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SAUDADES

Brazilian Family Memories
from Monarchy to Millennium

a new book by Annita Clark-Weaver

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Galleries

Collections of images not included in the book.

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Pereiras and Clarks 1870-1920

: Maria Ovídia Pereira de Camargo, 1870, age 26

: Manual Pereira de Moraes, Chiquita’s father, 1870s

: Chiquita’s brother Argentino , c. 1882

: Ninho de Rosas, Riachuelo, RJ, 1893 Chiquita & Myron’s first home

: Orton Skinner Clark, 1839-1921 wearing Civil War medal.

: George Williams Clark, Annita’s father, 1906-7

: View from the House on the Hill – 1904 – 1908

: Nilo Peçanha, Pres. Brazil 1910. YMCA Convention. Myron left. Orton behind

: Boy Scouts, Neco and George – 1917

: Myron in WWI British uniform – 1918

: family at Lake Geneva, Wisconsin – Summer, 1919

: Chiquita and Myron on porch swing – October, 1919

: Vila Caldas from the beach – 1920

: Vila Caldas from Gustavo Sampaio – 1920

: Joao – 1920

Athens, Ohio Clarks 1930-1945

: envelope of Vovo’s letter to me – April, 1931

: Vovo, Daddy & me – May, 1931

: Mother, Nanny, & me – August, 1931

: Clark girls in the kitchen, Highland Ave. Athens, OH,- 1930’s

: Mother & Daddy – 1940’s

Brazil, 1955-2000

: Renato & me aboard SS Brazil – 1955

: Dolly, Nell, Ginger, Jim, Vovó. Neco, Paulinho. Av. Afranio de Melo Franco – Leblon, RJ 1955

: Vovo waiving to me from her balcony – 1955

: Off to work on the bonde, 1955

: My neighborhood in Rio – 1985

: nook in my Copacabana apartment – 1985

: Site of Vovo’s childhood home, recently demolished, 1984.

: Cemetery in Caldas – 1984

: Dona Ana and her extended family 1985

: Itacor, Caldas, 1985, Denise 2nd from L. back row, D. Emília, in profile, Mailde with Lord.

On the Amazon 1983

: Mo with baby caimans taken from and returned to the river.

: Drifting along on a lazy igarapé

: A cabloco home on the river

: Our hosts for the night.

Events in Brazilian History

: Sailors of the “Great White Fleet sent around the world by Pres. Teddy Roosevelt at the Bureau of Information provided by th YMCA, January, 1908.

: Leveling of the Morro do Castello in the center of Rio, 1921. “Thousands of men work day & night in 3 shifts.”

: Celebrating the return of democracy after 21 years of military dictatorship and harsh repression, Rio, 1985.

: The Dictatorship is Over! Celebration in Rio after the victory of Tancredo Neves, 1985

: Carnaval in Recife, 1998. Figures in jail suits represent Enéas Carneiro, (black beard) , presidential candidate, and José Sarney, then president of Brazil

Early 20th Century Scenes in Rio and Minas

: Rio of old–Guanabara Bay

: Rio of old–praca XV?

: Copacabana – 1920

: Corcovado before the erection of the statue Cristo Redentor. – 1920

: “Trainmaster in the caboose.” Henry Clark took this somewhere in Minas Gerais in 1920

: Myron and Chiquita’s welcome home at Rio YMCA, May 8, 1920

: One week later–Myron’s burial at the Cemeterio de Sao Francisco Xavier – May 16, 1920

Late 20th Century Celebrations, including requisite ride for view of the Cidade Maravilhosa from the top of Pão de Açucar at the entrance to Guanbara Bay, the most beautiful in the world!

: Chiquita’s and Myron’s grandchildren at Family reunion in Wentworth, N.H. – 1990

: Opening,of Centennial festivities. Rio, 1993. Pictured are Sir George Williams, founder of YMCA in London in 1844, Myron, and Chiquita.

: Thex Correia, then president of Rio ACM (YMCA) with me at podium of banquet room at the Gloria Hotel, Rio, 1993

: Breathtaking ride from Morro da Urca to the top of Sugar Loaf Mountain.

Miscellaneous

: floor plan of Vovo’s childhood house – by Henry in 1920?

: Ticket to Myron’s Talk – to raise money for the YMCA in Brazil. 1898

: Cover of one of the tablets discovered in 1981 by Silvia

: Myron’s Muster – February, 1918

: telegram – 15-Aug-1918

: Tropical breakfast at Sousa Lima – suco de laranja, melão, fruta de conde. banana de prata e café com leite.