Behind the Scenes of a Wolfsonian Library Installation Examining the Dust Bowl
• December 20, 2023 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, Artists, CCC, Christopher DeNoon, CLara Helena Palacio Luca, collectors, curators, Disaster relief, donations, exhibit cases, exhibitions, FAP, FDR, Federal Art Project (FAP), FIU community, FIU students, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, Great Depression, History Department, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, photography, postcards, posters, reception, student curators, Student exhibit, The Wolfsonian Library, Wolfsonian staff
Tags: 1919-1939, Alexandre Hogue, Amal Albaladejo, America & Movies: Between the Wars, black blizzards, buffalo hunt, Buffalo nickel, Burr Singer, Carlos Manuel Bleiker Morcillo, Children's books, Christopher DeNoon, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Clara Helena Palacio Luca, drought, Dust Bowl, Dust Bowl refugees, dust pneumonia, dust storms, Dwayne Krier, Ecological crises, Erskine Caldwell, Farm Secuirty Administration (FSA), Francis Xavier Luca, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), FSA sanitary camps, George Lee, Golden Gate International Exhibition (San Francisco: 1939-1940), grasslands, Helen West Heller (1872-1955), Homestead Act of 1862, Indian Court Federal Building, Jeffrey Gold, land speculators, Louis Siegriest, Margaret Bourke-White, Missouri Woman (painting), Naomi Averill, Pennsylvania Writers' Project, Photographers, Plains Indians, railroad companies, Receptions, reforestation, Resettlement Administration (RA), sand dunes, Soil Conservation Act (April 1935), Soil Conservation Service (SCS), Soil Erosion Service (SCS), Sophia Medina, Steve Forero-Paz, the Great Plains, Valentina Berrio, wheat farms, William Kramer
Cruising the French Caribbean aboard the S.S. Wolfsonian
• March 7, 2018 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, collectors, colonial tourism, cruise ships, Cunard Line, displays, donations, France, Francis Xavier Luca, French consulate, gifts, graphic arts, Laurence Miller Collection, library donors, memorabilia, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., ocean liners, persuasive arts, pochoirs, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: Alcoa Steamship Company, American Caribbean Line, Andrew and Roni Smulian Collection, Antilles, bas relief, Caribbean, Caribbean Cruise Lines, Children's books, Christiane Taubira (Cultural Ambassador, Christopher Columbus, Cie. Gle. Transatlantique, Clément Leclerc (French Consul General), Colonial expositions, coloring books, cruises, deck plans, Edouard Glissant (1928–2011), Elise Grace Holloway, Exhibition buildings, Exposition Coloniale Internationale (1931 : Paris), Exposition Universelle (1900 : Paris), France Florida Foundation for the Arts, French Embassy in the USA, French Guiana, French Line, fruit baskets, Grace Line, Great White Fleet, Guadalupe, Guyane, Hamburg-American Line, Holland-America Line, Home Lines, Ile de France (steamship), John Henry Collection, L'Atlantique (Steamship), Lloyd Sabaudo, M.S. Italia, Martinique, Moore & McCormack Co., Normandie (Steamship), Palm trees, Paris, passenger ships, pavilions, pirates, pochoir prints, Promotional materials, S.S. Reliance, S.S. Statendam, Thomas C. Ragan, Thomas C. Ragan Collection, tourism, Tout-Monde Festival (March 2018), Tout-Monde Festival), travel, Vanessa Selk, watercolors, West Indies
The Dog Days of Presidential Campaigns: FDR Defends his Pet Terrier from Republican Political Attack
• September 23, 2016 • Leave a CommentPosted in Anti-Nazi propaganda, children's books, Children's propaganda books, donations, FDR, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, Second World War (1939-1945), Uncategorized, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War II, WWII
Tags: Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), Adolf Hitler caricatures, America First Committee, Charles Lindbergh, Children's books, dogs, Fala, fascist salute, political propaganda, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), presidential elections, Scottish terriers, Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
A LUXURIOUS TOUR DE FORCE: LE MIAMI, AMERICAN EXCURSIONIST, AND THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY COLLECTION
