That school is the unique public school at Paulista Avenue. Rodrigues Alves was President of Brazil from 1902 to 1906. See more about him at wikipedia in English and in Portuguese.
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Itau Cultural (the building with the tower)
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Funeral of a black woman and of black King
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That draw is one of my favourite from the third tome of Debret oeuvre about Brazil. It is a piece of very good humor!
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Straw and wood utensils
Straw baskets
Wood pottery
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Black people selling food and others things at Rio de Janeiro in the 1800′
Palmit and baskets seller
Bird and basket sellers
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Photos circa 1930-1936 - Pictures from Encyclopedia e Diccionario Internacional
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Brazilian trees and bushes
Banana tree
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Indians ceramics, clothes, masques, houses and dances
Ceramics, Straw and Wood utensils
Chiefs clothes and acessories
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