YAQUI DEER DANCE, taken by Envin Bach, Chicago 

 Tribune Camera Editor, at the Ballet Folklorico at the Palacio 

 de Belles Aries in Mexico City. The photograph was taken 

 with a Pentax 35 mm. single lens reflex camera from the wings 

 of the opera house. The Ballet is included in Field Museum's 

 Mexican Tour itinerary. 



speak on "How to Photograph the People and Ruined 

 Cities of Mexico." 



On March 18, Mexican art — from its distinctive begin- 

 nings in pre-Spanish Mexico to its climax in the mural 

 movement — will be discussed by George Schneider, staff 

 lecturer specialized in Mexican art, of the Art Institute. 

 He will show slides of art from the major sites included on 

 the Tour. 



Phil Clark, Field Musuem Public Relations Counsel 

 and Tour Leader, on March 22 will discuss Mexico's revo- 

 lutionary example to Latin America and will show slides 

 of flowering trees in blossom at the time of the Tour. 



On March 29, Dr. Donald Collier, Chief Curator of 

 Anthropology, will prepare the group for confronting the 

 cities of ancient Mexico by describing the peoples who 

 inhabited them and their histories. A motion picture on 

 Mexico will be shown that same evening. 



In addition to Mr. Clark, the Tour will be accompanied 

 by Mexican archaeologists who will supply background 

 and answer questions about the ancient sites included in 

 the Tour — Cuicuilco, Teotihuacan, Xochicalco, Monte Al- 

 ban, Mitla, Palenque, Uxmal, Kabah and Chichen Itza. 

 The Tour will also visit private homes and gardens. Short 

 motor coach trips will be made in each major area, but 

 long distances will be covered by plane. The Tour will 

 see Taxco's famous Passion processions on Holy Thursday 



MEXICAN TOUR BRIEFINGS 



For reservations and information write: Mexican Tour, Field Museum 



Members of Field Museum's Mexican Tour, April 3-21, 

 will participate in a series of programs preparatory for 

 their South-of-the-Border travels. Talks will be given at 

 evening gatherings in Museum President James L. Palmer's 

 office during March, on photography, archaeology, art, 

 current affairs and flowering plants, with discussion peri- 

 ods following. The get-togethers will also acquaint Tour 

 members with each other. 



There is still room for a few inore members on the Tour. 

 Tour price is $975, which includes a tax deductible $200 

 donation to Field Museum. All expenses are covered by 

 the price except those for an extra day, which was added 

 after the Tour budget was completed. Tour membership 

 will close when the full complement is reached or by March 

 4. Full payment should be made for any reservations made 

 after February 4. 



Enthusiasm about Mexico and its people, a practiced 

 artist's eye and specialized knowledge of photography will 

 characterize the discussions led by Erwin Bach, the Chicago 

 Tribune's Camera Editor. Mr. Bach is widely known as 

 an experienced traveler, writer and commentator on cul- 

 tural matters, and his photographs are distinguished for 

 their clarity, expressiveness and beauty. He will show some 

 of his photographs of Tour sites and of people typical of 

 Tour areas at the gathering on March 15, when he will 



and Good Friday, will be in Oaxaca's ornate Church of 

 Santo Domingo for Easter, and will visit the unique out- 

 door museum of Olmec monuments in botanical garden- 

 zoo setting at Villa Hermosa and the great new National 



Museum of Anthro- 

 pology in Mexico 

 City. We will stay 

 at hotels in Mexico 

 City, Cuernavaca, 

 •%^ ^^B l^sxco, Oaxaca 



City, Villa Her- 

 mosa and Merida. 



Erwin Bach, Camera Editor of the Chicago Tribune who will show 

 slides and discuss photo problems in Mexico al a gathering of Field 

 Museum's Mexican Tour, on March 15. 



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