Return of the Natives
• October 12, 2017 • 1 CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, colonialism, curators, Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, exhibit cases, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian-FIU library exhibitions
Tags: Advertisements, American Indians, Blackfeet Indians, Christopher Columbus, colonials, Color lithography, commercial art, cultural appropriation, Empire route, Eric Simon, Everglades National Park, Exoticism, feather headresses, Francis Xavier Luca, Glacier National Park, Grand Canyon National Park, Great Northern Railroad, Great Nothern Railway, Hopi Indians, Indians, indigenous peoples, Jamestown Exposition (1907), National Parks, Native Americans, Native Americans America the Beautiful: American Indians and the Promotion of National Parks (Wolfsonian library installation), native peoples, Navajo Indians, Oglala Sioux, Ojibwa, Peace pipes, Pocahontas, product advertising, Pueblo Indians, Railroads, Red Cloud (1822-1909), Red Cloud Stogies, Santa Fe Line, Schlegel Litho., Scotten Dillon (Detroit MI), Selling the Golden Leaf: Exoticism in Tobacco Advertising (Wolfsonian library installation), Seminole Indians, smoking, Temple Beth Am Day School, Tobacco, tobacco advertising, tobacco products, Treaty of Fort Laramie (1869), Woodland Indians, World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago)
A TRIP BACK IN TIME TO THE GILDED AGE AT THE WOLFSONIAN-FIU LIBRARY
• April 5, 2014 • Leave a CommentPosted in architecture, displays, exhibitions, fashion, fashion for women, international expositions, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, postcards, promotional materials, propaganda arts, racism, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vintage postcards, VIP vistors, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, World's fairs
Tags: "white city", 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900, 3-D, A Bird in a Gilded Cage (song), Advertising cards, Arthur J. Lamb (1870-1928), B. T. Babbitt Soap Powder, California Midwinter International Exposition (1894 : San Francisco), Centennial International Exhibition (1876: Philadelphia), Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944), Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900), Chief Simon Pokagon, Children in advertising, Columbia's Courtship, commercial advertising, commercial art, Diamond Dyes, Dr. Joel M. Hoffman, Eiffel Tower, Exhibition buildings, Expositions, Francis Xavier Luca, George B. Post (architectural firm), George Washington Gale Ferris, Gilded Age, Heinz, Heinz Ocean Pier (Atlantic City NJ), Henry Von Tilzer (1872-1946), International exhibitions, Jr. (1859–1896), Kate Greenaway Collection, Kate Greenaway Collection (Wolfsonian-FIU library), Krupp, Machinery Hall, Mad Men, Manufacturers and Liberal Arts building, Mark Twain (1835-1910), Midways, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., North American Indians in art, Orientalism, pavilions, Penobscot Indians, Red Man's Greeting, Singer sewing machines, Soap boxes, Statues, stereographs, The Gilded Age (1873), VIP visitors, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Walter Crane (1845-1915), World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago), World’s Fairs
SPIRITS OF CHRISTMAS PAST, FROM THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY COLLECTION
• December 21, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in American war propaganda, Anti-Nazi propaganda, Artists, children's books, Communism, Communist Party of the United States, Communist Party of the United States of America, Communists, donations, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, Great Britain, Great Depression, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., persuasive arts, political art, Popular Front, postcards, promotional materials, propaganda, propaganda arts, rare books and special collections library, Spanish Civil War, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vicki Gold Levi, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII
