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Boys Making Pottery
Young boys in Mindelo make government supported pottery for marketing to tourists.
Brasilia: Commercial Street, Local Shopping
Brasilia is a planned city that has been both criticized as a failed utopia acclaimed as a masterpiece of modernist architecture. The city is mapped out into sections forming the shape of a bird or airplane. This photograph is taken in one of…
Brasilia: East from TV Tower
This photograph faces south east across Brasilia’s Monumental Access. The photograph was taken from the TV Tower. Prominent in the left middle ground is the Praça dos Aposentados, a housing complex for retired persons. Just behind that is the…
Brasilia: East View from TV Tower, Government Buildings
This east facing view of Brasilia was photographed from the TV Tower. This photograph illustrates the layout of the city, which was planned in the shape of a bird. At the center of the photograph is the National Congress Building, with it’s twin…
Brasilia: Map of Pilot Plan
This 1969 map of Brasilia show’s the bird-like shape of the city as designed by Lucia Costa. He was hired by President Juscelino Kubitschek to design the city in what had previously been a waste land with scarce water, animals, plants or people.
Brasilia: National Congress Building at Sunrise
Designed by Oscar Niemeyer, the National Congress Building is a masterpiece among the many of his works in the Brazilian modernist style. This unique layout separates the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies into two separate semi-speherical…
Brasilia: Saint Statue at Catedral de Brasilia, National Congress Building
From the Catedral de Brasilia, this photograph looks west toward the National Congress Building. In the foreground is one of the statues, distinctly modernist that line the entry to the Catedral. Both the Catedral de Brasilia and the National…
Brasilia: South Across Monumental Axis, Night
This south facing view of Brasilia looks across the ‘wings’ of the city into the planned residential neighborhoods. The modernist architecture, designed by Oscar Niemeyer, dominates the city. In the foreground of the photograph is a subway station…
Brasilia: Sunrise Toward Esplanade, 6:00 AM
The silhouettes of Oscar Niemeyer’s public architecture create the horizon of this Brasilia sunset photographed by Chet Smolski in 1974. Niemeyer’s distinctly shaped buildings are a symbol of Brasilia. Note the top of the Catedral de Brasilia…
Brasilia: West on Monumental Axis
This photograph looks west on Brasilia’s Monumental Axis under the overpasses of the North and South Roads, where the bus and subway terminals are located. Smolski notes on the slide the choice to install roundabouts rather than traffic signals.
Brasilia: West View on Monumental Axis
Looking west down Brasilia’s Monumental Axis Smolski capture’s an array of modernist architecture. Of note, to the left is Correios, the national headquarters for Brazil’s postal service. Prominent in the center right of the photograph is Brasilia’s…
Brava Coastline
The rocky and steep coastline of Brava photographed during a journey by small boat from Faj
Brava Coastline
Brava's dramatic coastline photographed during a journey by small boat from Faj
Brava Coastline
Brava's dramatic coastline photographed during a journey by small boat from Faj
Brava Coastline [Landscape]
Brava's varied, but always rocky, coastline photographed during a journey by small boat from Faj
Brava Coastline & Cliffs
Brava's dramatic coastline photographed during a journey by small boat from Faj
Brava Coastline & Furna
The coastline of Brava is photographed from a boat that has voyaged from Fogo. On the right of the frame you can see the port city of Furna.
Brava Coastline Photographed from Boat
Brava's dramatic coastline photographed during a journey by small boat from Faj
Brava Landscape
Brava landscape taken in the mist of the elevated tableland that makes up most of the island. This photograph was taken during an overland journey by truck from Nova Sintra to Fajã d'Água.
Brava Landscape with Ilhéu da Areia
A long elevated view of Brava's landscape shows one of the more mountainous sections of the island, most of which is an elevated by relatively flat tableland. On the horizon Ilhéu da Areia, a small islet north of Fajã d'Água, can be seen through the…
Brava Landscape, High Elevation
The tableland of Brava is photographed during a journey between Nova Sintra and Fajã d'Água. The high elevation of the islands interior is evidenced by the clouds.
Brava, Landscape with Mountain Road
A dirt road winds up the steep mountainous terrain of Brava to a small, unidentified, village.
Bridgham Junior High School
Built in 1915, the Bridgham Junior High School at 10 Pierce Street has a granite entrance and granite string courses in brick walls. The school had severely been in need of construction at the time of Parents for a New Bridgham's petitioning for a…
Brighton: Houses Near Albion hill
This photograph shows houses near Albion Hill in Brighton. The houses were originally made in the early 19th century of substandard material which quickly deteriorated into slums. In the 1930s redevelopment of the area began.
