What’s Been Left from the Menu? Savory Treats from Three World’s Fairs
• May 19, 2024 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, airplanes, Art Deco, collectors, curators, donations, exhibitions, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, library donors, memorabilia, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, prohibition, The Wolfsonian Library, trains, Vienna
Tags: A Century of Progress International Exposition (1933-1934: Chicago Ill), beer, Borden Food Corporation, Constitution Mall, Court of Flame Restaurant, Disney's Epcot Center, Elsie the cow, ephemera, Exhibition buildings, Food habits, German beer steins, Golden Gate International Exposition (1939-1940 : San Francisco), international expositions, Italo Balbo (1896-1940), logos, menus, Midway Inn, Midways, New York World's Fair (1939-1940), Old Heidelberg Inn, pavilions, recipe books, restaurants, Sky Ride, Swedish Pavilion, The Pacemaker (train), Three Crowns Restaurant, Treasure Island, Trylon and Perisphere, U.S. Prohibition, Vicki Gold Levi, What's On the Menu? (Wolfsonian Exhibition), World's Fairs
The Feminine Touch: The Artwork of Two French Africanists
• May 12, 2022 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, architecture, Artists, book art, collectors, colonial propaganda, colonialism, France, Francis Xavier Luca, gender, gifts, graphic arts, international expositions, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Orientalism, pochoirs, portfolios, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian Library, women, World's fairs
Tags: Africa, African proverbs, Algiers, artists, Au pays de Samba Diouf, Cameroon-Togo, Colonial administrators, colonial governors, colonialism, Exhibition buildings, Exposition Coloniale Internationale (Paris: 1931), female artists, Francis Xavier Luca, French colonies, French mandates, French overseas territories, indigenous architecture, indigenous peoples, Léon Truitard (1885-1972), Leon Truitard, Mary Morin, Palais de la Porte, Paris, pavilions, pochoir prints, Quelques images de la grande exposition colonial, Senegal, stencil works, Sudan, Suzanne (née Balliste) Truitard (1893-1986), Suzanne Truitard, Territoires Africains sous mandat de la France (Cameroun-Togo), Watercolor paintings, wood engravers, wood engraving
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
France’s Overseas Empire on Display
• November 27, 2019 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, architects, architecture, Art Deco, colonial propaganda, colonialism, displays, ethnohistory, exhibitions, FIU, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, international expositions, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, political art, postcards, posters, propaganda, racism, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian Library, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian staff, World's fairs
Tags: Africa, Albert Laprade, Alfred Janniot, Anja Decker, Arthur Dupagne, bas relief, Belgian Congo, Colonial expositions, colonialism, Colonies, Dahomey, Exhibition buildings, Exposition Coloniale de Marseille (1922), Exposition coloniale internationale de Paris (1931), Exposition internationale des arts décoratifs et industriels modernes (1925 :Paris), Exposition Universelle (1900 : Paris), FIU Professor Maria Antonieta Garcia, France's overseas empire, Francophiles, French colonies, gender, human zoos, indigenous peoples, interracial couples, Jaussely, Madagascar, modernism, Musée Permanent des Colonies, native peoples, North Africa, nudes, Palais de la Porte Doree, pavilions, Petit Journal, postcards, posters, primitivism, sculpture, Senegal, Strange Couple (painting : 1934)
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
Cruising the French Caribbean aboard the S.S. Wolfsonian
