Rafael Gonzalez with daughter Melinda

Item

Title

Rafael Gonzalez with daughter Melinda

Identifier

2022.006.047

Type

image

Description

Black and white image of Rafael Gonzalez sitting on the lawn with his daughter Melinda on his lap in the early 1950s. 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
Familial Life
Mexican American History
World War II

Spatial Coverage

Fairbanks Ranch
Mexico
San Bernardino (Calif.)

Temporal Coverage

1942-1950s

Creator

unknown

Date

1950s

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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