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Unhappy Anniversary: A Wolfsonian Reflection on the Abandonment of the Czechs and the Appeasement of Hitler, Munich, 1938

• September 30, 2015 • 1 Comment

Posted in 1930s, Adolf Hitler caricatures, American war propaganda, Anti-Nazi propaganda, donations, France, gifts, Great Britain, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., persuasive arts, political art, propaganda, rare books and special collections library, Second World War (1939-1945), The Wolfsonian-FIU library, totalitarian, war propaganda, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII
Tags: Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), appeasement, Arthur Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940) caricatures, Édouard Daladier (1884-1970), Cartoonists, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Munich Pact (1938), Nazi Germany, Sudetenland, Swastikas, Treaties, Vaughn Shoemaker (1902-1991), War scares

The Making of…The Making of Miami Beach: New Wolfsonian–FIU Library Exhibit Opens Today

• September 18, 2015 • Leave a Comment

Posted in exhibit cases, exhibitions, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, History Department, museums, photography, promotional materials, student curators, swimwear, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women
Tags: art handlers, bathing attire, Bathing suits, Carl G. Fisher (1874-1939), Carlos Alejandro, Exhibition installation, Florida land boom, Florida Land bust, grand hotels, Great Hurricane of 1926, Great Miami Hurricane (1926), John S. Collins (1837-1928), Lummus brothers, luxury hotels, Miami Beach (Fla.), Miami Beach Centennial, Miami Beach: From Mangrove to Tourist Mecca (Exhibition), segregation, Steve Forero-Paz

Cuba, “So Near And Yet So Foreign”: A Wolfsonian Glimpse Into An Era of Easy Access from the U.S. by Ship

• September 5, 2015 • 1 Comment

Posted in 1930s, Laurence Miller Collection, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Vicki Gold Levi, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: 1920s, 1934 hurricane, ban on travel to Cuba, Cargo ships, City of Havana Special (ship), City of Miami Beach (steamship), Clyde-Mallory Lines, Cuba, Cuban Tourist Commission, cultural tourism, Eastern Steamship Lines, Ferries, ferry service (Key West to Havana), Fidel Castro, Fulgencio Batista, Great White Fleet, Havana (Cuba), Key West (Fla.), Miami Beach: From Mangrove to Tourist Mecca (Exhibition), Munamar (steamship), Munson Steamship Line, Nassau, ocean liners, passenger accommodations, passenger ships, Pedro Figueredo, Peggy Loar, Port of New York, S.S. Cuba (ship), S.S. Evangeline (ship), S.S. Florida (ship), S.S. Iroquois (Ship), U.S.-Cuba tourist trade, United Fruit Company