would like to contribute a picture of my father who was a Bracero in 1944. He recently passed away and his stories were many.
creator: Rosa Hernandez
contributor: Rosa Hernandez
rights: You are being asked to contribute your story to the Bracero History Archive, which is developing a permanent digital record of the Bracero program. Your participation in the project will allow future historians, and people such as yourself, to gain a greater understanding of this program and its effect on the people involved. You must be 13 years of age or older to submit material to us. Your submission of material constitutes your permission for, and consent to, its dissemination and use in connection with the Bracero History Archive in all media in perpetuity. If you have so indicated on the form, your material will be published on the Bracero History Archive website (with or without your name, depending on what you have indicated). Otherwise, your response will only be available to approved researchers using the Bracero History Archive. The material you submit must have been created by you, wholly original, and shall not be copied from or based, in whole or part, upon any other photographic, literary, or other material, except to the extent that such material is in the public domain. Further, such material must not violate any confidentiality, privacy, security or other laws. By submitting to the Bracero History Archive you release, discharge, and agree to hold harmless the Bracero History Archive and persons acting under its permission or authority, including a public library to which the collection might be donated for purposes of long-term preservation, from any claims or liability arising out of the Bracero History Archive's use of the material, including, without limitation, claims for violation of privacy, defamation, or misrepresentation. The Bracero History Archive has no obligation to use your material.

Ben (Remigio) Bernal Work Contract
creator: Elizabeth Bernal
contributor: Elizabeth Bernal
rights: You are being asked to contribute your story to the Bracero History Archive, which is developing a permanent digital record of the Bracero program. Your participation in the project will allow future historians, and people such as yourself, to gain a greater understanding of this program and its effect on the people involved. You must be 13 years of age or older to submit material to us. Your submission of material constitutes your permission for, and consent to, its dissemination and use in connection with the Bracero History Archive in all media in perpetuity. If you have so indicated on the form, your material will be published on the Bracero History Archive website (with or without your name, depending on what you have indicated). Otherwise, your response will only be available to approved researchers using the Bracero History Archive. The material you submit must have been created by you, wholly original, and shall not be copied from or based, in whole or part, upon any other photographic, literary, or other material, except to the extent that such material is in the public domain. Further, such material must not violate any confidentiality, privacy, security or other laws. By submitting to the Bracero History Archive you release, discharge, and agree to hold harmless the Bracero History Archive and persons acting under its permission or authority, including a public library to which the collection might be donated for purposes of long-term preservation, from any claims or liability arising out of the Bracero History Archive's use of the material, including, without limitation, claims for violation of privacy, defamation, or misrepresentation. The Bracero History Archive has no obligation to use your material.

Guillermo Bernal Paystub
creator: Elizabeth Bernal
contributor: Elizabeth Bernal
rights: You are being asked to contribute your story to the Bracero History Archive, which is developing a permanent digital record of the Bracero program. Your participation in the project will allow future historians, and people such as yourself, to gain a greater understanding of this program and its effect on the people involved. You must be 13 years of age or older to submit material to us. Your submission of material constitutes your permission for, and consent to, its dissemination and use in connection with the Bracero History Archive in all media in perpetuity. If you have so indicated on the form, your material will be published on the Bracero History Archive website (with or without your name, depending on what you have indicated). Otherwise, your response will only be available to approved researchers using the Bracero History Archive. The material you submit must have been created by you, wholly original, and shall not be copied from or based, in whole or part, upon any other photographic, literary, or other material, except to the extent that such material is in the public domain. Further, such material must not violate any confidentiality, privacy, security or other laws. By submitting to the Bracero History Archive you release, discharge, and agree to hold harmless the Bracero History Archive and persons acting under its permission or authority, including a public library to which the collection might be donated for purposes of long-term preservation, from any claims or liability arising out of the Bracero History Archive's use of the material, including, without limitation, claims for violation of privacy, defamation, or misrepresentation. The Bracero History Archive has no obligation to use your material.

Guillermo M. Bernal
creator: Elizabeth Bernal
contributor: Elizabeth Bernal
rights: You are being asked to contribute your story to the Bracero History Archive, which is developing a permanent digital record of the Bracero program. Your participation in the project will allow future historians, and people such as yourself, to gain a greater understanding of this program and its effect on the people involved. You must be 13 years of age or older to submit material to us. Your submission of material constitutes your permission for, and consent to, its dissemination and use in connection with the Bracero History Archive in all media in perpetuity. If you have so indicated on the form, your material will be published on the Bracero History Archive website (with or without your name, depending on what you have indicated). Otherwise, your response will only be available to approved researchers using the Bracero History Archive. The material you submit must have been created by you, wholly original, and shall not be copied from or based, in whole or part, upon any other photographic, literary, or other material, except to the extent that such material is in the public domain. Further, such material must not violate any confidentiality, privacy, security or other laws. By submitting to the Bracero History Archive you release, discharge, and agree to hold harmless the Bracero History Archive and persons acting under its permission or authority, including a public library to which the collection might be donated for purposes of long-term preservation, from any claims or liability arising out of the Bracero History Archive's use of the material, including, without limitation, claims for violation of privacy, defamation, or misrepresentation. The Bracero History Archive has no obligation to use your material.

