Unhappy Anniversary: The Hindenburg Disaster and the Demise of the Zeppelin
• May 6, 2021 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, airplanes, First World War (1914-1918), Francis Xavier Luca, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Nazi propaganda, postcards, posters, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, World War I, WWI
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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
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