First Public Camellia Show

First Public Camellia Show is a Georgia historical marker in Bibb County, dedicated 1957.

On Third Street, between Cherry and Mulberry Streets in Macon.

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After a revival of interest in camellias, the first public Camellia Show in the U.S. was held Feb. 5, 1932 at Burden-Smith & Co. At the suggestion of Henry T. Conner, immediately after the show, the Azalea and Camellia Soc. of America, forerunner of the American Camellia Soc., was formed with 48 charter members. Maconites serving as officers -- all of whom, with the Vineville Garden Club, directed the show -- were T.J. Stewart, James H. Porter, Dr. W.G. Lee, Henry T. Conner. J.G. Bailie of Augusta was treasurer. At the Dempsey Hotel, Sept. 29, 1945, the American Camellia Society was organized. Dr. H. Harold Hume, Univ. of Fla., was its first president.

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Historical maps covering this location

1895 · Gen. map IX. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1895 · Gen. map VIII. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1901 · Map of South Carolina (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1908 · Sanborn Fire Insurance Map — Macon-Bibb County, Ga. (1908) (OldInsuranceMaps.net — Sanborn Map Collection)
1927 · N. & S. Carolina. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Gen. map IX, 1895, covering the location of First Public Camellia Show, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Gen. map IX, 1895, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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