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
Bracero Program
Familial Life
Fairbanks Ranch
Mexican American
History
World War II
Spatial Coverage
Mexico
San Bernardino (Calif.)
Temporal Coverage
1950s
Creator
Unknown
Date
1950s
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.