Archive for August, 2022
Behind the Scenes of an Installation Examining the Cuban and American Dance Scene
• August 13, 2022 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, collectors, Cuba, curators, dance, donations, exhibitions, FIU, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, gender, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, interns, library donors, memorabilia, museums, persuasive arts, photography, postcards, posters, promotional materials, Puerto Rico, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian Library, Vicki Gold Levi
Tags: Afro-Cuban dance culture, Afro-Cuban jazz, cha cha cha, conga, Cuba pavilion, curatorial work, Exhibition planning, Havana (Cuba), Hollywood musicals, installations, mambo, murals, New York World's Fair (1939-1940), percussion, postcards, record album covers, rumba, salsa, Sheet music covers, storyboards, tourism, Tropicana (Nightclub), Victoria Calveira
Vacation and Representation
• August 3, 2022 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1940s, 1950s, acquisitions, Artists, collectors, colonial tourism, cruise ships, donations, Far East, FIU, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, interns, Japan, library donors, ocean liners, Orientalism, passenger ships, Philippines, promotional materials, racism, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian Library, Wolfsonian staff, world cruises
Tags: Advertisements, American President Lines, Asians, Chinese, Clippings, cruise line industry, Elany Sunez, Elise Grace Holloway, ephemera, Filipinos, Grace Line, indigenous peoples, Japanese Empire, library interns, Maxwell Sunez, ocean liners, SS President Hoover (ship), the Orient, tourist trade, Yokohama (Japan)
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