The Streets and Faces of Chas Laborde (1886–1941)
• February 28, 2021 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, acquisitions, Artists, book art, Broadway, collectors, First World War (1914-1918), France, Francis Xavier Luca, Great Depression, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, Occupied France, rare books and special collections library, Second World War (1939-1945), The Wolfsonian Library, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, World War (1914-1918), World War (1939-1945), World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII
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TROUBLED U.S.-RUSSIAN RELATIONS, FROM 1917 TO TODAY: A WOLFSONIAN REFLECTION
• December 30, 2016 • Leave a CommentPosted in Communism, Communists, Constructivism, donations, First World War (1914-1918), Francis Xavier Luca, graphic arts, graphic designers, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., persuasive arts, political art, postcards, posters, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, Russia, Soviet Union, Steve Heller, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War (1914-1918), World War I, WWI
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A Wolfsonian Commemoration of the opening of the Suez Canal on this date, 1869
• November 17, 2016 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1915, 1930s, airplanes, Balochistan, British Army, collectors, colonial propaganda, colonial tourism, colonialism, donations, First World War (1914-1918), Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, gifts, Great Britain, India, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, library donors, Middle East, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Photograph albums, photography, postcards, propaganda, rare books and special collections library, War Photography, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War (1914-1918), World War I, WWI
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