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By: Argun Konuk September 29, 2020October 10, 2020

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Color Photos of Brazil in 1909: Archives of the Planet Vol. 1

In 1909, French photographer Auguste Leon (1857-1942), who worked for the project “Archives of the Planet” (French: Les Archives de la Planète), visited Brazil and captured alluring color photos of the country.

Archives of the Planet was a project initiated by Albert Kahn, a French banker and philanthropist, and it aimed to create “a kind of photographic inventory of the surface of the earth, as it was occupied and organized by men at the beginning of the 20th century.” We may consider it to be an oldschool Google Maps.

Disclaimer: The photos belong to the archives of “Autochrome de Auguste Leon” © Musée Albert-Khan – Département des Hauts-de-Seine”

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**Guanabara Bay and the Gloria district below – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – September 1909**

**The courtyard of the Torre Malakof during a military parade – Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil – September 1909**

**Near the station – Petropolis, Brazil – September 1909**

**Entrance to the Agassis Caves in the Tijuca Forest – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – September 1909**

**View of Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas from the Sumaré Road – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – September 1909**

**Villas in the Santa Teresa district towards the Tijuca Massif – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – September 1909**

**The neighborhood of Santa Teresa and Guanabara Bay – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – September 1909**

**In the Gloria district – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – September 1909**

**Paissandu Avenue in the Flamengo district- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – September 1909**

In the neighborhood of Santa Tereza **– Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – September 1909**
In the background on the left, the “Castelinho”

**Houses in the Gloria district – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – September 1909**

**View taken from the Sumaré Road towards the Tijuca Massif – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – September 1909**

**Comércio** **Street – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – September 1909**

**On board the Avon, near Madeira or the Brazilian coast – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – September 1909**

**Three passengers (including Auguste Léon on the right?) Aboard the Avon – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – September 1909**

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2 replies to Color Photos of Brazil in 1909: Archives of the Planet Vol. 1

Luiz Marcello Gomes Ribeiro says:

October 10, 2020 at 2:12 am

There is a caption mistake. The Malakof Tower is located in the city of Recife, in Pernambuco, probably a stopover for the Ship.

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1. Argun Konuk says:
  
  October 10, 2020 at 8:29 am
  
  Ops, my bad! Thank you so much for the correction Luiz 🙂
  
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Color Photos of Brazil in 1909: Archives of the Planet Vol. 1

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