A TRIP BACK IN TIME TO THE GILDED AGE AT THE WOLFSONIAN-FIU LIBRARY
• April 5, 2014 • Leave a CommentPosted in architecture, displays, exhibitions, fashion, fashion for women, international expositions, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, postcards, promotional materials, propaganda arts, racism, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vintage postcards, VIP vistors, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, World's fairs
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FAREWELL TO OUR WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY INTERN AND A GLIMPSE AT HER WORK ON WORLD’S FAIR INDIANS
• December 6, 2012 • 3 CommentsPosted in acquisitions, colonial propaganda, ethnohistory, exhibitions, FIU, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, History Department, international expositions, Midways, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian Library volunteers, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World's fairs
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