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Olmsted Brothers firm announcement

1906-07-02

Olmsted, John Charles, 1852-1920, Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1870-1957

M006-II-a-B3F16

Collection: Percival Gallagher Papers, 1885-1934, undated
series IIMemorabilia, 1885-1934, undated
subseries aGeneral, 1885-1934, undated
file B3F16Announcement of Percival Gallagher rejoining Olmsted Firm, 1906 July 2
Item: Olmsted Brothers firm announcement

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Item details

Creators
Olmsted, John Charles, 1852-1920,Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1870-1957
Creation Date

1906-07-02

Identifier

PG_II_B003_F016_001-002

Formats

announcements, correspondence, envelopes

Subjects

Landscape architects, Landscape architecture, Olmsted Brothers, Olmsted, Olmsted, and Eliot, Dawson, James F. (James Frederick), 1874-1941, Olmsted, Frederick Law, 1870-1957, Gallagher, Percival

Geographic Location

Brookline (Mass.)

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JOHN CHARLES OLMSTED AND FREDERICK LAW OLMSTED, JR., COMPOSING THE FIRM OF OLMSTED BROTHERS, ANNOUNCE THAT THEY HAVE ASSOCIATED WITH THEMSELVES IN THE PRACTICE OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, PERCIVAL GALLAGHER AND JAMES FREDERICK DAWSON.

MR. GALLAGHER, AFTER STUDIES AT THE BUSSEY INSTITUTION AND HARVARD COLLEGE, ENTERED THE OFFICE OF OLMSTED, OLMSTED AND ELIOT, IN, JULY, 1894, REMAINING WITH THAT FIRM AND ITS SUCCESSORS, UNTIL BECOMING A MEMBER IN JULY, 1904, OF PRAY AND GALLAGHER, LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS, FROM WHICH FIRM HE NOW WITHDRAWS. HE IS A JUNIOR MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS.

MR. DAWSON, AFTER PROFESSIONAL STUDIES AT THE BUSSEY INSTITUTION, ENTERED THE OFFICE OF OLMSTED, OLMSTED AND ELIOT, IN JULY, 1893, AND HAS REMAINED WITH THAT FIRM AND ITS SUCCESSORS IN A POSITION OF GROWING RESPONSIBILITY, UNTIL THE PRESENT TIME. HE IS A JUNIOR MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS.

BROOKLINE, MASS.
2ND JULY 1906.



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