Afro-Cuban Dance Music in Hollywood and Mexican Movies
• January 28, 2023 • 1 CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, acquisitions, bars, collectors, Cuba, curator, donations, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, museums, posters, promotional materials, Puerto Rico, slums, The Wolfsonian Library, Vicki Gold Levi, Wolfsonian staff
Tags: "Cherry Pink (and Apple Blossom White)" (song), "El Manisero" [The Peanut Vendor] (song), "Patricia" (song), A Century of Progress International Exposition (Chicago: 1933-1934), Abakuá, actresses, Afro-Cuban jazz, Afro-Cuban polyrhythms, Andrea Queeley, Another Thin Man (film: 1939), ballroom dancing, big bands, cabaret dancing, Carole Lombard, cha cha cha, Cha-Cha-Cha Boom! (film: 1956), Chano Pozo, Chicago World's Fair (1933/34), conga drums, conga line dancing, Cuba, Cuban exiles, Cuban expatriates, Cuban Revolution of 1933, Cuban Revolution of 1959, dancers, danzón, Desi Arnaz (1917-1986), Desiderio Alberto Arnaz II, Dizzy Gillespie, Dominicans, Don Azpiazú and his Havana Casino Orchestra, El Bar de Hilda, ephemera, Eva Silot-Bravo, film-noirs, Francis Xavier Luca, George Raft, Harlem, Havana (Cuba), Havana-Madrid (nightclub), Holiday in Havana (film : 1949), Hollywood movies, I Love Lucy (television series), Jane Powell, Justo Ángel Azpiazú (1893–1943), La Dolce Vita (film : 1960), Latin jazz, Lawrence Tibbett, Lupe Velez, Luxury Liner (film : 1948), Margo, Matanzas (Cuba), melodramas, Mexican movies, Mexico, music, New York City, Nuyoricans, Pérez Prado, Perez Prado, Puerto Ricans, race, Racial prejudice, racism, Ramona Ajón, reggaeton, René and Estela, René Rivero Guillén, rhumba, Robin Moore, Rock & Roll, Rock Around the Clock (film), rumba, Rumba (film : 1935), rumba dancers, rumberas films, rumberos, salsa, Santiago de Cuba, Sheet music covers, Silvano “Chori” Shueg, singers, slums, solares, soneros, swing, The Beat Goes On (Panel discussion), The Cuban Love Song (film: 1931), Tierra Brava (film : 1938), timbalero, timbaleros, Too Many Girls (film: 1940), Turn the Beat Around (Wolfsonian exhibition : Oct. 2022-April 2023), Un Extraño en la Escalera [A Stranger on the Stairs] (film : 1955), Underwater! (film : 1954), Xavier Cugat (1900-1990)
Celebrating the Legacy of Josephine Baker
• December 16, 2021 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, African American History, Civil Rights Movement, CLara Helena Palacio Luca, colonial propaganda, Cuba, dance, displays, donations, erotic art, France, Francis Xavier Luca, French consulate, gender, gifts, graphic arts, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Occupied France, playbills, programs, promotional materials, racism, rare books and special collections library, Second World War (1939-1945), The Wolfsonian Library, women, World War (1939-1945), World War II, WWII
Tags: Art Deco, Cabarets, celebrations, celebrities, civil rights, Consulate General of France in Miami, Copa City (nightclub : Miami Beach), cosmopolitanism, Croix de Guerre, dancers, Exposition Coloniale Internationale (Paris: 1931), Folies Bergere, French Pantheon, French Resistance, Havana (Cuba), Jazz Age, Jim Crow, Joséphine à Bobino 1975 (revue), Josephine Baker, Legion d'honneur, March on Washington (1963), modernism, naturalism, Paris (France), Paul Colin, performers, pochoirs, primitivism, Princess Tam-Tam (film : 1935), racism, segregation, singers, Siren of the Tropics (silent film : 1927), the Charleston (dance), Tropicana (Nightclub), Zouzou (film : 1934)
First Among Photographers, Margaret Bourke-White
• June 14, 2021 • 1 CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, acquisitions, American war propaganda, Communism, donations, Francis Xavier Luca, gender, gifts, Great Depression, leftist artists, Leonard A. Lauder, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., New Deal era, photography, racism, Russia, Second World War (1939-1945), skyscrapers, Soviet Union, The Wolfsonian Library, War Photography, women, World War (1939-1945), World War II, WWII, youth movements
