Knife
date: label: date made
content: ca 1963
notes: label: Description
content: This is a curved metal knife used by Isaias Sanchez to cut palm fronds and dates from date trees. Isaias Sanchez used this knife in California when he was brought in from Mexico under a Federal temporary guest worker program commonly known as the Bracero Program. More then 2 million guest workers were brought in between 1942 and 1964 under this program. Workers were used mainly in agricultural fields, orchards, and cotton fields. U.S. growers wanted a source of cheap, efficient, and temporary labor. American farm workers and union officials were worried about loss of jobs, lower wages, poor working conditions, and lack of representation. Communities on both sides of the border experienced periods of economic prosperity as workers spent money or sent money home. This program had a direct impact on immigration and labor policy but more importantly on the formation of thriving Mexican American communities here in the U.S.
topic: label: Subject
content: Latino
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content: Work
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content: Agriculture
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content: Artifact Walls exhibit
label: Exhibition
content: Artifact Walls
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Isaias Sanchez
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2007.0107.01
label: accession number
content: 2007.0107
label: catalog number
content: 2007.0107.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: knife
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: wood (handle material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (knife material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather (sheath material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20 7/16 in x 5 5/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 51.91125 cm x 14.2875 cm x 6.35 cm