Statue of Liberty Hanukkah Lamp, 1986
date: label: date made
content: 1986
label: date made
content: 1922
name: label: maker
content: Anson, Manfred
notes: label: Description
content: Many immigrants to the United States sought to preserve their cultural heritage while at the same time embracing their new identity as Americans. Manfred Anson did so in designing this Hanukkah lamp to mark the centennial of the Statue of Liberty in 1986. Anson, who escaped Nazi Germany as a teenager, later reunited with family who had immigrated to the United States. For this lamp, Anson combined a traditional Polish menorah and figurines cast from a 19th century Statue of Liberty souvenir. The nine Statue of Liberty figurines are engraved with the names of a person or event central to Jewish history including (L-to-R) the founding of the State of Israel, 1948; the Holocaust or Shoah, 1939-1945; Theodore Herl's meeting of the Zionist Congress of 1897; Galut; the First and Second Jewish Revolts against the Romans; the Revolt led by Judah Maccabee, 188 BCE; the Babylonian Exile of 597-537 BCE; and the Exodus from Egypt.
place: label: place made
content: United States
topic: label: historical
content: Judaism
label: general subject association
content: Citizenship
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content: Political History: Political History, General History Collection
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content: Government, Politics, and Reform
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content: American Democracy: A Great Leap of Faith
label: Exhibition
content: American Presidency
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Aaron Feingold and Mark and Peachy Levy
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2010.0158.01
label: catalog number
content: 2010.0158.01
label: accession number
content: 2010.0158
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lamp
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: brass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 23 1/2 in x 17 in x 7 in; 59.69 cm x 43.18 cm x 17.78 cm