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Article: Layers, flows and intersections: Jeronymo Jose de Mello and artisan life in Rio de Janeiro, 1840s-1880s.(SECTION I LEISURE AND WORK)
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- Journal of Social History
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- December 22, 2007
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Jeronymo Jose de Mello was a tinker (latoeiro) resident in Rio de Janeiro during the second half of the nineteenth century. (1) One of the thousands of skilled Portuguese immigrants to arrive in Brazil's capital in this period, he set up a tinsmith shop sometime in the 1850s in the Rua Sao Pedro, just a few blocks to the west of the central business district in an area filled with other artisans and small businesses. By 1870 he also owned a residential property in nearby Rua da Conceicao, just a five minute walk from his shop. Jeronymo was a moderately successful tinker, at least insofar as he managed to remain in business for at least 30 years in the same location. ...
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