The Promise of Paradise: Wolfsonian Exhibition on Cuba Opens
• May 16, 2016 • 1 CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, acquisitions, architecture, collectors, Cuba, curator, curators, dance, donations, exhibitions, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, graphic arts, Great Depression, interns, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, photography, postcards, posters, prohibition, Tobacco, typography, Uncategorized, Vicki Gold Levi, Vintage postcards, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions
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