ALBUM DO RIO DE JANEIRO: 10 PHOTOGRAFIAS, N° 2

Rio de Janeiro: LTM, c1935. string bound in illus. wrps. with b/w tipped-in photographic (silverprint) on front wrappers. [4 cm x 6 cm] of "Av. Niemeyer" (edges/corners of front cover chipped and with some foxing, water stains in verso cover, all plates clean, last photograph is loose.Ink stamp in upper right corner of front cover; some warp of photographs). Item #22504

10 silver gelatin prints (oblong format size 17 x 22 cm. ea.) with views of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in the 1930’s. Views include Praça Marechal Floriano, Copacabana, Amanecer Visto no Corcovado, O Pão de Açucar de Norte, Av. Rio Branco, Praias de Ipanema e Le Blon, Theresopolis o Dedo de Deus, Rua Paysandu, panorama de Botofogo, and panel panorama of Pão de Açucar. Tourism had began to flourish with the inauguration of the statute of Christ the Redeemer in 1931. Possibly 'made to order' for tourists, as we have seen other copies with different photographs inside. Photographs with photographic signature LTM in lower right of plate.

Price: $95.00