Rochin Acapulco Postcard
description: Rochin Acapulco Postcard, 1949

Governor of Baja CA (white suit) cutting cake for inauguration of Acapulco Gardens restaurant.
description: Governor of Baja CA (white suit) cutting cake for inauguration of Acapulco Gardens restaurant. Juanita & Refugio on right side of Gov with Sal and Lupe Villasenor next to mariachi , 1949

Refugio Rochin by Leo Carrillo with head of GM and his wife - 1950.
description: Refugio Rochin by Leo Carrillo with head of GM and his wife - 1950.
date: 1950

Leo Carillo, Refugio Rochin, Conrad Hilton
description: Left to right: unknown, unknown, Leo Carillo, Conrad Hilton, Refugio Rochin, Unknown.
date: 1952

C&R Provisions in 1949, behind Rochin grocery store (left side of pic) & Rochin restaurant on right side of pic.
subject: Bracero
description: C&R Provisions in 1949, behind Rochin grocery store (left side of pic) & Rochin restaurant on right side of pic.Refugin
date: 1949
rights: Refugio Rochin

6. Martinez and Castruita Families Harvesting Alongside Braceros, 1947
description: 06. Pictured: Grace Castruita, Isabel Martinez (Alba), Rosie Castruita (Martinez), Christina Martinez (Gonzalez), and Veronica Guadalupe “Lupe” Martinez (Curtis) picking figs in Planada, California, circa 1947. Married names shown in parentheses. The Castruita and Martinez families of Baldwin Park, and Claremont, California picked fruit alongside Braceros both locally in the San Gabriel Valley, and as migrant workers throughout California’s Central Valley. *Daniel Martinez (photographer) is author of Thesis “The Impact of Bracero Programs on a Southern California Community”, pub. 1958 (also available on the Bracero Archive).
creator: Daniel Martinez
contributor: Daniel Martinez

5. Martinez Family Harvesting Alongside Braceros, 1941
description: 05. Pictured (clockwise): Grace Castruita, Isabel Martinez (Alba), Higinio Castruita, Veronica Guadalupe “Lupe” Martinez (Curtis), and Rosie Castruita (Martinez), picking figs in Planada, California, circa 1947. Married names are shown in parenthesis. The Castruita and Martinez families of Baldwin Park, and Claremont, California picked fruit alongside Braceros both locally in the San Gabriel Valley, and as migrant workers throughout California’s Central Valley. *Daniel Martinez (photographer) is author of Thesis “The Impact of Bracero Programs on a Southern California Community”, pub. 1958 (also available on the Bracero Archive).
creator: Daniel Martinez
contributor: Daniel Martinez

4. Martinez Family Harvesting Alongside Braceros, 1947
description: 04. Pictured: Christina Martinez (Gonzalez) picking figs in Planada, California, circa 1947. Married names are shown in parenthesis. The Martinez family lived in Claremont, California. During the 1940s, the children, who were U.S. citizens, picked fruit alongside Braceros both locally in the San Gabriel Valley, and as migrant workers throughout California’s Central Valley. This photo shows family members picking Kadota figs in Planada, California. *Daniel Martinez (photographer) is author of Thesis “The Impact of Bracero Programs on a Southern California Community”, pub. 1958 (also available on the Bracero Archive).
creator: Daniel Martinez
contributor: Daniel Martinez

2. Martinez Family Harvesting Alongside Braceros, 1947
description: CORRECTED TEXT 02. Pictured: Eusevia Martinez (Garcia) and Christina Martinez (Gonzalez) picking figs in Planada, California, circa 1947. Married names are shown in parenthesis. The Martinez family lived in Claremont, California. During the 1940s, the children, who were U.S. citizens, picked fruit alongside Braceros both locally in the San Gabriel Valley, and as migrant workers throughout California’s Central Valley. This photo shows family members picking Kadota figs in Planada, California. *Daniel Martinez (photographer) is author of Thesis “The Impact of Bracero Programs on a Southern California Community”, pub. 1958 (also available on the Bracero Archive).
creator: Daniel Martinez
contributor: Daniel Martinez

3. Martinez Family Harvesting Alongside Braceros, 1947
description: 03. Pictured: Rosa Castruita (Martinez) picking figs in Planada, California, circa 1947. Married names are shown in parenthesis. The Castruita and Martinez families of Baldwin Park, and Claremont, California picked fruit alongside Braceros both locally in the San Gabriel Valley, and as migrant workers throughout California’s Central Valley. *Daniel Martinez (photographer) is author of Thesis “The Impact of Bracero Programs on a Southern California Community”, pub. 1958 (also available on the Bracero Archive).
creator: Daniel Martinez
contributor: Daniel Martinez

