The past four weeks, I have been conducting research on Mexican Nationals (aka braceros) in my hometown of Oxnard. I have spent many hours examining the local newspaper, Oxnard Press-Courier on microfilm and at newspaperarchive.com. In examining the newspaper, I came around two advertisements supporting the Bracero Program in Ventura County [see images below].
Source: Oxnard Press Courier, 22 Dec 1952.
Source: Oxnard Press Courier, 22 Aug 1960.
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This past summer, I conducted research in my hometown of Oxnard, CA. The goal was to collect information on the history of Mexicans in Ventura County, especially Oxnard. Here are some photos from this research, “location of struggles.”
The site of the Sugar Beet Strike of 1903 & 1933, American Beet Sugar Company. Courtesy of the author’s photo collection.
The site of the Sugar Beet Strike of 1903 & 1933, American Beet Sugar Company. Courtesy of the author’s photo collection.
The site of the Sugar Beet Strike of 1903 & 1933, American Beet Sugar Company. Courtesy of the author’s photo collection.
The site of the American Beet Sugar Company’s Mexican Adobes. Courtesy of the author’s photo collection.
The site of the largest Bracero camp in the nation, Buena Vista Labor Camp. Courtesy of the author’s photo collection.
The site of the first Mexican neighborhood, Meta Street. Courtesy of the author’s photo collection.
The site of the Ventura County Citrus Strike of 1941, Seaboard Lemon Packinghouse. Courtesy of the author’s photo collection.
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