Archive for the 'propaganda arts' Category
Memorial Day Reflections on the Spanish-American War and World War II
• May 27, 2019 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1940s, acquisitions, American war propaganda, archives, book art, cataloging, collectors, colonial propaganda, colonialism, concentration camp, Cuba, curators, displays, donations, FIU, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, gifts, Green Library, History Department, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, library donors, Maine (Battleship, Manila (Philippines), memorabilia, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Monroe County Public Library (Key West, museums, Philippines, photography, political art, postcards, propaganda, propaganda arts, publishers' decorative bindings, Puerto Rico, rare books and special collections library, Spanish-American War, The Wolfsonian Library, war propaganda, Wolfsonian staff, World War (1939-1945), World War II, WWII
Tags: "Sand in their Boots" Collection, Admiral George Dewey, Anne Layton Rice, Army Air Forces Technical Training Command (Miami Beach), Battle of Kettle Hill, Cuba, Cuban Independence wars, Evangelina Cisneros, fans, Frederic A. Sharf, Frederick Remington, General Valeriano Weyler, Havana (Cuba), human zoos, interns, Joseph Pulitzer, Judith Berson-Levinson Collection, Julia Ricks, Karl Decker, Manila Bay, maritime disasters, memorabilia, Memorial Day, Miami Beach (Florida), Monroe County Public Library (Key West, New York Journal (newspaper), New York World (newspaper), pillowcases, postcards, President Theodore ("Teddy") Roosevelt, propaganda, Puerto Rico, reconcentration camps, Remember the Maine!, reporters, Roney Plaza Hotel (Miami Beach), Rough Riders, Samal Moros (Philippines), Sheet music covers, Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, Spanish- American War of 1898, Taina Caragol, The Philippines, Tim Rodgers, U.S. Army Air Forces, U.S. colonial possessions, USS Maine (Battleship), veterans, Vicki Gold Levi, war artists, war correspondents, war hysteria, warships, William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951), yearbooks, Yellow journalism
Winter Visits and Gift Acknowledgements
• January 29, 2019 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, acquisitions, African American History, American war propaganda, Art Basel, Art Deco, Artists, book art, cataloging, collectors, Cuba, dance, displays, donations, El Lissitzky, exhibitions, fashion for women, First World War (1914-1918), FIU, FIU community, Florida International University, Florida International University students, France, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, fur, gifts, graphic designers, History Department, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Latin American and Caribbean Center, library donors, Lissitzky, memorabilia, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, persuasive arts, photography, pochoirs, political art, portfolios, postcards, posters, preservation, prohibition, promotional materials, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, school visits to The Wolfsonian, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, veterans, Vintage postcards, VIP vistors, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War (1914-1918), World War I, WWI
Tags: "Mr. Babalú", 1920s, African American performers, Alain Locke, Alexander Archipenko, American Seduction, Art Deco design, Art Deco Weekend (2019), Barron Collier, bowling, Brooklyn Museum, Charles Gilpin, Clara Helena Palacio Luca, cocktail shakers, cocktail stirrers, Conrado Walter Massaguer, Cuba, dance in art, Daniel Morris, devils, dry laws, Eduardo García Benito, fashion, fur, fur garments, Harlem Renaissance, Historical Design, Into the Stacks, Jazz, Jean S. Sharf, Josephine Baker, Leonard Finger, Lisa Green, Louis Miano, Miami Dade public schools, Miguelito Valdés, Modern art, MoMA (Museum of Modern Art), Nathaniel Sandler, National Endowment for the Humanities Dialogue on the Experience of War, New Negro, Paris (France), Paul Colins, Paul Poiret, Paul Robeson, pillowcases, pochoir prints, Preservation boxes, Prohibition (1919-1933), Promising Paradise: Cuban Allure--American Seduction (Wolfsonian exhibition), race, recruiting posters, Satan, shotglasses, stencilwork, The Emperor Jones, Tropicana (Nightclub), U.S.-Cuba tourism, veterans, Vicki Gold Levi, vintage postcards, War and Healing program, Wit as Weapon: Satire and the Great War (Wolfsonian library installation), Zines
Weaponized Wit: WWI Lampoons of Kaiser Wilhelm
• September 4, 2018 • 1 CommentPosted in 1915, American war propaganda, children's books, Children's propaganda books, displays, donations, exhibit cases, exhibitions, First World War (1914-1918), FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, History Department, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, Pamela K. Harer, persuasive arts, political art, postcards, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vintage postcards, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian-FIU library exhibitions, World War (1914-1918), World War I, WWI
Tags: art handlers, Ayme Cameron, caricatures, cartoons, Charlie Chaplin, Christopher Stotts, collecting cards, Drawings, games, helmets, Henry Hacker, Kaiser Wilhelm II, Kaiser Wilhelm II (Emperor of Germany), lanpoons, Louis Raemaekers (1869-1956), Moses, mustaches, Satire, Shoulder Arms (film : 1918), spiders, Stephanie Diaz, Steve Forero-Paz, student-curated exhibits, Wit As Weapon (Wolfsonian library installation), Yankee Doodle in Berlin (film : 1919)
