"LILAC TIME in Highland Park, Rochester, N. Y. Air view at Highland Park at the height of its beauty, with the famous lilacs in the foreground and Colgate-Rochester Divinity School, WHAM television tower and Highland Reservior in the background."
Ektachrome by Fred Powers
Dated mid 1950's
Pub. by Marks & Fuller, Rochester, N. Y.
Made by Dexter Press, Inc., West Nyack, N. Y.
Number: 59529

"Rochester, N. Y.
Lilac Capital of the World
The world's largest collection of lilacs - 535 varieties and over 1,500 shrubs . . . is at its full glory during the annual Lilac Time Festival in Rochester. The spectacular display, usually at its peak the last two weeks of May, covers 22 acres in Monroe County's famed Highland Park and is illuminated each evening for thousands of visitors."
Dated: unknown
Pub. by Manson News Distributors, Rochester, N. Y.
Made by Dexter Press, Inc., West Nyack, N. Y.
Number: 96842
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