Giving Thanks and Debunking Myths
• November 24, 2020 • 3 CommentsPosted in book art, children's books, colonialism, donations, exhibitions, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, graphic designers, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., photography, postcards, racism, skyscrapers, The Wolfsonian Library, Vintage postcards, Wolfsonian
Tags: A Century of Progress International Exposition (Chicago: 1933-1934), Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909: Seattle WA), Alexander Phimister Proctor, American flag, Apache Indians, assimilation, Black Partridge, bronze sculptures, Buffalo Bill's WIld West Show, Carl Rohl-Smith (1848–1900), Centennial International Exhibition (1876: Philadelphia), Charles M. Russell, Cheyenne Indians, Chicago, Chief Simon Pokagon, children, Christopher Columbus, civilization, Clara Helena Palacio Luca, colonists, Cowboys, Custer's Last Stand, disease, Edward Berge (1876-1924), Envelopes, equestrian statues, ethnic cleansing, Exhibition buildings, fair grounds, fair-goers, feasts, feather headresses, Fort Dearborn, General George Armstron Custer, harvest celebrations, human zoos, Indian Removal, Indian reservations, Indians, James Earle Fraser (1876–1900), Jamestown Exposition (1907), John Smith, King Philip's War, Louisiana Purchase International Exposition (1904 : St Louis), Massasoit, Metacom, Midways, Miss Columbia, Native Americans, pavilions, Penobscot Indians, Pequot Indians, Pilgrims, Plains Indians, Pocahontas, Potawatomi Indians, Powhatan Confederacy, President Andrew Jackson, Red Man's Greeting, rituals, riveters, Santa Clara Indians, savagery, sculpture, Sioux Indians, skyscrapers, spectators, Squanto, Statues, teepees, Thanksgiving, Tickets, Trans-Mississippi Exposition (1898 : Omaha Nebraska), Umatilla Indians, Ute Indians, viewbooks, Walt Disney, Walter Crane (1845-1915), Wampanoag Indians, white birch bark, wigwams, World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago), World's Fairs, Yakima Indian Reservation
Holiday Gifts
• December 14, 2018 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, book art, children's books, colonial propaganda, colonialism, dance, displays, donations, Egypt, FIU, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, gifts, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, library donors, Midways, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, pochoirs, portfolios, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: African expeditions, Art Basel, automobiles, Bedouins, Berbers, Catholic missionaries, Charles de Roucauld (1858-1916), Colonial expositions, Daniel Morris, Eiffel Tower, France's overseas empire, French (language), French colonies, German-occupied France, human zoos, Huts, indigenous peoples, International exhibitions, Jean Sharf, Jim nd Martha Sweeny, Lake Chad, Le Tumulte Noir, Leonard Finger, Lisa Green, Louis Miano, martyrs, Midways, missionaries, Paris, Paul Colin, primitivism, Professor Antonieta Garcia, Sahara desert, Streets of Cairo, Tripoli, Tuareg peoples
Happy Alaska Day!
• October 18, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in Artists, book art, children's books, colonialism, FAP, FDR, Federal One, forestry, Francis Xavier Luca, graphic arts, Great Depression, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, Philippines, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World's fairs
Tags: "pay streak attractions", Alaska, Alaska Art Project, Alaska drawings (booklet), Alaska Territory, Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition (1909: Seattle Washington), Carl R. Saxild, Eskimos, Federal Art Projects, Forestry building, Glaciers, gold rush, gold strikes, human zoos, Igorrotes, indigenous peoples, International exhibitions, international expositions, Inuit, Jerome Roth, Midways, Paintings, polar bears, postcards, President Andrew Johnson, prospectors, Rockwell Kent (1882-1971), Russia, Seattle (Washington), Secretary of State William Henry Steward, totem poles, totems, U.S. Court House (Anchorage), Wilderness (1920), Works Progress Administration
BIG GAME HUNTING AND “WILD ANIMAL” SPECTACLES IN THE WOLFSONIAN MUSEUM COLLECTION
• July 31, 2015 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: Abbott and Costello, Africa Screams (film: 1949), Animals Are Like That (book: 1939), big game hunting, black maned lion, Botswana, Bring 'em Back Alive (book: 1930), Bring 'Em Back Alive (film: 1932), Cecil the lion, Century of Progress International Exposition (Chicago: 1933-1934), Clara Helena Palacio Luca, colonialism, dentists, Entertainment, Fang and Claw (book: 1935), Francis Xavier Luca, Frank Buck (1884-1950), Frank Buck's Jungle Camp, game preserves, George Lipscombe, International exhibitions, Jacare (film: 1942), Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Joseph Marro, Jungle Camp, Jungle Cavalcade (film: 1941), King Juan Carlos of Spain, Kubwa Simba (children's book: 1941), Masai warriors, Midways, National Parks, New York World's Fair (1939-1940), On Jungle Trails (book: 1936), pith helmets, Poachers, poaching, posters, safaris, Tiger Fangs (film: 1943), trophy hunting, Walter Palmer, wild animal collectors, Wild Cargo (book: 1932), Wild Cargo (film: 1934), World's Fairs, WPA New Reading Materials Program, Zimbabwe, zoos
“THE JEWEL CITY” BY THE GOLDEN GATE: THE 1915 PANAMA-PACIFIC INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION
• April 24, 2014 • 2 CommentsPosted in donations, gifts, library donors, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: Bernard Maybeck, Cawston Ostrich Farm, chocolate, cocoa beans, Exhibition buildings, Ferdinand Magellan, Ghirardelli, Golden Gate, Hercules, international expositions, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Keystone View Company, Midways, Palace of Fine Arts (San Francisco), Panama Canal, Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915 : San Francisco), pavilions, souvenir viewbooks, stereographs, Thomas Hastings, Tower of Jewels, Uncle Sam, Vasco Núñez de Balboa, vintage postcards, William Howard Taft, World's Fairs
A TRIP BACK IN TIME TO THE GILDED AGE AT THE WOLFSONIAN-FIU LIBRARY
• April 5, 2014 • Leave a CommentPosted in architecture, displays, exhibitions, fashion, fashion for women, international expositions, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, postcards, promotional materials, propaganda arts, racism, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vintage postcards, VIP vistors, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, World's fairs
Tags: "white city", 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900, 3-D, A Bird in a Gilded Cage (song), Advertising cards, Arthur J. Lamb (1870-1928), B. T. Babbitt Soap Powder, California Midwinter International Exposition (1894 : San Francisco), Centennial International Exhibition (1876: Philadelphia), Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944), Charles Dudley Warner (1829-1900), Chief Simon Pokagon, Children in advertising, Columbia's Courtship, commercial advertising, commercial art, Diamond Dyes, Dr. Joel M. Hoffman, Eiffel Tower, Exhibition buildings, Expositions, Francis Xavier Luca, George B. Post (architectural firm), George Washington Gale Ferris, Gilded Age, Heinz, Heinz Ocean Pier (Atlantic City NJ), Henry Von Tilzer (1872-1946), International exhibitions, Jr. (1859–1896), Kate Greenaway Collection, Kate Greenaway Collection (Wolfsonian-FIU library), Krupp, Machinery Hall, Mad Men, Manufacturers and Liberal Arts building, Mark Twain (1835-1910), Midways, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., North American Indians in art, Orientalism, pavilions, Penobscot Indians, Red Man's Greeting, Singer sewing machines, Soap boxes, Statues, stereographs, The Gilded Age (1873), VIP visitors, Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, Walter Crane (1845-1915), World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago), World’s Fairs
