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Rio de Janeiro - View of a city built on a dozen hills

Photographer
Date
  • 1915/1925
Description
  • Population, 1,422,000. Rio de Janeiro, the capital with over a million people, is the second largest in South America. Buenos Aires is the largest. Rio is located on the most beautiful harbor in the world, where the largest vessels may anchor safely. This is a place where the land sank and let the ocean waters come in. Over a hundred little islands in the harbor are hills or low mountains with only their tops out of water. The city of Rio de Janeiro is built on narrow plains between the hills. In the older part, which is the business district, the streets are narrow. In the newer part there are wide avenues bordered by rows of beautiful palms, feathery bamboos, and tree ferns. The homes in this part of the city are modern, and many of them are set in gardens of flowering tropical plants.
MODS Note
  • Hand-tinted
Work Type
Location
Identifier
  • P217:33:41
Local Collection Name
Is Part Of
  • Set 51 - Great Cities of the World
Institution
Submission Date
  • 09/08/2016
Modified
  • 05/27/2023
Collections

APA

OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University. (19 Apr 2024). Rio de Janeiro - View of a city built on a dozen hills Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df715q91t

MLA

OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University. "Rio de Janeiro - View of a city built on a dozen hills" Oregon Digital. 19 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df715q91t

Chicago

OSU Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University. "Rio de Janeiro - View of a city built on a dozen hills" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-19. https://oregondigital.org/concern/images/df715q91t

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Keystone View Company http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n82029025
2 lantern slides http://vocab.getty.edu/aat/300134977
3 Rio de Janeiro >> Rio de Janeiro >> Brazil https://sws.geonames.org/3451190/
4 Visual Instruction Department Lantern Slides, 1900-1940 (P 217) http://opaquenamespace.org/ns/localCollectionName/p_217
5 Oregon State University http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80017721

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