Viaducto do Chá

 

1953. 

in black & white. 

1938... girl's name is Nadir; she was born in 1936...only 2.

1939. 

Rua XV de Novembro in 1940.

Anna Esmeralda & Leonol in the 1940s.

Cine Metro's advertising of 'O pirata', Vincent Minelli's 'The pirate' starring Judy Garland & Gene Kelly, in 1949. It was released on 20 May 1948, in the USA; it usually took a whole year for US movies to be shown in South America. 

1942.

on a grey morning in 1941.

Looking to Mappin Stores & rua Barão de Itapetininga, in the 1940s.

Avenida São João in 1945. 

1947.

2 young men cross the bridge in 1948.

two well-dressed brothers in the late 1940s.

strolling along Praça do Patriarca in the 1950s. 

Viaducto do Chá, in 1951, with Saint Anthony Church in the back; Othon Palace Hotel wasn't built yet.

1951.

a closer look to Mum & daughter...

1951. 

Dad, sonny, Mum & daughter walking down Viaduct do Chá in 1954. 

1948. 

1955.

1958. 

Mum & dad walk up with their children...

Street vendor plies his ware in front of Mappin Stores... 

on a rainy day at the Viaduct in 1959. 

Maria Antonieta Grecele & her parents in 1962. 

1964. 

Elza Soares & Garrincha with a friend on 8 July 1966. 

1954.

Viaducto do Chá novíssimo e o antigo ainda intacto. Note o bonde Vila Madalena no. 28, virando a Barão de Itapetininga para passar em frente ao Mappin, dobrar à esquerda na rua Conselheiro Crispiniano, dobrar à esquerda novamente na rua 7 de Abril, dobrar à direita na rua Xavier de Toledo e seguir em frente em direção à rua da Consolação.

Praça do Patriarca, 1943. 

in the 1950s.

1949. 

1950.

1963.

Rua do Tesouro in 1956.

Viaducto do Chá in 1978.