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Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr.

American landscape architect, as was his eponymous son. Designer of New York's Central Park and others.

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American landscape designer, journalist, social critic, and public administrator (1822-1903)

Born 1822
Died 1903

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  • Cover of: The cotton kingdom: a traveller's observations on cotton and slavery in the American slave States, based upon three former volumes of journeys and investigations by the same author

    First published in 1861 19 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition cottonkingdomat07olmsgoog Cover of edition fredericklawolms0000unse Cover of edition cottonkingdomtra0000olms
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  • Cover of: A journey through Texas: or, A saddle-trip on the southwestern frontier, with a statistical appendix.

    First published in 1857 11 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition journeythroughte0000olms
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  • Cover of: A journey in the back country.

    First published in 1860 11 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition journeyinbackcou0000olms_a5d5 Cover of edition journeyinbackcou0000olms
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  • Cover of: The Cotton Kingdom: A Traveller's Observations On Cotton And Slavery In The American Slave States, 1853-1861

    First published in 2017 10 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Walks and talks of an American farmer in England

    First published in 1852 9 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition walkstalksfarmer01olmsrich Cover of edition walkstalksofamer00olmsrich Cover of edition walksandtalksan00olmsgoog
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  • Cover of: A journey in the seaboard slave states: with remarks on their economy

    First published in 1856 9 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition slavestatesbefor00olms
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  • Cover of: Frederick Law Olmsted, landscape architect, 1822-1903.

    First published in 1922 8 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition fredericklawolms01olmsrich Cover of edition fredericklawolms00olms
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  • Cover of: Journeys and explorations in the cotton kingdom: a traveller's observations ...

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  • Cover of: Civilizing American cities: a selection of Frederick Law Olmsted's writings on city landscapes.

    First published in 1971 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The papers of Frederick Law Olmsted.

    First published in 1977 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Public Parks: being two papers read before the American Social Science Association in 1870 and 1880, entitled, respectively, Public parks and the enlargement of towns and A consideration of the justifying value of a public park

    First published in 1902 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Wanderungen durch Texas und im mexicanischen Grenzlande

    First published in 1857 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The cotton kingdom: a traveller's observations on cotton and slavery

    First published in 1966 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition cottonkingdom0000unse
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  • Cover of: Mount Royal, Montreal

    First published in 1881 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1870 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Report on Mount Royal Park

    First published in 1874 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: A journey in the seaboard slave states in the years 1853-1854: with remarks on their economy

    First published in 1904 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: A journey in the back country in the winter of 1853-4

    First published in 1907 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Forty years of landscape architecture: Central Park

    First published in 1973 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Minnesota, North and South Dakota and Montana gazetteer and business directory

    First published in 1879 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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We need a photo of Frederick Law Olmsted, Sr.

American landscape designer, journalist, social critic, and public administrator (1822-1903)

Born 1822
Died 1903
Subjects
Description and travel, Slavery, Cotton growing, Travel, Economic conditions, History, Olmsted, frederick law, 1822-1903, Parks, Biography, City planning, Correspondence, Economic history, Landscape architects, Slavery, united states, Cotton manufacture, Hospitals, Landscape architecture, Parcs, Peninsular Campaign, 1862, Southern states, description and travel, Southern states, economic conditions, United States Sanitary Commission, Agriculture, Agriculture, great britain, Arts and society
Places
United States, Southern States, Central Park (New York, N.Y.), Mississippi River Valley, N.Y.) Central Park (New York, Québec (Province), Texas, Austin, California, Eagle Pass, England, Houston, Montréal, Montréal (Québec), Mount Royal (Québec), New York, New York (State), San Antonio, Virginia
People
Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903)
Time
19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865, 1775-1865, 1848-1869, 1850-1860, Meiguo

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Alternative names

  • Frederick Law Olmsted
  • Frederick Law Olmsted, comp.
  • FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED
  • Frederick Law Olmsted, 1822-1903
  • Frederick Law 1822-1903 Olmsted
  • Frederick Law] [Olmsted
  • Frederick Law Olmsted Olmsted
  • F. L. Olmsted

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May 10, 2018 Edited by LeadSongDog merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import