Archive for the 'collectors' Category
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)
Behind the Scenes of a Wolfsonian Library Installation Examining the Dust Bowl
• December 20, 2023 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, Artists, CCC, Christopher DeNoon, CLara Helena Palacio Luca, collectors, curators, Disaster relief, donations, exhibit cases, exhibitions, FAP, FDR, Federal Art Project (FAP), FIU community, FIU students, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, Great Depression, History Department, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, photography, postcards, posters, reception, student curators, Student exhibit, The Wolfsonian Library, Wolfsonian staff
Tags: 1919-1939, Alexandre Hogue, Amal Albaladejo, America & Movies: Between the Wars, black blizzards, buffalo hunt, Buffalo nickel, Burr Singer, Carlos Manuel Bleiker Morcillo, Children's books, Christopher DeNoon, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Clara Helena Palacio Luca, drought, Dust Bowl, Dust Bowl refugees, dust pneumonia, dust storms, Dwayne Krier, Ecological crises, Erskine Caldwell, Farm Secuirty Administration (FSA), Francis Xavier Luca, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), FSA sanitary camps, George Lee, Golden Gate International Exhibition (San Francisco: 1939-1940), grasslands, Helen West Heller (1872-1955), Homestead Act of 1862, Indian Court Federal Building, Jeffrey Gold, land speculators, Louis Siegriest, Margaret Bourke-White, Missouri Woman (painting), Naomi Averill, Pennsylvania Writers' Project, Photographers, Plains Indians, railroad companies, Receptions, reforestation, Resettlement Administration (RA), sand dunes, Soil Conservation Act (April 1935), Soil Conservation Service (SCS), Soil Erosion Service (SCS), Sophia Medina, Steve Forero-Paz, the Great Plains, Valentina Berrio, wheat farms, William Kramer
“All the World Is a Stage”: The Sketchbooks of Albert Wainwright
• August 19, 2023 • 3 CommentsPosted in 1920s, 1930s, Artists, collectors, curator, exhibitions, Fascism, fashion, Francis Xavier Luca, Great Britain, Italy, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, rare books and special collections library, stickers, The Wolfsonian Library, theatre, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian museum library
Tags: actors, Albert Wainwright (1893-1943), altarboys, Anne Bolyn, artist models, Balillas, carabinieri, Castleford (England), choirboys, Clippings, Collages, costume design, costume designers, costumes, Fascist youth, Florrie Forde, Gondolas, Hamburg (Germany), Henry Moore, Henry VIII, Heywood-Wakefield Company, Hitler Jugend, Hitler Youth, Katherine of Aragon, Labels, Leeds, Leeds College of Art, library installations, Luneburg, Magdeburg, male models, Marco Polo Bridge (Venice), memorabilia, Milan (Italy), models, performers, Robin Hood's Bay (North Yorkshire), sailors, set design, singers, Sketchbooks, Stickers, Theater design, theatrical sets, Venetian canals, Venice (Italy), watercolors, West Yorkshire (England), young men
The Wolfsonian Library Unwrapped
• July 29, 2023 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, American architects, architects, architecture, Armistice Day, Art Deco, collectors, exhibitions, FIU, Florida International University, Francis Xavier Luca, Great Depression, hotels, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museum architecture, museums, photography, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian Library, Wolfsonian fellows, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff
Tags: Albert Wainwright, archives, Art Deco District, compact shelving, concrete repair, construction, costume design, expansion, façades, Florida International University, Hurricanes, IMLS, libraries, library installations, Mansions, Mark Hampton, Mediterranean revival architecture, Miami Beach history, museum facilities, renovation, Spanish-influenced architecture, storage facilities, the Great Hurricane of 1926, the Matthews family, The Wolfsonian, theater set design, University of Salamanca, Washington Storage Company, Washington Storage Company archive
Dr. Laurence Miller: Librarian, Mentor, Friend, and Cruise Line Collector
• March 17, 2023 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1950s, acquisitions, cataloging, collectors, cruise ships, donations, Dr. Laurence Miller, exhibitions, FIU, Florida International University, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, Green Library, Laurence Miller Collection, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, ocean liners, oceanliners, passenger ships, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian Library, transatlantic voyages, volunteers, Wolfsonian staff, world cruises
Tags: Blue Star Line, Bon Voyage (Wolfsonian library exhibit), Carnival Cruise Line, cruise line aficionados, cruise line industry, deck plans, digital collections, Dr. Laurence Miller, Elise and Bill Holloway Collection, Elise Grace Holloway, Fantasy (cruise ship), Gaucho, Grace Line, Great White Fleet, Laurence Miller Collection, Manhattan (steamship), Michelangelo (steamship), Pennsylvania (cargo ship), Promotional materials, Raffaello (steamship), Reina del Pacifico (steamship), S.S. Leopoldville, Santa Elena (cargo ship), Santa Lucia (cargo ship), Santa Paula (cargo ship), Santa Rosa (steamship), ship captains, Thomas C. Ragan Collection, United Fruit Company, Vicki Gold Levi, Washington (steamship)
Turning the Beat Around at a Concert With Palo!
