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This is a rather typical close-up of one of the poorer "Favels" of Rio where a few of the amenities of modern living are available.

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Here one of the poorer residential areas is shown against a very modern skyscraper in the Petropolis suburb, high on the ridge overlooking Rio Bay.

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This is a great fruit stand of a co-operative of small growers in the neighborhood of Rio: fresh vegetables, bananas, oranges can be obtained the year round.

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On the feast day of the assumption of the Virgin Mary, her church, the church of Gloria, is the object of a very popular pilgrimage participated in by thousands of people from all over the capital.

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Pilgrims lining up on the feast day outside Gloria Church.

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There is no predominant color among the people of Rio, colors ranging all the way from pure white to very dark black can be seen.

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Although it is a winter day, these two old people are taking it easy for a moment along the curb in the sun.

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The women of Bahia bring an exotic note into the business-like streets of the big city.

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The capital of the state of Rio de Janeiro is the city of Niteroi, located across the bay from Rio.

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Quite a few wealthy people from Rio have houses here in Icarai where the beach is better and less populated than those in Rio.

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The waters of Rio Bay separate Icarai from the capital and here the great "hunchback" appears like a faint silhouette in the distance.

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Rio de Janeiro lies at the foot of the Sugar Loaf, visible on the left, and the "hunchback" can be seen in the center.

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This picture was taken in the magnificent garden of what used to be the Emperor's summer home.

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The palm trees and emerald green vegetation in the gardens of Petropolis have been setting for many an international conference such as that of the American states.

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Sao Paulo is today Brazil's largest city and one of the largest in the Southern hemisphere.

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Brazil's modern architects have found a congenial climate for their work in Sao Paulo.

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Sao Paulo is the commercial and business center of Brazil.  Here the people are off to work.  There is a leading department store on right.

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Here one of the expressways leading to the N.W. suburbs of the city is crowded with cars during the morning rush hour.

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Santos, the principal port of Brazil and the port city of Sao Paulo, is located 45 miles from Sao Paulo on a small tidal in left.

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This view of old Santos shows the heart of the city, on the site where it was first founded in the mid-sixteenth century by the Portuguese.