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
Visit by Mandela Washington Fellows
• July 8, 2017 • Leave a CommentPosted in acquisitions, Boers, British Army, collectors, colonial propaganda, colonial tourism, colonialism, cruise ships, donations, FIU, Florida International University, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, gifts, Italy, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Laurence Miller Collection, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., ocean liners, rare books and special collections library, South African War, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian staff, women, Zulus
Tags: Abissinia, Africa, Africa Oriental, Africans, Angola, Aurelio Bertiglia, bas relief, Belgian Congo, Brochures, Charles Montague Elliott Wilson, Colonial expositions, Congo, Deutsch Afrika-Linien, Deutsche Ost-Afrika-Linie, East Africa, Equatorial Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, European colonies in Africa, Gabon, indigenous peoples, International exhibitions, Italo-Ethiopian War (1935-1936), Mandela Washington Fellowship, Maps, Mocambique, Musee des Colonies (Paris), native peoples, Niger, photograph albums, Portuguese empire, Sierra Leone, Sketchbooks, Somalia, Somaliland, South Africa, Steve Heller, sub-Saharan Africa, Union Castle Line, Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI), Zanzibar, Zulus
All Aboard! Recent Visit to The Wolfsonian by the SSHSA Board Members
• February 1, 2017 • 1 CommentPosted in Art Deco, cataloging, collectors, cruise ships, Cunard Line, decorative arts, displays, donations, Florida International University students, Francis Xavier Luca, Frederic A. Sharf, gifts, graphic arts, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Laurence Miller Collection, library donors, Mitchell Wolfson Jr., museums, ocean liners, oceanliners, promotional materials, rare books and special collections library, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, world cruises
Tags: Ada Peacock, Black Sea Steamship Company, Bremen (Steamship), Brochures, Canadian Pacific Line, Carnival Cruise Line, Colonial tourism, Compagnie Generale Transatlantique, Conte Grande (steamship), Crystal Garcia, Cunard Line, deck plans, Dunnottar Castle (steamship), Europa, Felix Roussel (steamship), Franconia (steamship), Fred Sharf, French Line, Good Neighbor Fleet, Great Lakes, H.M.S. Imperieuse, H.M.S. Sultan, H.M.S. Superb, Ile de France (steamship), Incres Line, Jean Dunand, John Henry, Laurence Miller, Liberte (steamship), logbooks, M.S. Victoria (steamship), menus, Messageries Maritimes, Moore-McCormack Lines, Norddeutsheler Lloyd Bremen (North German Lloyd), Normandie (Steamship), ocean liner aficionados, ocean liners, Pacific Line, Promotional materials, R.M.S. Alcantara (steamship), R.M.S. Edinburgh Castle, R.M.S. Pretoria Castle (steamship), Red Star Line, Reina del Pacifico (steamship), Round the World cruises, Royal Mail Lines, S. S. Belgenland (Steamship), S.A. Oranje (steamship), S.S. Argentina (steamhsip), Safmarine, SSHSA, St. Lawrence River Valley, Steamship Historical Society of America, steamships, Thomas Ragan, travel, Tropicale (cruiseship), Union Castle Line
“Every Thursday at 4 p.m….”: Wolfsonian reminiscences of the Union Castle Line
• November 4, 2015 • 1 CommentPosted in ocean liners, oceanliners, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian Library volunteers, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library
Tags: Dr. Laurence Miller, Laurence Miller Collection, South Africa, Union Castle Line
DAZZLED! CAMOUFLAGE DESIGNED TO CONFUSE RATHER THAN HIDE: SOME WWI EXAMPLES FROM THE WOLFSONIAN LIBRARY COLLECTION
• August 6, 2014 • 2 CommentsPosted in automobile design, cars, ocean liners, rare books and special collections library, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, wartime Britain, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, World War I, WWI
Tags: “Drab Painting”, battleships, Blast (Vorticist manifesto), Burlington House, Camouflage, Cubism, Dazzle Painting, Doré Gallery, E. G. Fuller, Edward Wadsworth (1889-1949), Futurism, merchant marine, naval campaigns, Norman Wilkinson (1878-1971), Omega Workshops, Rebel Art Centre, Royal Academy of Arts (Piccadilly London), Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, ships, submarine warfare, the Great War, Troopships, U-Boats, Union Castle Line, Vorticism, Vorticists, warships, World War I, WWI, Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NELSON MANDELA! CELEBRATING WITH SOME SOUTH AFRICA ARTIFACTS FROM THE WOLFSONIAN COLLECTION
• July 18, 2013 • 2 CommentsPosted in 1899-1902, Boers, book art, British Army, colonial propaganda, colonialism, cruise ships, donations, Dr. Laurence Miller, Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf, Jean S. and Frederic A. Sharf Collection, Laurence Miller Collection, library donors, museums, ocean liners, passenger ships, Photograph albums, political art, postcards, posters, promotional materials, propaganda, propaganda arts, racism, rare books and special collections library, South African War, The Wolfsonian-FIU library, Vintage postcards, war propaganda, Wolfsonian, Wolfsonian library, Wolfsonian library collection, Wolfsonian museum library, Wolfsonian-FIU library, world cruises
Tags: Anti-Aparthied activists, Apartheid, Billy Bragg's "Chile Your Waters Run Red Through Soweto" (song), Cry Freedom (film : 1987), ephemera, First Anglo-Boer War (1880-1881), Free Nelson Mandela (song), Ideal Gladestone, Invictus (2009), John Gladstone, Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman, Nelson Mandela (1918- ), ocean liners, Peter Gabriel's Biko, postcards, Promotional materials, Reconciliation, rugby, San Diego Historical Society, Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902), Sketchbooks, South Africa, South African War (1899-1902), Stephen Bantu Biko (1946-1977), Union Castle Line, Union Castle Mail Steamship Company
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