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Title
Lithuanian
Cultural
Gardens
Postcard
Subject
Immigration and Ethnic Heritage
Arts and Entertainment
Plants and Animals
Gardens
Lithuanian Americans
Place
Cleveland (Ohio)
Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
Description
This
postcard
shows
the
Lithuanian
Garden
,
one
of the
Cleveland
Cultural
Gardens
in
Rockefeller
Park
.
It
measures
3.5
"
x
5.5
"
(8.89
x
13.97
cm)
. The
Lithuanian
Cultural
Garden
was
dedicated
in
1936
,
when
a
bust
of
Dr
.
Jonas
Basanavicius
, the
first
president
of the
Lithuanian
Republic
, was
unveiled
. The
bust
was
given
to the
city
by the
government
of
Lithuania
. The
garden
is
shaped
like
a
lyre
to
represent
the
Lithuanian
love
for
music
. The
stonework
portrays
the
nation's
history
from the
unification
of its
three
provinces
to its
rebirth
after
World
War
I
.
Lithuanians
first
arrived
in
Cleveland
in the
late
nineteenth
and
early
twentieth
centuries
and
served
as a
source
of
cheap
labor
for the
city's
industries
. The
second
wave
of
Lithuanians
arrived
in
Cleveland
in
post-World
War
II
after
Russia
took
control
of
Lithuania
.
Many
of the
second-wave
immigrants
believed
that the
Soviet
Union
would not
control
Lithuania
long
and
thus
focused
efforts
on
preserving
Lithuanian
culture
in
Cleveland
and also
lobbying
to
free
their
homeland
.
After
Lithuania
received
independence
in the
early
1990s
,
political
leaders
from
Lithuania
traveled
to
Cleveland
to
acknowledge
the
importance
of
lobbying
efforts
there. The
Cleveland
Cultural
Gardens
,
located
along
East
Boulevard
and
Martin
Luther
King
Jr
.
Boulevard
, are
landscaped
gardens
with
statuary
honoring
Cleveland's
ethnic
groups
.
During
the
dedication
of the
Shakespeare
Garden
in
1916
, the
city
decided
to
create
similar
areas
for
each
of the
city's
ethnic
communities
. The
first
of these
gardens
, the
Hebrew
garden
, was
established
in
1926
. On
May
9
,
1927
the
city
set
aside
part
of
Rockefeller
Park
for
future
gardens
. The
Italian
,
German
,
Lithuanian
,
Slovak
, and
Ukrainian
gardens
were
established
in
1930
; the
Polish
,
Hungarian
,
Czech
, and
Yugoslav
gardens
in
1934
; and the
American
,
Russian
,
Irish
,
Greek
, and
Syrian
gardens
in
1938
.
Romanian
,
Estonian
,
Afro-American
,
Chinese
,
Finnish
, and
Indian
gardens
have
since
been
added
.
Planning
and
fundraising
for
each
garden
was
undertaken
within
the
ethnic
communities
,
while
the
Cleveland
Cultural
Garden
Federation
(established
in
1925)
oversaw
planning
and
coordinated
various
joint
programs
.
Creator
George R. Klein News Company
Date of Original
1930
-
1940
circa
Collection
Cleveland
Parks
Rockefeller
Cultural
Gardens
Postcard
Collection
Source
Audiovisual material
Submitting Institution
Cleveland Public Library, Photograph Collection
Rights
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http://www.ohiohistory.org/resource/audiovis/photodup.html;
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om2015_2805050_001.tif
Image Height
1035
Image Width
1672
File Size
521.665 KB
Format
picture
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