• March 7, 2018 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, collectors, colonial tourism, cruise ships, Cunard Line, displays, donations, France, Francis Xavier Luca, French consulate, gifts, graphic arts, Laurence Miller Collection, library donors, memorabilia, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., ocean liners, persuasive arts, pochoirs, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: Alcoa Steamship Company, American Caribbean Line, Andrew and Roni Smulian Collection, Antilles, bas relief, Caribbean, Caribbean Cruise Lines, Children's books, Christiane Taubira (Cultural Ambassador, Christopher Columbus, Cie. Gle. Transatlantique, Clément Leclerc (French Consul General), Colonial expositions, coloring books, cruises, deck plans, Edouard Glissant (1928–2011), Elise Grace Holloway, Exhibition buildings, Exposition Coloniale Internationale (1931 : Paris), Exposition Universelle (1900 : Paris), France Florida Foundation for the Arts, French Embassy in the USA, French Guiana, French Line, fruit baskets, Grace Line, Great White Fleet, Guadalupe, Guyane, Hamburg-American Line, Holland-America Line, Home Lines, Ile de France (steamship), John Henry Collection, L'Atlantique (Steamship), Lloyd Sabaudo, M.S. Italia, Martinique, Moore & McCormack Co., Normandie (Steamship), Palm trees, Paris, passenger ships, pavilions, pirates, pochoir prints, Promotional materials, S.S. Reliance, S.S. Statendam, Thomas C. Ragan, Thomas C. Ragan Collection, tourism, Tout-Monde Festival (March 2018), Tout-Monde Festival), travel, Vanessa Selk, watercolors, West Indies
Oui, Je Parle Français! FIU French Language Students Encounter Museum Founder Micky Wolfson
• November 22, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, architects, architecture, Art Nouveau (architecture), children's books, Children's propaganda books, collectors, colonial propaganda, colonialism, concentration camp, displays, ethnohistory, exhibit cases, exhibitions, Francis Xavier Luca, graphic designers, international expositions, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Occupied France, Orientalism, postcards, propaganda, rare books and special collections library, war propaganda, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian-FIU library exhibitions, World War (1939-1945), World War II, WWII
Tags: Abecediaries, Albert Laprade (1883-1978), Alfred Janniot, Alfred Janniot (1889-1969), alphabet books, Art Nouveau, Austria, bas relief, calendars, Colonial expositions, colonizers, Exposition Coloniale de Marseille (1922), Exposition Coloniale Internationale (Paris: 1931), Exposition Universelle (Paris: 1900), FIU Professor Maria Antonieta Garcia, French, French architects, French language students, Holocaust Memorial (Miami Beach), human zoos, Huts, Julius Klinger (1876-1942), Julius Klinger: Posters for a Modern Age (Wolfsonian exhibition), Léon Jaussely (1875-1932), Le Cercle Francais, Musée Permanent des Colonies, Palais de la Porte Doree, Paris, pavilions, Philippe Pétain (1856-1951), Selling the Golden Leaf (Wolfsonian library installation), sub-Saharan Africa, Tobacco, Vichy France, viewbooks
VISIONARY ARCHITECTURE AND THE WORLD’S FAIRS OF THE SECOND HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY: A WOLFSONIAN PERSPECTIVE
• May 14, 2014 • Leave a CommentPosted in architects, architecture, children's books, Disney, exhibitions, international expositions, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., monumental architecture, New York World's Fair 1964, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vintage postcards, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World's fairs
Tags: 1958 Brussels Expo (International Exhibitions Bureau), Architects, Atomium, Balloons, Belgium, bird’s eye views, cable cars, Century of Progress Exhibition (1933-1934: Chicago), Chicago (Illinois), children’s pop-up books, Clara Helena Palacio Luca, Cold War, Crystal Palace, Democracity, Eiffel Tower, engineers, Epcot Center, Exhibition buildings, Expo '86, Exposition Universelle of 1889 (Paris), Expositions, Ferris Wheel, Francis Xavier Luca, Futurama, futuristic architecture, General Motors Corporation, George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. (1859-1896), gift shops, Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nation (1851: London), HemisFair ’68, HemisFair Park (San Antonio), Hyde Park (London), International exhibitions, John Coppola, La Tour Eiffel, Men in Black (film), New York (New York State), New York World's Fair (1939-1940), New York World’s Fair (1964-1965), Norman Bel Geddes, Observation towers, Parachute Jump, pavilions, revolving restaurants, Riverwalk (San Antonio), San Antonio (Texas), Seattle (Washington), Sir Joseph Paxton (1803-1865), Sky Ride, Soviet Union, Space Needle, Sputnik, stereograph cards, student-curated exhibits, Sydenham Hill, tourists, Towers, Trylon and Perisphere, Unisphere, Visionary architecture, World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago), World’s Fairs
“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
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