Graphic Art Selling Revolution, Jewelry, and War
• June 27, 2018 • 1 CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, Art Deco, bindings, collectors, Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, Earthquakes, exhibitions, Francis Xavier Luca, Futurism, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, Japan, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, posters, promotional materials, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, Russia, Russo-Japanese War, Soviet propaganda, Soviet Union, Steve Heller, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vicki Gold Levi, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, World War (1939-1945), World War II, WWII
Tags: accordian-style bindings, Alphabet art, Also Sprach Zarathustra, Art Basel (Miami 2018), Art Deco, branding, Charlotte Camille, chromolithographs, Constructing Revolution (Wolfsonian exhibition), Constructivism, Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, Eric Silverman, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876-1944), font, Fortunato Depero (1892-1960), Friedrich Nietzsche, Geishas, Georges Lemmen (1865-1957), graphic art, Great Japan Earthquake of 1923, Greeting cards, H5 Group, Henry C. Van de Velde (1863-1957), Herbert Bayer (1900-1985), Home front, Italian Futurism, Italian futurists, Japanese art, jewelry, Kurt Hans Volk (1883-1962), Kyowa Kirin, Ladislav Sutnar (1897-1976), logos, Ludovic Houplain, Maxime Vandenabeele, Patriotism, pins, pochoir, propaganda fans, Rad Sutnar, Raoul Cenisi (1912-1991), Red and Black: Revolution in Soviet Propaganda Graphics (Wolfsonian Library installation), Richline Group, Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905), Second World War, Steve Heller, Svetlana Silverman, Tamao Watanabe, Tullio Crali (1910-2000), typography, Victory Gold Levi Collection
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
The G.I. and Democracy
• November 9, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, Adolf Hitler caricatures, American war propaganda, Anti-Nazi propaganda, Armistice Day, Fascism, FDR, First World War (1914-1918), Francis Xavier Luca, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Nazi propaganda, Nazism, New Deal era, persuasive arts, Philippines, propaganda, propaganda arts, rare books and special collections library, Second World War (1939-1945), veterans, Veterans Day, war propaganda, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War (1914-1918), World War (1939-1945), World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII
Tags: "Australia: our neighbor 'down under'", "Can war marriages be made to work?", "Can we prevent future wars?", "Is the Good Neighbor Policy a success?", "Our Russian ally", "Shall I build a house after the war?", "The Balkans", "What is propaganda?", "What lies ahead for the Philippines?", "What should be done with war criminals?", "What will your town be like?", "Will the French Republic live again?", "Will there be work for all?", All Quiet on the Western Front (film : 1930), America First Committee, appeasement, Arsenal of Democracy, automatons, cartoons, Charles Lindbergh, democracy, Donald Duck, F. Karr, Fascists, G.I. Bill, G.I. roundtable discussions, G.I.s, Heroes for Sale (film : 1933), interventionism, isolationism, Joseph Kennedy, League of Nations, Lend-Lease Bill, merchants of death, Nazis, Neutrality Act legislation, Pamphlets, Pearl Harbor, persuasion, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), President Woodrow Wilson, Senate Special Committee on Investigation of the Munitions Industry, Senator Gerald Nye, Serviceman's Readjustment Act, The Negro Soldier (film : 1944), Veterans Day, War is a Racket / Major General Smedley D. Butler, war profiteers, Why We Fight (film)
The Red Cross in Time of War
• August 22, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in American war propaganda, children's books, Children's propaganda books, CLara Helena Palacio Luca, donations, Ethiopia, First aid, First World War (1914-1918), Japanese Empire, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, library donors, memorabilia, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., postcards, posters, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, Russo-Japanese War, South African War, Spanish Civil War, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, war propaganda, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, World War (1914-1918), World War (1939-1945), World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII
Tags: 1864, Adolphus Solomons, ambulances, American Red Cross, atrocities, August 22, Broadsides, Clara Barton, Edith Cavell, emblems, ephemera, Frederic A. Sharf, Geneva convention, Hospitals, International Red Cross, Italo-Ethiopian War (1935-1936), Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Jean-Henri Dunant, Judith Berson-Levinson Collection, Ladysmith (South Africa), mechanical works, medical personnel, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Nobel Peace Prize, Nurses, nurses and nursing, Pamela K. Harer, Periodicals, photograph albums, postcards, posters, Red Cross, Red Cross dogs, Red Cross nurses, Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905), Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902), Sheet music covers, South African War (1899-1902), Swiss flag, tents, Woodrow Wilson
