Archive for March, 2010

I WILL BE VISITING FAMILY IN COLOMBIA, SO ENJOY A BLOG-LESS WEEK!

• March 23, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Avianca, Colombo-German Air Transport Society, luggage labels, Pan Am, SCADTA (Sociedad Colombo Alemana de Transporte Aéreo)
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WE WANT JUSTICE!

• March 19, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Posted in law, Legal affairs, Lynd Ward (1905-1985), Sandra Day O’Connor, Scottsboro Trial, Supreme Court Justices, Violet Oakley (1874-1961), Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library
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SOME ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY

• March 18, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Posted in automotive design drawings, California Antiquarian Book Fair, donations, Frederic A. Sharf, gifts, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, John and Ideal Gladstone, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Ruth Kruger, Theodore W. Pietsch, Vintage postcards
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DISPLAY OF WWI PROPAGANDA FOR MIAMI DADE COLLEGE STUDENTS

• March 12, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Posted in American war propaganda, children's books, Miami Dade College, Pamela K. Harer, postcards, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War I, WWI
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MONUMENTS TO FASCIST FOLLY

• March 11, 2010 • 4 Comments

Posted in Hugh Ferriss, Mario Palanti (1885-1979), Metropolis of Tomorrow, monumental architecture, Palace of the Soviets, skyscrapers, totalitarian architecture, Unrealized architecture, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library
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A BUSY SATURDAY MORNING!

• March 6, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Posted in automobile design, fashion for women, Frederic A. Sharf, gifts, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), propaganda posters, Theodore Pietsch, Utility scheme garments, wartime Britain, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, WWII
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STOP AND GO TRAFFIC IN THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY

• March 4, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), Futurism, Jeffrey Schnapp, SPEED Limits, Stanford Humanities Lab, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library
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GUIDED TOUR AND PRESENTATIONS GIVEN TO FIU AND BARRY STUDENTS

• March 1, 2010 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Barry University, Florida International University, John Heartfield (1891-1968), persuasive arts, photomontage, propaganda arts, visual thinking strategies, VTS, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library
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