2. Martinez Family Harvesting Alongside Braceros, 1947
description: 02. Pictured: Eusevia Martinez (Garcia) and Christina Martinez (Gonzalez) picking figs in Planada, California, circa 1947. Married names are shown in parenthesis. The Martinez family lived in Claremont, California. During the 1940s, the children, who were U.S. citizens, picked fruit alongside Braceros both locally in the San Gabriel Valley, and as migrant workers throughout California’s Central Valley. This photo shows Daniel Fernandez Martinez of Claremont and two of his nine children picking Kadota figs in Planada, California. *Daniel Martinez (photographer)is author of Thesis “The Impact of Bracero Programs on a Southern California Community”, pub. 1958 (also available on the Bracero Archive).
creator: Daniel Martinez
contributor: Daniel Martinez

. Martinez Family Harvesting Alongside Braceros, 1941
description: 01. Pictured: Eusevia Martinez (age 16), Daniel Fernandez Martinez (age 45) and Daniel Martinez *(age 12), circa 1941, Planada, California. The Martinez family lived in Claremont, California. During the 1940s, the children, who were U.S. citizens, picked fruit alongside Braceros both locally in the San Gabriel Valley, and as migrant workers throughout California’s Central Valley. This photo shows Daniel Fernandez Martinez of Claremont and two of his nine children picking Kadota figs in Planada, California. *Daniel Martinez (son) is author of Thesis “The Impact of Bracero Programs on a Southern California Community”, pub. 1958 (also available on the Bracero Archive).
creator: Daniel Martinez
contributor: Daniel Martinez

1. Martinez Family Harvesting Alongside Braceros, 1941
description: 1 of 6 photos. Pictured: Eusevia Martinez (age 16), Daniel Fernandez Martinez (age 45) and Daniel Martinez *(age 12), circa 1941, Planada, California. The Martinez family lived in Claremont, California. During the 1940s, the children, who were U.S. citizens, picked fruit alongside Braceros both locally in the San Gabriel Valley, and as migrant workers throughout California’s Central Valley. This photo shows Daniel Fernandez Martinez of Claremont and two of his nine children picking Kadota figs in Planada, California. *Daniel Martinez (son) is author of the Thesis “The Impact of Bracero Programs on a Southern California Community”, pub. 1958 (also available on the Bracero Archive).
creator: Daniel Martinez
contributor: Daniel Martinez

Soto Children
subject: Family
description: Photograph of Belen, Carmen and Ramon Soto as children.
creator: Belen Soto Moreno
source: Arizona
publisher: Institute of Oral History, University of Texas at El Paso
date: 2009-08-05
contributor: Kristen Chasse
rights: Institute of Oral History, University of Texas at El Paso
language: eng

Two Men
subject: Life
description: Two men posing in front of trees.
creator: Belen Soto Moreno
source: Arizona
publisher: Institute of Oral History, University of Texas at El Paso
date: 2009-08-05
contributor: Kristen Chasse
rights: Institute of Oral History, University of Texas at El Paso
language: eng

Children
subject: Family
description: Four children posing outside a building.
creator: Belen Soto Moreno
source: Arizona
publisher: Institute of Oral History, University of Texas at El Paso
date: 2009-08-05
contributor: Kristen Chasse
rights: Institute of Oral History, University of Texas at El Paso
language: eng

Workers
subject: Photo
description: Workers using horses to move a structure.
creator: Belen Soto Moreno
source: Arizona
publisher: Institute of Oral History, University of Texas at El Paso
date: 2009-08-05
contributor: Kristen Chasse
rights: Institute of Oral History, University of Texas at El Paso
language: eng

Farmer
subject: Farming
description: Man in field (plowing?) working with horses.
creator: Belen Soto Moreno
source: Arizona
publisher: Institute of Oral History, University of Texas at El Paso
date: 2009-08-05
contributor: Kristen Chasse
rights: Institute of Oral History, University of Texas at El Paso
language: eng

Family
subject: Family
description: Photo of a Man, two women and a small boy standing in front of bookshelves.
creator: Belen Soto Moreno
source: Arizona
publisher: UTEB
date: 2009-08-05
contributor: Kristen Chasse
rights: UTEB
language: eng

Children
subject: Family
description: Photo of four young girls.
creator: Belen Soto Moreno
source: Arizona
publisher: UTEB
date: 2009-08-05
contributor: Kristen Chasse
rights: UTEB
language: eng

Working on the Farm
subject: farm
description: Two men using a tractor to move hay bales.
creator: Belen Soto Moreno
source: Arizona
publisher: UTEB
date: 2009-08-05
contributor: Kristen Chasse
rights: UTEB
language: eng