Archive for April, 2018
A Transatlantic Voyage to the “Ocean State”
• April 18, 2018 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, archives, Art Deco, collectors, cruise ships, curators, Francis Xavier Luca, graphic arts, library donors, memorabilia, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., models, museums, ocean liners, oceanliners, passenger ships, rare books and special collections library, Silvia Barisione, transatlantic voyages, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: archives, archivists, art deco interiors, bas relief, British Movietone, British Pathe, Cie. Cle. Transatlantique, Clarmont (steamboat), collectors, Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, conservators, curators, Don Leavitt, Frederick and Patricia Supper Foundation, French Line, fundrasiers, Grace Line, Hudson-Fulton Centennial Celebration, Jean Dunand, La Chasse [The Hunt], librarians, maiden voyages, Matthew Schulte, medalions, model ships, newsreels, Normandie (Steamship), North River Steamboat, ocean liner aficionados, ocean liners, posters, powerships, Providence (Rhode Island), radio personalities, Robert Fulton, Ship History Center, SS Normandie, SSHSA, Steamship Historical Society of America, steamships, Stephen Lash, Steve Donovan, Thomas C. Ragan, Warwick (Rhode Island)
An Equestrian Gallop on Miami Beach
• April 3, 2018 • Leave a CommentPosted in Uncategorized, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection
Tags: 1860, airplanes, April 3rd, Equestrian sport, Golden Gate International Exposition (San Francisco : 1939-1940), Horses, Longines Global Champions Tour, mail service, Miami Beach (Fla.), New York World's Fair (1939-1940), Pacific Telegraph Line, Pony Express, Railway Express, relay riders, Sacramento (California), St. Joseph (Missouri), stage coaches, telegraph, Trains, transcontinental mail service, World's Fairs
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