Photograph of a performance in Mexico. The band can be seen playing, dressed in dark suits.

Photograph of an event during the Mexico tour.. Two guitar players in dark suits stand among many other people in what may be a large room.

Photograph of a performance in Mexico. Some of the members of the band can be seated onstage, wearing dark suits, while at back stands a trumpet player, playing.

Photograph of a performance during the tour. The band can be seen standing on a raised outdoor stage, playing. Before the stage can be seen part of a crowd. Leon Breeden can be seen onstage, facing the band.

Photograph of a performance during the tour. Two members of the band are onstage, one playing a saxophone, one playing a clarinet.

Photograph of a member of the group at the Braniff Airlines counter at Love Field.

Photograph of a performance in Mexico. The band can be seen onstage, dressed in dark suits, playing. The man in conducting is tentatively identified as Leon Breeden.

Photograph of a presentation at a performance during the tour. Members of the band can be seen at an outdoor venue, seated at their music stands holding instruments while an older man and a younger man stands at front, holding what appears to be a record. Based on banner on microphone, this may be at Puebla, Mexico. Above can be seen an audience standing at the railings of the balcony of an upper floor. This is one of a series of photographs taken during the One O’Clock Lab Band’s tour to Mexico, January 26 to February 21, 1967. The United States Department of State sponsored the tour, and the band traveled as representatives of the United States. Directed by Leon Breeden, the 20 member band and their guests vocalist Carol Lurie and pianist-organist Linda De Leon, toured for 26 days, giving 19 scheduled concerts and two impromptu shows at venues throughout Mexico.

Photograph of an event during the tour. Traditional male and female dancers - likely folklórico - can be seen in foreground while others watch.

Photograph of a performance in Mexico. The band can be seen onstage, dressed in dark suits. some are seated, while the saxophone players, slide trombone players, and trumpet players all stand to play. At front stands a man in a plaid jacket, tentatively identified as Leon Breeden.

Photograph of the band on stage at a venue. The interior shot shows members of the band seated before a curtain, with a host standing to right speaking into a microphone, and with Leon Breeden(?) standing to left.

Double-exposure photograph of parts of a fortress, tentatively identified as Fuerte San Miguel in Campeche, Yucatan, Mexico. overlaid images shows part of the ramparts, dry moat, and crenelations etc.

Photograph of a presentation at a performance in Mexico. The band can be seen onstage, dressed in dark suits. At front stand three men, one presenting another with a host plaque. Behind them can be seen a man in a plaid jacket, tentatively identified as Leon Breeden.

Photograph of a band playing at a venue. Apparently a local band, standing on a temporary stage in a courtyard, with various men holding instruments can be seen. To the right can be seen a few seated audience members. Behind the stage is a building with 2 balconies, filled with audience members.

Photograph of an audience during the tour. The photo shows a large crowd of people, and more in raised seating in the background.

Photograph of members of the band at the Braniff International section of Love Field Airport in Dallas. The man at crouching at lower right in glasses and coat is tentatively identified as Leon Breeden.

Photograph of a small airplane parked on the grass.

Photograph of a performance in Mexico. A single trumpet player is seen standing at the stage, viewed from below, with a few members partly visible near bottom of photo.

Photograph of a moment during the tour, at one of the performances. Members of the band are onstage, along with several people standing at the front. It appears that one band member is presenting a host plaque to someone. At far left onstage is Leon Breeden. Several people stand in front of the stage, at right and to far left. A small banner hanging on the microphone reads XEKS, which was a radio station in Saltillo, Mexico, making this the likely location of the event.

Photograph of Lou Marini during the tour. Marini can be seen standing at front of stage playing, with Leon Breeden standing nearby, and the rest of the band seated at their stands behind.

Photograph of the sign at a performance in Mexico. On an easel, the sign reads "Concierto en Jazz".

Photograph of a performance during the tour. A 5 saxophone players can be seen standing at front of stage, with Leon Breeden standing nearby, and the rest of the band seated at their stands behind.

Photograph of the sign at a performance in Mexico. On an easel, the sign reads "Concierto en Jazz".

Photograph of the Grand Ball Court at Chichen Itza, one of the sites visited by the band during the tour.