Series contains photographic material pertaining to events and activities, buildings and hydro-electric power installations, cities and geographical locations, and individuals associated with the following companies, 1902-1973: Sao Paulo Tramway, Light and Power Company Limited; Rio de Janeiro Tramway, Light and Power Company; Brazilian Traction, Light and Power Company Limited; Brascan Limited.
The following events are documented: damage to tramway cables and wires caused by revolutionaries, Sao Paulo, July 1924; accident at gas works, September 1926; macadam exhibit by the Fabricacao Nacional da S.A. du Gaz at the Automobile Show, Rio de Janeiro, 1928; bomb damage to the Serra de Cubatao power station of the Sao Paulo Tramway, Light and Power Company, July 1932; tramway, Light and Power Company, July 1932; opening of new terminal on the Carioca System of the Rio de Janeiro Tramway, Light and Power Co., December 1933; unveiling ceremonies, Usina Henry Borden, February 1964; signing of share agreement between Brascan Limited and Elf Oil Exploration and Production Limited, Toronto, May 1970; signing of an Alliance for Progress loan between the Agency for International Development and Rio Light S.A. and Sao Paulo Light S.A., Washington, n.d.; signing of a loan agreement between the World Bank and Light S.A., Washington, April 1973; signing ceremony, Japanese financing, August 1973.
The following activities are documented: wire winding, Rio de Janeiro, November 1921; cable testing, Rio de Janeiro, October 1929; road construction, Reservatorio do Rio Pequero, September 1932; dyke construction, Marcolino, n.d.; tests of power transmission towers, n.d.; training of Brazilian electrical engineers at Canadian Westinghouse Company Limited, Hamilton, May 1952.
The following buildings, installations, cities and geographical locations are documented: Barra Mansa; Parnaiba power station; Usina Piratininga, Sao Paulo Light S.A.; Queluz; Rio de Janeiro; Residence of Sir Alexander Mackenzie, Rio de Janeiro; Mackenzie College apprenticeship school Rio de Janeiro; Sao Paulo; Serra da Bocaina power station; Sete Quedas.
The following individuals and groups are documented: Herman Abs; Mr. A'Court; Donald Atkin; Thierry Barbey; J.M. Bell; James Blyth; Henry Borden; Mrs. Henry Borden; group photos of officers and directors of Brazilian Traction, Light and Power Company Limited, 1966 and 1968; Lord Bridges; David Bronheim; Assis Chateaubriand; Joao de Silva Monteiro Filho; Jose Sampaio de Freitas; J.F. Gallagher; Antonio Gallotti; J. Grant Glassco; Eric Gore-Browne; Francisco de Assis Grieco; W.C. Harris; E. Holland-Martin; W.A.G. Kelley; P.C. Kerr; Maurice Lubbock; R. Marinho Lutz; Alexander Mackenzie; Osborne Mitchell; J.R. Nicholson; John Phillimore; Lazarus Phillips; Miguel Reale; C.E. Sawyer; Clarence Stanley; Humphrey Style, Fernand Van Langenhove, Joao de Oliveira Castro Vianna.
Photographs by unknown photographers and by the following: Agency for International Development, Washington; Blank and Stoller Ltd.; Canadian Westinghouse Ltd., Hamilton; Compania Mexicana Aerofoto S.A., Mexico City; Dacio Cabral, Rio; Eatons/Randolph Macdonald, Toronto; Ferreira Junior, Rio; Robert Fort; Foto La Bolsa, Buenos Aires; Foto Studio Rembrandt, Rio; General Electric Co.; H. Janella, Sao Paulo; Donald McKague, Toronto; Malta, Rio; Lotte Meitner-Graf, London; Meyers; Gilbert A. Milne & Co., Toronto; Herb Nott & Co. Ltd., Toronto; Max Rosenfeld, Rio; Sao Paulo Light S.A./Octacilio B. Monteiro; Studio Fotografico Allit; Trinity Court Studio, Pittsburgh; United Nations; Wallace Heaton Ltd., London; World Bank/G. Franchini.