Bracero Laborers and the Land

14 men stainding in a field
A group photograph depicting 14 Mexican laborers allowed into the US for a limited time as seasonal agricultural workers in Windsor, California, 1942. View in our Digital Collection
Among the old braceros, the men and women who first came to Sonoma County to work in the apple and prune orchards, the bean fields and the vineyards, there is a sense of fellowship, of intimidad, which is evident to this day.

— LeBaron, Gaye. “Sonoma County Hispanics Recall 'Bracero' Days.” Santa Rosa Press Democrat, June 14, 1987.