Vacation and Representation
• August 3, 2022 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1940s, 1950s, acquisitions, Artists, collectors, colonial tourism, cruise ships, donations, Far East, FIU, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, interns, Japan, library donors, ocean liners, Orientalism, passenger ships, Philippines, promotional materials, racism, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian Library, Wolfsonian staff, world cruises
Tags: Advertisements, American President Lines, Asians, Chinese, Clippings, cruise line industry, Elany Sunez, Elise Grace Holloway, ephemera, Filipinos, Grace Line, indigenous peoples, Japanese Empire, library interns, Maxwell Sunez, ocean liners, SS President Hoover (ship), the Orient, tourist trade, Yokohama (Japan)
Conrado Massaguer Exhibition on Google Arts and Culture
• December 22, 2020 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, acquisitions, Adolf Hitler caricatures, Anti-Nazi propaganda, archives, Artists, collectors, Cuba, curator, donations, exhibitions, Francis Xavier Luca, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, Great Depression, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, persuasive arts, political art, postcards, promotional materials, propaganda, propaganda arts, The Wolfsonian Library, Vicki Gold Levi, war propaganda, Wolfsonian staff, World War (1939-1945), World War II, WWII
Tags: "new woman", Alcohol ads, Allies, American tourists in U.S.S.R, Archivo Nacional de Cuba, Art directors, Axis, bobbed hair, caricature, caricatures, caricaturists, Carteles (magazine), celebrities, Charles Dana Gibson (1867-1944), Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970), Chiang Kai Shek (1887–1975), Coca-cola, Collier's (magazine), Conrado Walter Massaguer, Cuba, Cuban exiles, Cuban Republic, Cubans, Delphic Studio (New York City), Dr. Eugenio Molinet Amoros, Erol Flynn, Fidel Castro, flappers, Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), Gerardo Machado, Gibson Girls, Google Arts and Culture, Grafico (magazine), Havana, John Nance Garner, Joseph Stalin (1879-1953), Lili Damita, Magazine covers, Mahatma Gandhi, Massa-Girls, Massaguer family, Maurice Chevalier, Merida (Mexico), Modern art, movie stars, New York World's Fair (1939-1940), photographs, politicians, publishers, Santa Claus, Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), Social (magazine), Three Wise Men, tourism, tourist trade, virtual exhibitions, William Powell, world leaders
From Birthday Bash to Art Basel
• December 21, 2019 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1920s, 1930s, 1950s, acquisitions, American left artists, Art Basel, bars, bindings, book art, British Army, cataloging, CLara Helena Palacio Luca, collectors, Communist Party of the United States of America, Cuba, displays, donations, exhibit cases, FIU, FIU community, FIU students, Florida International University, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, gifts, Great Britain, Hugo Gellert, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, leftist artists, library donors, memorabilia, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, political art, Popular Front, programs, rare books and special collections library, Second World War (1939-1945), The Wolfsonian Library, war propaganda, Wolfsonian staff, World War (1939-1945), World War II, WWII
Tags: 18th Amendment (Prohibition), A Universe of Things: Micky Wolfson Collects (exhibition), Aaron Douglas (1899-1979), African American poets, Al Hirschfeld, Art Basel, Book jackets, British Empire, caricatures, Charles Cullen, Countee Cullen, Daniel Morris, Fidel Castro, FIU marching band, Follies Bergere, Francis Xavier Luca, Great Britain, Harlem Renaissance, Havana (Cuba), Havana Chronicle (magazine), Historical Design, Hugo Gellert (1892-1985), illustrated books, Japanese Empire, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Judith Berson-Levinson, Lea Nickless, Leonard Finger, Livia Cinquegrano, Louis Miano, Lutron Electronics, Marianne Lamonaca, Mark B. Rosenberg, Miami Beach (Florida), Miguel Covarrubias (1904-1957), Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Nightclubs, Nu Deco Ensemble, poetry, Prohibition, Richard Miltner, Rockwell Kent (1882-1971), Roger Arvid Anderson, Saville Ryan, Shoshana Resnikoff, Souvenirs, Speak-easies, Suffragettes, tourism, tourist trade, Tropicana, U.S. Army Air Forces, VIP visitors, Washington Storage Company
