Through a Glass Darkly: Colonial Views of Africa
• July 26, 2018 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, children's books, Children's propaganda books, colonial propaganda, colonial tourism, colonialism, cruise ships, displays, donations, Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, Ethiopia, exhibitions, Fascism, Florida International University, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, Italy, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, Nazi propaganda, ocean liners, passenger ships, photography, postcards, rare books and special collections library, Steve Heller, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, war propaganda, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Zulus
Tags: 1910, 1935, 1937 Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques (Paris), Addis Abeba (Ethiopia), Adua (Ethiopia), Africa, Africans, Africans in art, Akbaba (Turkish periodical), Arthur Dupagne, Belgian Congo, Benito Mussolini, Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Botswana, Brussels, Burkina Faso, calendars, Cameroon, Carl Weller, Children's propaganda books, collecting cards, Colonial expositions, Colonial tourism, colonialism, Colonies, Compagnie Belge Maritime du Congo, Congo, Cote d’Ivoire, Deutsche Afrika-Linien, Deutsche Ost-Afrika-Linie, diaries, displays, Dr. Francis Xavier Luca, Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Exhibition buildings, games, Ghana, Guinea, Huts, Italian Empire, Italo-Ethiopian War (1895-1896), Italo-Ethiopian War (1935-1936), Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, journals, Kraft durch Freude (Strength through Joy), La Barre à Mine (Mining Bar), Lamy, Laurence Miller, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mandela Washington fellows, menus, Namibia, Nazis, Niger, Nigeria, ocean liners, pavilions, photograph albums, photographs, postcards, propaganda, Rwanda, S.S. Leopoldville, Samoliland, Scrapbooks, sculpture, Sketchbooks, South Africa, Steve Heller, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Republic of Tanzania, Union Castle Line, Woermann-Linie, Zambia, Zanxibar, Zulus
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
WELCOME ABOARD THE S.S. WOLFSONIAN FOR A SPECTACULAR FOOD AND WINE EXPERIENCE
• February 25, 2014 • 1 CommentPosted in cruise ships, Cunard Line, curator, displays, donations, FIU, Florida International University, gifts, graphic arts, library donors, luggage labels, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, ocean liners, oceanliners, passenger ships, posters, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: "behind the Scenes" tours, Andrew Carmellini, Anthony Bourdain, art handlers, Azamara Club Cruises, Bremen (Steamship), Brochures, Carlos Prado, Celebrity chefs, Clyde-Mallory Lines, Conte di Savoia, cruise ships, curators, Daniel Boulud, David McMillan, Eric Ripert, Exhibition designers, Francois Payard, Frederic Morin, Furness Bermuda Line, Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Italia Flotte Riunite, Italian Line, Johannes Tysse, Laurence Miller, menus, museum events, Norddeutsheler Lloyd Bremen (North German Lloyd), ocean liners, promotional literature, Rex (steamship), Richard Miltner, Roma (steamship), Royal Caribbean, Royal Packet Navigation Co., S.S. Wolfsonian, Silvia Barisione, South Beach Wine & Food Festival, Steve Forero-Paz, Swedish American Line, Thomas C. Ragan, United States Line
ART BASEL AND OCEAN LINER AFICIONADO TOURS OF THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY AND A GLIMPSE INTO THE FUTURE
• December 13, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in book art, collectors, colonial propaganda, colonialism, Communism, Communists, Constructivism, cruise ships, displays, donations, Dr. Laurence Miller, Dutch Art Nouveau, Ethiopia, Far East, Fascism, Futurism, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, Great Britain, Hamburg-American Line, international expositions, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, John Heartfield (1891-1968), Laurence Miller Collection, leftist artists, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, Nazi propaganda, Nazism, Nieuwe Kunst, ocean liners, oceanliners, passenger ships, persuasive arts, Photograph albums, photography, pochoirs, political art, postcards, posters, promotional materials, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, Russia, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, totalitarian, VIP vistors, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War I, World's fairs, WWI
Tags: Anti-Communist Propaganda, anti-Fascist propaganda, anti-Nazi propaganda, Arbeiter-Illustrierte Zeitung (periodical), Art Basel, Art Nouveau, Asama Maru (steamship), Battleship Potemkin (film : 1925), Blaise Cendrars (1887-1961), calendars, Chatsworth House, Chemical warfare, Christopher Kyte, cruise line industry, Crystal Palace Exhibition (1851 : London), Cunard, Dan Lotten, designers, Duilio (steamship), Empire Welland (troopship), family photographs, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti (1876-1944), First World War, Fortunato Depero (1892-1960), Gas masks, George G. Sharp, German design reform, Giulio Cesare (steamship), graphic art, Grim Reaper, Hamburg-Amerika Linie, Hibiya Shrine (Japan), Hyde Park (London), Illumination, Italian Futurism, Japan, Jeff Maklin, Jim Lida, John Heartfield (1891-1968), La Prose du Transsibérien et de La Petite Jehanne de France, library visitors, Maritime artists, Museum buildings, Naval architects, Nieuwe Kunst, Normandie (Steamship), NYK Line, ocean liner aficionados, ocean liners, Odessa Steps, Owen Jones (1809-1874), Patria (3) (steamship), photograph albums, Photomontage, postage stamps, postcards, promised gifts, propaganda, Raoul Cenisi (1912-1991), robots, Rossia (steamship), Russian Constructivism, S.S. Nieuw Amsterdam (steamship), Saturnia, Saturnia (steamship), Sergei Eisenstein (1898-1948), Sharf Associate Librarian Rochelle Pienn, shoes, Sir Joseph Paxton (1803-1865), Skeletons, Sonia Delaunay (1885-1979), Stanley Haviland, Stephen Card, Theatre costume design, Theodoor Willem Nieuwenhuis (1866-1951), Thomas Cassidy, Tullio Crali (1910-2000), Victorian England, vultures, watercolors, Weddings, WWI
