The Wolfsonian Library Unwrapped
• July 29, 2023 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, American architects, architects, architecture, Armistice Day, Art Deco, collectors, exhibitions, FIU, Florida International University, Francis Xavier Luca, Great Depression, hotels, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museum architecture, museums, photography, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian Library, Wolfsonian fellows, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff
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WONDERS NEVER CEASE: THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PANAMA CANAL AT THE WOLFSONIAN-FIU LIBRARY
• January 28, 2014 • Leave a CommentPosted in collectors, donations, Frederic A. Sharf, gifts, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, library donors, rare books and special collections library, Rochelle T. Pienn, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, trains, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library
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