Unhappy Anniversary: The Hindenburg Disaster and the Demise of the Zeppelin
• May 6, 2021 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, airplanes, First World War (1914-1918), Francis Xavier Luca, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Nazi propaganda, postcards, posters, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, World War I, WWI
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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
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UP, UP, AND AWAY: AIRSHIPS ON EXHIBIT AND ONLINE FROM THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY COLLECTION
• August 1, 2013 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1930s, airplanes, cars, Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, exhibitions, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, ocean liners, passenger ships, photography, portfolios, postcards, posters, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, streamlined cars, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, trains, transatlantic voyages, Vintage postcards, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library
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UNHAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO YOU! THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY COMMEMORATES THE HINDENBURG DISASTER
• May 8, 2012 • 2 CommentsPosted in memorabilia, passenger ships, postcards, posters, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, skyscrapers, transatlantic voyages, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library
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