Views of Belém, Brazil, circa 1870-1879

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Summary

Title:

Views of Belém, Brazil

Dates:

circa 1870-1879

Abstract:

Sixteen photographs by an unidentified photographer document the northern Brazilian port city of Belém in the 1870s.

Extent:

16 photographic prints

Language:

Collection material is in English.

Preferred citation:

Views of Belém, Brazil, circa 1870-1879, Getty Research Institute, Research Library, Accession no. 95.R.51

http://hdl.handle.net/10020/cifa95r51

Background

Scope and content:

Views of the waterfront and docks predominate in this collection of 16 albumen prints by an unidentified photographer documenting the northern Brazilian port city of Belém (then known as Pará), center of the Amazonian rubber boom in the late nineteenth century. Other images show buildings (Teatro da Paz, Portuguese hospital, commercial bank, convent, bathhouse) and street views (Rua do Imperador, Rua do Conselheiro).

Photographs are mounted recto and verso on eight sheets. The former name of the city, Pará, is written on all of the mounts below the images, in eight instances with additional description. These captions have been used as image titles. Titles for the remaining eight images were devised by the archivist.

Biographical / historical:

The photographs in this collection were taken in Brazil by an unknown photographer, probably in the 1870s.

Acquisition information:

Acquired in 1995.

Processing information:

Processed and cataloged by Beth Ann Guynn; finding aid encoded by Holly Larson with grant funding from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR).

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in a single series: Series I.: Views of Belém, Brazil, circa 1870-1879.

Physical location:

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Rules or conventions:

Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Indexed terms

Subjects:: Waterfronts -- Brazil -- Belém
Docks -- Brazil -- Belém
Albumen prints -- Brazil -- Belém -- 19th century
Places:: Belém (Brazil) -- Description and travel
Belém (Brazil) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:: Beth Guynn
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2024-05-14 13:52:05 -0700 .

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