Archive for January, 2015
FROM THE BOROUGH TO THE BEACH, OR, THE LIFE OF LINDA THE INTERN AT THE WOLFSONIAN-FIU LIBRARY
• January 27, 2015 • Leave a CommentPosted in archives, cataloging, colonial tourism, Frederic A. Sharf, interns, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Photograph albums, Rochelle T. Pienn, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library
Tags: 1st Battalion East Surrey Regiment of Great Britain, Albumen photographs, China, Frederic Houlton Summers, Gillander & Co. (mercantile), H. W. Benson, India, James Harrison Wilson, Japan, Linda Hernandez, Lions, New York Public Library, Opium, Prostitutes, Queens (New York), Shanghai (China), Sharf Associate Librarian Rochelle Pienn, Sotheby's, Temple of the 500 Genii, University of South Florida, women
THE OLD KING COLE AND OTHER “LOST” MIAMI BEACH HOTELS: SOME WOLFSONIAN HIGHLIGHTS
• January 21, 2015 • 1 CommentPosted in Uncategorized
Tags: 1920s, Architects, archives, Art Deco (architecture), Art Deco Historic District, Art Deco Weekend (2015), Art Moderne architecture, Barbara Baer Capitman (1920-1990), Beaux-Arts architecture, Brochures, Carl G. Fisher (1874-1939), Carolyn Klepser, cottages, dining rooms, Flamingo Hotel, golf courses, heraldic decoration, hotel lobbies, Howard Hilder, John Stiles Collins (1837-1928), King Cole Hotel, Lake Surprise (Miami Beach), lectures, Lincoln Hotel, Lost Miami Beach (book), Medievalism, Mediterranean-style architecture, Miami Design Preservation League, military hospitals, Nautilus Hotel, Old King Cole (legend), Paintings, photograph albums, polo fields, Schultze & Weaver (architects), Spanish-influenced architecture, winter resorts
CHARLIE, OR NOT CHARLIE: A WOLFSONIAN REFLECTION ON ATHEISM, RELIGIOUS SATIRE, AND TOLERANCE IN THE WAKE OF THE CHARLIE HEBDO MASSACRE
• January 17, 2015 • 3 CommentsPosted in acquisitions, anti-Semitism, antisemitism, Artists, Communism, Communists, conflict and resolution, donations, gender, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, Jews, leftist artists, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., persuasive arts, political art, propaganda, propaganda arts, racism, rare books and special collections library, Russia, Soviet propaganda, Soviet Union, Steve Heller, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women
Tags: Adam and Eve, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Deineka (1899-1969), anticlericalism, atheism, Atheist at the Lathe, babushkas, Bezbozhnik u stanka, blasphemy, Bombs, caricatures, cartoons, Cathedral of Christ the Savior (Moscow), Censorship, Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), Charlie Brown, Charlie Hebdo, Christianity, controversy, demonstrations, Dmitrii Stakheivich Moor (1883-1946), editorial decisions, editors, Father Georgy Gapon (1870-1906), Fête de la Raison, feminism, foxes, François Cavanna, François Hollande, François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778), France, freedom from religion, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, French President Jacques Chirac, French Revolution, Genesis, Georges Bernier, God, Hara-Kiri (monthly magazine), hate speech, irreverence, Islam, Jesus Christ, Judaism, lampoons, M. Kostelovskaia, Mohammed, Muslim extremists, Nicolas Sarkozy, Peanuts, performance art, Prophet Mohammed, protests, provocation, Pussy Riot, religion, religious fundamentalism, religious tolerance, Republican values, Russia, Russian Orthodox priests, Satire, secular society, self-censorship, separation of church and state, Sharia law, Soviet Union, Stéphane Charbonnier, Terrorism, terrorists, the Age of Enlightenment, the Bible, turbans, veils, violence, Vladimir Putin, Voltaire
MIAMI BEACH’S FLAMINGO HOTEL: A PRESIDENT, A PACHYDERM, AND A PUBLICITY HOUND: PHOTOGRAPH ALBUMS FROM THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY COLLECTION
• January 6, 2015 • 3 CommentsPosted in architecture, circuses, Photograph albums, photography, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: Ann Rossiter, barrier islands, Bathing suits, bungalows, Carl G. Fisher (1874-1939), Carl II (the elephant), circus animals, Cocolobo Club (Miami Beach Fla.), cottages, deep-sea fishing, development, Dixie Highway, elephants, Flamingo Hotel (Miami Beach Fla.), golf, golf caddies, golf courses, Gondolas, Hotels, Hurricanes, John Stiles Collins (1837-1928), Lincoln Hotel (Miami Beach Fla.), Miami Beach (Fla.), Miami Beach City Hall Archive, nouveau riche, pachyderms, Palm Beach (Fla.), polo grounds, President-elect Warren G. Harding, presidential vacations, publicity, publicity gimmicks, real estate promoters, Roman Pools (Miami Beach Fla.), Rosie the elephant, Shadow VI (yacht), sport fishing, Thomas J. Pancoast
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