Box 1

Scope and Content From the Collection: 19th century photographs made in Brazil by some of the best- known photographers working there during that period: Marc Ferrez, George Leuzinger, and A. Frisch (who took the first known photographs of Amazonian Indians). Ferrez's beautifully composed views of the area around Rio de Janeiro were made primarily for the tourist market and are captioned in French. They include the forests of Tijuca and Corcovado, the train on Corcovado Mountain, the public and botanical gardens (bamboos, palm and...