Rio in old postcards

riodejaneiro1911 — Aqueduto da Carioca – 1911

riodejaneiro1913 — Avenida Rio Branco – 1913

avenida rio branco 1915 — Av. Rio Branco – 1915

Pao de acucar 16 — Caminho aéreo Pão de Açucar – 1916

riodejaneiro1924 — Praça XV – Photo – mailed 1924

And this is a series of postcards collected by Baptist missionary Edward (Guy) McLain, probably during the 30s and 40s. They were shared with us by his colleague, Andrew Comings, from the Comings Communiqué blog.Thank you so much, Andrew, they are wonderful.

And finally, a “recent” one, taken in the most beautiful year of last century (from my own, unbiased point of view):

pao de acucar 66 — Pão de Açúcar (Sugarloaf) in 1966

Check also the other old Brazilian postcards (Belém, Porto Alegre and Curitiba) and Rio one century ago, by Marc Ferrez

Sources: Old Postcards from Brazil and Comings Communiqué.