From Prohibition and Flappers to New Dealers and the Lunatic Fringe: Wolfsonian Library Collection Highlights
• November 21, 2023 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, Artists, bars, Blue eagle, Cuba, donations, FDR, Federal Art Project (FAP), Federal One, FIU, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, History Department, leftist artists, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, NRA, postcards, programs, prohibition, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian Library, Wolfsonian staff
Tags: African-Americans, alcoholism, Alfred E. Neuman, beer, bootleggers, Carteles (magazine), Christopher DeNoon, Communists, Conrado Walter Massaguer, Cuba, Demagogues, Eleanor Roosevelt, fans, Father Charles Coughlin (1891-1979), Federal Art Project (FAP), Federal Music Project (FMP), Federal Theatre Project (FTP), Federal Writers' Project (FWP), flappers, Francis Townsend, Franklin D. Roosevelt, gangsters, Gibson Girls, Great Depression, Huey Pierce Long (1893-1935), Jazz Age, Mad magazine mascot, National Recovery Administration, New Deal art, new woman ideal, NRA, postcards, Prohibition (1919-1933), rum runners, sheet music, Sheet music covers, Social (magazine), Socialists, speakeasies, the New Boy, Upton Sinclair, Vicki Gold Levi, Works Progress Administration (WPA), WPA
Turning the Beat Around: Spotlight on Chano Pozo
• November 9, 2022 • 1 CommentPosted in 1940s, 1950s, collectors, Cuba, dance, donations, exhibitions, Florida International University, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, graphic arts, interns, library donors, museums, photography, The Wolfsonian Library, Vicki Gold Levi, Wolfsonian staff
Tags: "Bang Que Choque" (song), "Blen Blen Blen" (song), "Manteca" (song), "Nague" (song), "Sono el Clarin" (song), Abakuá, Afro-Cuban dance culture, Afro-Cuban jazz, Afro-Cuban music, afrocubanismo, album covers, Amado Trinidad Velazco, Anselmo Sacasas (Cuban pianist and arranger), Arsenio Rodríguez, “Ariñáñara" (song), “Conga de Los Dandys" (song), “Parampampin" (song), Bal Nègre (dance revue), Carnegie Hall, carnival parades, Carteles (magazine), Chano Pozo, Chano Pozo y su Orquesta, Chico y Rita (animated film : 2010), Coda Records, Colon Cemetery (Havana), comparsas, conga, conga drummers, conga drums, Conjunto Azul, Cuba, Cuban bebop, Cuban composers, Cuban musicians, Cuban singers, Cubop, descargas (jam sessions), Dizzy Gillespie, drummers, El Ataúd, El África, Entertainers, Ernesto Roca, ethnomusicology, exhibitions, Félix Chappottin Lage, Francis Xavier Luca, Harlem, Hotel Nacional Orquesta, Hotel Presidente (Havana), installations, Jack Harris' La Conga (nightclub), Jazz, Joe Loco Quintet, Jovenes del Cayo septet, jukeboxes, Leonardo Timor, Leonardo Timor (band leader), Los Dandy de Belén (comparsa), Los Melodicos (band), Luciano (“Chano”) Pozo González, Machito, Machito and His Afro-Cubans, Mario Bauza, Miguelito Valdés, musicians, Musicraft (record company), New York City, orisha, Orquesta Casino de la Playa, Pan-Art (record label), percussionists, photographs, religious Afro-Cuban music, RHC Cadena Azul radio, Roxy Theatre, royalty disputes, rumba, rumba dancers, rumbero, Santería, Santo Ramírez (Cuban percussionist), secular Afro-Cuban music, segregation, singers, slums, solares, tenements, Tito Rodríguez, Tropicana (Nightclub), Turn the Beat Around (Wolfsonian exhibition : Oct. 2022-April 2023), Vicki Gold Levi, Victor (record company), vocalists, Xavier Cugat (1900-1990), Yoruba religion
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)
The Tropicana Nightclub and How Cuban Women Fared Before, During, and After Fidel
