Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "Its population of 1,674,000 makes it almost as large as Philadelphia, with a change of exceeding it in time. in other ways it compares with Chicago, for it is conspicuously modern, its present development having been begun and achieved within the last quarter of a century, although the city itself is nearly four hundred years old, and is the industrial complement of an agricultural and pastoral activity even great than that of our Middle West. Indeed, its banks and clearing houses are said to transact quite as much business as those of Chicago."
The Avenida de Mayo, whose broad, beautifully paved roadway runs through the very heart of Buenos Aires, from the Plaza de Mayo near the harbor front, to the Plaza del Congreso upon which the Palace of Congress stands, is among the finest boulevards in the world. It may be classed with the Champs Elysees in Paris, the Ring in Vienna, and other thoroughfares of note. Trees line both sides of the street, which is brilliantly illuminated by electric lamps on pillars in the center, and also by side lights. Its handsome buildings are given over chiefly to stores, hotels, and cafes, many of which have service on small tables on the sidewalks, as well as within, adding greatly to the charm of the boulevard. Beneath the surface a splendidly equipped electric subway relieves the congestion and affords rapid transit.
Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "Buenos Aires is the largest city in the world south of the equator. As at present laid out the city is about eleven miles from end to end. Within its boundaries there is twice as much land as in Paris. Buenos Aires has more than a million and a half of inhabitants and is growing very rapidly, due to the high birth rate among her vast foreign population and the great influx of immigrants, chiefly from the south of Europe, who thrive in its temperate climate so like their own. Buenos Aires is the largest Spanish speaking city in the world, and next to Paris, the world's largest Latin city. Among American cities it ranks fourth in population with all points favoring an early advance into third place or even higher. "
Image Description from historic lecture booklet: "Don Pedro de Mendoza, sent out by Charles V. of Spain, entered the river Plate, February, 1536 and landed on the spot which now constitutes the capital of the Argentine Republic. A township was formed with the name of Santa Maria de Buenos Aires, but this was after-wards destroyed by Indians. the town was reconquered and re-established. Plans were drawn for the demarcation of the limits of the town which the Indians, again essayed to destroy but were unsuccessful in their attempt. the first inhabitants of Buenos Aires were 50 Creoles and 19 Spaniards, and with this second founding of the town the period of conquest in the regions now comprising the Argentine may be said to have finally closes, to be followed by a Colonial regime, which lasted until 1810, when the existing form of Government was proclaimed and established. "
