Brazil is a beautiful country, and not for the samba alone. It is indeed a scenic nation with a surging economy and amazing culture. But many believe that the popularity of Brazil as a tourist destination is a latest phenomenon and whatever progress the South American country has made has been in the recent decades. No doubt it is a wrong assumption as the images below prove.
1. The lights of 50s
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2. Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1957
3. 1904 wood burner on the Belem-Braganca in the 1950s
4. Amazon rain forest and the Manaus river
5. Brazil, 1957
6. Another scene in Brazil, 1957
7. Peixoto, a dam, was built on Rio Grande
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8. Children watching a fishing net, 1957
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9. Rio beach, 1957
10. The Brazil of 1957
11. Old Capital of Salvador, north of Rio
12. Picking cotton, 1957
13. Territory of the state of Parana
14. Brasilia
15. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1957
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