Cuba, “So Near And Yet So Foreign”: A Wolfsonian Glimpse Into An Era of Easy Access from the U.S. by Ship
• September 5, 2015 • 1 CommentPosted in 1930s, Laurence Miller Collection, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Vicki Gold Levi, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: 1920s, 1934 hurricane, ban on travel to Cuba, Cargo ships, City of Havana Special (ship), City of Miami Beach (steamship), Clyde-Mallory Lines, Cuba, Cuban Tourist Commission, cultural tourism, Eastern Steamship Lines, Ferries, ferry service (Key West to Havana), Fidel Castro, Fulgencio Batista, Great White Fleet, Havana (Cuba), Key West (Fla.), Miami Beach: From Mangrove to Tourist Mecca (Exhibition), Munamar (steamship), Munson Steamship Line, Nassau, ocean liners, passenger accommodations, passenger ships, Pedro Figueredo, Peggy Loar, Port of New York, S.S. Cuba (ship), S.S. Evangeline (ship), S.S. Florida (ship), S.S. Iroquois (Ship), U.S.-Cuba tourist trade, United Fruit Company
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
WELCOME ABOARD THE S.S. WOLFSONIAN FOR A SPECTACULAR FOOD AND WINE EXPERIENCE
• February 25, 2014 • 1 CommentPosted in cruise ships, Cunard Line, curator, displays, donations, FIU, Florida International University, gifts, graphic arts, library donors, luggage labels, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, ocean liners, oceanliners, passenger ships, posters, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library
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