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
Cuba, “So Near And Yet So Foreign”: A Wolfsonian Glimpse Into An Era of Easy Access from the U.S. by Ship
• September 5, 2015 • 1 CommentPosted in 1930s, Laurence Miller Collection, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Vicki Gold Levi, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: 1920s, 1934 hurricane, ban on travel to Cuba, Cargo ships, City of Havana Special (ship), City of Miami Beach (steamship), Clyde-Mallory Lines, Cuba, Cuban Tourist Commission, cultural tourism, Eastern Steamship Lines, Ferries, ferry service (Key West to Havana), Fidel Castro, Fulgencio Batista, Great White Fleet, Havana (Cuba), Key West (Fla.), Miami Beach: From Mangrove to Tourist Mecca (Exhibition), Munamar (steamship), Munson Steamship Line, Nassau, ocean liners, passenger accommodations, passenger ships, Pedro Figueredo, Peggy Loar, Port of New York, S.S. Cuba (ship), S.S. Evangeline (ship), S.S. Florida (ship), S.S. Iroquois (Ship), U.S.-Cuba tourist trade, United Fruit Company
LOVE KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES: A WOLFSONIAN REFLECTION ON THE SUPREME COURT RULING ON SAME-SEX MARRIAGE
• June 27, 2015 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, Art Deco, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: 1920s, Art Deco, dancers, Folies Bergere, Frank MacCoy Harshberger (1900-1975), gay marriage, graphic artists, illustrated books, Kay Harshberger, life partners, lyricists, music composers, Nina Payne, Paris, same-sex marriage, Sheet music covers
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
MIAMI BEACH, TODAY AND YESTERDAY: CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS AND GLIMPSES OF THE CITY’S EARLY HISTORY
• April 22, 2015 • 1 CommentPosted in Uncategorized
Tags: 1920s, Andrea Bocelli, Barry Gibb, Boulevard Hotel (Miami Beach), cafetarias, Carl G. Fisher (1874-1939), concerts, Flamingo Hotel (Miami Beach), Fontainebleau Hotel (Miami Beach), Gloria Estefan, Great Depression, Hurricanes, J. N. Lummus, Jackie Gleason, Jane Fisher, John Stiles Collins, Land booms, Land busts, Lincoln Road, Lincoln Road Theater, Mediterranean-influenced architecture, Miami Beach Centennial celebrations, Mike Douglas show (North Shore Community Center, millionaires, Nautilus Hotel (Miami Beach), New World Center, nouveau riche, Ocean Beach Development Company, Palm Beach, Projection projects, real estate developers, Redfish Media, socialites, the Great Hurricane of 1926, Thomas Pancoast, Wallcasts
THE OLD KING COLE AND OTHER “LOST” MIAMI BEACH HOTELS: SOME WOLFSONIAN HIGHLIGHTS
• January 21, 2015 • 1 CommentPosted in Uncategorized
Tags: 1920s, Architects, archives, Art Deco (architecture), Art Deco Historic District, Art Deco Weekend (2015), Art Moderne architecture, Barbara Baer Capitman (1920-1990), Beaux-Arts architecture, Brochures, Carl G. Fisher (1874-1939), Carolyn Klepser, cottages, dining rooms, Flamingo Hotel, golf courses, heraldic decoration, hotel lobbies, Howard Hilder, John Stiles Collins (1837-1928), King Cole Hotel, Lake Surprise (Miami Beach), lectures, Lincoln Hotel, Lost Miami Beach (book), Medievalism, Mediterranean-style architecture, Miami Design Preservation League, military hospitals, Nautilus Hotel, Old King Cole (legend), Paintings, photograph albums, polo fields, Schultze & Weaver (architects), Spanish-influenced architecture, winter resorts
LOVE AND COMMERCE: VALENTINE’S DAY CARDS FROM THE SILVIA RIPSTEIN COLLECTION AT THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY
• February 14, 2014 • Leave a CommentPosted in donations, gifts, library donors, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: 1920s, Ad agencies, BBDO Germany, brides, commercial advertising, Cosmetics, Couples, doves, Famous Products Co., flowers, Greeting cards, grooms, Hair color products, Hair products, High Life Perfume, holidays, love, Lovers, Lucky Brown, Lucky Jickey & Jockey, models, New Orleans, Newlyweds, romance, Roses, Schwarzkopf Professional, Silvia Ripstein, Sweet Georgia Brown, Valentine's Day, Valentine's Day cards
AIRSHIPS, SEAPLANES, AND FLYING MACHINES AT THE WOLFSONIAN-FIU LIBRARY
