Varied Views for a Variety of Visitors
• 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
So Rare as a Day in June, or, an RBMS Reception at the Wolfsonian-FIU
• July 5, 2016 • Leave a CommentPosted in cruise ships, exhibitions, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, museums, Panama Canal, Rochelle T. Pienn, VIP vistors, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: ACRL, ALA, Biltmore, chromolithography, Coral Gables, France, Grammar of Ornament, Nicolae Harsanyi, Owen Jones, rare book dealers, rare book librarians, RBMS, RBMS 2016 Preconference, University of Miami, Victorian art
A Dedication to Liberty: A Wolfsonian—FIU Reflection on the Anniversary of the Dedication of the Statue of Liberty
• October 28, 2015 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, Alabama, American left artists, American war propaganda, Armistice Day, Artists, Children's propaganda books, Communist Party of the United States of America, Communists, Fascism, First World War (1914-1918), gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), international expositions, Italy, leftist artists, Leonard A. Lauder, library donors, Nazism, political art, postcards, posters, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, Scottsboro Trial, Second World War (1939-1945), The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Uncategorized, Vicki Gold Levi, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, World War (1914-1918), World War (1939-1945), World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII
Tags: Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (1832-1923), “Liberty Enlightening the World”, Eugène Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (1814-1879), France, Frederic Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904), Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), John Q. Public, Ku Klux Klan, Lady Liberty, Marianne, Natacha Carlu, Statue of Liberty, U.S. President Grover Cleveland, Vaughn Shoemaker (1902-1991), Victory Gold Levi Collection
LAST OF THE ROMANOVS: SOME WOLFSONIAN REFLECTIONS ON THE LAST RUSSIAN CZAR ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF HIS CORONATION
• May 26, 2015 • Leave a CommentPosted in Uncategorized
Tags: 1896, Abdications, Autocrats, Bolsheviks, Cherbourg (France), coronations, Czar Nicholas II, Czarina Alexandra, Czars, France, Holy Trinity Orthodox Seminary Library, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Moscow, Paris, revolutions, Romanov dynasty, Romanovs, Russia, Russian Revolution (1905), Russian revolution (1917), Russo-Japanese War (1904-1905), Soviet Union, State visits, the Great War, Tsars, Versailles (France), World War (1914-1918)
CHARLIE, OR NOT CHARLIE: A WOLFSONIAN REFLECTION ON ATHEISM, RELIGIOUS SATIRE, AND TOLERANCE IN THE WAKE OF THE CHARLIE HEBDO MASSACRE
• January 17, 2015 • 3 CommentsPosted in acquisitions, anti-Semitism, antisemitism, Artists, Communism, Communists, conflict and resolution, donations, gender, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, Jews, leftist artists, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., persuasive arts, political art, propaganda, propaganda arts, racism, rare books and special collections library, Russia, Soviet propaganda, Soviet Union, Steve Heller, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women
Tags: Adam and Eve, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Deineka (1899-1969), anticlericalism, atheism, Atheist at the Lathe, babushkas, Bezbozhnik u stanka, blasphemy, Bombs, caricatures, cartoons, Cathedral of Christ the Savior (Moscow), Censorship, Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), Charlie Brown, Charlie Hebdo, Christianity, controversy, demonstrations, Dmitrii Stakheivich Moor (1883-1946), editorial decisions, editors, Father Georgy Gapon (1870-1906), Fête de la Raison, feminism, foxes, François Cavanna, François Hollande, François-Marie Arouet (1694-1778), France, freedom from religion, freedom of religion, freedom of speech, French President Jacques Chirac, French Revolution, Genesis, Georges Bernier, God, Hara-Kiri (monthly magazine), hate speech, irreverence, Islam, Jesus Christ, Judaism, lampoons, M. Kostelovskaia, Mohammed, Muslim extremists, Nicolas Sarkozy, Peanuts, performance art, Prophet Mohammed, protests, provocation, Pussy Riot, religion, religious fundamentalism, religious tolerance, Republican values, Russia, Russian Orthodox priests, Satire, secular society, self-censorship, separation of church and state, Sharia law, Soviet Union, Stéphane Charbonnier, Terrorism, terrorists, the Age of Enlightenment, the Bible, turbans, veils, violence, Vladimir Putin, Voltaire
It’s The Great War, Charlie Brown, or: First World War Images from the Wolfsonian-FIU Library
• October 22, 2014 • Leave a CommentPosted in airplanes, donations, First World War (1914-1918), gifts, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, library donors, photography, rare books and special collections library, Rochelle T. Pienn, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, War Photography, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, World War I, WWI
Tags: biplanes, Canada, Cavalry, Charles M. Shulz, Chemical warfare, flying aces, France, gas attacks, Gas masks, Gender roles, German Gotha, Germany, Halloween, hogs, It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown, Linus, Manfred von Richthofen (the “Red Baron” 1892-1918), Maps, Morocco, Nicholas II Emperor of Russia (1868-1918), Peanuts, Rosie the Riveter, rotogravure, Snoopy, Switzerland, the Great War (1914-1918), The New York Times, United States, war, Women war workers
ON EPIDEMICS AND ESCAPE ROUTES: THE 100th ANNIVERSARY OF THE PANAMA CANAL AT THE WOLFSONIAN-FIU LIBRARY
• August 15, 2014 • Leave a CommentPosted in cruise ships, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Panama Canal, passenger ships, Photograph albums, Rochelle T. Pienn, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wonders Never Cease: The 100th Anniversary of the Panama Canal (Exhibition)
