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Belo Horizonte
Minas Gerais

Avenida Getúlio Vargas 840
(Araujo Drogaria - Centennial Branch)

Modesto Carvalho de Araujo

1892 - 1979
Founder or the Araujo drugstore, 1906 (1913)

Sonia Toledo
2006

Belo Horizonte / Modesto Carvalho de Araujo

Description

Ceramic (?) bust. The Drogaria Araujo was founded in 1906 as Pharmacia Mineira, by Aberaria de Faria Alvim and José Lage Martins da Costa. In 1913 the pharmacy was bought by Modesto Carvalho de Araujo, who worked as a clerk in the pharmacy. He changed the name into Drogaria Araujo.

Inscription(s)

em 28 de setembro de 2006, ano do centenário da araujo,
a homenagem dos diretores e colaboradores da drogaria araujo
ao seu fundador, modesto carvalho de araujo.
MODESTO CARVALHO DE ARAUJO
* 30/3/1892
† 11/10/1979

On 28 September 2006, the year of the centenary of Araujo,
tribute from the directors and collaborators of the drugstore Araujo
to its founder, Modesto Carvalho de Araujo.
MODESTO CARVALHO DE ARAUJO
* 30/3/1892
† 11/10/1979

Signature

Sônia de Tolêdo

Belo Horizonte - Modesto Carvalho de Araujo

Sculptor

Sônia Maria Feitosa de Toledo Machado, Brazilian ceramist and sculptor from Belo Horizonte (Website).

Sources & Information

Wikipedia, Drogaria Araujo.
Simone Dutra, 'Do barro às esculturas', Encontro 166 (2011) (on-line).

Locatie (S 19°56'8" - W 43°55'53") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: brmg064; Photograph: 12 July 2017
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