• February 23, 2023 • 1 CommentPosted in collectors, Cuba, curators, dance, donations, FIU, Florida International University, gifts, graphic arts, library donors, Vicki Gold Levi, Wolfsonian staff
Tags: Afro-Cuban dance culture, Afro-Cuban funk, Afro-Cuban music, Boxeo y Beisbol: The Cuba-U.S. Sports Exchange, Brittany Ballinger, Caricaturas (Wolfsonian Library installation), Cha-cha-cha, concerts, conga, Cuba: From Gunboat Diplomacy to Good Neighbor Policy (Wolfsonian Library exhibit), Cuban Caricature and Culture: The Art of Massaguer (Wolfsonian installation), exhibitions, Francis Xavier Luca, Latin jazz, library installations, mambo, Miami Beach Bandshell, Miami Soundscapes, OS Photography Studio, Palo!, Promising Paradise: Cuban Allure--American Seduction (Wolfsonian exhibition), Rhythm Foundation, Richard Miltner, rumba, Steve Roitstein, The Wolfsonian Public Humanities Lab, Turn the Beat Around (Wolfsonian exhibition : Oct. 2022-April 2023)
Afro-Cuban Dance Music in Hollywood and Mexican Movies
• January 28, 2023 • 1 CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, acquisitions, bars, collectors, Cuba, curator, donations, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, museums, posters, promotional materials, Puerto Rico, slums, The Wolfsonian Library, Vicki Gold Levi, Wolfsonian staff
Tags: "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)" (song), "El Manisero" [The Peanut Vendor] (song), "Patricia" (song), A Century of Progress International Exposition (Chicago: 1933-1934), Abakuá, actresses, Afro-Cuban jazz, Afro-Cuban polyrhythms, Andrea Queeley, Another Thin Man (film: 1939), ballroom dancing, big bands, cabaret dancing, Carole Lombard, cha cha cha, Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! (film: 1956), Chano Pozo, Chicago World's Fair (1933/34), conga drums, conga line dancing, Cuba, Cuban exiles, Cuban expatriates, Cuban Revolution of 1933, Cuban Revolution of 1959, dancers, danzón, Desi Arnaz (1917-1986), Desiderio Alberto Arnaz II, Dizzy Gillespie, Dominicans, Don Azpiazú and his Havana Casino Orchestra, El Bar de Hilda, ephemera, Eva Silot-Bravo, film-noirs, Francis Xavier Luca, George Raft, Harlem, Havana (Cuba), Havana-Madrid (nightclub), Holiday in Havana (film : 1949), Hollywood movies, I Love Lucy (television series), Jane Powell, Justo Ángel Azpiazú (1893–1943), La Dolce Vita (film : 1960), Latin jazz, Lawrence Tibbett, Lupe Velez, Luxury Liner (film : 1948), Margo, Matanzas (Cuba), melodramas, Mexican movies, Mexico, music, New York City, Nuyoricans, Pérez Prado, Perez Prado, Puerto Ricans, race, Racial prejudice, racism, Ramona Ajón, reggaeton, René and Estela, René Rivero Guillén, rhumba, Robin Moore, Rock & Roll, Rock Around the Clock (film), rumba, Rumba (film : 1935), rumba dancers, rumberas films, rumberos, salsa, Santiago de Cuba, Sheet music covers, Silvano “Chori” Shueg, singers, slums, solares, soneros, swing, The Beat Goes On (Panel discussion), The Cuban Love Song (film: 1931), Tierra Brava (film : 1938), timbalero, timbaleros, Too Many Girls (film: 1940), Turn the Beat Around (Wolfsonian exhibition : Oct. 2022-April 2023), Un Extraño en la Escalera [A Stranger on the Stairs] (film : 1955), Underwater! (film : 1954), Xavier Cugat (1900-1990)
Spotlight on Machito and the Titos–The Three Kings of Mambo By Far
• January 6, 2023 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1940s, 1950s, acquisitions, collectors, Cuba, curators, donations, exhibitions, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, graphic arts, interns, library donors, museums, Puerto Rico, The Wolfsonian Library
Tags: "King of the Mambo", Afro-Cuban dance culture, Afro-Cuban jazz, album cover art, album covers, arrangers, Arsenio Rodríguez, Big 3 Palladium Orchestra, Birdland (Nightclub), Cab Calloway, Celia Cruz, cha cha cha, Chano Pozo, Charlie Parker, Club Cuba, Club Cuba (Nightclub), composers, concerts, Cuban bandleaders, Cuban bebop, Cubans, Cubop City (Nightclub), Dizzy Gillespie, drummers, ephemera, Fania All-Stars, Francis Xavier Luca, Frank Grillo, Harlem Renaissance, Israel ("Cachao") López Valdés (1918–2008), Jazz, jazz musicians, La Lupe, Machito, Machito and His Afro-Cubans, mambo, mambo madness, Mario Bauzá, Miguelito Valdés, New York City, Nuyoricans, Orchestra Siboney, Palladium (Dance hall), percussionists, Perez Prado, Puerto Rican bandleaders, Puerto Ricans, RCA Victor, Sheet music covers, Stan Kenton, the "Borscht Belt", the Catskills, The Peanut Vendor (song), The Three Kings, Three Kings Day, Tico Records, timbaleros, Tito Puente, Tito Rodriguez, Turn the Beat Around (Wolfsonian exhibition : Oct. 2022-April 2023), United Artists Records, Vicki Gold Levi, Victoria Calveira
