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James S. Parker owned the firm Copelin Commercial Photographs that operated continuously in Chicago beginning in 1856. The collection's photographic negatives and prints extensively record Chicago's built environment.

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Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Ashland Ave. and Belmont Ave. (Folder 3)
37 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: S. Ashland Ave. Bridge (1914, 1938); N. Ashland Ave. Bridge (1936, 1951, 1953 [aerial view with Webster St. Bridge], 1975); Belmont Ave. (1917, 1924, 1941, 1953, 1976, undated)
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
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Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Chicago and Northwestern RR Bridge through Ogden Ave. Bridge (Folder 28)
10 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Chicago and Northwestern RR Bridge (undated); Morgan St. Bridge (1914); Ogden Ave. Bridge (1924, 1943, 1969); Ogden Ave. Viaduct (1995)
Date:
1914-1995
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Division St. Bridge through Grand Ave. Bridge (Folder 7)
8 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: S. Damen Ave. Bridge (1930, 1931, 1973); N. Damen Ave. Bridge (1953); Dearborn St. Bridge (undated, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1963-64, 1964, 1972, 1973); Diversey Blvd. Bridge (1914, 1944, 1954, 1960, 1968)
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
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Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Kennedy Expressway Ohio Feeder Ram and Kinzie St. Bridge (Folder 10)
27 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Kennedy Expressway Ohio Feeder Ramp (1972); Kinzie St. Bridge (1914, 1944, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1969)
Date:
1914-1972
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: N. Halsted St. Bridge through S. Halsted St. Bridge (Folder 8)
18 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: N. Halsted St.Bridge (1930, 1941, 1944, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1969, 1981); N. Halsted St. Viaduct (undated rendering, undated construction aerial photo, 1969); S. Halsted St. Bridge (1931, 1933, 1934)
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
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Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Polk St. Bridge through Roosevelt Rd. Viaduct (Folder 29)
31 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Polk St. Bridge (1941, 1944, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1966, 1969); Polk St. Viaduct (1983); S. Pulaski Rd. Bridge (1942, 1975); Randolph St. Bridge (1914, 1944, 1971? rendering, 1971?); Roosevelt Rd. Bridge (1922, 1924. 1927, 1929, 1930, 1954, 1994); Roosevelt Rd. Viaduct (1925, 1930, 1931, 1935, 1994)
Date:
1914-1994
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: S. Damen Ave. Bridge through Diversey Blvd. Bridge (Folder 6)
39 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: S. Damen Ave. Bridge (1930, 1931, 1973); N. Damen Ave. Bridge (1953); Dearborn St. Bridge (undated, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1963-64, 1964, 1972, 1973); Diversey Blvd. Bridge (1914, 1944, 1954, 1960, 1968)
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access

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Repository
University of Illinois Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Collection Type
Manuscript Collections
Collection Location
Richard J. Daley Library
Theme
Natural & Built Environments
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5 Movable bridges 4 Aerial photographs 4 Watchtowers 3 Barges 3 Boats and boating 3 City traffic 3 Movable bridges--Design and construction 3 Rivers 3 Soil stabilization 3 Waterfronts 2 Automobiles 2 Bridges--Maintenance and repair 2 Concrete masonry 2 Iron and steel bridges 2 Politicians 2 Roads 2 Street lighting 2 Streets 2 Tall buildings 2 Tanks 2 Traffic signs and signals 2 Trucks 2 Viaducts 1 Advertising 1 Amusement Parks 1 Amusement parks 1 Automobile Parking 1 Automobile driving 1 Billboards 1 Boatyards 1 Bolts and nuts 1 Bridge railings 1 Bridges--Abutments 1 Bridges--Bearings 1 Bridges--Design and construction 1 Brush 1 Buildings 1 Bus drivers 1 Chimneys 1 City planning 1 Cobblestone roads 1 Commercial art 1 Concrete bridges 1 Construction equipment 1 Couplings 1 Cranes, derricks, etc. 1 Dedication services 1 Drawing 1 Electric machinery 1 Elevated highways 1 Engineering personnel 1 Flags 1 Fog- Forecasting 1 Fracture mechanics 1 Gearing, Bevel 1 Gearing, Spur 1 Gearing, Worm 1 Grandstands 1 Hand-railing 1 Iron and Steel Bridges 1 Iron and steel bridges--Design and construction 1 Iron and steel workers 1 Land use 1 Landscapes 1 Mechanical engineering 1 Motorboats 1 Pavements 1 Pavements, Brick 1 Pedestrains 1 Pedestrians 1 Pipe 1 Plague 1 Plank roads 1 Plaques, plaquettes, Baroque 1 Police 1 Railroad bridges 1 Railroad cars 1 Railroad tracks 1 Railroad trains 1 Railroad yards 1 Refuse and refuse disposal 1 Sailboats 1 Shafting--Bearings 1 Shrubs 1 Signs 1 Skyscrapers 1 Spectators 1 Street-railroad tracks 1 Street-railroads 1 Truss bridges 1 Wooden beams 1 Wooden bridges