Holiday Gifts
• December 14, 2018 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, book art, children's books, colonial propaganda, colonialism, dance, displays, donations, Egypt, FIU, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, gifts, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, library donors, Midways, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, pochoirs, portfolios, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: African expeditions, Art Basel, automobiles, Bedouins, Berbers, Catholic missionaries, Charles de Roucauld (1858-1916), Colonial expositions, Daniel Morris, Eiffel Tower, France's overseas empire, French (language), French colonies, German-occupied France, human zoos, Huts, indigenous peoples, International exhibitions, Jean Sharf, Jim nd Martha Sweeny, Lake Chad, Le Tumulte Noir, Leonard Finger, Lisa Green, Louis Miano, martyrs, Midways, missionaries, Paris, Paul Colin, primitivism, Professor Antonieta Garcia, Sahara desert, Streets of Cairo, Tripoli, Tuareg peoples
Paris Liberated on This Day in History: A Wolfsonian Library Reflection
• August 25, 2016 • Leave a CommentPosted in Anti-Nazi propaganda, Artists, book art, children's books, donations, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, graphic arts, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Pamela K. Harer, portfolios, rare books and special collections library, Second World War (1939-1945), war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War (1939-1945), World War II
Tags: Animals in art, Antonio Arias Bernal (1914-1960), Children in art, Children's propaganda books, Eiffel Tower, Eugene Delacroix's "liberty Leading the People" (1830), French Resistance, liberation of Paris (1944), Martijn F. Lecoultre, Paris, parodies, Philippe Pétain (1856-1951), Pierre Laval (1883-1945), playing cards, portfolios, Tanks, World War (1939-1945), World War II
VISIONARY ARCHITECTURE AND THE WORLD’S FAIRS OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY: A WOLFSONIAN PERSPECTIVE
• May 14, 2014 • Leave a CommentPosted in architects, architecture, children's books, Disney, exhibitions, international expositions, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., monumental architecture, New York World's Fair 1964, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vintage postcards, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World's fairs
Tags: 1958 Brussels Expo (International Exhibitions Bureau), Architects, Atomium, Balloons, Belgium, bird’s eye views, cable cars, Century of Progress Exhibition (1933-1934: Chicago), Chicago (Illinois), children’s pop-up books, Clara Helena Palacio Luca, Cold War, Crystal Palace, Democracity, Eiffel Tower, engineers, Epcot Center, Exhibition buildings, Expo '86, Exposition Universelle of 1889 (Paris), Expositions, Ferris Wheel, Francis Xavier Luca, Futurama, futuristic architecture, General Motors Corporation, George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (1859-1896), gift shops, Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nation (1851: London), HemisFair ’68, HemisFair Park (San Antonio), Hyde Park (London), International exhibitions, John Coppola, La Tour Eiffel, Men in Black (film), New York (New York State), New York World's Fair (1939-1940), New York World’s Fair (1964-1965), Norman Bel Geddes, Observation towers, Parachute Jump, pavilions, revolving restaurants, Riverwalk (San Antonio), San Antonio (Texas), Seattle (Washington), Sir Joseph Paxton (1803-1865), Sky Ride, Soviet Union, Space Needle, Sputnik, stereograph cards, student-curated exhibits, Sydenham Hill, tourists, Towers, Trylon and Perisphere, Unisphere, Visionary architecture, World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago), World’s Fairs
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