“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
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UP, UP, AND AWAY: AIRSHIPS ON EXHIBIT AND ONLINE FROM THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY COLLECTION
• August 1, 2013 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1930s, airplanes, cars, Dr. Nicolae Harsanyi, exhibitions, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, ocean liners, passenger ships, photography, portfolios, postcards, posters, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, streamlined cars, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, trains, transatlantic voyages, Vintage postcards, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library
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UNHAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO YOU! THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY COMMEMORATES THE HINDENBURG DISASTER
• May 8, 2012 • 2 CommentsPosted in memorabilia, passenger ships, postcards, posters, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, skyscrapers, transatlantic voyages, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library
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OBSCURA DAY TOUR OF SOME OF THE MORE OBSCURE OBJECTS IN THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY
• May 2, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted in acquisitions, bindings, collectors, displays, donations, Dutch Art Nouveau, gender, graphic arts, library donors, memorabilia, museums, political art, postcards, promotional materials, propaganda, rare books and special collections library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, women
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