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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CARL FISHER’S SHADOWS: MIAMI BEACH MANSION AND MONTAUK POINT MANOR MATERIALS AT THE WOLFSONIAN
• January 19, 2013 • 4 CommentsPosted in American architects, architects, architecture, archives, gifts, Great Depression, library donors, Photograph albums, photography, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library
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