TRIP TO MEXICO 
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1884 
In April, 1884, the monotony of home-staying and 
office work were broken by a trip to Mexico as the guest of 
Mr. and Mrs. Chain who had the privilege of using a special 
car, which, with W. H. Jackson, photographer, we took at fV -A 
El Paso, Texas. The Chains also were photographers, and 
Mrs. Chain was a painter in oil oolors. 
It was a delightful excursion of two months, with 
visits to Mexico City, Puebla, Zacetecas, Chihuahua, Oaxaca, 
Texcoco, Cholula and other places of note, and gave me the 
opportunity of studying peoples, museums, ancient ruins and 
the great mountains. The photographs herewith will give a good 
a, 
idea of the car, its accommodations and the occupants, 
I had the opportunity of studying the present arts of 
the people, gave attention especially to pottery making and 
looted into the fabrication of imitations of old time wares. 
