Archive for April, 2024
Divergent Perspectives of Emperor Ménélik II: From Satirical to Honorable Tributes
• April 16, 2024 • 1 CommentPosted in accessioning, acquisitions, colonial propaganda, colonialism, Ethiopia, graphic arts, Italy, museums, persuasive arts, political art, propaganda, racism, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian Library
Tags: Battle of Adwa (1896), caricatures, Charles Léandre, chocolate promotional materials, Chocolaterie D’Aiguebelle, collecting cards, East Africa, emperors, Ethiopia, First Italo-Ethiopian War (1895-1896), FIU students, Italian Prime Minister Francesco Crispi, Le Rire (magazine), Matthieu Castillo, Ménélik II (Emperor of Ethiopia), Négus, stereotypes, Treaty of Addis Ababa (1896), Wolfsonian interns
What’s On the Menu? The American Appetite for French Cabaret!
• April 2, 2024 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, Artists, collectors, curators, dance, displays, donations, Francis Xavier Luca, gender, gifts, graphic arts, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, postcards, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, Wolfsonian library exhibits
Tags: "Revue Folies Bergere", 1939-1940 New York World's Fair, Ambassadeurs (theatre-restaurant), Aquacade, Beryl Wallace, Billy Rose, Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe (nightclub), Broadway (NYC), Cab Calloway, Cabarets, Cafe Zanzibar (nightclub), Casa Mañana, Chez Paree (nightclub), Chicago, chorus girls, Club Harlem (nightclub), Cotton Club, Dave Wolper's Hurricane Club, Duke Ellington, E. M. Loew, Earl Carroll, Earl Carroll's (supper club-theater), Eastern Steamship Lines, Edith Piaf, exotic dancers, floor shows, Folies Bergere (film: 1936), Frank Sennes' Moulin Rouge (nightclub), French Casino (nightclub), Glamour, Great Depression, Great Lakes Exposition (1936 : Cleveland Ohio), Hollywood, Hollywood Cabaret Restaurant, International Casino (nightclub), Latin Quarter (nightclub), Lou Walters, Maurice Chevalier, menus, Miami Beach, Moulin Rouge, New York City, Nicky Blair's Carnival (dinner club), Paradise Cabaret Restaurant, photograph sleeves, postcards, programs, revues, Rudy Vallee, Sally Rand, showgirls, Texas Centennial Exposition, The Man from the Folies Bergere (film: 1935), Thomas Hunter Henderson, vaccinations, Versailles (nightclub), What's On The Menus (Wolfsonian installation)
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