Archive for the 'Bernarr Macfadden' Category
A Flurry of Wolfsonian Library Installations and Displays
• May 2, 2019 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, acquisitions, Adolf Hitler caricatures, American war propaganda, Anti-Nazi propaganda, archives, Art Deco, Artists, Bernarr Macfadden, book art, collectors, displays, donations, erotic art, exhibit cases, Fascism, Federal One, FIU, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, gender, gifts, graphic arts, Green Library, History Department, hotels, Italian design, Italy, library donors, memorabilia, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, New Deal era, persuasive arts, Philippines, photography, Physical culture, Physical Culture movement, pochoirs, political art, portfolios, postcards, posters, propaganda, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, student curators, The Wolfsonian Library, Vicki Gold Levi, War Photography, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian staff, World War (1939-1945), World War II, WWII
Tags: Adolf Hitler caricatures, aids, AIGA Miami, Alert (magazine), Althea (Vicki) Silvera, Aristotle [Chakiris] Ares USS Yorktown Collection, Art Deco hotels, Art Deco motifs, Arthur Zaidenberg, barracks, Battle of Midway, Benito Mussolini caricatures, Bologna (Italy), butterflies, Chief librarian, Clara Helena Palacio Luca, condoms, correspondence, deviant sexual behavior, Dick Lesseraux, digital collections curator, Dolores S. Lesseraux, Dolores Trenner, Erin Heffron, erotica, Federal Arts Project, Florida Department of Health in Miami-Dade County, Fortunato Depero, Francis Xavier Luca, Gender roles, gonorrhea, Green Library, Historical Design, hiv, HIV/Aids awareness posters, Homosexuality, humor, Insects, installations, Japanese destroyers, Judith Berson-Levinson, lesbianism, madonna, Manila (Philippines), Mel Victor WWII Pacific Theater Collection, menus, Miami (Florida), Miami Air Depot, Miami Beach (Florida), Naval battles, Pacific Theater, Pamphlets, Physical Culture (magazine), pochoirs, portfolio plates, postcards, Posterfest, Posterfest: Design for Good 2019, proofs, prostitution, public health, pulp paperbacks, rationing, Rosie the Riveter, Sand in their Boots archive, Seguy, sex, sex advice, sexual behavior, syphilis, Terrence G. Peterson, Tojo caricatures, U.S. Army Air Forces, Uncle Sam, Uniforms, USS Lexington (aircraft carrier), USS Yorktown (aircraft carrier), venereal disease, Victory, Victory Gold Levi Collection, warships, Women war workers, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, Yucef Merhi
From Magazines to Zines
• February 7, 2018 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, Adolf Hitler caricatures, African American History, Bernarr Macfadden, bindings, book art, CCC, children's books, circuses, Civilian Conservation Corps, CLara Helena Palacio Luca, displays, donations, fashion, fashion for women, FDR, Francis Xavier Luca, Frank Lloyd Wright, fur, gender, gifts, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, Pamela K. Harer, Physical culture, postcards, programs, racism, rare books and special collections library, Robert J. Young, school visits to The Wolfsonian, Scottsboro Trial, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, typography, Wiener Werkstatte, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, youth movements, Zines
Tags: A-D (magazine), AIZ (magazine), Amazing Stories (pulp magazine), animal exploitation, Anti-Asian prejudice, beauty culture, Black Lives Matter movement, Black Venus, body image, bolt bindings, book bindings, Braddock, branding, carbon paper, cartoons, CCC camp zines, CCC camps, Circuses, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Clara Helena Palacio Luca, David Almeida, Dust Bowl, Elizabeth Zoe Welch, Environmental movement, Ethiopia, Expo '74 (Spokane), fanzines, foils, Fortunato Depero (1892-1960), Fourth of July, Francis Xavier Luca, Frank Buck, fur, gay/lesbian literature, Gender roles, Gina Wouters, Hialeah Gardens, iPrep, Italian futurists, jokes, José Martí MAST, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, La Revue Ford (magazine), Law Enforcement Senior High, LGBTQ, Louis C. Tiffany & Co., Magazines, Miami Beach High, Miami Norland, Miami-Dade County schoolteachers, mimeograph machines, news, objectification of women, Patriotism, Periodicals, photocopiers, Photomontage, Physical Culture (magazine), plastic bindings, poetry, prejudice, pulp magazines, pulp paperbacks, Ring (magazine), science fiction, sexual orientation, Sheet music covers, South Miami, Southwest Miami, stereotypes, tailored suits, Terra, textiles, the "Me Too" movement, the Blues, The Christopher DeNoon Collection for the Study of New Deal Culture, transparencies, Uncle Sam, Vanity Fair (magazine), Vicki Gold Levi Collection, Wells Fargo, Wendingen (magazine), womanizing, Zines
WOMEN, PHYSICAL CULTURE, AND THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY
• August 10, 2013 • 3 CommentsPosted in 1930s, Artists, Aryans, Bernarr Macfadden, Bill Bradley, Communism, cruise ships, displays, donations, Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, exhibitions, Fascism, fashion for women, gender, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, health, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, Nazi propaganda, ocean liners, passenger ships, persuasive arts, Physical culture, Physical Culture movement, physical fitness, political art, portfolios, postcards, programs, promotional materials, propaganda, propaganda arts, rare books and special collections library, reception, Robert J. Young, Russia, swimwear, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, totalitarian, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, World War II, WWII, youth movements
Tags: Annuario Sportivo Generale della Gioventù Italiana del Littorio, Art Nouveau (art), Bathing suits, Berlin Olympic Games (1936), Bernarr Macfadden (1868-1955), Bill Bradley (1868-1962), body builders, Broadsides, Cosulich, Gino Boccasile (1901-1952), gymnasiums, Julius Klinger (1876-1942), Leni” Riefenstahl (1902-2003), Ludwig Hohlwein (1874-1949), Mechanical horses, Monarch of Bermuda (steamship), Navigazione Generale Italiana, Nazi Olympics, Nudist movement, Physical Culture (magazine), Popular magazines, rare periodicals, sports, Stadiums, sunbathing, Sunshine and Health (magazine), Victorian attire, Wolfsonian public events, Wolfsonian public programs, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
OUT WITH THE OLD, IN WITH THE NEW…
• May 14, 2010 • Leave a CommentPosted in AIA, American Institute of Architects, architects, Bernarr Macfadden, Boris Iofan, Mario Palanti, Physical culture, Robert J. Young, Tony Garnier, Unrealized architecture, Wolfsonian library exhibits
IN MEMORY OF…ROBERT J. YOUNG, 1928-2009
• October 7, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in Bernarr Macfadden, health, Physical culture, physical fitness, Robert J. Young, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: obituary, Robert J. Young
