Brazil

Scope and Contents The collection consists of 147 black and white or sepia toned photographs of Daniel K. Ludwig’s business ventures in 1960s Brazil. Photographs measure between 2 ½”x 3” and 4”x5” and are captioned with simple descriptions such as “transportation” and “arriving on ranch.” The photographs show building an airstrip and infrastructure, cattle ranching, and land clearing. Many photographs show Ludwig’s employees and locals posing with bi-planes, animals, and their community while undertaking...

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One photographic album depicting an American tanker ship in Santos, Rio de Janeiro, and Montevideo, Brazil, during the 1930s. 58 photographs show the interior and exterior of tanker "Chiloil" as well as street views in various Brazilian locations alongside 23 posctards from Santos, most of which are captioned.

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This photographic album contains 42 black and white photographs of Companhia Viação São Paulo as the company developed the area of the upper Paraná River in Mato Grosso do Sul during the 1930s. Photographs are of towns, ports, ships, and company operations around the Paraná River as well as landscape surrounding the area in both Brazil and Argentina. All photographs measure approximately 3 1/4" x 4 1/4" and are captioned.

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Collection contains one photograph album from 1900 of 39 gelatin silver prints by photographer O. Sainati of Campinas-based Mogiana Railway stations, bridges, locomotives, and surrounding everyday life. The album is comprised of 39 card stock leaves with one photograph per page, mounted with original captions. The Mogiana stations focused primarily on the railway line between Jaguarina and Cravinhos in the Sao Paulo state of Brazil.

Abstract One photographic album containing fifty black-and-white images depicting Lisbon Harbor, Brazil, and Argentina. The images feature two copper mines in the Catamarca region of Argentina, one owned by Samuel Lafone Quevedo and the other owned by Adolfo Carranza; as well as a sugar plantation owned by Alfredo Guzman. Other images depict various members of the Blamey family and the natural landscape of Argentina. The album appears to have been a gift from Henry (potentially Henry Davis Hoskold)...

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This photographic album contains 33 black and white photographs of Rio de Janeiro buildings and landmarks during the 1920s taken by three unidentified photographers. Images include panoramas of Rio de Janeiro, Sugarloaf Mountain, and Copacabana neighborhoods. All photographs are captioned with the creator's stamp except for two. Photographs measure 6 1/2" x 8 1/2" and are mounted except for three that are loosely inserted.

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The Whitman Family Papers contain correspondence, diaries, photographs, clippings, books, and memorabilia related to the members of this prominent New England family, particularly Jason Whitman (1799-1848), a Unitarian minister in Portland, Maine, and Lexington, Massachusetts; and Bernard and Minnie Hamilton Whitman, who lived in Brazil and Colombia in the 1870s and 1880s while Bernard worked in South America as an engineer and street railway builder.