• November 30, 2021 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, acquisitions, Communists, Cuba, dance, donations, Francis Xavier Luca, gender, gifts, graphic arts, library donors, memorabilia, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., models, museums, photography, postcards, posters, programs, promotional materials, The Wolfsonian Library, Vicki Gold Levi, Wolfsonian staff, women
Tags: "new woman", 1933, afrocubanismo, Ala Izquierda Estudiantil, American imperialism, Anacaona (band), Anacaona (Haitian cacica), Arcos de Cristal, Auténtico Party, barbudos, bobbed hair, burlesque, Cabarets, Carnival, Carteles (magazine), Casinos, Charles Gibson, choreographers, Cold War, Concepción (“Cuchito”) Castro Zaldarriaga, Conrado Walter Massaguer, corruption, counterrevolutionaries, Cuba, Cuban Caricature and Culture: The Art of Massaguer (Wolfsonian installation), Cuban musicians, Cuban presidents, Cuban Rebel Girls (film : 1959), Cuban Republic, Cuban Research Institute, Cuban-American filmmakers, dancers, Department of Social Ills, dictators, documentaries, Eden Concert, Errol Flynn, ethnicity, fans, Federación de Mujeres Cubanas, Federación Democrática de Mujeres Cubanas, female musicians, feminists, Fidel Castro, flappers, Folies Bergere, Frente Cívico de Mujeres Martianas (FCMM), gambling, gangsters, gender, Gerardo Machado (1871-1939), Gibson Girls, girl bands, Havana, Havana (Cuba), Hermandad de Madres de Marta Abreu, I Am Cuba (film), impresarios, JFK Library (Hialeah), jineteras, Life (magazine), Manuel Urrutia, Marianao (Cuba), Martin Fox, Massa-Girls, Miguelito Valdés, models, Mujeres Oposicionistas Unidas (M.O.U.), mulattas, musicians, Nightclubs, Ortodoxo party, performers, Promising Paradise: Cuban Allure--American Seduction (Wolfsonian exhibition), Prostitutes, prostitution, race, Ramón Grau, reeducation, rehabilitation, revolution, revolutionaries, Rita Montaner, Roderico Neyra, Rompiendo las Cadenas (film), rumba, singers, Social (magazine), Soy Cuba (film), striptease, Tetro Shanghai, tourists, Tropicana, Tropicana (Nightclub), vedettes, Vicki Gold Levi Collection, Victor de Correa, vintage photographs, We Were Strangers (film), women
Conrado Massaguer Exhibition on Google Arts and Culture
• December 22, 2020 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, acquisitions, Adolf Hitler caricatures, Anti-Nazi propaganda, archives, Artists, collectors, Cuba, curator, donations, exhibitions, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, Great Depression, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, persuasive arts, political art, postcards, promotional materials, propaganda, propaganda arts, The Wolfsonian Library, Vicki Gold Levi, war propaganda, Wolfsonian staff, World War (1939-1945), World War II, WWII
Tags: "new woman", Alcohol ads, Allies, American tourists in U.S.S.R, Archivo Nacional de Cuba, Art directors, Axis, bobbed hair, caricature, caricatures, caricaturists, Carteles (magazine), celebrities, Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944), Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), Chiang Kai Shek (1887–1975), Coca-cola, Collier's (magazine), Conrado Walter Massaguer, Cuba, Cuban exiles, Cuban Republic, Cubans, Delphic Studio (New York City), Dr. Eugenio Molinet Amoros, Erol Flynn, Fidel Castro, flappers, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), Gerardo Machado, Gibson Girls, Google Arts and Culture, Grafico (magazine), Havana, John Nance Garner, Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Lili Damita, Magazine covers, Mahatma Gandhi, Massa-Girls, Massaguer family, Maurice Chevalier, Merida (Mexico), Modern art, movie stars, New York World's Fair (1939-1940), photographs, politicians, publishers, Santa Claus, Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), Social (magazine), Three Wise Men, tourism, tourist trade, virtual exhibitions, William Powell, world leaders
