Word: bolivia
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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Professor James H. Brewster, of the University of Michigan, delivered an illustrated lecture of unusual interest in the Living Room of the Union last evening on "Characteristic Scenes in Chili, Bolivia and Peru." The slides used to illustrate the scenery and inhabitants of South America were excellent, especially those showing small towns with the show-capped Andes in the distance...
Travelling north from Chili, Professor Brewster entered the tin-producing region of Bolivia with its picturesque adobe houses, hilly cities, and gaily clad women selling their wares in the streets at remarkably small prices. Here the Hamas, small camels which have been domesticated since the time of the Incas, do all the draught work and haul the orange-laden wagons across the plains...
Passing from Bolivia to Peru, the traveller notices at once the remains of the ancient race of Incas. "The Stonehenge of America," a curious collection of huge carved boulders, stands in the middle of a great, brown plain. These ruins, much resembling the stonehenge of England, were probably built in the fifteenth century. The method by which these immense rocks were cut to fit into each other so exactly is still a mystery to archaeologists...
Professor James H. Brewster of the University of Michigan will deliver an illustrated lecture in the Living Room of the Union this evening at 8 o'clock on "Characteristic Scenes in Chill, Bolivia, and Peru." This lecture will be open only to members of the Union. The slides which Professor Brewster will show this evening, depicting the scenery of South America, are unusually excellent, having gained very favorable comment during his lecture tour of the large western universities last summer...
...Detroit and then entered the faculty of law at the University of Michigan as lecturer on conveyancing. Since 1903 he has held the position of editor of the Michigan Law Review. His lecture this evening will be based on personal experiences and extensive travels among the inhabitants of Chili, Bolivia, and Peru...