Eunice and Rafael Gonzalez with grandaughter Bianca

Item

Title

Eunice and Rafael Gonzalez with grandaughter Bianca

Identifier

2022.006.046

Type

image

Description

Color image of Eunice and Rafael Gonzalez holding Bianca, their granddaughter, at their home on Ohio Street in the 1970s. Rafael Gonzalez apprenticed as a shoemaker in Mexico before coming to the United States as a Bracero in 1942. Gonzalez dreamed of returning home and establishing a business but was delayed during the war and was among a group of Braceros stranded in San Bernardino without a contract or transportation home. Later, Gonzales met Eunice Romero while working for her father, Jacinto Romero, at Fairbanks Ranch.

Subject

Fairbanks Ranch
Bracero Program
Home Ownership
World War II
Familial Life

Spatial Coverage

Fairbanks Ranch
San Bernardino (Calif.)
Mexico

Temporal Coverage

1942-1970s

Creator

unknown

Date

1970s

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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