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Colleagues & Firm

Olmsted retired in 1895, but his sons, John Charles and FLO Jr., continued in his footsteps. Altogether, the Olmsted firm was a functioning landscape practice for over 100 years and touched nearly 6,000 landscapes across North America.

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Calvert Vaux

Pioneer of the American park movement.

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Charles Eliot

An early leader of the environmental movement.

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Frederick Law Olmsted Jr.

A landscape architect, planner, educator and conservationist.

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Henry Hobson Richardson

A friend and colleague with whom Olmsted reimagined America’s public spaces.

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John Charles Olmsted

A landscape architect and planner.

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The Olmsted Firm

The history of the firm founded by Frederick Law Olmsted Sr. and Calvert Vaux.