Do you know what I love the most about blogging with Czechmate Diary? I learn something new almost every day! For instance, take this example: did you know that Baltimore used to have a neighborhood called Little Bohemia? I had no idea this Maryland capital has traces of Czech heritage!
I guess the city is known for its painted screens (see image above), which seem to be a mark of almost every house. This popular art craze was started by a CZECH GUY, William Octavec, who in 1913 painted his first screen, illustrating goods for sale inside his store.
This eye-opening article was sent to me by one of you guys, so thank you! If you would like to read the whole story click here.
CZ: Vite, co se mi na blogovani s Czechmate Diary libi nejvic? Ze se neustale dovidam plno novych informaci. Napriklad toto: vedeli jste, ze Baltimore, hlavni mesto Marylandu, mival mestkou ctvrt zvanou “Little Bohemia”? A to neni vsechno! Toto mesto je pry take velmi zname svymi malbami na oknech skoro kazdeho domecku. Tento prazvlastni malirsky trend zacal v roce 1913 Cech William Octavec, ktery se rohodl pokreslit okna sve samoobsluhy obrazky zbozi, ktere bylo v krame k dostani.
Clanek mi poslala jedna ctenarka, tak ji za to vrele dekuji. Podrobnosti si muzete precist zde.
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Ric Ocasek lead singer for The Cars was born in Baltimore. His wife is Czech model Paulina Porizkova.
wow, I had no idea about the post or about Vocasek! Now it all makes sense 😉
Ric Ocasek born Richard T Otcasek maybe during Ellis Island they misspelled his ancestor’s name
Baltimore had a large Czech population. Since most migration occurred in the late 1800’s they called themselves Bohemian. Most settled in Northeast Baltimore around St Wenceslaus church. The city had National Bohemian Beer, Bohemian Democratic Clubs etc.