Bristol 4th of July Parade
The annual 4th of July parade held in Bristol, RI. Bristol has partaken in celebrating our national independence since 1785, earning the title of the “Home of America’s Oldest Forth of July Celebration”. Here, the Colonial Navy of Massachusetts on…
Bristol: Mt. Hope Bridge & Roger Williams University (Aerial)
Aerial image of Roger Williams University and the Mount Hope Bridge in Bristol, Rhode Island. The Mount Hope Bridge was constructed between 1927 and 1929. In 1956, the college purchased this waterfront land just north of the bridge in Bristol and…
Bristol: Mt. Hope Bridge & Roger Williams University (Aerial)
Aerial image of Roger Williams University and the Mount Hope Bridge in Bristol, Rhode Island. The Mount Hope Bridge was constructed between 1927 and 1929. In 1956, the college purchased this waterfront land just north of the bridge in Bristol and…
Bristol: Mt. Hope Bridge & Roger Williams University (Aerial) 2
Aerial image of Roger Williams University and the Mount Hope Bridge in Bristol, Rhode Island when the school was still called Roger Williams College. The Mount Hope Bridge was constructed between 1927 and 1929. In 1956, the college purchased this…
Bristol: Mt. Hope Bridge & Roger Williams University (Aerial) 3
Aerial image of Roger Williams University and the Mount Hope Bridge in Bristol, Rhode Island when the school was still called Roger Williams College. The Mount Hope Bridge was constructed between 1927 and 1929. In 1956, the college purchased this…
Bristol: Mt. Hope Bridge & Roger Williams University (Aerial) 4
Aerial image of Roger Williams University and the Mount Hope Bridge in Bristol, Rhode Island when the school was still called Roger Williams College. The Mount Hope Bridge was constructed between 1927 and 1929. In 1956, the college purchased this…
Bristol: Narragansett Bay (Aerial)
A view across Narragansett Bay, looking towards Prudence Island and the East Passage. Prudence Island is one of the largest islands in the bay. There are approximately thirty islands in the bay, and over ten different rivers flow into it from around…
Bristol: Narragansett Bay (Aerial)
A view across Narragansett Bay, looking towards Prudence Island and the East Passage. Prudence Island is one of the largest islands in the bay. There are approximately thirty islands in the bay, and over ten different rivers flow into it from around…
Bristol: Poppasquash Point and Point Pleasant (Aerial)
Poppasquash Point in Bristol, RI is home to the English-inspired, Tudor-revival, country estate known as Point Pleasant and Point Pleasant Farm. It overlooks the Bristol Harbor and provides a view of Narragansett Bay. The estate is of particular…
Bristol: Roger Williams University (Aerial)
Aerial image of Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island when the school was still called Roger Williams College. In 1956 the college purchased this waterfront land in Bristol and became a two-year institution named Roger Williams Junior…
Bristol: Roger Williams University (Aerial)
Aerial image of Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island when the school was still called Roger Williams College. In 1956 the college purchased this waterfront land in Bristol and became a two-year institution named Roger Williams Junior…
Burlington: Burlington Square Mall
The Burlington Square Mall, now known as the Church Street Marketplace, is the center of town in Burlington, Vermont. It is a four block pedestrian mall, and a cultural and commercial hub of the city.
Burlington: Burlington Square Mall (Burlington Town Center, Church Street Marketplace)
Constructed in 1972, the Burlington Square mall is a four-block pedestrian mall in Burlington, Vermont.
Burlington: Burlington Square Mall (Church Street Marketplace, Burlington Town Center)
The Burlington Square Mall, now known as the Church Street Marketplace, is the center of town in Burlington, Vermont. It is a four block pedestrian mall, and a cultural and economic hub of the city.
Burlington: Burlington Square Mall (Church Street Marketplace)
Burlington Square Mall, now known as Church Street Marketplace, is photographed here in 1983. Built in 1972, it is a pedestrian mall in the heart of downtown Burlington. The Church Street Marketplace hosts yearly art festivals, street performers and…
Burlington: Burlington Square Mall (Church Street Marketplace)
A street view of Burlington’s Church Street Marketplace, a four block pedestrian open air mall. It was established in 1972 as the Burlington Square Mall.
Burlington: Burlington Square Mall (Church Street Marketplace), First Unitarian Church, Masonic Temple
Looking north on Church Street, the Masonic Temple, designed by Wilson Brothers & Company, towers over the Burlington Square Mall, now known as the Church Street Marketplace. It is a pedestrian mall that occupies four blocks in Burlington opened…
Cabano: Ladder on Roof for Fire Prevention
Cabano is a small town in the Canadian province of Quebec. In the twentieth century it experienced several devestating fires. In 1950 a fire destroyed over 100 homes. This 1965 photograph shows a house with a ladder on the roof, a fire prevention…
Cachaço
Cachaço photographed by David Baxter after journeying from Fajã d'Água with his guide Eduardo (Dudu) Camilo. Cachaço is a small vila about 5 km south of Nova Sintra.
Calhau, Buildings
A typical Sunday at Calhau, a popular weekend vacation spot about 12 miles from Mindelo. Note that black volcanic pumice dominates the landscape.
Calheta
A view of a village, believed to be Calheta located a few miles north of Vila do Maio.
Calheta Residents
Residents of a village in, what is believed to be, Calheta, a small, coastal village. The streets are lined with homes, many of which are concrete but some are older stone houses.
Camille's Roman Gardens Dining Room
Jack Parolisi, son of the founder of Camille's Roman Gardens at 71 Bradford Street in Providence, is shown in the main dining room of Camille's. This restaurant was founded in 1914 and has continued as a family business ever since. It has one of the…
Camping & Recreation at Baia das Gatas
A typical scene of recreation and relaxation at Baia das gatas, a popular weekend resort for both São Vicente residents and tourists alike. It is located about eight miles west of Mindelo, the largest and only city on São Vicente.
Camping on Praia Curralinho
David Baxter revisits Praia Curralinho in 1988, this time with a dome tent.