Giving Thanks and Debunking Myths
• November 24, 2020 • 3 CommentsPosted in book art, children's books, colonialism, donations, exhibitions, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, graphic designers, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., photography, postcards, racism, skyscrapers, The Wolfsonian Library, Vintage postcards, Wolfsonian
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HOORAY FOR NORWAY! SOME WOLFSONIAN-FIU ITEMS TO CELEBRATE NASJONALDAGEN—NORWEGIANS’ “NATIONAL DAY”
• May 17, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in 1930s, airplanes, American war propaganda, Anti-Nazi propaganda, collectors, cruise ships, donations, Dr. Laurence Miller, gifts, international expositions, Laurence Miller Collection, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, Nazi propaganda, ocean liners, passenger ships, persuasive arts, political art, promotional materials, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, war propaganda, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War II, WWII
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