Love to Hear Percussion
• May 8, 2020 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1940s, 1950s, African American History, Cuba, dance, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, postcards, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian Library, Vicki Gold Levi, Wolfsonian staff
Tags: Africa, African drumming, Afro-Cuban jazz, Alexandra O'Neale, Bo Didley, bongos, Buddy Rich, Chano Pozo, Charlie Parker, clave, covid 19, Cuba, Dizzy Gillespie, drumming, drums, Entertainment, Haiti, Haitian Revolt, Havana (Cuba), isolation, Jazz, Jelly Roll Morton, Louisiana, Machito, mambo, Mario Bauza, New Orleans (Louisiana), New York City, Palladium, percussion, record jackets, Saint-Domingue, slave trade, slavery, social distancing, Sound recordings, sugar cane plantations, The Beatles, trumpet players
Celebrating Earth Day 2020, COVID-19 Style
• April 16, 2020 • 1 CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, AAA, Artists, CCC, Civilian Conservation Corps, CLara Helena Palacio Luca, Disaster relief, donations, FDR, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, Great Depression, health, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, postcards, posters, preservation, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian Library, Vintage postcards, Wolfsonian staff, WPA, youth movements
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A Tribute to the Red Cross and Heroic Nurses on the COVID-19 Front Lines
• April 7, 2020 • 3 CommentsPosted in American war propaganda, Artists, Disaster relief, First World War (1914-1918), FIU community, Florida International University, Francis Xavier Luca, gender, gifts, graphic arts, Italy, Lawrence Wiggins III, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., political art, postcards, posters, propaganda, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian Library, war propaganda, Wolfsonian staff, women, World War (1914-1918), World War I, WWI
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Some Much Needed Theatrical Distraction
• March 28, 2020 • 1 CommentPosted in 1930s, Artists, Christopher DeNoon, circuses, Civilian Conservation Corps, donations, Fascism, FDR, Federal One, Federal Theatre Project (U.S.), FIU, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, FTP, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, Great Depression, Haiti, History Department, leftist artists, library donors, Living Newspaper, Macbeth, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, persuasive arts, playbills, political art, posters, propaganda, racism, rare books and special collections library, slums, The Wolfsonian Library, theatre, theatrical producers, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian staff, WPA
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