Highland Park Index

VINTAGE VIEWS OF ROCHESTER

HIGHLAND PARK

TIMELINE
HIGHLAND PARK POST CARDS

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1888

20 acres of Ellwanger & Barry's Nursery, adjoining the city reservoir, donated to city for park. Design by landscape architect Frederic Law Olmsted focused on horticultural. E & B donate rare trees and shrubs.

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1890

Sept. 29, Children's Pavilion on hilltop is dedicated.
Planting of several thousand flowering shrubs begins.

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1891

John Dunbar from Long Island is hired as a full time horticlturalist.

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1895

Anonymous gift (by Walter Duffy & George Eastman) enlarges to 150 acres.

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1898

May lilacs draw 3,000 visitors to the 22 acre garden. News of the spring show is spread by word of mouth, there had been no announcements.

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1911

Bobsled runs open.
Highland Park Conservatory opens.

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1932

Lilac Festival Committee takes over Lilac Sunday promotion

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1947

Frederick Douglass statue moved from downtown (Central Ave. / St. Paul St.) to Highland bowl (near his home)

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1948

June 11, GAR pageant for James A Hard, Rochester's last Civil War vet, 13,000 attend.

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    Pavilion, Highland Park, Rochester, NY
    Skyline of Rochester, NY seen from Highland Park.
     Highland Park Reservoir, Rochester, NY
    The Fountain at the Reservoir, Rochester, NY
     Fountain in Reservoir, Highland Park, Rochester, N. Y.
    Lamberton Memorial Conservatory, Highland Park, Rochester, NY
    Dewey Trophy Cannon, taken in Spanish War, Mounted in Highland Park, Rochester, NY
    Walk and Drive, Highland Park, Rochester, NY
     A View in Highland Park, Rochester, NY
    Rhododendron Valley, Highland Park, Rochester, NY
    Rhododendron Path and Pavilion, Highland Park, Rochester, NY
    Rustic Walk, Highland Park, Rochester, NY
    Walk in Highland Park, Rochester, NY
     Aerial View, Highland Park, Rochester, NY
    Parade of the Queens - Lilac Festival, Highland Park, Rochester, NY
     Frederick Douglas Monument, Highland Park, Rochester, N. Y.
     Highland Park Bowl, Rochester, NY
     Enjoy Lilac Time in Rochester - see the World's largest collection of lilacs
     Highland Park, Rochester, NY
     Lilac Time in Highland Park
     Dr. Lindley Lilacs, Highland Park, Rochester, NY

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