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Reminder that Buenos Aires was once known as the Paris of South America.

A thread of colorized images from the early 20th century 🧵 Image
1. Constitución railway station, 1900

See @argentinaacolor for many more from this era! Image
2. Florida Street, 1927 Image
3. Diagonal Norte, 1936 Image
4. Mar del Plata (Buenos Aires Province), 1920s Image
5. The Congress of the Argentine Nation, 1932 Image
6. Mar del Plata (Buenos Aires Province), 1934 Image
7. The Bencich Building, c.1935 Image
8. The Mihanovich building, c.1930 Image
9. The Boston Bank building on Avenida Roque Sáenz Peña, c.1930 Image
10. Bosques de Palermo, c.1930 Image
11. Avenida de Mayo looking towards Congress, 1918 Image

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