A Farewell to Arms and Welcome to “Railroaded” Indians
• July 12, 2017 • 1 CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, Artists, donations, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, persuasive arts, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, trains, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian-FIU library exhibitions
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Out From The Shadows: Pulp Periodicals And Paperbacks
• May 10, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, Anti-Nazi propaganda, colonial propaganda, donations, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, gender, graphic arts, graphic designers, History Department, Japanese Empire, library donors, Middle East, museums, Orientalism, rape imagery, rare books and special collections library, Student exhibit, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vicki Gold Levi, war propaganda, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War (1939-1945), World War II
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PRIVATE DICKS, DAMSELS IN DISTRESS, AND FEMME FATALES: PULP COVER ART AT THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY
• January 8, 2014 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, acquisitions, American war propaganda, Anti-Nazi propaganda, Artists, cataloging, collectors, donations, erotic art, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, health, library donors, Physical culture, Physical Culture movement, rape imagery, rare books and special collections library, Robert J. Young, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vicki Gold Levi, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, World War II, WWII
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