• October 18, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, airplanes, displays, documentaries, donations, Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, exhibitions, Fascism, Futurism, gifts, graphic arts, Italian design, Italy, library donors, memorabilia, Photograph albums, photography, political art, postcards, propaganda, propaganda arts, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, transatlantic voyages, Vintage postcards, Virtual library displays, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World's fairs
Tags: 1920s, air force, air shows, Airplane industry, airplanes, airships, Aristotle Ares, Art directors, art handlers, aviation, Aviators, Balloons and ballooning, Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Besnier, biplanes, Carlos Alejandro, Clément Ader (1841-1925), Crowds, curators, Cyrano de Bergerac, dictators, Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, Edmond Rostand, Exhibition designers, fascist dictators, flight, Flying machines, France, Graf Zeppelin (airship), Helicopters, Henri Farman (1874-1958), Hermann Wilhelm Göring (1893-1946), Hindenburg (airship), Hindenburg disaster, Hot-air balloons, Hydrogen gas balloons, Icarus, Industrie Aeronautique, Italo Balbo (1896-1940), Italy, James Taylor, Jean-Baptiste Dante de la Perouse, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, Leonardo Da Vinci, Lisa Li, Louis Blériot (1872-1936), Louis-Sébastien Lenormand, Luftwaffe, LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin, LZ 129 Hindenburg, LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II (airship), March on Rome (October 1922), Marquis of Bacqueville, Michel Potop, Montgolfier brothers, Mylinh Nguyen, parachutes, Peter Clericuzio, Richard Miltner, Savoia Marchetti seaplanes, seaplanes, Silvia Barisione, Statue of Liberty, Steve Forero-Paz, Tato (1896-1974), transatlantic flights, v. Römer, Voison biplane, Zeppelin at Friedrichshafen (Germany), zeppelins
UP, UP, AND AWAY: AIRSHIPS ON EXHIBIT AND ONLINE FROM THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY COLLECTION
• August 1, 2013 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1930s, airplanes, cars, Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, exhibitions, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, ocean liners, passenger ships, photography, portfolios, postcards, posters, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, streamlined cars, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, trains, transatlantic voyages, Vintage postcards, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: 1860s, 1870s, 1920s, Aircraft, airships, Aluminum, American Civil War, Balloons, Commemorative works, David Almeida, Digital Resources Photographer, Dirigibles, Disasters, Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin (1838–1917), flight, Giants Lighter Than Air (Wolfsonian library exhibit), Graf Zeppelin (airships), Hindenburg (airship), Hindenburg disaster, Hydrogen gas balloons, illustrated books, Labels, Lighter-than-air ships, mechanical works, Nicolae Harsanyi, porcelain plates, Scarfs, stereographs, Thaddeus S. C. Lowe (1832-1913), Transportation, travel, zeppelins
THEN AND NOW: SOUTH FLORIDA’S LOVE AFFAIR WITH YACHTS AND BOATING CULLED FROM THE WOLFSONIAN-FIU LIBRARY COLLECTION
• February 13, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in 1930s, architects, architecture, graphic arts, graphic designers, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, swimwear, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women
Tags: 1920s, Alton Beach, Altonia, Biscayne Bay Speed Boat Regattas, boats and boating, Carl G. Fisher (1874-1939), commercial advertising, commercial art, Convention Center (Miami Beach), Flamingo Hotel (Miami Beach), Florida Inland Navigation District, Florida Intracoastal Waterway, Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Central Railroad, Lake Pancoast (yacht), luxury cruisers, Miami Beach (Florida), Miami International Boat Show, Palm trees, Paul Proehl (1887-1965), photograph albums, Power boats, Powerboat races, Price and McLanahan (architectural firm), Roney Plaza Hotel (Miami Beach), Roney Plaza Yacht Basin, Shadow K (yacht), Sightseeing tours, South Florida, Swimsuits, yachts and yachting
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