The Wolfsonian Library Unwrapped
• July 29, 2023 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, American architects, architects, architecture, Armistice Day, Art Deco, collectors, exhibitions, FIU, Florida International University, Francis Xavier Luca, Great Depression, hotels, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museum architecture, museums, photography, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian Library, Wolfsonian fellows, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff
Tags: Albert Wainwright, archives, Art Deco District, compact shelving, concrete repair, construction, costume design, expansion, façades, Florida International University, Hurricanes, IMLS, libraries, library installations, Mansions, Mark Hampton, Mediterranean revival architecture, Miami Beach history, museum facilities, renovation, Spanish-influenced architecture, storage facilities, the Great Hurricane of 1926, the Matthews family, The Wolfsonian, theater set design, University of Salamanca, Washington Storage Company, Washington Storage Company archive
MIAMI BEACH, TODAY AND YESTERDAY: CENTENNIAL CELEBRATIONS AND GLIMPSES OF THE CITY’S EARLY HISTORY
• April 22, 2015 • 1 CommentPosted in Uncategorized
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