The Artwork and Caricatures of Conrado Walter Massaguer
• May 31, 2019 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, acquisitions, Artists, collectors, Cuba, donations, exhibitions, Francis Xavier Luca, gender, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, NRA, promotional materials, The Wolfsonian Library, Wolfsonian staff, World's fairs
Tags: "new woman", Advertisements, Allied leaders, Art directors, artists, Bacardi, bellboys, Benito Mussolini, bobbed hair, Calvin Coolidge, caricatures, caricaturists, carousels, Carteles (magazine), Casino Nacional (Havana Cuba), celebrities, Censorship, Charles Dana Gibson, Charlie Chaplin, Che Guevara, Collier's (magazine), Conrado W. Massaguer, Cosmo Hamilton's People Worth Talking About (book), Cuba, Cuban pavilion, Cuban presidents, Cuban Republic, Cubans, Delphic Studio (New York City), dominos, El Figaro (magazine), Emilio Cueto, Fidel Castro, flappers, Fulgencio Batista, Gerardo Machado, Ghandi, Gibson Girls, Grafico (magazine), Great Depression, Greta Garbo, Guignol (book), Havana, Havana (Cuba), Havana Ateneo, high society, honeymoon, Jaime Valls, Keseven Anuncios (Advertising firm), King Features Syndicate, La Primera Exposicion de Humor, Laredo Bru, League of Nations, Leonard Finger, Life (magazine), Magazines, Maltina, Mana-Zucca, Mario G. Menocal, Massa-Girls, Maurice Chevelier, Mercurio (Advertising firm), Merida, merry-go-rounds, Mexico, Miami Music Club, Mimi Aguglia, Minoristas (group of artists), modernists, murals, National Recovery Administration (NRA), New Deal, New York City, New York Military Academy, New York World's Fair (1939-1940), NRA, Oscar Massaguer, publishers, Ramiro Fernandez, revolutionaries, Rudyard Kipling, rumba dancers, rumberas, Santa Claus, sexual liberation, Sheet music covers, Social (magazine), Son Cubano, Stock Market Crash, The Miami News (newspaper), The New Tropic, The New York World's Fair (1939-40), Today (magazine), tourism, tourist trade, tourists, trend-setters, Waldorf-Astoria, women, world leaders, Yucatan
BONNIE BITS O’ BONNIE SCOTLAND: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE HIGHLANDERS FROM THE WOLFSONIAN COLLECTION
• September 20, 2014 • 1 CommentPosted in donations, gifts, Great Britain, 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: 20th century, Aberdeen (Scotland), Angus (Scotland), Braveheart (film), British Empire Exhibition (1938: Glasgow), Castle of Mey, Cigarette sticker books, Cowal Highland Gathering, Cycling maps (Scotland), Dunoon (Scotland), Edinburgh (Scotland), Empire, ephemera, Expositions, Glasgow (Scotland), Glasgow International Exhibition (1901), Great Britain, International exhibitions, National exhibitions, Nationalisms, Northern Highlands (Scotland), Referendum, San Diego Historical Society, Scotland, Scottish Exhibition of National History Art and Industry (1911: Glasgow), Secession movements, tourist trade, Travel and tourism, UK, Union, United Kingdom, William Wallace, World's Fairs
A LUXURIOUS TOUR DE FORCE: LE MIAMI, AMERICAN EXCURSIONIST, AND THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY COLLECTION
• June 14, 2014 • 1 CommentPosted in 1930s, cars, children's books, collectors, cruise ships, Cuba, dance, displays, donations, Dr. Laurence Miller, gifts, graphic arts, graphic designers, Great Depression, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Laurence Miller Collection, library donors, memorabilia, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museum architecture, museums, ocean liners, oceanliners, Panama Canal, passenger ships, persuasive arts, Photograph albums, postcards, posters, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, streamlined cars, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Theodore Pietsch, Theodore W. Pietsch, trains, transatlantic voyages, Vicki Gold Levi, Vintage postcards, VIP vistors, Virtual library displays, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wonders Never Cease: The 100th Anniversary of the Panama Canal (Exhibition), world cruises
