A Transatlantic Voyage to the “Ocean State”
• April 18, 2018 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, archives, Art Deco, collectors, cruise ships, curators, Francis Xavier Luca, graphic arts, library donors, memorabilia, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., models, museums, ocean liners, oceanliners, passenger ships, rare books and special collections library, Silvia Barisione, transatlantic voyages, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: archives, archivists, art deco interiors, bas relief, British Movietone, British Pathe, Cie. Cle. Transatlantique, Clarmont (steamboat), collectors, Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, conservators, curators, Don Leavitt, Frederick and Patricia Supper Foundation, French Line, fundrasiers, Grace Line, Hudson-Fulton Centennial Celebration, Jean Dunand, La Chasse [The Hunt], librarians, maiden voyages, Matthew Schulte, medalions, model ships, newsreels, Normandie (Steamship), North River Steamboat, ocean liner aficionados, ocean liners, posters, powerships, Providence (Rhode Island), radio personalities, Robert Fulton, Ship History Center, SS Normandie, SSHSA, Steamship Historical Society of America, steamships, Stephen Lash, Steve Donovan, Thomas C. Ragan, Warwick (Rhode Island)
Unhappy Anniversary: The Sinking of the Unsinkable Titanic
• April 15, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in acquisitions, children's books, collectors, cruise ships, donations, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, library donors, museums, ocean liners, oceanliners, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, transatlantic voyages, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: 1912, Disasters at sea, Icebergs, lifeboats, Margin of Error (Wolfsonian exhibition), ocean liners, paperbacks, passenger ships, polar bears, R.M.S. Titanic, sinkings, White Star Line
All Aboard! Recent Visit to The Wolfsonian by the SSHSA Board Members
• February 1, 2017 • 1 CommentPosted in Art Deco, cataloging, collectors, cruise ships, Cunard Line, decorative arts, displays, donations, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, gifts, graphic arts, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Laurence Miller Collection, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, ocean liners, oceanliners, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, world cruises
Tags: Ada Peacock, Black Sea Steamship Company, Bremen (Steamship), Brochures, Canadian Pacific Line, Carnival Cruise Line, Colonial tourism, Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, Conte Grande (steamship), Crystal Garcia, Cunard Line, deck plans, Dunnottar Castle (steamship), Europa, Felix Roussel (steamship), Franconia (steamship), Fred Sharf, French Line, Good Neighbor Fleet, Great Lakes, H.M.S. Imperieuse, H.M.S. Sultan, H.M.S. Superb, Ile de France (steamship), Incres Line, Jean Dunand, John Henry, Laurence Miller, Liberte (steamship), logbooks, M.S. Victoria (steamship), menus, Messageries Maritimes, Moore-McCormack Lines, Norddeutsheler Lloyd Bremen (North German Lloyd), Normandie (Steamship), ocean liner aficionados, ocean liners, Pacific Line, Promotional materials, R.M.S. Alcantara (steamship), R.M.S. Edinburgh Castle, R.M.S. Pretoria Castle (steamship), Red Star Line, Reina del Pacifico (steamship), Round the World cruises, Royal Mail Lines, S. S. Belgenland (Steamship), S.A. Oranje (steamship), S.S. Argentina (steamhsip), Safmarine, SSHSA, St. Lawrence River Valley, Steamship Historical Society of America, steamships, Thomas Ragan, travel, Tropicale (cruiseship), Union Castle Line
Cuba, “So Near And Yet So Foreign”: A Wolfsonian Glimpse Into An Era of Easy Access from the U.S. by Ship
