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• December 15, 2023 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, acquisitions, African American History, Art Basel, Artists, bindings, book art, children's books, Cuba, curator, dance, Disney, displays, Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, exhibitions, Francis Xavier Luca, French consulate, gifts, graphic designers, library donors, Michelle Oka Doner, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, Orientalism, prohibition, The Wolfsonian Library, Vicki Gold Levi, Wolfsonian staff, World's fairs
Tags: 1939-1940 New York World's Fair, 1964-1965 New York World's Fair, A. Assus, Aaron Douglas (1899-1979), Al Hirschfeld, Alex Rigorard, All the World's a Stage: The Sketchbooks and Theatrical Designs of Albert Wainwright (Wolfsonian Library installation), André Suréda, Art Basel, Atomium, celebrities, Charles Laborde (1886-1941), collecting cards, Colonies, Cuba, dancers, Daniel Morris, Donald Deskey, ephemera, Expo '58 (Brussels), Exposition coloniale internationale, FIU, FIU Professor Maria Antonieta Garcia, Folies Bergere, France, France's overseas empire, Francis Xavier Luca, French Guiana, French Orientalists, Futurama, Guyane francaise, Harlem Renaissance, Josephine Baker, La Reunion, La Tunisie, LACMA, Louis Antoni, Marco Brambilla, Maurice Bouviolle, movies stars, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey (Mexico), paper toys, Paul Colin (1892-1985), pop-up books, Progressland, Prohibition, revues, Sheet music covers, singers, Sketchbooks, the Charleston (dance), tourism, Walt Disney
Clear the Tables! French, Cuban, Native American, and Bakehouse Appetizers
• May 22, 2018 • Leave a CommentPosted in archives, Art Deco, book art, CCC, Christopher DeNoon, Civilian Conservation Corps, CLara Helena Palacio Luca, collectors, colonial propaganda, colonialism, Cuba, curators, decorative arts, displays, donations, Dutch Art Nouveau, FDR, Federal One, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, forestry, Francis Xavier Luca, gender, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, health, library donors, Lynd Ward (1905-1985), memorabilia, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, portfolios, postcards, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vicki Gold Levi, Vintage postcards, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, World War (1914-1918), World War I, WWI
Tags: 18th Amendment (Prohibition), Afrique Equatoriale, Afro-Cuban jazz, Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum, Art Deco facades, baked goods, Bakehouse Art Complex, bars, Batik, Borden, Brochures, Casinos, CCC camps, cha cha cha, Chemins de fer, Chris Horn, Christopher DeNoon, Cinemas, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Conrado W. Massaguer, cows, Crypt Cracking, Dahomey, Emily Barber, ephemera, ethnicity, Everglades National Park, Exposition coloniale internationale, Folies Bergere, Fortunato Depero (1892-1960), Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Fredolin Kessler, French cinema, French colonies, French Empire, French language students, French literature, French Soudan, French Tunisie, game boards, Getty Council Members, Glacier National Park, Grand Canyon, Havana (Cuba), Havana American Jockey Club, Havana Widows (film : 1933), Heather Cook, Hotels, Into the Stacks (Wolfsonian public program), Kellogg Company, Louis Miano, mambo, Maria Antonette Garcia, Maria Antonieta Garcia, Michigan Art and Craft Project (Detroit), mimeographs, Montmartre (nightclub : Havana), Nathaniel Sandler, National Parks, Native Americans, Navajo Indians, North Pacific Coast Indians, Osceola, photographs, portraits, postcards, Prohibition, race, Railroads, rare periodicals, recipe books, record jackets, rhumba, Rosa Lowinger, rumba, Rumba (film : 1935), San Souci (nightclub : Havana), Seminole Indians, Sewing machines, silk screen, Sloppy Joe's, Sound recordings, The Christopher DeNoon Collection for the Study of New Deal Culture, theater, tobacco advertising, Trains, Tropicana (nightclub : Havana), U.S. Forest Service, U.S.-Cuba tourist trade, Vicki Gold Levi Collection, VIP visitors, Winold Reiss (1886-1953), Work Projects Administration, WPA
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