Archive for the 'Ford Motor Company' Category
Charles Lindbergh: From Distinguished Flying Cross to the Dog House
• May 20, 2020 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, Adolf Hitler caricatures, American war propaganda, Anti-Nazi propaganda, anti-Semitism, book art, children's books, Children's propaganda books, CLara Helena Palacio Luca, concentration camp, Ford Motor Company, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, gifts, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Jews, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Nazi propaganda, Nazism, propaganda, rare books and special collections library, Second World War (1939-1945), Vicki Gold Levi, Wolfsonian library, World War II, WWII
Tags: "Crime of the Century", Adolf Hitler caricatures, air pilots, airedales, airmen, airplane production, airplanes, alternative histories, autobiographies, Charles Lindbergh, Distinguished Flying Cross, dogs, Envelopes, Finlay Matheson, Hermann Wilhelm Göring (1893-1946), heroes, hounds, kidnappings, Kristallnacht, Legion d'honneur, Lindbergh baby, Luftwaffe, media, Nazi Olympics, Nicholas Blaga, Olympic Games (Berlin : 1936), Philip Roth, pogroms, pulp magazines, Sheet music covers, Spirit of St. Louis, tapestries, terriers, The Ordeal of Oliver Airedale, The Plot Against America, transatlantic flights, World War II
Loco for the Locomobile
• November 2, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, automobile design, Ford Motor Company, Francis Xavier Luca, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., rare books and special collections library, Uncategorized, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: 1902, Andrew Riker, assembly line production, automotive engineers, autos, cars, convertibles, coupes, Durant Motors, Ford Model T, gasoline-powered vehicles, Great Depression, internal combustion engine, limousines, Locomobile Company of America, Locomobile Model C, November 2, racecar drivers, roadsters, sedans, steam-powered vehiciles, T. M. Cleland, touring cars
The Rolls-Royce “Art Drive” Makes a Stop at The Wolfsonian
• April 21, 2017 • 1 CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, automobile design, automotive design drawings, collectors, displays, Ford Motor Company, Frederic A. Sharf, gifts, graphic designers, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, rare books and special collections library, VIP vistors, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: aerodynamics, assembly line production, automobiles, Bobby Hupp, Buick, bumpers, Cadillac, designs, Detroit, Durant Motors, Ford Motor Car Company, Frederic A. Sharf, Futuristic vehicles, General Motors, grills, Henry Ford, hood ornaments, Hupmobiles, Hupp Motor Car Company, Hupp-Yeats Electric Car Company, Lansing (Michigan), Lincoln automobile, Lincoln Zephyr, Locomobile Company of America, Locomobiles, luxury automobile brands, Miami Art Drive (2017), Oakman Motor Vehicle Company, Olds Motor Vehicle Company, Oldsmobiles, promotional brochures, Ransom E. Olds, RDH Motorcar Company, Rocket V8 engine, Rolls Royce, Sketches, Sotheby's Auction House, Stock Market Crash (1929), T. W. Pietsch II, T. W. Pietsch III, Ted Pietsch
Counting Cars: New acquisitions to the Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection at the Wolfsonian-FIU Library
• February 17, 2017 • 2 CommentsPosted in automobile design, cars, Ford Motor Company, gender, Great Britain, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Rochelle T. Pienn, Uncategorized, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War (1939-1945)
Tags: advertising, Austin, Automotive industry, Big Three, cars, Chevrolet, Ford Motor Co., Fox hunting, Lockhead, Morris, New York, Nuffield Organization, The Autocar (magazine)
A Wolfsonian Reflection on This Date in History: The Chevrolet Motor Company Founded
• November 3, 2016 • Leave a CommentPosted in automobile design, cars, FIU, Ford Motor Company, Ford Motor Company (Detroit, graphic arts, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: Advertisements, assembly line production, automotive engineers, Chevrolet Club Sedan, Chevrolet Coach, Chevrolet Coupe, Chevrolet Motor Car Company, Chevrolet Phaeton, Chevrolet Roadster, Chevrolet Sport Coupe, Chevrolet Sport Roadster, Chevrolets, Detroit (Michigan), Edwin R. Campbell, Ford Motor Company, General Motors, GM, Henry Ford, Lisa Li Celorio, Louis Chevrolet, Model T, race car drivers, Ricardo J. Celorio, sales catalogs, William C. Durant, William Little
BARON MONTAGU OF BEAULIEU, THE NATIONAL MOTOR MUSEUM, AND THE WOLFSONIAN-FIU LIBRARY
• November 15, 2012 • 2 CommentsPosted in automobile design, automotive design drawings, cars, collectors, Digital Library Specialist, displays, donations, exhibitions, Fascism, FIU, Florida International University, Ford Motor Company, Great Britain, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, library donors, memorabilia, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, Nazi propaganda, school visits to The Wolfsonian, streamlined cars, Styled for the Road, Styled for the Road (Exhibition), The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Theodore W. Pietsch, VIP vistors, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: Advertising American Automobiles Abroad (Wolfsonian Library Exhibit), antique cars, automobiles, automotive ephemera, Beaulieu (Hampshire County England), David Almeida, Edward Douglas-Scott-Montagu (3rd Baron Montagu of Beaulieu), Futuristic vehicles, Mantagu Motor Museum, motor cars, Museum founders, National Motor Museum, Packard automobiles, Styled for the Road: The Art of Automobile Design (1908-1948), Theodore (Ted) W. Pietsch II (1912-1993), vintage cars
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FORD MOTOR COMPANY
• June 16, 2010 • 1 CommentPosted in airplanes, automobile design, automotive design drawings, cars, Florida International University, Ford Motor Company, Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, ocean liners, passenger ships, Styled for the Road, Styled for the Road (Exhibition), Theodore W. Pietsch, trains, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: airplanes
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