• September 5, 2015 • 1 CommentPosted in 1930s, Laurence Miller Collection, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Vicki Gold Levi, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: 1920s, 1934 hurricane, ban on travel to Cuba, Cargo ships, City of Havana Special (ship), City of Miami Beach (steamship), Clyde-Mallory Lines, Cuba, Cuban Tourist Commission, cultural tourism, Eastern Steamship Lines, Ferries, ferry service (Key West to Havana), Fidel Castro, Fulgencio Batista, Great White Fleet, Havana (Cuba), Key West (Fla.), Miami Beach: From Mangrove to Tourist Mecca (Exhibition), Munamar (steamship), Munson Steamship Line, Nassau, ocean liners, passenger accommodations, passenger ships, Pedro Figueredo, Peggy Loar, Port of New York, S.S. Cuba (ship), S.S. Evangeline (ship), S.S. Florida (ship), S.S. Iroquois (Ship), U.S.-Cuba tourist trade, United Fruit Company
UNHAPPY ANNIVERSARY, RMS LUSITANIA: SOME WOLFSONIAN REFLECTIONS ONE HUNDRED YEARS (AND ONE DAY) LATER
• May 8, 2015 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1915, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: atrocities, cartoons, civilian casualties, contraband, Cruiser Rules, Cunard, Dachshunds, devils, drowning, Elbert Hubbard, German sympathizers, Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Ireland, Isador and Ida Straus, John Bull, Kaiser Wilhelm II, King Herod, Liverpool, Louis Raemaekers (1869-1956), Mauritania, Mexican intervention 1914, military preparedness, Miss Liberty, moustaches, Norddeutscher Lloyd, ocean liners, passengerships, peace at any price, pickelhaube helmets, pirates, President Woodrow Wilson, propaganda, Richard Preston Prichard, RMS Lusitania, Satan, scarecrows, Sealions, Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan, steamships, strawmen, strict neutrality, submarines, Thomas C. Ragan, torpedoes, U-20, U-Boats, Uncle Sam, unrestricted submarine warfare, white feathers, World War (1914-1918), WWI
PERMISSION TO COME ABOARD?: THE BOAT SHOW, AND WAVES OF VIP VISITORS TO THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY
• February 21, 2015 • 1 CommentPosted in acquisitions, cruise ships, Cunard Line, displays, donations, Dr. Laurence Miller, gifts, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, ocean liners, oceanliners, passenger ships, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, transatlantic voyages, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, world cruises
Tags: "Mr. Ocean Liner" (Bill Miller), American Caribbean Line, Andrea Doria (ship), Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993), baggage labels, C. Colombo (ship), Commodore Ron Warwick, Compagnie Maritime Belge, Cunard Line, Cunard White Star Line, Dazzle Painting, deck plans, Disasters at sea, dockworkers, Dr. Laurence Miller, Empress of Australia (Ship), Empress of France (Ship), First class accommodations, Gdynia America Line, Good Neighbor Fleet, Home Lines, Italian Line, M.S. Stockholm (passenger ship), Maritime strike (1936-1937), Mauretania (passenger ship), menus, Miami International Boat Show, Moore-McCormack Lines, Nippon Ysen Kaisha (N.Y.K. Line), ocean liners, promotional brochures, Queen Elizabeth 2 (passenger ship), Queen Mary 2 (passenger ship), R.M.S. Carinthia (Steamship), R.M.S. Queen Elizabeth (steamship), R.M.S. Queen Mary (steamship), Roman Holiday (film : 1953), ship building, shipwrecks, slow-downs, Sobieski (ship), strikes, Sylvania (passenger ship), Thomas C. Ragan Collection
SOME RECENT ADDITIONS TO THE THOMAS RAGAN COLLECTION OF OCEAN LINER MATERIALS AT THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY
• September 26, 2014 • Leave a CommentPosted 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: Athlone Castle (Steamship), Britannic (Steamship), Britannic II (Steamship), Carithia (Steamship), children’s books, collectors, Colonial tourism, cruise ships, G. J. Frans Naerebout ; Merchant Navy, Library Assistant Michel Potop, lighthouses, Lusitania (Steamship), Mauretania (Steamship), Normandie (Steamship), ocean liners, Olympic (Steamship), passenger ships, Promotional materials, Queen Mary (Steamship), Rangitoto (Steamship), schooners, sticker books, Strathnaver (Steamship), Thomas C. Ragan, Thomas C. Ragan Collection, tugboats, United States (Steamship), White Star Line, yacht races, young readers
