Historical Photos of Brazil

Enjoy these mostly black and white photographs and sketches of Brazil as it used to be. Most are undated.

Cities:

Rio de Janeiro

• Praça 15 Novembre
• Cristo Redentor
• Rio Docks
• Panoramic Views of Harbor and Pào de Azucar
• Aerial Tramway
• Praça Marechal Floriano
• Favela Street
• Panoramic View - 1930s
• Municipal Theater
• Colonnade or Aqueduct
• Central Rio
• Beaches and Harbor View
• Avenida Rio Branco

São Paulo

• Banana Boat
• Museo Ypiranga and Monument
• Snake Farm

Salvador

Manaus

Santos

Country:

Rubber Plantation in the 1930s

• Smoking Rubber
• Rubber Workers
• Tapping Rubber
• Rubber Proofing Cloth
• Forming Rubber into a Ball

Coffee Plantation in the 1930s

• Harvesting Beans
• Warehouse for Bean Storage
• Picking Coffee
• Beans Ready for Market

Splitting Palm Trees

Diamond Mining

People:

Botocudo Tribe of Minas Gerais

Wapisiana Tribe of Northern Brazil

Mura Tribe

Dom Pedro, Emperor of Brazil