Unit 4, Lesson 4: How Did Mexican Americans Build a Community in Bryn Mawr?Main MenuHow Did Mexican Americans Build a Community in Bryn Mawr?The Beginnings of the Citrus IndustryEarly Mexican SettlersNot Always WelcomePicking and Packing OrangesAmericanizationBuilding A CommunityActivityLearn MoreAudrey Maier0f8f4f35e42fcdb6d08eabfaff98566fef8bbb7f
Bryn Mawr School Children
12018-07-09T17:28:27-07:00Audrey Maier0f8f4f35e42fcdb6d08eabfaff98566fef8bbb7f308593A group of Mexican-American students pose for a group picture with their two teachers, most likely Mary E. Felton and Luella Palmer. The Bryn Mawr School was a segregated school which only taught the Mexican-American students who lived in the Mission School District.plain2018-07-09T17:29:58-07:00Loma Linda Area Parks and Historical Society Digital Archive1926Mary Cooke and Eva YanezPhotographAudrey Maier0f8f4f35e42fcdb6d08eabfaff98566fef8bbb7f
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1media/Widly jpg for FB.tif.jpg2018-07-09T23:43:49-07:00Picking and Packing Oranges3plain2018-07-16T21:11:16-07:00Mexican workers in the citrus industry were paid low wages. The men who picked the oranges and the women who packed the oranges were paid based on how many fruits they could pick or pack in a day. The faster they worked the more the workers were paid. Because of this, many families did not make enough money. Sometimes children would work too, in order to help make more money. These child workers were called ratas or “rats” in Spanish because they would scurry around the groves and pick low hanging fruit.
4. Look at this photograph of Mexican school children in Bryn Mawr, notice their work overalls. What would it have been like to work and go to school? How would their work affect the student’s education?
