Image: Mexicans returning home by train

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Description: Scene captured at Central Station, operated by Union Pacific and Southern Pacific railroads and located at 5th Street and Central Avenue in Downtown. Photograph caption dated March 8, 1932 reads, "Photo shows part of a throng of Mexican women and children at the station when they departed today on four trains for their native land. The repatriation pf the Mexican families, which had been cared for by the county welfare departments was directed by the departments and officials of the Mexican government. Many of the Mexicans will be taken back to their home towns."
Title: Mexicans returning home by train
Credit: Herald Examiner Collection
Author: Los Angeles Public Library
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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History of Mexican Americans

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