Archive for May, 2020
Charles Lindbergh: From Distinguished Flying Cross to the Dog House
• May 20, 2020 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, Adolf Hitler caricatures, American war propaganda, Anti-Nazi propaganda, anti-Semitism, book art, children's books, Children's propaganda books, CLara Helena Palacio Luca, concentration camp, Ford Motor Company, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, gifts, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Jews, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Nazi propaganda, Nazism, propaganda, rare books and special collections library, Second World War (1939-1945), Vicki Gold Levi, Wolfsonian library, World War II, WWII
Tags: "Crime of the Century", Adolf Hitler caricatures, air pilots, airedales, airmen, airplane production, airplanes, alternative histories, autobiographies, Charles Lindbergh, Distinguished Flying Cross, dogs, Envelopes, Finlay Matheson, Hermann Wilhelm Göring (1893-1946), heroes, hounds, kidnappings, Kristallnacht, Legion d'honneur, Lindbergh baby, Luftwaffe, media, Nazi Olympics, Nicholas Blaga, Olympic Games (Berlin : 1936), Philip Roth, pogroms, pulp magazines, Sheet music covers, Spirit of St. Louis, tapestries, terriers, The Ordeal of Oliver Airedale, The Plot Against America, transatlantic flights, World War II
Love to Hear Percussion
• May 8, 2020 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1940s, 1950s, African American History, Cuba, dance, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, postcards, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian Library, Vicki Gold Levi, Wolfsonian staff
Tags: Africa, African drumming, Afro-Cuban jazz, Alexandra O'Neale, Bo Didley, bongos, Buddy Rich, Chano Pozo, Charlie Parker, clave, covid 19, Cuba, Dizzy Gillespie, drumming, drums, Entertainment, Haiti, Haitian Revolt, Havana (Cuba), isolation, Jazz, Jelly Roll Morton, Louisiana, Machito, mambo, Mario Bauza, New Orleans (Louisiana), New York City, Palladium, percussion, record jackets, Saint-Domingue, slave trade, slavery, social distancing, Sound recordings, sugar cane plantations, The Beatles, trumpet players
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