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[Double exposure photograph of the Oppenheims]

Description: Photographs of Victor Oppenheim and wife Dorothy Oppenheim, made into one double exposure image. Dorothy dons a dress and sunglasses, and stands against a wall in front of a tall tree in the background. An upside-down picture of Victor shows him standing at the same location; he dons a suit and holds a hat in his hands. This image was kept by Victor Oppenheim during his travels as a geologist and explorer in South America.
Date: May 1959
Creator: Oppenheim, Victor
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Victor Oppenheim in front of the Earth Sciences Museum]

Description: Photograph of Victor Oppenheim standing outside the front of the Earth Sciences Museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Several trees stand above the city streets in the background, and a few buildings tower above them, including the Faculty of Medicine building (right) that has since been demolished. An aerial tramway moves across the sky, and part of a large, rough mountainside is visible on the distant left. This photograph was kept by Oppenheim during his travels as a geologist and explorer in So… more
Date: May 1959
Creator: Oppenheim, Victor
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Beach umbrellas and beachgoers at Copacabana Beach]

Description: Photograph of a crowded Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. An abundance of beachgoers walk upon the sand, rest beneath beach umbrellas, or swim in the shallow coastal waters. Waves move towards the coast from the Atlantic Ocean. This photograph was taken by Victor Oppenheim during his travels as a geologist and explorer in South America.
Date: May 1959
Creator: Oppenheim, Victor
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Overlooking Botafogo on a cloudy day in Rio, #1]

Description: Photograph overlooking the Botafogo neighborhood on a cloudy day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Buildings such as the Earth Sciences Museum (lower left, front) and the Instituto Benjamin Constant (middle) can be seen from a distance, and piers sit along the waters of Guanabara Bay on the right. Several mountains in the background are shrouded in fog and low hanging clouds. This photograph was taken by Victor Oppenheim during his travels as a geologist and explorer in South America.
Date: May 1959
Creator: Oppenheim, Victor
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Overlooking Botafogo on a cloudy day in Rio, #2]

Description: Photograph overlooking the Botafogo neighborhood on a cloudy day in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Buildings such as the Instituto Benjamin Constant (bottom, middle) can be seen from a distance, and piers sit along the waters of Guanabara Bay on the right. Mountains in the background are shrouded in fog. This photograph was taken by Victor Oppenheim during his travels as a geologist and explorer in South America.
Date: May 1959
Creator: Oppenheim, Victor
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Mountains shrouded in fog in Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro]

Description: Photograph of mountains shrouded in fog above the Botafogo neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The mountains stand above the neighborhood and its abundant buildings, including the Instituto Benjamin Constant in the lower left. On the right, several boats sit upon the water on Guanabara Bay. This photograph was taken by Victor Oppenheim during his travels as a geologist and explorer in South America.
Date: May 1959
Creator: Oppenheim, Victor
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Victor Oppenheim on the stairs at the Earth Sciences Museum]

Description: Photograph of Victor Oppenheim standing on the stairs at the Earth Sciences Museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A stone statue of a lion sits on a platform at the bottom of the staircase's handrail, and a motor vehicle is parked in the shade along a tree-covered roadway in the background. A large, rough mountainside stands tall and towers above a building in the distance. This photograph was kept by Oppenheim during his travels as a geologist and explorer in South America.
Date: May 1959
Creator: Oppenheim, Victor
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Victor Oppenheim outside of the Earth Sciences Museum]

Description: Photograph of Victor Oppenheim standing at the top of the stairs outside of the Earth Sciences Museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A tree-covered road runs through the city between several tall buildings, including the Faculty of Medicine building (right) that has since been demolished. An aerial tramway moves across the sky, and part of a large, rough mountainside is visible on the distant left. This photograph was kept by Oppenheim during his travels as a geologist and explorer in South America. more
Date: May 1959
Creator: Oppenheim, Victor
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Waves moving toward a crowded Copacabana Beach]

Description: Photograph of a crowded Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. An abundance of beachgoers walk upon the sand, rest beneath beach umbrellas, or swim in the shallow coastal waters. Waves move towards the beach, and in the far distance, several buildings stand upon the landscape. This photograph was taken by Victor Oppenheim during his travels as a geologist and explorer in South America.
Date: May 1959
Creator: Oppenheim, Victor
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Car driving alongside a crowded Copacabana Beach]

Description: Photograph of a crowded Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. An abundance of beachgoers walk upon the sand, rest beneath beach umbrellas, or swim in the shallow coastal waters. Crowds of people gather upon the sidewalk near the foreground, and a car drives along the adjacent road. This photograph was taken by Victor Oppenheim during his travels as a geologist and explorer in South America.
Date: May 1959
Creator: Oppenheim, Victor
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Waves on the water near a crowded Copacabana Beach]

Description: Photograph of a crowded Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. An abundance of beachgoers walk upon the sand, rest beneath beach umbrellas, or swim in the shallow coastal waters. Waves move towards the coast and crash upon the beach. This photograph was taken by Victor Oppenheim during his travels as a geologist and explorer in South America.
Date: May 1959
Creator: Oppenheim, Victor
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Waves crashing on a crowded Copacabana Beach]

Description: Photograph of a crowded Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. An abundance of beachgoers walk upon the sand, rest beneath beach umbrellas, or swim in the shallow coastal waters. Waves move towards the coast and crash upon the beach. This photograph was taken by Victor Oppenheim during his travels as a geologist and explorer in South America.
Date: May 1959
Creator: Oppenheim, Victor
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Looking towards the ocean from Copacabana Beach]

