Archive for the 'women' Category
Visit by Mandela Washington Fellows
• July 8, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in acquisitions, Boers, British Army, collectors, colonial propaganda, colonial tourism, colonialism, cruise ships, donations, FIU, Florida International University, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, gifts, Italy, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Laurence Miller Collection, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., ocean liners, rare books and special collections library, South African War, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, women, Zulus
Tags: Abissinia, Africa, Africa Oriental, Africans, Angola, Aurelio Bertiglia, bas relief, Belgian Congo, Brochures, Charles Montague Elliott Wilson, Colonial expositions, Congo, Deutsch Afrika-Linien, Deutsche Ost-Afrika-Linie, East Africa, Equatorial Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, European colonies in Africa, Gabon, indigenous peoples, International exhibitions, Italo-Ethiopian War (1935-1936), Mandela Washington Fellowship, Maps, Mocambique, Musee des Colonies (Paris), native peoples, Niger, photograph albums, Portuguese empire, Sierra Leone, Sketchbooks, Somalia, Somaliland, South Africa, Steve Heller, sub-Saharan Africa, Union Castle Line, Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), Zanzibar, Zulus
Recent Florida International University Class Visits to The Wolfsonian Library
• February 10, 2017 • 1 CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, African American History, American left artists, American war propaganda, Artists, book art, Communism, Communist Party of the United States, Communist Party of the United States of America, Communists, displays, donations, Fascism, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, gender, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, History Department, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), International Labor Defense (ILD), leftist artists, Leonard A. Lauder, library donors, Lin Shi Khan, Lynd Ward (1905-1985), memorabilia, museums, Nazi propaganda, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, persuasive arts, political art, Popular Front, posters, prohibition, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, racism, school visits to The Wolfsonian, Scottsboro Trial, Soviet Union, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, trains, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, World War II
Tags: 1930s, Adolf Hitler, African-Americans, anti-lynching campaigns, Autobahn, Blues, Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) International Labor Defense (ILD), Great Depression, Harlem Renaissance, highways, infrastructure construction, Jazz, lynchings, memory, New Deal, New Negro, race, Race trials, racism, railways, roads, Scottsboro Trial (Alabama), stereotypes, U.S. One
A Dedication to Liberty: A Wolfsonian—FIU Reflection on the Anniversary of the Dedication of the Statue of Liberty
• October 28, 2015 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, Alabama, American left artists, American war propaganda, Armistice Day, Artists, Children's propaganda books, Communist Party of the United States of America, Communists, Fascism, First World War (1914-1918), gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), international expositions, Italy, leftist artists, Leonard A. Lauder, library donors, Nazism, political art, postcards, posters, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, Scottsboro Trial, Second World War (1939-1945), The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Uncategorized, Vicki Gold Levi, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, World War (1914-1918), World War (1939-1945), World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII
Tags: Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923), “Liberty Enlightening the World”, Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (1814-1879), France, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904), Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), John Q. Public, Ku Klux Klan, Lady Liberty, Marianne, Natacha Carlu, Statue of Liberty, U.S. President Grover Cleveland, Vaughn Shoemaker (1902-1991), Victory Gold Levi Collection
The Making of…The Making of Miami Beach: New Wolfsonian–FIU Library Exhibit Opens Today
• September 18, 2015 • Leave a CommentPosted in exhibit cases, exhibitions, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, History Department, museums, photography, promotional materials, student curators, swimwear, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women
