Estação da Luz - Rua Mauá

Rua Mauá in the 1950s.

same place seen from the other side... 

Estação da Luz main entrance, on Rua Mauá, in 1957. 

a Ford 1946 sedan with its chauffeur  having Hotel Federal Paulista in the back in 1950.

Rua Mauá...

Estação da Luz, 1954.

Café and refreshments sold next to the platform down where trains started and finished in the 1940s. 

Cia.Paulista locomotive with train... 

Praça Princesa Isabel with the humongous monument to Duque de Caxias, in 1963. See the First Brazilian Baptist Church on the corner. 

Rua Mauá in 1870, on the right; on the left is what would become Luz train-station in the future.