Tags: advertising, Air travel, airships, American Excursionist, Around the world cruises, Art Deco architecture (Miami Beach), Biscayne Bay Speed Boat Regattas, Blackfeet Indians, Blackstone Cigar, Buick (automobile), Buses, California Limited (train), Canadian Pacific (railroad), Carl G. Fisher (1874-1939), Children's books, Clyde-Mallory Lines, Cuba, Cuban National Tourist Commission, Digital Asset Manager Derek Merleaux, Digital Resources Photographer David Almeida, domestic tourism, Downtown Miami (Fla.), Empire Builder (train), Flamingo Hotel (Miami Beach Fla.), Frederic A. Sharf, golf courses, Gondolas, Great Hurricane of 1926, Greyhound (bus service), H. Lawrence Wiggins III, Highway Traveler (magazine), Hindenburg (airship), Hotel Varadero, Hurricanes, Illinois Central Railroad, Indians in commercial art, Laurence Miller Collection, LE Miami (tradeshow), Little Havana, luxury hotels, luxury liners, Luxury travel, Maps, Mediterranean-revival style architecture, menus, Miami Beach Centennial, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., Nautilus Hotel (Miami Beach Fla.), Nippon Ysen Kaisha (N.Y.K. Line), Norddeutsheler Lloyd Bremen (North German Lloyd), North American Indians in art, Oriental Limited (train), Panama Line, Planes, polo grounds, Pueblo Indians, Roney Plaza Hotel (Miami Beach), Rosie the elephant, Sabena (airline), Sans Souci (nightclub), Santa Fe (railroad), Sharf Associate Librarian Rochelle Pienn, Sightseeing tours, Snowbirds, South Beach (Florida), Souvenirs, Swimming pools, T. W. Pietsch, Tea dances, Tennis courts, Thomas C. Ragan Collection, tourism, tourist trade, U.S.-Cuba tourist trade, U.S.-Cuba travel, Vicki Gold Levi Collection, Washington Storage Company (Miami Beach Fla.), Winold Reiss (1886-1953), Wonders Never Cease: The 100th Anniversary of the Panama Canal (Wolfsonian library exhibit), zeppelins
RUSSIA, CRIMEA AND UKRAINE IN THE 1930s: RECENT WOLFSONIAN ACQUISITIONS
• April 11, 2014 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, Communism, donations, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, political art, posters, propaganda, propaganda arts, propaganda posters, rare books and special collections library, Russia, Soviet propaganda, Soviet Union, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: American tourists in U.S.S.R, Annexations, Anti-Communist Propaganda, Battleship Potemkin (film : 1925), Black Sea ports, Boulevard Steps (Odessa), Charkow (Karkov), Crimea, Crimean War (1854-1855), Dnjepropetrovsk, Kiev (Ukraine), Kremlin, Lea Nickless, Livadia (Yalta), Mitchell Wolfson Jr., NPR, Odessa (Ukraine), Odessa Steps, Palace of State Industry (Ukraine), Petershof (Leningrad), Potemkin Steps, Propaganda posters, Red Square, Russia, Secession movements, Sergei Eisenstein (1898-1948), Soviet museums, Soviet Union, tourism, tourist trade, U.S.S.R., Ukraine, Vladimir Putin, Winter Olympic Games (Sochi), Winter Palace (St. Petersburg), Yalta
FROM FDR’S “GOOD NEIGHBOR” POLICY TO HOSPITALITY DESIGN AMERICAS EXPO: REFLECTIONS FROM THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY
• September 25, 2013 • Leave a CommentPosted in 1930s, acquisitions, collectors, Communism, cruise ships, displays, donations, exhibitions, FDR, gifts, Great Depression, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, library donors, museums, New Deal, New Deal (1933-1939), New Deal era, ocean liners, oceanliners, passenger ships, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, Rio de Janeiro, Soviet Union, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War II, WWII