• June 14, 2014 • 1 CommentPosted in 1930s, cars, children's books, collectors, cruise ships, Cuba, dance, displays, donations, Dr. Laurence Miller, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, Great Depression, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Laurence Miller Collection, library donors, memorabilia, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museum architecture, museums, ocean liners, oceanliners, Panama Canal, passenger ships, persuasive arts, Photograph albums, postcards, posters, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, streamlined cars, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Theodore Pietsch, Theodore W. Pietsch, trains, transatlantic voyages, Vicki Gold Levi, Vintage postcards, VIP vistors, Virtual library displays, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wonders Never Cease: The 100th Anniversary of the Panama Canal (Exhibition), world cruises
Tags: advertising, Air travel, airships, American Excursionist, Around the world cruises, Art Deco architecture (Miami Beach), Biscayne Bay Speed Boat Regattas, Blackfeet Indians, Blackstone Cigar, Buick (automobile), Buses, California Limited (train), Canadian Pacific (railroad), Carl G. Fisher (1874-1939), Children's books, Clyde-Mallory Lines, Cuba, Cuban National Tourist Commission, Digital Asset Manager Derek Merleaux, Digital Resources Photographer David Almeida, domestic tourism, Downtown Miami (Fla.), Empire Builder (train), Flamingo Hotel (Miami Beach Fla.), Frederic A. Sharf, golf courses, Gondolas, Great Hurricane of 1926, Greyhound (bus service), H. Lawrence Wiggins III, Highway Traveler (magazine), Hindenburg (airship), Hotel Varadero, Hurricanes, Illinois Central Railroad, Indians in commercial art, Laurence Miller Collection, LE Miami (tradeshow), Little Havana, luxury hotels, luxury liners, Luxury travel, Maps, Mediterranean-revival style architecture, menus, Miami Beach Centennial, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Nautilus Hotel (Miami Beach Fla.), Nippon Ysen Kaisha (N.Y.K. Line), Norddeutsheler Lloyd Bremen (North German Lloyd), North American Indians in art, Oriental Limited (train), Panama Line, Planes, polo grounds, Pueblo Indians, Roney Plaza Hotel (Miami Beach), Rosie the elephant, Sabena (airline), Sans Souci (nightclub), Santa Fe (railroad), Sharf Associate Librarian Rochelle Pienn, Sightseeing tours, Snowbirds, South Beach (Florida), Souvenirs, Swimming pools, T. W. Pietsch, Tea dances, Tennis courts, Thomas C. Ragan Collection, tourism, tourist trade, U.S.-Cuba tourist trade, U.S.-Cuba travel, Vicki Gold Levi Collection, Washington Storage Company (Miami Beach Fla.), Winold Reiss (1886-1953), Wonders Never Cease: The 100th Anniversary of the Panama Canal (Wolfsonian library exhibit), zeppelins
BEYOND THE RAILS BUT NOT OFF-TRACK: THE MITCHELL WOLFSON STUDY CENTRE RAILROAD EXHIBIT AND WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY TRAIN MATERIALS
• April 1, 2014 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, children's books, collectors, displays, donations, Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, exhibitions, gifts, graphic designers, Great Depression, high speed trains, Japanese Empire, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, library donors, Miami Dade College, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, Russo-Japanese War, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World's fairs
Tags: "riding the rails", 1904-1905, A Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934: Chicago, aerodynamics, and Society (Exhibition: MDC Museum of Art & Design), Beyond the Rails: Notes on Trains, Bill Iverson, Blackfeet Indians, calendars, Charles L. Marshall Jr., Children's books, Cloth books, Damarys Alvarez, Dayana Gonzalez, Ettore Bugatti (1881-1947), Fire-breathing dragons, Freedom Tower, From Italy to the Americas: Italo Balbo's Seaplane Squadrons (Wolfsonian library exhibition), Gabriella Perez, Garman Ranck, Giants Lighter Than Air (Wolfsonian library exhibit), Glacier National Park, Henry Dreyfuss (1904-1972), hobos, Ill.), Indians in commercial art, Industrial designers, Irina Slizskaya, Isthmus of Panama, Javier Gonzalez, Lea Nickless, Lisa Sole Williams, locomotives, London Midland and Scottish Railway Company, Louisiana Purchase International Exposition (1904 : St Louis), Melissa Diaz, Melvin M. Hunt Jr., Michael Rosario, Mitchell Wolfson Jr. Sudy Centre, Mo), New York World's Fair (1939-1940), Olga Garcia Mayoral, Panama Canal, progress, Quaker Oats Company, Rafael Rodriguez, Railroads, Raymond Loewy (1893-1986), Richard L. Tooke, Russo-Japanese War, Saalfield Muslin books, Sharf Associate Librarian Rochelle Pienn, Stephanie Hadad, Streamlined locomotives, Trains, transcontinental railroads, travel, Winold Reiss (1886-1953), World’s Columbian Exposition (Chicago: 1893), Yanai Nassar
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