Tags: "Men and Machines" (exhibition : NY : 1930), Adolf Hitler, Alfred Hitchcock, Americanization, Americanization classes, Anti-Religious Museum (Moscow), Breadlines, Buchenwald (concentration camp), Central Europe, Chain gangs, Cold War, Czechoslovakia, Dams, Dear Fatherland Rest Quietly (book : 1945), drought, Dust Bowl, dust storms, Erskine Caldwell, Eyes on Russia (book : 1931), factories, Farm Security Administration photographs, FDR, Female steel workers, Five Year Plan, floods, Fort Peck Dam, Fortune (magazine), gargoyles, Great Depression, Gypsies, Harry Hopkins (1890-1946), heads of state, Henry Luce, Hitler Youth, Hitler-Stalin Pact, House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), Hungary, industrial workers, industry, Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Korean War, Kremlin, Liebensraum, Life (magazine), Lifeboat (film : 1944), lifeboats, machines, Mahatma Gandhi, Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971), McCarthyism, Moravia, Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, North of the Danube (book : 1939), Nursing, One Thing Leads to Another: The Growth of an Industry (book : 1936), Photographers, Popular Front, racism, Red Scare, Rockefeller Centre, Roosevelt Administration, rural poverty, Russia at War (book : 1942), Russian front, Say Is This the U.S.A. (book : 1941), schools, segregation, shacks, Sharecroppers, Slovakia, soil erosion, solvents, South, Soviet Union, Statue of Liberty, steel workers, Tenant farmers, They Called It "Purple Heart Valley" (book : 1944), War photography, welders, workers, You Have Seen Their Faces (book : 1937)
Celebrating Black History Month
• February 28, 2018 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, acquisitions, African American History, American left artists, Anti-Nazi propaganda, Artists, bindings, book art, children's books, Civil Rights Movement, Communism, donations, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, graphic arts, Lynd Ward (1905-1985), museums, New Deal era, political art, Popular Front, racism, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War (1939-1945), World War II, WWII
Tags: African American history, African-American heroes, African-American role models, African-Americans, American League Against War and Fascism, August Mecklem Estate, Black History Month, calendars, Clara Helena Palacio Luca, Crypt Cracking, family life, Frederic Douglass, God's Man: A Novel In Woodcuts, graphic novels, Harlem, Harriet Tubman, heroes, Into the Stacks, Joe Louis, Knight Foundation, Lynd Kendall Ward (1905-1985), May McNeer, Nathaniel Sandler, North Star Shining / by Hildegarde Hoyt Swift, Novels, Patricia Frisella, poetry, protest poetry, race, racism, segregation, Socialism, Socialists, sociology, The Darker Brother / by Bucklin Moon, The Great Migration, The Negro Family / by E. Franklin Frazier, The Third Generation / by Chester B. Himes, Upsurge / by Robert Gessner, Wood and linoleum block printing, wood block prints, wood engraving
New Deal Ephemera
• October 5, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, Alabama, American left artists, Blue eagle, CCC, Christopher DeNoon, Civil Rights Movement, Civilian Conservation Corps, Communism, Communist Party of the United States, Communist Party of the United States of America, Communists, displays, FIU, FIU community, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, Great Depression, History Department, Hugo Gellert, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), International Labor Defense (ILD), leftist artists, Leonard A. Lauder, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, NRA, NYA, persuasive arts, racism, rare books and special collections library, Rural Electrification Administration (REA), stickers, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, visual thinking strategies, VTS, war propaganda, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, World War (1939-1945), World War II, WWII
