Portrait of large family in car, South America, ca. 1960s

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Portrait of large family in car, South America, ca. 1960s
Portrait of large family in car, South America, ca. 1960s
Artist/Maker (French-Swiss, born Hungary, 1906 – 2003)
Datec. 1960 - 1970
MediumVintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 7 1/2 × 10 1/2 in. (19.1 × 26.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2025.30.27
Not on view
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Markings Verso, stamped all over the paper in light ink: "agfa"
Inscribed Verso, bottom left corner, sideways, (pencil): "PAL-1233"
Verso, middle, circled, (pencil): "6"
Builders and doctors in Brasilia: Brasilia, the most modern capital city in the world has 65,000 inhabitants in 1959. Today, its population totals 250,000. In three years this figure will increase to 500,000. Since the first foundations were laid, builders and doctors worked closely together, first of all to see to it that the 60,000 workers who took part in building the new city stayed in good health, then to prevent the town from being invaded by the diseases of bush and forest. Immigrants' health is checked systematically on the road into Brasilia, while specialists study the flora and fauna of the environment in order to discover possible sources of dangerous diseases. The cathedral under construction. Ca. 1960s
Builders and doctors in Brasilia: Brasilia, the most modern capital city in the world has 65,000 inhabitants in 1959. Today, its population totals 250,000. In three years this figure will increase to 500,000. Since the first foundations were laid, builders and doctors worked closely together, first of all to see to it that the 60,000 workers who took part in building the new city stayed in good health, then to prevent the town from being invaded by the diseases of bush and forest. Immigrants' health is checked systematically on the road into Brasilia, while specialists study the flora and fauna of the environment in order to discover possible sources of dangerous diseases. The cathedral under construction. Ca. 1960s
Paul Almásy
Date: c. 1960
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.170
Maria Luisa Learns and Teaches: Despite the tremendous development of tourism over the past ten years, despite the experiences and impressions of millions of people who visit foreign countries and sometimes foreign continents every year as tourists, students, for business, scholars or journalists are our knowledge of everyday life of people living in distant countries is still poor. Could the traveler who sees the mountains of wonderful vegetables on the market of a large South American city imagine vegetable growers who do not know how to prepare carrots, peas or spinach; six-headed families who own a large house but only a drinking glass, because no one has ever drawn their attention to the harmful effects of health when six people drink from the same glass at meal time; women who don't know how to cook rice, etc... There are countle...
Maria Luisa Learns and Teaches: Despite the tremendous development of tourism over the past ten years, despite the experiences and impressions of millions of people who visit foreign countries and sometimes foreign continents every year as tourists, students, for business, scholars or journalists are our knowledge of everyday life of people living in distant countries is still poor. Could the traveler who sees the mountains of wonderful vegetables on the market of a large South American city imagine vegetable growers who do not know how to prepare carrots, peas or spinach; six-headed families who own a large house but only a drinking glass, because no one has ever drawn their attention to the harmful effects of health when six people drink from the same glass at meal time; women who don't know how to cook rice, etc... There are countle...
Paul Almásy
Date: 1961
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.29
The Newspaper That "Breeds" Readers: Illiteracy is a major obstacle to the countries of Latin America on the path to overall cultural and economic progress and forms a barrier to the development of the newspaper industry. A demand for general education is perceived as an urgent necessity in all countries. Governments are using funds wherever available to fight against illiteracy. Private companies as well as international organizations are also providing aid to the governments and local communities of Latin America. In Colombia, the number of adults who can neither read nor write is estimated at around 40%. The percentage of illiterate people here, as in all other countries, is very high, especially among the rural population. Despite their mass illiteracy, the large masses show an increasing hunger for education. Lectures and documentari
The Newspaper That "Breeds" Readers: Illiteracy is a major obstacle to the countries of Latin America on the path to overall cultural and economic progress and forms a barrier to the development of the newspaper industry. A demand for general education is perceived as an urgent necessity in all countries. Governments are using funds wherever available to fight against illiteracy. Private companies as well as international organizations are also providing aid to the governments and local communities of Latin America. In Colombia, the number of adults who can neither read nor write is estimated at around 40%. The percentage of illiterate people here, as in all other countries, is very high, especially among the rural population. Despite their mass illiteracy, the large masses show an increasing hunger for education. Lectures and documentari
Paul Almásy
Date: 1961
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.23
Family on an outing in the back of a truck, Pakistan, c. 1960
Family on an outing in the back of a truck, Pakistan, c. 1960
Paul Almásy
Date: 1960
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.41
Guatemala - Rural health: The villager meets 20th Century: San Jorge (Guatemala) with its 800 inhabitants is a village like 10,000 others in Latin America (65% of the population is rural in Central America, 58% in South America). From the health point of view, rural populations present a complex problem and in most countries rural health services are only now taking root, San Jorge.
Guatemala - Rural health: The villager meets 20th Century: San Jorge (Guatemala) with its 800 inhabitants is a village like 10,000 others in Latin America (65% of the population is rural in Central America, 58% in South America). From the health point of view, rural populations present a complex problem and in most countries rural health services are only now taking root, San Jorge.
Paul Almásy
Date: 1960-1969
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.168
Zulu warriors posing for a group portrait, South Africa, 1953
Zulu warriors posing for a group portrait, South Africa, 1953
Paul Almásy
Date: 1953
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.70
Officer on radio reading Interpol news brief, Lyon, France, c. 1960
Officer on radio reading Interpol news brief, Lyon, France, c. 1960
Paul Almásy
Date: 1960
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.30
Crowd descends stairs in city center, Japan, 1960
Crowd descends stairs in city center, Japan, 1960
Paul Almásy
Date: 1960
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.43
Indigenous woman with child, Malaysia, 1960
Indigenous woman with child, Malaysia, 1960
Paul Almásy
Date: 1960
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.44
Coastal landscape with World War II tank in yard, England, c. 1960
Coastal landscape with World War II tank in yard, England, c. 1960
Paul Almásy
Date: 1960
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.59
A mother and student in conference with her university professor, Ivory Coast or Nigeria, c. 1960
A mother and student in conference with her university professor, Ivory Coast or Nigeria, c. 1960
Paul Almásy
Date: 1960
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.77
Male workers in a sandal factory, Africa, c. 1960
Male workers in a sandal factory, Africa, c. 1960
Paul Almásy
Date: 1960
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2025.30.78