Aristides Pedro da Silva - Part 2

Inaugurated in 1817, the Church of Our Lady of Rosary underwent several changes over time and was known for its beauty. Its last decoration was developed in the late 1910s by the Austrian artist Thomaz Scheuchl. The temple was demolished in 1956 for the expansion of Avenida Francisco Glicério provided for in Francisco Prestes Maia's Urban Improvement Plan.

With its inauguration in 1930, the Municipal Theater of Campinas was built in an eclectic style. The theater, with capacity for 1400 people, distributed new products from Europe throughout the country. In 1965, based on two technical reports, the then mayor Ruy Hellmeister Novaes decided to demolish the building.

Electric trams were installed in Campinas in 1912 by the  Campinas Company of Traction, Light and Force. The system was losing space to automobiles, being totally deactivated in 1968.

The Guarani Futebol Clube was founded in 1911, having inaugurated its first stadium in 1923. The Brinco de Ouro da Princesa Stadium was inaugurated in 1953, with a project by the modernist architects Oswaldo Corrêa Gonçalves and Ícaro de Castro Mello.

With a sensitive and technical eye, Aristides Silva recorded a city that was undoing and remaking itself through cultural, political, social, economic, architectural and urban dynamics.  His collection was acquired by the Centro de Memória-Unicamp in 2001, allowing generations of researchers to come into contact with valuable records for local and regional history and for the preservation of a time that is rediscovered every day.