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American landscape architect, farmer and writer Frederick Olmsted (1822 – 1903) who, with English […] (American landscape architect, farmer and writer Frederick Olmsted (1822 – 1903) who, with English born architect Calbert Vaux, won the competition to design Central Park, 1857. (Photo by Museum of the City of New York/Getty Images))
American landscape architect, farmer and writer Frederick Olmsted (1822 – 1903) who, with English born architect Calbert Vaux, won the competition to design Central Park, 1857. (Photo by Museum of the City of New York/Getty Images)