Tags: 1936, Advertisements, aGatherin', Blue eagle (thunderbird) campaign, Broadsides, bulletins, calendars, campaign stickers, capitalism, Chain gangs, Christopher DeNoon, civil rights, Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Clara Helena Palacio Luca, Communists, Comrade Gulliver, Diane de Blois, Display cards, electric chairs, ephemera, Ephemera Society of America, fans, FDR, Federal Music Project (FMP), Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), Gabriel Over the White House, Great Depression, Hurricane Irma, jobs, Junior Seminar, Kara Accettola, Leonard A. Lauder, Little Sages Books, lynchings, Lynton Gardiner, Martijn F. Lecoultre, Movie Makers (periodical), National Recovery Administration (NRA), National Youth Administration (NYA), Negro Songs of Protest (song book), New Deal, Pamphlets, pennants, Photomontage, portfolio plates, posters, Public Works Administration (PWA), racism, rare books, rare periodicals, Robert Dalton Harris, Rosie the Riveter, Rural Electrification Administration (REA), Scottsboro Boys, Scottsboro Trial (Alabama), Second World War, sharecropping, Sheet music covers, Socialists, song books, Sound recordings, Supreme Court rulings, Swastikas, Tamiami Trail, tanks (military science), The Christopher DeNoon Collection for the Study of New Deal Culture, voting patterns, Women war workers, work, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
Recent Florida International University Class Visits to The Wolfsonian Library
• February 10, 2017 • 1 CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, African American History, American left artists, American war propaganda, Artists, book art, Communism, Communist Party of the United States, Communist Party of the United States of America, Communists, displays, donations, Fascism, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, gender, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, History Department, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), International Labor Defense (ILD), leftist artists, Leonard A. Lauder, library donors, Lin Shi Khan, Lynd Ward (1905-1985), memorabilia, museums, Nazi propaganda, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, persuasive arts, political art, Popular Front, posters, prohibition, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, racism, school visits to The Wolfsonian, Scottsboro Trial, Soviet Union, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, trains, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, World War II
Tags: 1930s, Adolf Hitler, African-Americans, anti-lynching campaigns, Autobahn, Blues, Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) International Labor Defense (ILD), Great Depression, Harlem Renaissance, highways, infrastructure construction, Jazz, lynchings, memory, New Deal, New Negro, race, Race trials, racism, railways, roads, Scottsboro Trial (Alabama), stereotypes, U.S. One
From the United States, to the Philippines, to Tokyo, to Cuba: BAA & NEH Scholars Visit The Wolfsonian–FIU
• June 18, 2016 • 1 CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, African American History, Alabama, American left artists, architecture, Artists, colonial propaganda, colonialism, Communist Party of the United States, Communist Party of the United States of America, Communists, curator, displays, exhibitions, Far East, FIU, FIU community, Florida International University, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, graphic arts, Japan, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, leftist artists, library donors, museums, Philippine American War, Philippine-American War (1899-1902), Philippines, Photograph albums, racism, rare books and special collections library, Rochelle T. Pienn, War Photography, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: African-Americans, Al Jolson, Anti-communism, Art Deco, Bavarian American Academy, Bayerische Amerika-Akademie, block print books, death penalty, Dr. Amy Bliss Marshall, Dr. Hitomi Yoshio, Dr. Steven Heine, electric chair, Felix Lewis, Francis Xavier Luca, Hap Hadley, Japan, Josephine Baker, Koizumi Kishio (1893-1945), Lidu Yi, lino-cut books, Mac Harshberger (1900-1975), National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Nicolae Harsanyi, Philippines, Promising Paradise: Cuban Allure--American Seduction (exhibition), Quit Cryin' the Blues, racism, Remembering Tokyo (exhibit), Rochelle Pienn, Scottsboro Boys, Scottsboro Trial (Alabama), stereotypes, summer institutes, summer programs, Tokyo: High City and Low City, United States
Nostalgia for Cuba: an exhibition, an installation, school visits, a fair, vintage automobiles, a film-noir thriller, and more…
