Bohemian Brass Candlestick, c. 1900s
date: label: Date made
content: c. 1875
name: label: user
content: Benes, Josef
notes: label: Description
content: Brought from Bohemia (now Hungary) by Josef Benes and his wife, Katherine Syrwy Benes, when they immigrated to the United States in 1882. Their daughter, Carol Benes Miller, the donor, recalled, "We used it in Chicago, when we 4 girls had to go into back yard outhouse in 1892 till we moved into a cold water flat that had a bathroom." Their first home in Chicago was at Ashland Ave. & 20th St., according to the donor, and she was about 3 or 4 years old at the time the family moved to the United States.
place: label: Place Made
content: Czech Republic: Bohemia
label: Place Made
content: Czech Republic: Bohemia
topic: label: referenced
content: Immigration
label: referenced
content: Migration
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content: Home and Community Life: Ethnic
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content: Many Voices, One Nation
label: Exhibition
content: Many Voices, One Nation
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Caroline Benés Miller
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0767.01
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0767.01
label: accession number
content: 1982.0767
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Candlestick
label: Object Name
content: candle holder
label: Object Name
content: candlestick
label: Object Type
content: candlesticks
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 cm x 8.4 cm; 2 3/4 in x 3 5/16 in