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Sweat and Tears: Puerto Ricans Migrate to New York State

Document 8

Image. Cover of brochure for U.S. employers hiring Puerto Rican workers, 1960.
Document 8: Cover of brochure prepared by the Migration Division, Department of Labor, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, for the purpose of advising mainland employers of procedures for hiring Puerto Rican workers. 1960. Courtesy of Center for Puerto Rican Studies Archives, Hunter College, CUNY.

Document 8 Short-Answer Questions

  1. What are the Puerto Rican laborers doing in the picture?
  2. Judging by the photograph, what type of employer do you think is most likely to hire Puerto Rican workers?
  3. What Division of the Puerto Rican Department of Labor wrote the brochure?

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