Archive for the 'World’s fairs' 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
The Feminine Touch: The Artwork of Two French Africanists
• May 12, 2022 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, architecture, Artists, book art, collectors, colonial propaganda, colonialism, France, Francis Xavier Luca, gender, gifts, graphic arts, international expositions, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Orientalism, pochoirs, portfolios, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian Library, women, World's fairs
Tags: Africa, African proverbs, Algiers, artists, Au pays de Samba Diouf, Cameroon-Togo, Colonial administrators, colonial governors, colonialism, Exhibition buildings, Exposition Coloniale Internationale (Paris: 1931), female artists, Francis Xavier Luca, French colonies, French mandates, French overseas territories, indigenous architecture, indigenous peoples, Léon Truitard (1885-1972), Leon Truitard, Mary Morin, Palais de la Porte, Paris, pavilions, pochoir prints, Quelques images de la grande exposition colonial, Senegal, stencil works, Sudan, Suzanne (née Balliste) Truitard (1893-1986), Suzanne Truitard, Territoires Africains sous mandat de la France (Cameroun-Togo), Watercolor paintings, wood engravers, wood engraving
A Musical History of U.S.-Cuba Relations, 1898-1959
• February 18, 2022 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, Cuba, dance, displays, donations, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, gifts, Great Depression, History Department, international expositions, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, library donors, Maine (Battleship, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Monroe County Public Library (Key West, museums, photography, postcards, posters, prohibition, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, Spanish-American War, The Wolfsonian Library, Vicki Gold Levi, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, World's fairs
Tags: Abakuá, Afro-Cuban jazz, afrocubanismo, akpwón, Alberto Socarrás, alcohol, America and Movies: Cuba and the United States--1868-2022, American Warships, Another Thin Man (film: 1939), Anselmo Sacasas, Arthur Murray Dance Studios, Babalú Ayé, Basil Woon, Buena Vista Social Club, Carnival, Carole Lombard, Carteles (magazine), celebrities, Century of Progress Exhibition (1933-1934: Chicago), cha cha cha, Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! (film: 1956), Chano Pozo, Chico O'Farrill, CMQ radio, comparsa de congas, conga drums, conga lines, Cuban band leaders, Cuban Fire! (album : 1956), Cuban Independence Movement, Cuban National Tourist Commission, Cuban Republic, cultural appropriation, dance halls, dance music, Dance of Death, Desi Arnaz (1917-1986), Dizzy Gillespie, drinking, El Manisero (song), Estudios Afrocubanos (journal and society), ethnomusicology, Fernando Ortiz, Fidel Castro, Francis Xavier Luca, gambling, George Raft, Guys and Dolls (film : 1955), Havana (Cuba), Holiday in Havana (film : 1949), Hollywood films, I Love Lucy (television series), Jack Harris' La Conga (nightclub), Joseph K. Albertson Collection, Lobby cards, Machito, mambo, Mambo Italiano (song), Margot, Mario Bauza, Marlon Brando, Mary Hatcher, Miguelito Valdés, movie stars, mulatas, museum visits, musical collaboration, Nightclubs, Obdulio Morales, Palladium, Palo Monte, Pan-Americana (film : 1945), Papa Loves Mambo (song), percussion, percussionists, Perez Prado, Perry Como, publicity photographs, record jackets, Remember the Maine!, René and Estela, René Hernández, Ricky Ricardo, Rosemary Clooney, rumba, Rumba (film : 1935), Santería, Santiago de Cuba, Sheet music covers, singers, Sound recordings, Stan Kenton, The Peanut Vendor (song), Tito Puente, U.S. Prohibition, University of Havana, Week-End in Havana (film: 1941), When It's Cocktail Time in Cuba (travel guide :1928), Xavier Cugat (1900-1990), Yambaó (film : 1957)
France’s Overseas Empire on Display
• November 27, 2019 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, architects, architecture, Art Deco, colonial propaganda, colonialism, displays, ethnohistory, exhibitions, FIU, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, international expositions, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, political art, postcards, posters, propaganda, racism, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian Library, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian staff, World's fairs
Tags: Africa, Albert Laprade, Alfred Janniot, Anja Decker, Arthur Dupagne, bas relief, Belgian Congo, Colonial expositions, colonialism, Colonies, Dahomey, Exhibition buildings, Exposition Coloniale de Marseille (1922), Exposition coloniale internationale de Paris (1931), Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes (1925 :Paris), Exposition Universelle (1900 : Paris), FIU Professor Maria Antonieta Garcia, France's overseas empire, Francophiles, French colonies, gender, human zoos, indigenous peoples, interracial couples, Jaussely, Madagascar, modernism, Musée Permanent des Colonies, native peoples, North Africa, nudes, Palais de la Porte Doree, pavilions, Petit Journal, postcards, posters, primitivism, sculpture, Senegal, Strange Couple (painting : 1934)
The Artwork and Caricatures of Conrado Walter Massaguer
• May 31, 2019 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, acquisitions, Artists, collectors, Cuba, donations, exhibitions, Francis Xavier Luca, gender, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, NRA, promotional materials, The Wolfsonian Library, Wolfsonian staff, World's fairs
Tags: "new woman", Advertisements, Allied leaders, Art directors, artists, Bacardi, bellboys, Benito Mussolini, bobbed hair, Calvin Coolidge, caricatures, caricaturists, carousels, Carteles (magazine), Casino Nacional (Havana Cuba), celebrities, Censorship, Charles Dana Gibson, Charlie Chaplin, Che Guevara, Collier's (magazine), Conrado W. Massaguer, Cosmo Hamilton's People Worth Talking About (book), Cuba, Cuban pavilion, Cuban presidents, Cuban Republic, Cubans, Delphic Studio (New York City), dominos, El Figaro (magazine), Emilio Cueto, Fidel Castro, flappers, Fulgencio Batista, Gerardo Machado, Ghandi, Gibson Girls, Grafico (magazine), Great Depression, Greta Garbo, Guignol (book), Havana, Havana (Cuba), Havana Ateneo, high society, honeymoon, Jaime Valls, Keseven Anuncios (Advertising firm), King Features Syndicate, La Primera Exposicion de Humor, Laredo Bru, League of Nations, Leonard Finger, Life (magazine), Magazines, Maltina, Mana-Zucca, Mario G. Menocal, Massa-Girls, Maurice Chevelier, Mercurio (Advertising firm), Merida, merry-go-rounds, Mexico, Miami Music Club, Mimi Aguglia, Minoristas (group of artists), modernists, murals, National Recovery Administration (NRA), New Deal, New York City, New York Military Academy, New York World's Fair (1939-1940), NRA, Oscar Massaguer, publishers, Ramiro Fernandez, revolutionaries, Rudyard Kipling, rumba dancers, rumberas, Santa Claus, sexual liberation, Sheet music covers, Social (magazine), Son Cubano, Stock Market Crash, The Miami News (newspaper), The New Tropic, The New York World's Fair (1939-40), Today (magazine), tourism, tourist trade, tourists, trend-setters, Waldorf-Astoria, women, world leaders, Yucatan
Happy Alaska Day!