Tags: art handlers, bathing attire, Bathing suits, Carl G. Fisher (1874-1939), Carlos Alejandro, Exhibition installation, Florida land boom, Florida Land bust, grand hotels, Great Hurricane of 1926, Great Miami Hurricane (1926), John S. Collins (1837-1928), Lummus brothers, luxury hotels, Miami Beach (Fla.), Miami Beach Centennial, Miami Beach: From Mangrove to Tourist Mecca (Exhibition), segregation, Steve Forero-Paz
BEAUTY AND THE BEACH: WOMEN’S BATHING SUITS AND THE PROMOTION OF MIAMI BEACH
• May 6, 2015 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, donations, fashion, fashion for women, gender, Great Depression, health, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, Norman Bel Geddes, photography, postcards, rare books and special collections library, Second World War (1939-1945), swimwear, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vintage postcards, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, World War (1939-1945), World War II, WWII
Tags: 1920s, Annette Kellerman, Army Air Forces, bathing attire, bathing beaches, Bathing suits, bathinghouses, beaches, Beauty pageants, Bettie Page, bikinis, Brigitte Bardot (actress), Brochures, Bunny Yeager, Carl G. Fisher (1874-1939), Casinos, City of Miami Beach News Bureau, Clara Helena Palacio Luca, Copa City Nightclub (Miami Beach Fla.), Diane Varga, Dolores Kirby, Donna Victor, Flamingo Hotel (Miami Beach Fla.), Francis Xavier Luca, greyhounds, Hardie Casino, Jane Fisher, Lanita Kent, Lawrence Wiggins, Louis Reard, Mel Victor, Miami Beach, Miami Beach (Fla.), Miami Beach City Hall, Miami Beach fiftieth anniversary celebrations, Miami Beach Historical Archive, Miami Beach Kennel Club, Miss Miami Beach Golden Girl Pageant, Miss Universe Beauty Pageant, Norma Eve Sherer, Norman Bel Geddes, postcards, promotional literature, Roney Plaza Hotel, Second World War (1939-1945), Shelly Macy Sharpe, Smith's Casino, Sun-Ray Sanitarium (Miami Fla.), Swimsuits, Thermometers, winter resorts, women, WWII
HE/SHE GOES TO WAR: TWO SILENT WWI MOVIES CLASSICS AT THE WOLFSONIAN-FIU MUSEUM
• March 31, 2015 • Leave a CommentPosted in Communists, donations, First World War (1914-1918), gender, gifts, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, pochoirs, political art, posters, promotional materials, propaganda, rare books and special collections library, Russia, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, World War (1914-1918), World War I, WWI
Tags: 1st Russian Women’s Battalion of Death, Anti-war movies, Bothwell Browne, Clara Helena Palacio Luca, Comedies, cross-dressers, cross-dressing, Eulenburg affair (1907-1909), Female impersonators, Francis Xavier Luca, General Kuno Graf von Moltke, German Empress Auguste Viktoria, German Kaiser Wilhelm II (1859-1941), German Military Secretariat Dietrich von Hülsen-Haeseler, Guy Arnoux, Homosexuality, Howard Chandler, Julian Eltin, Kerensky’s Provisional Government, Maria Bochkareva (1889-1920), munitions factories, Navy recruiting posters, Over the Rhine (film : 1918), Pamela K. Harer, Prince of Eulenburg-Hertefeld, Red Cross nurses, Royal Canadian Army Medical Corps, Rudy Valentino, Russian Civil War (1917-1922), Russian revolution (1917), satires, Scandals, She Goes to War (film : 1929), Silent film, swine, The adventuress (film : 1920), The Isle of Love (film : 1922), transvestites, Ulk (German satire magazine), Volunteer Aid Detachment (or VAD), war propaganda films, Wilhelm Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Prussia and the Empire of Germany (1882-1951), Women war workers, Yankee Doodle in Berlin (film : 1919)
THE FALSE PROMISES OF PROPAGANDA: AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND THE GREAT WAR IN THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY COLLECTION
• February 8, 2015 • Leave a CommentPosted in African American History, American war propaganda, Children's propaganda books, Civil Rights Movement, displays, exhibit cases, exhibitions, FIU, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, gender, graphic arts, History Department, Miami Ad School, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, Pamela K. Harer, political art, posters, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, student curators, Student exhibit, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, 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 (1914-1918), World War I, WWI
Tags: 369th Infantry Regiment, Addie Waite Hunton (1866-1943), African-Americans, American Expeditionary Force (AEF), American flags, “Negro” soldiers, Black History Month, Colonel Thomas A. Roberts, Colored troops, Croix de Guerre, E. G. Renesch (printer), Fireplaces, Hearths, Henry Lincoln Johnson (1897-1929), heroes, James Reese Europe (1881-1919), Joseph-Félix Boucher (1853-1937), Kathryn Magnolia Johnson (1878-?), Miami Ad School, Monika Pobog-Weckert, Negroes, Patriotism, prejudice, racial strife, racism, recruiting posters, segregation, the Great War, the Harlem Hellfighters, World War (1914-1918), WWI, YMCA
