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Hispanic children picked up by the U.S. Border Patrol on their way to work in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, circa 1953

1953 ‧ 20.5 x 25.5 cm ‧ Photograph, documentary ‧ monochrome ‧ Jump to full details ‧ Request from Special Collections

Summary:	Reverse caption reads: "Early morning wetback haul-- These young wetbacks were among those picked up by the Border Patrol about 5 a.m. in the morning on their way to work in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas at the time of the survey reported in "What Price Wetbacks?" published by the Texas State Federation of Labor (AFL) and the american GI Forum of Texas." For complete collection information, visit the full finding aid at http://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/42579
Century:	2001-2100
Place of origin – Continent:	North America
Place of origin – Country:	United States of America
Place of origin – Region:	Texas
Temporal subject:	1951-1960
Geographical subject – Continent:	North America
Geographical subject – Country:	United States of America
Geographical subject – Region:	Texas
Topical subjects:	American Federation of Labor
	Border patrol
	children
ArchivesUM location:	AFL-CIO Information Department, Photographic Prints collection series 1: Subject Files, 1890-1995 subseries 1: Photographs, 1890-1993 box : 43 folder 6: Migratory Labor accession 2014-001-RG96-001
Repository:	Historical Manuscripts
Browse terms:	Economics, Business, Commerce, Labor
Copyright holder:	unknown
Collection:	Digital Collections
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