Archive for July, 2013
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NELSON MANDELA! CELEBRATING WITH SOME SOUTH AFRICA ARTIFACTS FROM THE WOLFSONIAN COLLECTION
• July 18, 2013 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1899-1902, Boers, book art, British Army, colonial propaganda, colonialism, cruise ships, donations, Dr. Laurence Miller, Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Laurence Miller Collection, library donors, museums, ocean liners, passenger ships, Photograph albums, political art, postcards, posters, promotional materials, propaganda, propaganda arts, racism, rare books and special collections library, South African War, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vintage postcards, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, world cruises
Tags: Anti-Aparthied activists, Apartheid, Billy Bragg's "Chile Your Waters Run Red Through Soweto" (song), Cry Freedom (film : 1987), ephemera, First Anglo-Boer War (1880-1881), Free Nelson Mandela (song), Ideal Gladestone, Invictus (2009), John Gladstone, Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman, Nelson Mandela (1918- ), ocean liners, Peter Gabriel's Biko, postcards, Promotional materials, Reconciliation, rugby, San Diego Historical Society, Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902), Sketchbooks, South Africa, South African War (1899-1902), Stephen Bantu Biko (1946-1977), Union Castle Line, Union Castle Mail Steamship Company
AN OLDER, MORE STREAMLINED GENERATION OF OCEAN LINERS: SOME RECENT GIFTS TO THE WOLFSONIAN-FIU LIBRARY
• July 17, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in cataloging, collectors, colonial tourism, cruise ships, David Almeida, donations, gifts, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, ocean liners, oceanliners, passenger ships, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: Africans in art, bling, Bremen (Steamship), Electric horse, ephemera, Epic (Powership), Epic of the Seas (Ocean liner), Europa (Steamship), Exoticism, Fort Lauderdale, glitz, Jean Mermoz (Ocean liner), Library Assistant Michel Potop, menus, Michel Potop, Norddeutsheler Lloyd Bremen (North German Lloyd), Pacific Steam Navigation Company, Paquetbot "Jean Mermoz", Port of Miami, Queen Mary 2 (Ocean liner), Quoit, R.M.S. Titanic, Ships on steroids, Shuffleboard, streamline ships, Swimming pools, third class, Tourist class, Visual Resources Photographer
MIAMI ICE: SOME COOL IMAGES FROM THE WOLFSONIAN-FIU LIBRARY
• July 10, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in 1930s, airplanes, cruise ships, displays, documentaries, donations, exhibitions, Federal Writers' Project, Florida Writers' Project, gifts, Italy, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., ocean liners, passenger ships, photography, postcards, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vintage postcards, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World's fairs
Tags: A Century of Progress Exhibition (1933-1934: Chicago), Alaska, Artic, Aurora Borealis, Chicago, Children's Science Series, Clara (Breakey) Lambert, climate change, Cornelius Hough De Witt (1905-?), Extreme Ice Survey (EIS), Federal Writers' Project (FWP), Glaciers, Global warming, Greenland, Hamburg-American Line, Icebergs, Iceland, Illustrated children's books, Italo Balbo (1896-1940), James Balog, Magic City, National Public Radio, Northern lights, Photochroms (color lithographic prints), Reykjavík (Iceland), Rome, Savoia-Marchetti S.55 S seaplanes, Sea level rise, seaplanes, snow, transatlantic flights, William Henry Jackson (1843-1942), WIndy City, Work Projects Administration, WPA
VIENNA’S ADRIATIC SUMMER: A PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM RECENTLY ADDED TO THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY COLLECTION
• July 3, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in architecture, Austria, David Almeida, displays, donations, Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, exhibitions, fashion, fashion for women, gifts, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Photograph albums, photography, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vienna, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: albums, Austro-Hungarian Emperor Francis Joseph I (1830-1916), Austro-Hungarian Empire, Österreichische Adria-Ausstellung (1913 : Vienna), Bell-towers, Dalmatia, exhibitions, fashion, folk costumes, Ludwig III of Bavaria (1846-1921), Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Nicolae Harsanyi, ocean liners, photograph albums, Prater, restaurants, surrogate experiences, Theme parks, Venice, Victorian fashion, Vienna, water sports
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