Rafael Gonzalez, 1943

Item

Title

Rafael Gonzalez, 1943

Identifier

2022.006.045

Type

image

Description

Rafael Gonzalez is pictured here at Cone Camp in 1943. Gonzalez was recruited from Mexico City as part of the United States - Mexico Bracero labor program during World War II. "Coney Camp" as it was known to the local Mexican population, was a former jail and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) training center located on the banks of the Santa Ana River in East Highlands. Converted to house Mexican laborers, the facility held up to 1,500 men at a time. Despite federal mandates for reasonable living conditions, wages, and medical care many braceros like those living in Cone Camp lived in wooden barracks and sometimes in tents where the men endured severe winter weather and extreme heat in the summer. The Bracero Program officially ended in 1964.

Subject

Bracero Program
Bracero Program Housing
Coney Camp
Mexican American History
World War II

Spatial Coverage

Cone Camp
Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) training center
East Highlands (Calif.)

Temporal Coverage

1943-1964

Creator

unknown

Date

1943

Contributor

Inland Mexican Heritage

Format

.tif

Language

English

Rights

Copyright Undetermined

Bibliographic Citation

Vasquez, Antonio Gonzalez, and Genevieve Carpio. Mexican Americans in Redlands. Charleston, S.C: Arcadia Publishing, 2012.

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Rafael Gonzalez with daughter Melinda Image
Eunice and Rafael Gonzalez with grandaughter Bianca Image