Archive for the 'Disney' Category
Varied Views for a Variety of Visitors
• December 15, 2023 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, acquisitions, African American History, Art Basel, Artists, bindings, book art, children's books, Cuba, curator, dance, Disney, displays, Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, exhibitions, Francis Xavier Luca, French consulate, gifts, graphic designers, library donors, Michelle Oka Doner, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, Orientalism, prohibition, The Wolfsonian Library, Vicki Gold Levi, Wolfsonian staff, World's fairs
Tags: 1939-1940 New York World's Fair, 1964-1965 New York World's Fair, A. Assus, Aaron Douglas (1899-1979), Al Hirschfeld, Alex Rigorard, All the World's a Stage: The Sketchbooks and Theatrical Designs of Albert Wainwright (Wolfsonian Library installation), André Suréda, Art Basel, Atomium, celebrities, Charles Laborde (1886-1941), collecting cards, Colonies, Cuba, dancers, Daniel Morris, Donald Deskey, ephemera, Expo '58 (Brussels), Exposition coloniale internationale, FIU, FIU Professor Maria Antonieta Garcia, Folies Bergere, France, France's overseas empire, Francis Xavier Luca, French Guiana, French Orientalists, Futurama, Guyane francaise, Harlem Renaissance, Josephine Baker, La Reunion, La Tunisie, LACMA, Louis Antoni, Marco Brambilla, Maurice Bouviolle, movies stars, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey (Mexico), paper toys, Paul Colin (1892-1985), pop-up books, Progressland, Prohibition, revues, Sheet music covers, singers, Sketchbooks, the Charleston (dance), tourism, Walt Disney
Honoring Women and Heckling Hitler
• March 27, 2018 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1940s, Adolf Hitler caricatures, American left artists, American war propaganda, Anti-Nazi propaganda, Artists, children's books, Children's propaganda books, CLara Helena Palacio Luca, curator, Disney, displays, donations, Fascism, fashion for women, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, gender, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, History Department, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), Italy, Japan, Japanese Empire, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Leonard A. Lauder, library donors, memorabilia, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, Nazi propaganda, Nazism, Pacific campaign (WWII), Pamela K. Harer, persuasive arts, Philippines, postcards, posters, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, Second World War (1939-1945), Spanish Civil War, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, World War (1939-1945), World War II, WWII
Tags: Alexander Z. Kruse, archives, Aristotle Ares, Army Air Forces (U.S.), Aryans, Axis, B-26, boot straps, Broadsides, calendars, Charles L. McCartney Jr., Crypt Cracking, Dolores Trenner, Donna Victor, Envelopes, Espanolaphone, First aid, FIU Professor Terrance G. Peterson, Home front, Hotzi Notzi, Into the Stacks, jeeps, Jeffrey G. Fischer, joeys, Judith Berson-Levinson Collection, Kaiser Wilhelm II, kangaroos, Keep 'em Flying (magazine), Maps, March, Martijn F. Lecoultre, matchcovers, Max Halverson (1924-2006), Mel Victor WWII Pacific Theater Collection, Michael Smith, Nathaniel Sandler, Nurses, Pamela K. Harer, Pamphlets, pincushions, postcards, Republic of Salo, rolling pins, Roney Plaza Hotel (Miami Beach), Rosie the Riveter, Sand in their Boots (event), schoolgirls, sewing needles, Sheet music covers, Shoshana Resnikoff, skirts, Spanish Civl War (1936-1939), Thomas Barrett Archive, U.S. navy, Uniforms, USS Yorktown (aircraft carrier), Victory Gold Levi Collection, WAACS, WACS, wigs, Wolfsonian public programs, women in the Armed Services, Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, Women's History Month
VISIONARY ARCHITECTURE AND THE WORLD’S FAIRS OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY: A WOLFSONIAN PERSPECTIVE
• May 14, 2014 • Leave a CommentPosted in architects, architecture, children's books, Disney, exhibitions, international expositions, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., monumental architecture, New York World's Fair 1964, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vintage postcards, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World's fairs
