Central Park designers Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux created the urban oasis of Chicago's Jackson Park. The "Golden Lady" sculpture is a remnant of the World's Fair, which was held on these grounds in 1893.
Photograph by Melissa Farlow
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