Vintage colour postcard of Sugarloaf Mountain above Botafogo Bay, Rio de Janeiro, seen from above with red-roofed town in front

Antique map of Rio de Janeiro with dark red city blocks along the bay, labelled Nova Planta da Cidade — Inside: four of your photos stand up below this, with your note.

Rio de Janeiro: Botafogo from Corcovado

Pictures by E. & H. Laemmert

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Sugarloaf Mountain rises over the blue curve of Botafogo Bay in this hand-coloured postcard view from around 1911, with an 1867 map of Rio de Janeiro inside. The famous cable car to the top of Sugarloaf opened in 1912, just about when this card was printed. For someone who loves Rio or dreams of going.

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Inside, it says

Nova Planta da Cidade

On the back

Rio de Janeiro · Postcard view / Botafogo from Corcovado / Postcard, c. 1911 / Sugarloaf Mountain rises above the curve of Botafogo Bay, seen from the heights of Corcovado. The famous cable car to the top of Sugarloaf opened in 1912, around the time this card was printed.