Tags: 1958 Brussels Expo (International Exhibitions Bureau), Architects, Atomium, Balloons, Belgium, bird’s eye views, cable cars, Century of Progress Exhibition (1933-1934: Chicago), Chicago (Illinois), children’s pop-up books, Clara Helena Palacio Luca, Cold War, Crystal Palace, Democracity, Eiffel Tower, engineers, Epcot Center, Exhibition buildings, Expo '86, Exposition Universelle of 1889 (Paris), Expositions, Ferris Wheel, Francis Xavier Luca, Futurama, futuristic architecture, General Motors Corporation, George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (1859-1896), gift shops, Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nation (1851: London), HemisFair ’68, HemisFair Park (San Antonio), Hyde Park (London), International exhibitions, John Coppola, La Tour Eiffel, Men in Black (film), New York (New York State), New York World's Fair (1939-1940), New York World’s Fair (1964-1965), Norman Bel Geddes, Observation towers, Parachute Jump, pavilions, revolving restaurants, Riverwalk (San Antonio), San Antonio (Texas), Seattle (Washington), Sir Joseph Paxton (1803-1865), Sky Ride, Soviet Union, Space Needle, Sputnik, stereograph cards, student-curated exhibits, Sydenham Hill, tourists, Towers, Trylon and Perisphere, Unisphere, Visionary architecture, World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago), World’s Fairs
SPIES AND ALLIES: A WOLFSONIAN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
• November 2, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, Adolf Hitler caricatures, airplanes, American war propaganda, Anti-Nazi propaganda, Artists, children's books, Children's propaganda books, collectors, Communists, Disney, donations, Elinor Brecher, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, Great Britain, leftist artists, library donors, Pamela K. Harer, persuasive arts, political art, propaganda, propaganda arts, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, war propaganda, wartime Britain, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War II, WWII
Tags: Allies, America First Committee, Arsenal of Democracy, Aviators, Bill Justice, British spies, Children's book authors, David Mackenzie Ogilvy (1911-1999), Fifth Columnists, George Gallup, Gremlins, Hennet Conant's The Irregulars, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), Hyde Park (New York), Ian Fleming (1908-1964), Inez Hogan, James Bond, Lend-lease, Leo Brecher, MI6, National Public Radio, National Security Agency (NSA), NPR, RAF, Roald Dahl (1916-1990), Safety Education Division Flight Control Command United States Army Air Force, Sir Noël Peirce Coward (1899-1973, Spandules, Spies, U.S. Army Air Forces, Walt Disney
GOOD NEIGHBOR FLEET EXHIBIT OPENS IN THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY
• June 2, 2012 • 3 CommentsPosted in 1930s, acquisitions, Argentina, Brazil, collectors, cruise ships, Digital Library Specialist, Disney, displays, donations, exhibitions, Fascism, FDR, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, library donors, Nazism, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, ocean liners, passenger ships, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War II, WWII
Tags: Ada Peacock, Animators, Aquarela do Brazil (cartoon), Argentine State Line, art handlers, ashtrays, Brazil, cartoons, CIAA, cruises, David Almeida, deck plans, Donald Duck, FDR, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), Good Neighbor Fleet, Good Neighbor Policy, Goofy, illustrators, inaugural speeches, James Taylor, Jose Carioca, Laurence Miller, matchcovers, menus, Michel Potop, Moore-McCormack Lines, Musical cartoons, Office of Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, postcards, S.S. Argentina, S.S. Brazil, S.S. Uruguay, Saludos Amigos (cartoon 1943), South America, Steve Forero-Paz, Thomas C. Ragan, Uruguay, Walt Disney
NAZIS, AND GREMLINS, AND SPANDULES, OH MY! WWII CARTOON CHARACTERS AT THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY
• March 14, 2012 • 3 CommentsPosted in Adolf Hitler caricatures, American war propaganda, Anti-Nazi propaganda, children's books, Children's propaganda books, Disney, donations, FIU, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, gifts, History Department, library donors, political art, propaganda, propaganda arts, war propaganda, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War II, WWII
Tags: Adolf Hitler caricatures, Allies, animated film shorts, Army Air Foce (US), Axis, Blondie, caricatures, Cartoon characters, cartoons, Century of the Child: Growing by Design 1900-2000, Charlie Chaplin, CLara Helena Palacio-de Luca, Comic strip characters, Dagwood, Donald Duck, Francis Xavier Luca, Gremlins, Gremlins from the Kremlin, Judith Berson-Levinson Collection, macaronic speech, Merrie Melodies, MoMA (Museum of Modern Art), Pamela K. Harer, Royal Air Force (RAF), Russian Rhapsody, Spandules, The Great Dictator (1940), Walt Disney, Warner Brothers
EXHIBITIONS: CULTURE FOR THE CURIOUS
• November 4, 2011 • 1 CommentPosted in Disney, donations, Fifth National Industrial Exhibition Japan 1903, First aid, Frederic A. Sharf, gifts, Great Britain, Japan, Japan-British Exhibition 1910, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Medicine, New York World's Fair 1964, Rochelle T. Pienn, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Unisphere, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World's fairs
Tags: International exhibitions
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