Archive for August, 2016
Paris Liberated on This Day in History: A Wolfsonian Library Reflection
• August 25, 2016 • Leave a CommentPosted in Anti-Nazi propaganda, Artists, book art, children's books, donations, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, graphic arts, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Pamela K. Harer, portfolios, rare books and special collections library, Second World War (1939-1945), war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War (1939-1945), World War II
Tags: Animals in art, Antonio Arias Bernal (1914-1960), Children in art, Children's propaganda books, Eiffel Tower, Eugene Delacroix's "liberty Leading the People" (1830), French Resistance, liberation of Paris (1944), Martijn F. Lecoultre, Paris, parodies, Philippe Pétain (1856-1951), Pierre Laval (1883-1945), playing cards, portfolios, Tanks, World War (1939-1945), World War II
Sacco and Vanzetti Executed on This Day in History: A Wolfsonian Reflection
• August 23, 2016 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, American left artists, Communists, Francis Xavier Luca, leftist artists, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian-FIU library exhibitions
Tags: Anarchism, Anarchists, Bartolomeo Vanzetti (1888-1927), Death penalty cases, electric chair, exhibition installations, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), Italian-American immigrants, Luigi Galleani (1861-1931), Nicola Sacco (1891-1927), Peppino Mangravite (1896-1978), Rockwell Kent (1882-1971), Sacco and Vanzetti, Slater and Morrill Shoe Company robbery (1920), Trials, Wall Street bombing (Sept. 16 1920), Webster Thayer (1857-1933), Wolfsonian-FIU library installations
Political Isms: A New Wolfsonian Library Installation Opens To the Public
• August 18, 2016 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, Adolf Hitler caricatures, American left artists, Anti-Nazi propaganda, anti-Semitism, antisemitism, Communist Party of the United States, Communist Party of the United States of America, Communists, Fascism, FDR, Francis Xavier Luca, Hugo Gellert, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), leftist artists, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, persuasive arts, political art, propaganda, propaganda arts, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian-FIU library exhibitions
Tags: Charles Edward Coughlin (1891-1979), Communism, Demagogues, Fascism, Father Coughlin, Francis Townsend, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), Gerald L. K. Smith, Huey Pierce Long (1893-1935), Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), isms, National Union for Social Justice, Nazism, presidential elections, Share the Wealth movement, Socialism, the "radio priest", William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951)
The Subtle Beast, or, Views of Pakistan Past from the Wolfsonian-FIU Library
• August 10, 2016 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, acquisitions, Afghanistan, British Army, colonialism, Earthquakes, Frederic A. Sharf, gifts, Great Britain, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, library donors, Pakistan, Photograph albums, photography, Quetta, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, War Photography, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: 1935 Quetta earthquake, Afghanistan, British 1st Indian Division Signals, HBO's The Night Of, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Mohmand Operations, Pakistan, Peshawar Brigade, photograph albums, Quetta (Pakistan), Rochelle Pienn, suicide bombings, T. Fuller, Terrorism, terrorists, tribal wars
Havana, Cuba, Yesterday and Today
• August 8, 2016 • 1 CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, acquisitions, American architects, architects, architecture, collectors, Communism, Cuba, curators, donations, exhibitions, First World War (1914-1918), Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, hotels, library donors, memorabilia, museums, photography, postcards, prohibition, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, theatre, theatrical producers, Vicki Gold Levi, Vintage postcards, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, World War I, WWI
Tags: Aldo Gamba (sculptor: 1881-1944?), Alica Alonso Grand Theater (Havana), Art Deco office buildings, Bacardi headquarters (Havana), Cabarets, Capitol building, Casinos, Cuba, El Capitolio, El Malecon, El Morro Castle (Havana), El Prado (Habana), Fountains, Gran Casino Nacional, Habana, Havana (Cuba), Hotel Inglaterra (Havana), Hotel Nacional de Cuba, Hotel Plaza (Havana), Hotels, Marianao (Cuba), Martin Fox, Max Borges Jr. (architect), Prohibition, Promising Paradise: Cuban Allure--American Seduction (Wolfsonian exhibition), Roderico Neyra, San Souci (Nightclub), Schultz and Weaver (architectural firm), sculpture, Tropicana (Nightclub), Vicki Gold Levi Collection
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