This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Golden Lady statue gilded at Jackson Park exposition
Hyde Parkers recall the 1893 gold gilding of the Statue of the Republic known as the Golden Lady at the World's Columbian Exposition. The gilding near the manufacturers building on the lagoon at Hayes and Richards Drive remains well preserved while others are not.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic
Colossus
Rhodes
Sphinz
Memnon
Jupiter
Athens
Olympia
Phidias
Bartholdi
Daniel C. French
Forestry
New York
Carl Rohl-Smith
Franklin
Hyde Parkers
Manufacturers
Golden
Jackson Park
Hayes and
Richards Drive