Tags: Aniceto García Menocal (1836–1908), Canals, China, Dollar Steamship Line, Dr. William Gorgas, Ebola, First World War, France, I. L. Maduro Jr., interoceanic canals, Ishtmus of Panama, Isthmian Canal Commission, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, John Saxton Mills, Joseph Bucklin Bishop (1847-1928), Le Sanitarium (Toboga), malaria, New York Journal (newspaper), Nicaragua, Nicaraguan Canal project, Panama Canal Authority, President Theodore ("Teddy") Roosevelt, Robert Dollar, SS President Van Buren, Suez Canal, transoceanic canals, United States, USS Pennsylvania, Venta Cruz (Panama), West Africa, William Randolph Hearst (1863-1951), Willis J. Abbot, yellow fever
AIRSHIPS, SEAPLANES, AND FLYING MACHINES AT THE WOLFSONIAN-FIU LIBRARY
• October 18, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, airplanes, displays, documentaries, donations, Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, exhibitions, Fascism, Futurism, gifts, graphic arts, Italian design, Italy, library donors, memorabilia, Photograph albums, photography, political art, postcards, propaganda, propaganda arts, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, transatlantic voyages, Vintage postcards, Virtual library displays, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World's fairs
Tags: 1920s, air force, air shows, Airplane industry, airplanes, airships, Aristotle Ares, Art directors, art handlers, aviation, Aviators, Balloons and ballooning, Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Besnier, biplanes, Carlos Alejandro, Clément Ader (1841-1925), Crowds, curators, Cyrano de Bergerac, dictators, Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, Edmond Rostand, Exhibition designers, fascist dictators, flight, Flying machines, France, Graf Zeppelin (airship), Helicopters, Henri Farman (1874-1958), Hermann Wilhelm Göring (1893-1946), Hindenburg (airship), Hindenburg disaster, Hot-air balloons, Hydrogen gas balloons, Icarus, Industrie Aeronautique, Italo Balbo (1896-1940), Italy, James Taylor, Jean-Baptiste Dante de la Perouse, Jean-Pierre Blanchard, Leonardo Da Vinci, Lisa Li, Louis Blériot (1872-1936), Louis-Sébastien Lenormand, Luftwaffe, LZ 127 Graf Zeppelin, LZ 129 Hindenburg, LZ 130 Graf Zeppelin II (airship), March on Rome (October 1922), Marquis of Bacqueville, Michel Potop, Montgolfier brothers, Mylinh Nguyen, parachutes, Peter Clericuzio, Richard Miltner, Savoia Marchetti seaplanes, seaplanes, Silvia Barisione, Statue of Liberty, Steve Forero-Paz, Tato (1896-1974), transatlantic flights, v. Römer, Voison biplane, Zeppelin at Friedrichshafen (Germany), zeppelins
From Verdun to Vichy: Maréchal Petain and his Social Revolution
• April 19, 2013 • 2 CommentsPosted in accessioning, acquisitions, cataloging, collectors, donations, Fascism, France, gifts, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Occupied France, political art, propaganda, propaganda arts, rare books and special collections library, totalitarian, veterans, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War I, World War II, WWI, WWII
Tags: abortion, Axis, Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), Colonies, Cult of the leader, Dakar, Famille, family values, France, Frankish axe, Free Zone, French mandate, French society, German occupation, La Patrie, Library Assistant Michel Potop, Maréchal de France, Maréchal nous voila, Michel Potop, National Revolution, nationalism, Nazi Germany, Occupied France, Patrie, Patriotism, Philippe Pétain (1856-1951), propaganda, Resistance, Second World War, Symbols, Syria, Third Republic (1870-1940), traditional values, Travail, Verdun, veterans, Vichy, Vichy militia
FIU LITERATURE AND ART HISTORY STUDENTS, EUROPEAN DIPLOMATS, WOLFSONIAN & SHSA BOARD MEMBERS, AND A FAREWELL TO A WOLFSONIAN FELLOW ALL IN TWO DAYS!
• February 2, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in Artists, Children's propaganda books, French consulate, Laurence Miller Collection, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., ocean liners, oceanliners, pochoirs, rare books and special collections library, school visits to The Wolfsonian, Spanish Civil War, student curators, Student exhibit, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vintage postcards, VIP vistors, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World's fairs
Tags: Advertisements, Art Deco bindings, Art Nouveau, Arte rustica italiana, Board members, book bindings, calendars, caricatures, Chas Laborde (1886-1941), Christopher DeNoon, Consul generals, Coronation souvenirs, Crowns, Dams, Deputy consul generals, Deutsche Gedenkhalle, Dolar Cotton, Dutch Nieuwe Kunst, ephemera, Eric Gill (1882-1940), Exposicion universal de Barcelona, F. T. (Filippo Tommaso) Marinetti (1876-1944), Fascist Italy, Federal Writers' Project (FWP), Fortunato Depero (1892-1960), France, Futurism, Germany, Ghostland, Great Depression, heraldry, international expositions, Iron and steel, Italian futurists, Italy, Joseph Hémard (1880-1961), Kaiser Wilhelm II (Emperor of Germany), Leslie Sternlieb, lottery, Men at work, Nazi Germany, Netherlands, ocean liners, Pamela K. Harer, Pochoir plates, portraits, postcards, Professor Carmela McIntire, Professor Heller-Greenman, Public work projects, Puzzles, Queen Elizabeth II, Rural electrification, Sheet music covers, Soviet Union, Spanish Civl War (1936-1939), Steamsip Historical Society of America (SHSA), stencil works, The Christopher DeNoon Collection for the Study of New Deal Culture, TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority), Une ambassade francaise, Union Square, United Kingdom, vintage postcards, Works Progress Administration, World War (1914-1918), World War I, WPA, Zang Tuum Tuum
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