Finding Aid for Views of Belém, Brazil, circa 1870-1879

Beth Guynn


Descriptive Summary

Title: Views of Belém, Brazil
Date (inclusive): circa 1870-1879
Number: 95.R.51
Physical Description: 16 photographic prints
Repository:
The Getty Research Institute
Special Collections
1200 Getty Center Drive, Suite 1100
Los Angeles 90049-1688
Business Number: (310) 440-7390
Fax Number: (310) 440-7780
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URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10020/askref
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Abstract: Sixteen photographs by an unidentified photographer document the northern Brazilian port city of Belém in the 1870s.
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Language: Collection material is in English.

Biographical/Historical Note

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

Administrative Information

Access

Open for use by qualified researchers.

Publication Rights

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

Acquisition Information

Acquired in 1995.

Processing History

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).

Digitized Material

The collecrion was digitized by the repository in 2022 and the images are available online:
http://hdl.handle.net/10020/95r51

Scope and Content of Collection

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.

Arrangement

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

Indexing Terms

Subjects - Topics

Waterfronts -- Brazil -- Belém
Docks -- Brazil -- Belém

Subjects - Places

Belém (Brazil) -- Description and travel
Belém (Brazil) -- Buildings, structures, etc.

Genres and Forms of Material

Albumen prints -- Brazil -- Belém -- 19th century


 

Series I. Views of Belém, Brazil, circa 1870-1879

Views of Belém, Brazil (digitized version)

Arrangement

In no apparent order. Arranged by archivist.
box 1

95.R.51-1a [Pará. Harbor with Ships]

box 1

95.R.51-1b [Pará. Rua do Conselheiro João Alfredo]

Scope and Content Note

Looking towards cathedral.
box 1

95.R.51-2a Pará, View from River Amazon

box 1

95.R.51-2b Pará, Landing Pier

box 1

95.R.51-3a [Pará. View towards Docks]

box 1

95.R.51-3b Pará, Convent

box 1

95.R.51-4a [Pará. View towards Docks]

box 1

95.R.51-4b Pará, Portuguese Hospital

box 1

95.R.51-5a Pará, Fish Market

box 1

95.R.51-5b [Pará. Convent]

box 1

95.R.51-6a Pará, Rua do Imperador

box 1

95.R.51-6b [Pará. Commercial Street]

box 1

95.R.51-7a [Pará. View]

Scope and Content Note

Possibly view with largo.
box 1

95.R.51-7b Pará, Commercial Bank

box 1

95.R.51-8a Pará, Theatre

Scope and Content Note

Teatro da Paz, Largo da Pólvara.
box 1

95.R.51-8b Pará, a Bathhouse