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
Bracero Program
Home Ownership
World War II
Fairbanks Ranch
Familial Life
Spatial Coverage
Mexico
San Bernardino (Calif.)
Temporal Coverage
1970s
Creator
Unknown
Date
1970s
Contributor
Inland Mexican Heritage
Format
.tif
Language
English
Rights
Bibliographic Citation
Vasquez, Antonio Gonzalez, and Genevieve Carpio. Mexican Americans in Redlands. Charleston, S.C: Arcadia Publishing, 2012.