It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a day to remember aeronautical history, Wolfsonian style
• December 17, 2015 • Leave a CommentPosted in airplanes, American left artists, Christopher DeNoon, FDR, Federal Theatre Project (U.S.), gifts, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: airplanes, autogiros, aviation, Aviators, biplanes, Capitol building, congress, Doug Hughes, FDR, Federal Theatre Project (FTP), flight, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, gyrocopters, Hamilton MacFadden (movie director), Helicopters, House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), Kill Devil Hills (North Carolina), Martin Dies, National Public Radio, NPR, Orville Wright, postmen, Shirley Temple, Stand Up and Cheer (film : 1934), the Wright brothers, Wilbur Wright
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
