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THE FAIR INDIAN’S PROLONGED VANISHING ACT

• June 28, 2011 • 1 Comment

Posted in Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, World's fairs
Tags: A Century of Progress International Exposition, Indians of North America, Native Americans, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, World's Columbian Exposition

TOURISM IN THE TROPICS: EXPLORING THE VICKI GOLD LEVI COLLECTION

• June 24, 2011 • 4 Comments

Posted in Cuba, promotional materials, propaganda, propaganda arts, Vicki Gold Levi, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: Bohemia, Carteles, Social, tourism, tourist trade, U.S.-Cuba tourist trade, Vicki Gold Levi Collection

ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY: MUSSOLINI IN MUNICH

• June 18, 2011 • 1 Comment

Posted in Uncategorized

ALL ABOARD, FULL-SPEED AHEAD!

• June 16, 2011 • 1 Comment

Posted in cruise ships, Cunard Line, Dr. Laurence Miller, Laurence Miller Collection, ocean liners, passenger ships, promotional materials, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian-FIU library, world cruises
Tags: Argentine State Line, Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, deck plans, French Line, Home Lines, Homeric (Steamship), Queen of Bermuda (Steamship), Rio de la Plata (Steamship), Rio Jachal (Steamship), Rio Tunuyan (Steamship), S.S. Manhattan, S.S. Washington

LEST WE FORGET: LIDICE

• June 11, 2011 • 1 Comment

Posted in American war propaganda, Anti-Nazi propaganda, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War II, WWII
Tags: atrocities, Ben Shahn (1898-1969), bronze sculptures, Chelmno concentration camp, commemorations, Czechoslovakia, German occupied territories, Ležáky, Lidice massacre (Czechoslovakia), Marie Uchytilová, memorials, Reinhard Heydrich, Stickers

EXPOSED! SPOTLIGHT ON SUNLIGHT

• June 10, 2011 • 2 Comments

Posted in donations, Physical culture, Physical Culture movement, Robert J. Young, swimwear, Wolfsonian library
Tags: Florida, health, Johnny Weissmuller, Miami (Florida), Modern architecture, nudism, Silvia Ripstein, sunbathing, sunlight, Sunshine and health, Tarzan, Venetian Pool (Coral Gables), Victorian art

YOUNG @ ♥ NY: THE WOLFSONIAN TO LOAN ITEMS TO AN EXHIBITION ON CHILDREN AT MoMA

• June 3, 2011 • 2 Comments

Posted in children's books, Children's propaganda books, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: Aidan O'Connor, Century of the Child: Growing by Design 1900-2000, Child's Play, Children's propaganda books, curators, Illustrated children's books, Indoctrinating Youth, Juliet Kinchin, MoMA (Museum of Modern Art), Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum loans, youth movements