Tags: Adolf Hitler caricatures, Advertising art, Advertising cards, Advertsing art, American cultural imperialism, Anti-Capitalist propaganda, Axis, Benito Mussolini caricatures, Captain Tick Mouse, Children artists, Christmas, Coca-Cola Company, commercial art, Communist Party of the United States of America (CPUSA), Fortnun & Mason (firm), Franz Cizek, Great Depression, holidays, Interwoven stockings, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Kate Greenaway Collection, Kris Kringle, Kunstgewerbeschule (Vienna), Matchbook covers, naughty and nice children, New Pioneer (magazine), Santa Claus, Santa Claus laundry soap, soft drinks, Spanish Civil War (1936-1939), St. Nicholas, St. Nick, stockings, The Coca-Cola Kid (film : 1985), Vicki Gold Levi Collection, war, war propaganda, William Gropper (1897-1977), World War (1914-1918)
THE PERSUASIVE POWER OF PROPAGANDA: MIAMI AD SCHOOL STUDENTS AT THE WOLFSONIAN
• September 6, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, Adolf Hitler caricatures, donations, Fascism, graphic arts, graphic designers, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, Nazi propaganda, Nazism, persuasive arts, political art, portfolios, postcards, posters, promotional materials, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, school visits to The Wolfsonian, Steve Heller, stickers, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, visual thinking strategies, VTS, war propaganda, 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, advertising, Antonio Arias Bernal (1914-1960), commercial art, Donald Duck, Joseph Goebbels (1897-1945), leaflets, manipulation, Martijn F. Le Coutre, Miami Ad School, Monika Pobog-Malinowska, Nazis, persuasion, postcards, posters, print media, propaganda, Sheet music covers, Steve Heller, Viktor Nikolaevich Deni (1893-1946), war propaganda
FOOD FOR THOUGHT, THIS FRIDAY AT THE WOLFSONIAN-FIU LIBRARY
• June 26, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in American war propaganda, collectors, cruise ships, displays, donations, Dr. Laurence Miller, exhibitions, FIU, Florida International University, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, ocean liners, oceanliners, passenger ships, persuasive arts, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, reception, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Uncategorized, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War II, WWII
Tags: A Century of Progress International Exposition, Advertising cards, Advertisments, Chaplin School of Hospitality and Tourism Managment (FIU), commercial art, Display cards, Dr. Francis Xavier Luca, Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, food, Food habits, food production, Graphic design, Kate Greenaway, Mary Pennell, menus, Modern Meals (Wolfsonian exhibit), Packaging, Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco), recipe books, Recipes, The New York World's Fair (1939-40), Victorian art, Victory Gold Levi Collection, World's Fairs
THEN AND NOW: SOUTH FLORIDA’S LOVE AFFAIR WITH YACHTS AND BOATING CULLED FROM THE WOLFSONIAN-FIU LIBRARY COLLECTION
• February 13, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in 1930s, architects, architecture, graphic arts, graphic designers, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, swimwear, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women
Tags: 1920s, Alton Beach, Altonia, Biscayne Bay Speed Boat Regattas, boats and boating, Carl G. Fisher (1874-1939), commercial advertising, commercial art, Convention Center (Miami Beach), Flamingo Hotel (Miami Beach), Florida Inland Navigation District, Florida Intracoastal Waterway, Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Central Railroad, Lake Pancoast (yacht), luxury cruisers, Miami Beach (Florida), Miami International Boat Show, Palm trees, Paul Proehl (1887-1965), photograph albums, Power boats, Powerboat races, Price and McLanahan (architectural firm), Roney Plaza Hotel (Miami Beach), Roney Plaza Yacht Basin, Shadow K (yacht), Sightseeing tours, South Florida, Swimsuits, yachts and yachting
VISIT TO THE WOLFSONIAN BY JEFFREY FLEMINGS, DISPLAY CARD DONOR
• October 17, 2012 • Leave a CommentPosted in acquisitions, donations, Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, exhibitions, library donors, persuasive arts, pharmaceuticals, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vicki Gold Levi, William H. Helfand, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: Colman's Semolini, commercial advertising, commercial art, Commerical products, Consumer products, Display cards, Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills, Fixateur Rosefix, Jeffrey Flemings, library exhibitions, Maestro cigars, Magnesie Bismuree, OpTraex, OpTraex Famel, Rita gingerbread, Tropicana, Vetenol insecticide, Wine Bubbly and Their Merchants (Wolfsonian Library Exhibit)
