International Flower Show: Model Main Street--Scale Model

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Object Details

Collection Creator

Garden Club of America

Collection Citation

Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Gardens, The Garden Club of America collection.

sova.aag.gca_ref28488

GUID

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kb6677b9a1a-c054-4b4c-9aa4-8b90bf1b8212

General

Mrs. Jonathan Fairchild Butler chaired the planning committee for the show. She created the idea for the Model Main Street and made the plan for the exhibit. The exhibit was awarded the Gold Medal of the International Flower Show, the New York Flower Show Medal of the Federated Garden Clubs of New York State, Inc. (to the Garden Club of America), and an inscribed silver platter from the Duropean Travel Commission. Mrs. Butler also received the Garden Club of America Medal of Merit.

Historic plate number: "1."

Place

New York (State) -- New York City

United States of America -- New York -- New York

Topic

Flower shows

Streets

Models and modelmaking

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The Garden Club of America collection

The Garden Club of America collection / Series 1: United States Gardens / New York / NY208: New York -- International Flower Show

Extent

1 Photograph (lantern slide, color, 3.25 x 4 in.)

Date

5 March 1951

Archival Repository

Archives of American Gardens

Identifier

AAG.GCA, Item NY208177

Type

Archival materials

Photographs

Lantern slides

Collection Rights

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Genre/Form

Lantern slides

Collection Restrictions

Access to original archival materials by appointment only. Researcher must submit request for appointment in writing. Certain items may be restricted and not available to researchers. Please direct reference inquiries to the Archives of American Gardens: aag@si.edu.

AAG.GCA_ref28488

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