Tags: American Historical Association, American interventionism, Brazil, Brochures, Buenos Aires (Argentina), Cargo ships, Clara Helena Palacio Luca, Cold War, FDR, Francis Xavier Luca, GI Rountable series, Good Neighbor Fleet, Good Neighbor Policy, Hospitality Design Americas, Latin America, Miami Beach Convention Center, Montevideo (Uruguay), Moore-McCormack Lines, Pamphlets, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945), Rio de janeiro (Brazil), S.S. Argentina, S.S. Uruguay, See the Americas First campaign, Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), Thomas C. Ragan, tourism, tourist trade, U.S.S.R., Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
A VERY WOLFSONIAN MEDITERRANEAN VACATION
• June 23, 2013 • 1 CommentPosted in architects, architecture, Artists, cruise ships, displays, donations, Dr. Laurence Miller, Earthquakes, exhibitions, FIU, Florida International University, gifts, Green Library, Italy, Laurence Miller Collection, library donors, monumental architecture, museum architecture, museum conservation, museums, ocean liners, passenger ships, postcards, posters, preservation, propaganda, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, theatre, Vienna Secession, Wiener Werkstatte, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian Library volunteers, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, Wolfsonian-FIU exhibitions, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: Acropolis Museum (Athens), Angiolo Mazzoni (1894-1979), Antonio Giuseppe Santagata (1888-1985), Assisi (Italy), Bell-towers, Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Beth Dunlop, Bon Voyage (Wolfsonian library exhibit), cafes, Calabria, Catania (Sicily), Cathedrals, Chania (Crete), Churches, Civitavecchia, CLara Helena Palacio-de Luca, Classical ruins, classical statues, Dale Chihuly (1941- ), deck plans, discotheques, Dr. Laurence Miller, Duilio Cambellotti (1876-1960), Eastern Mediterranean, Egon Schiele (1890-1918), Ephesus, Francis Xavier Luca, frescoes, Greek ruins, Greek Theatres, Ideal Gladstone, Kuşadası (Turkey), La Casa Madre dell'Associazione Naz. Mulitati e Invalidi in Rome, Latina, Leonard A. Lauder, Littoria, Madonnina, Marcello Piacentini (1881-1960), Maya-inspired architecture, menus, Messina (Sicily), Messina Earthquake of 1908, Morris Lapidus (1902-2001), mosques, Mount Etna, Mt. Etna, Museo Duilio Cambellotti, Navigator of the Seas, Ostia Antica, Parthenon, Piraeus (Greece), Pontine marshes, Port of Piraeus, postcards, posters, Rex (steamship), Roman ruins, Rome, Royal Caribbean, San Diego Historical Society, spaghetti, Spires, stained glass, Syracusa, Taormina (Sicily), Thomas C. Ragan, tourism, tourist trade, tourist trinkets, Vatican, Vatican Museums, Venice, Vienna Secession, Vienna Workshop, Virgin Mary, volcanoes, White Star Line
SOS: SS UNITED STATES CONSERVANCY GROUP VISITS THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY
• October 10, 2012 • 1 CommentPosted in displays, donations, Dr. Laurence Miller, exhibitions, gifts, Hamburg-American Line, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museum conservation, museums, New Deal era, ocean liners, oceanliners, passenger ships, promotional materials, Rio de Janeiro, Ruth Kruger, S.S. Resolute, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, transatlantic voyages, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian library exhibits, Wolfsonian museum library, world cruises
Tags: Ada Peacock, Advertisements, American Caribbean Line, American Export Lines, American President Lines, Argentina, Brazil, Cathy Leff, Dan McSweeney, deck plans, ephemera, Gaucho, Good Neighbor Fleet, Hamburg-American Line, Joyce Landry, Laurence Miller, luxury liners, matchcovers, menus, Moore-McCormack Lines, museum directors, ocean liners, photographs, promotional brochures, Ruth Keyser Kruger, SS America, SS United States (Steamships), SS United States Conservancy, Susan Gibbs, Thomas C. Ragan, tourist trade, U.S. flag shipping, United States Line, Uruguay
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