Havana, Cuba: America’s Former Premier Tourist Destination
• January 15, 2020 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, 1950s, acquisitions, architects, architecture, Art Deco, Artists, bars, CLara Helena Palacio Luca, Cuba, dance, displays, exhibitions, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, library donors, memorabilia, museums, postcards, posters, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian Library, Vicki Gold Levi, VIP vistors, Wolfsonian staff
Tags: architecture, Arcos de Cristal, Ava Gardner, Bacardi, bats, Biltmore Hotel chain, Cabarets, Capri Hotel (1957), Caricaturas (Wolfsonian Library installation), caricatures, caricaturists, Carteles (magazine), Casinos, cha cha cha, Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! (film: 1956), Charles Francis Flynn, Coca-cola, Comodoro Hotel (1955), Conrado Walter Massaguer, Cuban Caricature and Culture: The Art of Massaguer (Wolfsonian installation), Cuban exiles, Cuban Institute of Tourism, Cuban Tourist Commission, daiquiris, Desi Arnaz (1917-1986), Dick Powell, El Figaro (magazine), Emilio Cueto, Fidel Castro, Film noir, Frank Sinatra, Fulgencio Batista, gangsters, Gerardo Machado (1871-1939), Glamour, Grafico (magazine), Gran Casino Nacional (Havana), Guys and Dolls (film : 1955), Habana Hilton, Havana (Cuba), Havana: The Magazine of Cuba, honeymooners, Hotel Nacional de Cuba, Joan Blondell, John McEntee Bowman, mafiosa, Mary Hatcher, McKim Mead and White (architectural firm), New York World's Fair (1939-1940), Oscar Massaguer, Our Man in Havana (film: 1959), Pier Five Havana (film : 1959), political refugees, political satire, Prohibition (1919-1933), public relations, publishers, Ramon Arroyo Cisneros (Arroyito), Riviera Hotel (1957), roulette, rum, Schultze and Weaver (architectural firm), Sevilla-Biltmore, Social (magazine), Tim Hossler, tourism, Tropicana (Nightclub), Uncle Sam, University of Kansas, vacation destinations, Victory Gold Levi Collection
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
Nostalgia for Cuba: an exhibition, an installation, school visits, a fair, vintage automobiles, a film-noir thriller, and more…
• May 31, 2016 • 1 CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, cars, collectors, Cuba, Cuba Style, curator, curators, displays, donations, exhibit cases, exhibitions, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, interns, Joe Louis, library donors, memorabilia, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, photography, postcards, rare books and special collections library, school visits to The Wolfsonian, Student exhibit, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vintage postcards, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian Library volunteers, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian-FIU library exhibitions
Tags: "Brown Bomber", "Galveston Giant", 1950s, A Lady Without Passport (film: 1950), Advertisements, Alec Guinness, antique automobiles, Barbara Bollini Roca, baseball, beisbol, Boxeo, Boxeo y Beisbol: The Cuba-U.S. Sports Exchange, boxing, Burl Ives, Carteles (magazine), Cuba Nostalgia, CubaNostalgia, expos, Expositions, fairs, Ferries, Havana Collectibles, Havana Habit (book), Havana Nights (film series), Hedy Lamarr, Hotel Nacional, installations, Jack Johnson, Jackie Robinson, John Hodiak, Kaiser Sedan, Kid Gavilan, Marco Ansia, memorabilia, Miami Beach Cinematheque, Miami-Dade high school students, Minnie Minoso, nostalgia, Our Man in Havana (film: 1959), race, race relations, racism, Social (magazine), sports, Vicki Gold Levi, Vicki Gold Levi Collection, vintage cars
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