• May 31, 2016 • 1 CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, cars, collectors, Cuba, Cuba Style, curator, curators, displays, donations, exhibit cases, exhibitions, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, interns, Joe Louis, library donors, memorabilia, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, photography, postcards, rare books and special collections library, school visits to The Wolfsonian, Student exhibit, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vintage postcards, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian Library volunteers, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian-FIU library exhibitions
Tags: "Brown Bomber", "Galveston Giant", 1950s, A Lady Without Passport (film: 1950), Advertisements, Alec Guinness, antique automobiles, Barbara Bollini Roca, baseball, beisbol, Boxeo, Boxeo y Beisbol: The Cuba-U.S. Sports Exchange, boxing, Burl Ives, Carteles (magazine), Cuba Nostalgia, CubaNostalgia, expos, Expositions, fairs, Ferries, Havana Collectibles, Havana Habit (book), Havana Nights (film series), Hedy Lamarr, Hotel Nacional, installations, Jack Johnson, Jackie Robinson, John Hodiak, Kaiser Sedan, Kid Gavilan, Marco Ansia, memorabilia, Miami Beach Cinematheque, Miami-Dade high school students, Minnie Minoso, nostalgia, Our Man in Havana (film: 1959), race, race relations, racism, Social (magazine), sports, Vicki Gold Levi, Vicki Gold Levi Collection, vintage cars
THE FALSE PROMISES OF PROPAGANDA: AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND THE GREAT WAR IN THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY COLLECTION
• February 8, 2015 • 1 CommentPosted in African American History, American war propaganda, Children's propaganda books, Civil Rights Movement, displays, exhibit cases, exhibitions, FIU, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, gender, graphic arts, History Department, Miami Ad School, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, Pamela K. Harer, political art, posters, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, student curators, Student exhibit, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women, World War (1914-1918), World War I, WWI
Tags: 369th Infantry Regiment, Addie Waite Hunton (1866-1943), African-Americans, American Expeditionary Force (AEF), American flags, “Negro” soldiers, Black History Month, Colonel Thomas A. Roberts, Colored troops, Croix de Guerre, E. G. Renesch (printer), Fireplaces, Hearths, Henry Lincoln Johnson (1897-1929), heroes, James Reese Europe (1881-1919), Joseph-Félix Boucher (1853-1937), Kathryn Magnolia Johnson (1878-?), Miami Ad School, Monika Pobog-Weckert, Negroes, Patriotism, prejudice, racial strife, racism, recruiting posters, segregation, the Great War, the Harlem Hellfighters, World War (1914-1918), WWI, YMCA
LOU REED: A WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY TRIBUTE
• October 29, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in 1930s, American left artists, Artists, book art, Communist Party of the United States, Communist Party of the United States of America, Communists, graphic arts, graphic designers, Great Depression, Jews, leftist artists, museums, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, persuasive arts, photography, political art, racism, rare books and special collections library, Scottsboro Trial, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Uncategorized, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, women
Tags: African-Americans, American Artists' Congress, Book jackets, boxing, Breadlines, burlesque, Charles Laborde (1886-1941), Clare Veronica Hope Leighton, Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA), Comrade Gulliver, Dirty Boulevard (song), Dust jackets, Erskine Caldwell, Harlem Renaissance, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), Ida Abelman, J. B. Turnbull, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, Lou Reed (1942-2013), low life, Lucienne Bloch, Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971), Miss Liberty, New York City, Peter Berent, racism, Rues et visages de New-York, Song lyrics, Statue of Liberty National Monument, urban life, Winold Reiss (1886-1953)
Wolfsonian-FIU Library 