• October 18, 2017 • 2 CommentsPosted in Artists, book art, children's books, colonialism, FAP, FDR, Federal One, forestry, Francis Xavier Luca, graphic arts, Great Depression, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, Philippines, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World's fairs
Tags: "pay streak attractions", Alaska, Alaska Art Project, Alaska drawings (booklet), Alaska Territory, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909: Seattle Washington), Carl R. Saxild, Eskimos, Federal Art Projects, Forestry building, Glaciers, gold rush, gold strikes, human zoos, Igorrotes, indigenous peoples, International exhibitions, international expositions, Inuit, Jerome Roth, Midways, Paintings, polar bears, postcards, President Andrew Johnson, prospectors, Rockwell Kent (1882-1971), Russia, Seattle (Washington), Secretary of State William Henry Steward, totem poles, totems, U.S. Court House (Anchorage), Wilderness (1920), Works Progress Administration
Eureka! Gold Strike Made in the Yukon Territory on this Date in History
• August 16, 2017 • 1 CommentPosted in book art, children's books, Francis Xavier Luca, international expositions, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World's fairs
Tags: "Klondike Fever", "Yukon outfits", Alaska, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (Seattle: 1909), Canada, First Nations, George Carmack, gold, gold panning, gold prospectors, gold rushes, gold strikes, Jack London, Klondike River, Native Americans, riverbeds, salmon, Skookum Jim, souvenir medallions, Tagish Charlie, Yukon Territory
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
REMEMBER THE ALAMO, RIVERWALK, AND THE HEMISFAIR, SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS: THEN AND NOW
• April 30, 2014 • 1 CommentPosted in 1930s, American architects, architects, FDR, Federal Writers' Project, Great Depression, international expositions, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, NYA, preservation, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, theatre, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World's fairs, WPA
Tags: Along the San Antonio River (booklet), American Guide Series, “Remember the Alamo”, barges, domestic tourism, Edwin P. Arneson (1888-1938), engineers, exhibitions, Federal Writers' Project (FWP), flood prevention, floods, Great Depression, HemisFair ’68, Hemisfair Park, historic preservation, Juarez Plaza (San Antonio), La Villita (San Antonio), Manuel Ávila Camacho (1897-1955), Maury Maverick (1895-1954), Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1753-1811), National Youth Administration (NYA), New Deal, outdoor theatres, Pan American Day, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), R. H. H. Hugman (1902-1980), River Beautification Project (San Antonio), San Antonio (Texas), San Antonio River, Southwestern Social Sciences Association Conference, Statues, Texas, Texas Independence movement, the Alamo, Work Projects Administration (WPA), Workers of the Writers’ Program, World’s Fairs
A TRIP BACK IN TIME TO THE GILDED AGE AT THE WOLFSONIAN-FIU LIBRARY
• April 5, 2014 • Leave a CommentPosted in architecture, displays, exhibitions, fashion, fashion for women, international expositions, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, postcards, promotional materials, propaganda arts, racism, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vintage postcards, VIP vistors, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, World's fairs
Tags: "white city", 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900, 3-D, A Bird in a Gilded Cage (song), Advertising cards, Arthur J. Lamb (1870-1928), B. T. Babbitt Soap Powder, California Midwinter International Exposition (1894 : San Francisco), Centennial International Exhibition (1876: Philadelphia), Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944), Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900), Chief Simon Pokagon, Children in advertising, Columbia's Courtship, commercial advertising, commercial art, Diamond Dyes, Dr. Joel M. Hoffman, Eiffel Tower, Exhibition buildings, Expositions, Francis Xavier Luca, George B. Post (architectural firm), George Washington Gale Ferris, Gilded Age, Heinz, Heinz Ocean Pier (Atlantic City NJ), Henry Von Tilzer (1872-1946), International exhibitions, Jr. (1859–1896), Kate Greenaway Collection, Kate Greenaway Collection (Wolfsonian-FIU library), Krupp, Machinery Hall, Mad Men, Manufacturers and Liberal Arts building, Mark Twain (1835-1910), Midways, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., North American Indians in art, Orientalism, pavilions, Penobscot Indians, Red Man's Greeting, Singer sewing machines, Soap boxes, Statues, stereographs, The Gilded Age (1873), VIP visitors, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Walter Crane (1845-1915), World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago), World’s Fairs
Wolfsonian-FIU Library 