Turning the Beat Around: Spotlight on Xavier Cugat
• November 19, 2022 • 1 CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, acquisitions, collectors, Cuba, curators, dance, donations, exhibitions, Florida International University, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, graphic arts, interns, library donors, museums, photography, rare books and special collections library, restaurants, The Wolfsonian Library, Vicki Gold Levi, Wolfsonian staff
Tags: A Date With Judy (1948), Abbe Lane (singer and actress), Afro-Cuban music, album covers, bandleaders, Bathing Beauty (1944), Cafe Trocadero (dinner club), caricatures, caricaturists, Carmen Castillo, Casa Cugat (dinner club), Catalonia, cha cha cha, Charlie Chaplin, Charo (singer), Chicago Syndicate (1955), chihuahuas, classical violin, Cocoanut Grove (nightclub), conga, conga drums, Conga-land (songbook), Conrado Walter Massaguer, Cuba, Cuban bandleaders, Cuban musicians, Desi Arnaz (1917-1986), El Grafico (magazine), Enrico Caruso, Entertainers, female musicians, Francis Xavier Luca, George Raft, Go West Young Man (film: 1936), Holiday in Mexico (1946), Hollywood, In Gay Madrid (film: 1930), Lorraine Allen, Los Angeles, Luxury Liner (1948), mambo, Margo (dancer), Miguelito Valdés, musicians, My Sister Eileen (film: 1942), Neptune's Daughter (1949), New York City, On an Island With You (1948), Orquesta Sinfónica del Teatro Nacional (Havana), photographs, Rosalind Russell, rumba, Rumba (film : 1935), Rumba Is My Life (autobiography), Sheet music covers, singers, Starlight Roof (Waldorf-Astoria Hotel), Ten Cents a Dance (film: 1931), The Gigalos (septet), The Heat's On (1943), The Xavier Cugat Show (1957), Tito Rodríguez, Turn the Beat Around (Wolfsonian exhibition : Oct. 2022-April 2023), violinists, Waldorf-Astoria, Week-End at the Waldorf (1945), wives, Xavier Cugat (1900-1990), Yma Sumac, You Were Never Lovelier (film : 1942), You Were Never Lovelier (film: 1942)
Turning the Beat Around: Spotlight on Chano Pozo
• November 9, 2022 • 1 CommentPosted in 1940s, 1950s, collectors, Cuba, dance, donations, exhibitions, Florida International University, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, graphic arts, interns, library donors, museums, photography, The Wolfsonian Library, Vicki Gold Levi, Wolfsonian staff
Tags: "Bang Que Choque" (song), "Blen Blen Blen" (song), "Manteca" (song), "Nague" (song), "Sono el Clarin" (song), Abakuá, Afro-Cuban dance culture, Afro-Cuban jazz, Afro-Cuban music, afrocubanismo, album covers, Amado Trinidad Velazco, Anselmo Sacasas (Cuban pianist and arranger), Arsenio Rodríguez, “Ariñáñara" (song), “Conga de Los Dandys" (song), “Parampampin" (song), Bal Nègre (dance revue), Carnegie Hall, carnival parades, Carteles (magazine), Chano Pozo, Chano Pozo y su Orquesta, Chico y Rita (animated film : 2010), Coda Records, Colon Cemetery (Havana), comparsas, conga, conga drummers, conga drums, Conjunto Azul, Cuba, Cuban bebop, Cuban composers, Cuban musicians, Cuban singers, Cubop, descargas (jam sessions), Dizzy Gillespie, drummers, El Ataúd, El África, Entertainers, Ernesto Roca, ethnomusicology, exhibitions, Félix Chappottin Lage, Francis Xavier Luca, Harlem, Hotel Nacional Orquesta, Hotel Presidente (Havana), installations, Jack Harris' La Conga (nightclub), Jazz, Joe Loco Quintet, Jovenes del Cayo septet, jukeboxes, Leonardo Timor, Leonardo Timor (band leader), Los Dandy de Belén (comparsa), Los Melodicos (band), Luciano (“Chano”) Pozo González, Machito, Machito and His Afro-Cubans, Mario Bauza, Miguelito Valdés, musicians, Musicraft (record company), New York City, orisha, Orquesta Casino de la Playa, Pan-Art (record label), percussionists, photographs, religious Afro-Cuban music, RHC Cadena Azul radio, Roxy Theatre, royalty disputes, rumba, rumba dancers, rumbero, Santería, Santo Ramírez (Cuban percussionist), secular Afro-Cuban music, segregation, singers, slums, solares, tenements, Tito Rodríguez, Tropicana (Nightclub), Turn the Beat Around (Wolfsonian exhibition : Oct. 2022-April 2023), Vicki Gold Levi, Victor (record company), vocalists, Xavier Cugat (1900-1990), Yoruba religion
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