Description: Photograph looking towards the Atlantic Ocean from Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Waves move toward the sandy beach where several beachgoers rest; some visitors swim in the shallow waters in the distance. This photograph was taken by Victor Oppenheim during his travels as a geologist and explorer in South America.
Date: May 1959
Creator: Oppenheim, Victor
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Hotel and cathedral along a road in Bariloche]

Description: Photograph of the Hotel Tres Reyes and the Cathedral Our Lady of Nahuel Huapi along a roadway in Bariloche, Argentina. A sidewalk extends from the foreground and runs parallel to 12 de Octubre Avenue on the right. The hotel sits to the right of the road, and the cathedral can be seen at the center of the image in the distance. Rocks are scattered along the shoreline of Nahuel Huapí Lake on the left. This photograph was taken by Victor Oppenheim during his travels as a geologist and explorer in … more
Date: May 1959
Creator: Oppenheim, Victor
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Rocky shoreline on Nahuel Huapí Lake]

Description: Photograph of waves moving over a rocky shoreline against Nahuel Huapí Lake in Bariloche, Argentina. Short grass populates the terrain in the immediate foreground, and several rocks and rock fragments are scattered along the coastline and shallow waters. In the ditsance, mountains stand above the body of water and span across the horizon. This photograph was taken by Oppenheim during his travels as a geologist and explorer in South America.
Date: May 1959
Creator: Oppenheim, Victor
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Overlooking Copacabana Beach from a building]

Description: Photograph overlooking Copacabana Beach from a building in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. An abundance of beachgoers are scattered across the sandy shores, and some swim amongst the waves moving towards the coast from the Atlantic Ocean. Part of a stone carving on the side of a building is visible in the foreground on the left. This photograph was taken by Victor Oppenheim during his travels as a geologist and explorer in South America.
Date: May 1959
Creator: Oppenheim, Victor
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Looking south on Quaglia in Bariloche]

Description: Photograph taken at the intersection of Quaglia and 12 de Octubre Avenue in Bariloche, Argentina. The photographer looks south on Quaglia, and buildings and sidewalks line both sides of the street. Telephone or electric lines run above the roadway. This photograph was taken by Victor Oppenheim during his travels as a geologist and explorer in South America.
Date: May 1959
Creator: Oppenheim, Victor
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Hotel Tres Reyes in Bariloche]

Description: Photograph of the Hotel Tres Reyes in Bariloche, Argentina. The hotel has three floors and features several windows along its exterior walls. Four small trees stand upon a narrow median beside the road that runs below the hotel. This photograph was taken by Victor Oppenheim during his travels as a geologist and explorer in South America.
Date: May 1959
Creator: Oppenheim, Victor
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Argentine flag above the Francisco Moreno Museum of Patagonia]

Description: Photograph of an Argentine flag flying above the Francisco Moreno Museum of Patagonia at the Bariloche Civic Center in Bariloche, Argentina. The flag flies from a flagpole on the left, and Victor Oppenheim stands beside a street light in front of the museum on the right. The waters of the Nahuel Huapí Lake span across the background, and a chain of mountains crosses the horizon in the far distance. This photograph was kept by Oppenheim during his travels as a geologist and explorer in South Ame… more
Date: May 1959
Creator: Oppenheim, Victor
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Nahuel Huapí Lake below the mountains]

Description: Photograph of Nahuel Huapí Lake below the mountains in Bariloche, Argentina. A roadway runs from the foreground and meets another road in the middle distance upon which a few pedestrians walk. Trees stand upon a small nearby hillside, and a chain of mountains crosses the landscape on the horizon. This photograph was taken by Victor Oppenheim during his travels as a geologist and explorer in South America.
Date: May 1959
Creator: Oppenheim, Victor
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Dorothy Oppenheim beside a Julio Roca statue in Bariloche]

Description: Photograph of Victor Oppenheim's wife Dorothy Oppenheim standing in front of a statue of Julio Roca at the Bariloche Civic Center in Bariloche, Argentina. The sculpture portrays Roca on horseback and is positioned upon a large stone platform at the center of the plaza. A few government buildings surround the civic center, and trees populate a hillside in the far distance. This photograph was taken by Victor Oppenheim during his travels as a geologist and explorer in South America.
Date: May 1959
Creator: Oppenheim, Victor
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Victor Oppenheim by the Francisco Moreno Museum of Patagonia]

Description: Photograph of Victor Oppenheim standing in front of the Francisco Moreno Museum of Patagonia at the Bariloche Civic Center in Bariloche, Argentina. He holds a hat in his left hand and sunglasses in his right, and stands upon the stone platform at the center of the plaza. A car drives upon a road through a tunnel that passes below the museum building's right side. This photograph was kept by Oppenheim during his travels as a geologist and explorer in South America.
Date: May 1959
Creator: Oppenheim, Victor
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Clock tower overlooking the Bariloche Civic Center]

Description: Photograph of a tower at the Bariloche Civic Center in Argentina. The tower stands tall on the corner of a municipal building and features an arched entryway at the ground level. There is a small clock at the top level of the exterior wall that overlooks the plaza. This photograph was taken by Victor Oppenheim during his travels as a geologist and explorer in South America.
Date: May 1959
Creator: Oppenheim, Victor
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[Statue in the middle of the Bariloche Civic Center]

Description: Photograph of a statue of Julio Roca at the Bariloche Civic Center in Argentina. The sculpture depicts Roca on a horse, and four people stand beside the stone platform upon which it stands. A few government buildings surround the plaza, and the landscape in the far distance is populated with several additional buildings and trees. This photograph was taken by Victor Oppenheim during his travels as a geologist and explorer in South America.
Date: May 1959
Creator: Oppenheim, Victor
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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