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James Parker collection
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: 18th St. Bridge 1 (AKA Grove St.) (Folder 48)
31 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: 18th St. Bridge 1 (AKA Grove St.) (undated 4 x 5 negatives, 1935, 1966, 1967)
Date
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1935-1967
Collection
:
James S. Parker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Adams St. Bridge and Bridge house, and S. Archer Ave. (Folder 2)
9 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Adams St. Bridge (1923, 1925, 1927); Adams St. Bridge, Bridge house (1949) S. Archer Ave. (undated, 1954, 1962)
Collection
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James S. Parker Collection
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Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Dearborn St. Bridge through Franklin-Orleans St. Bridge (Folder 39)
28 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Dearborn St. Bridge (1963); Division St. Bridge (1964 [ trash dumping], 1968); Franklin-Orleans St. Bridge (1935, 1953)
Date
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1935-1963
Collection
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James S. Parker Collection
Access
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Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Fullerton Ave. Bridge through Halsted St. Lift Bridge (Folder 40)
33 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Fullerton Ave. Bridge (1940, 1961); Grand Ave. Bridge (1944, 1955); N. Halsted St. River Bridge (1940); N. Halsted St. Canal Bridge (1955); N. Halsted St. Bridge (1964); S. Halsted St. Bridge (undated (1933); Halsted St. Lift Bridge (undated)
Date
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1933-1964
Collection
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James S. Parker Collection
Access
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Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Moveable bridges of Chicago (Folder 59)
246 Images
Community Activities bring the city's government into the neighborhood. Mayor Richard J. Daley's campaign for a cleaner Chicago reached out to students in Chicago's schools and made them part of the Junior Citizen's Committee for a Cleaner Chicago.
Date
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1994
Collection
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James S. Parker Collection
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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
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James S. Parker Collection
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Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: N. Halsted St. Viaduct through Jackson Blvd. Viaduct (Folder 41)
29 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: N. Halsted St. Viaduct (rendering, 1960); Harrison St. Bridge (1940, 1958); Jackson Blvd. Bridge (1953); Jackson Blvd. Viaduct (over Kennedy) (1958)
Date
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1940-1960
Collection
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James S. Parker Collection
Access
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Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Ohio St. Bridge and Polk St. Bridge (Folder 44)
19 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Ohio St. Bridge (1958); Polk St. Bridge (1935, 1941, 1944, 1966)
Date
:
1935-1958
Collection
:
James S. Parker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Collection Details
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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Geographic Location
4
Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
4
River North (Chicago, Ill.)
2
Fulton River District (Chicago, Ill.)
2
Pilsen (Chicago, Ill.)
2
West Loop Gate (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Bucktown (Chicago, Ill)
1
Cabrini Green (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Chicago (Ill.)
1
Chicago River (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Chicago River (Ill.)
1
Fulton River District Chicago (Ill.)
1
Garfield Ridge (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Heart of Chicago (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Lower West Side (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Mayfair (Chicago, Ill.)
1
McKinley Park (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Near North Side (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Near West Side (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Pilsen (Chicago, Ill)
1
South Loop (Chicago, Ill)
1
South Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
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Medium
6
negatives (photographs)
2
photographic prints
Topic
8
Iron and steel workers
7
Commercial art
6
Advertising
6
Signs and signboards
5
Movable bridges--Design and construction
4
Aerial photographs
3
Barges
3
Bridge railings
3
City traffic
3
Construction and demolition debris
3
Construction workers
3
Elevated highways
3
Movable bridges
3
Reinforced concrete
3
Steel I-beams
3
Steel, Structural
3
Street lighting
3
Viaducts
3
Watchtowers
3
Wooden beams
2
Automobiles
2
Billboards
2
Boats and boating
2
City planning
2
Concrete bridges
2
Hand-railing
2
Hoisting machinery
2
Landscapes
2
Pavements, Brick
2
Pavements, Concrete
2
Railroad yards
2
Refuse and refuse disposal
2
Rivers
2
Soil stabilization
2
Steel--Corrosion
2
Street-railroads
2
Structural steel workers
2
Truck-mounted cranes
2
Truss bridges--Maintenance and repair
1
Accidents
1
Aerial photogrammetry
1
Anchors
1
Architectural design
1
Architectural ironwork
1
Architecture
1
Benches
1
Bridges--Design and construction--Equipment and supplies
1
Bridges--Floors
1
Bridges--Floors--Deterioration
1
Bridges--Foundations and piers
1
Bridges--Maintenance and repair
1
Brush
1
Buildings
1
Buses
1
Cables
1
Cement mixers
1
Children
1
Chimneys
1
Columns, Concrete
1
Concrete bridges--Corrosion
1
Concrete bridges--Foundations and piers--Corrosion
1
Concrete construction
1
Concrete masonry
1
Concrete--Corrosion
1
Construction equipment
1
Control boards (Electrical engineering)
1
Control rooms
1
Decoration and ornament, Architectural
1
Dedication services
1
Drawing
1
Drums (Containers)
1
Electric conduits
1
Electric wiring
1
Employees
1
Expansion joints
1
Factories
1
Floors, Wooden
1
Footbridges
1
Foundations
1
Gates
1
Housing
1
Iron and steel bridges
1
Iron and steel bridges--Corrosion
1
Iron and steel bridges--Design and construction
1
Iron and steel bridges--Maintenance and repair
1
Lighting
1
Local transit stations
1
Machine industry
1
Metal castings--Welding
1
Municipal officials and employees
1
Parking meters
1
Pavements, Asphalt
1
Pedestrian areas
1
Pencil drawing
1
Plague
1
Plank roads
1
Plates, Iron and steel--Welding
1
Play
1
Police
1
Public works
1
Railing
1
Railroad cars
1
Railroad tracks
1
Railroads
1
Railroads--Freight
1
Reinforced concrete--Corrosion
1
Riparian areas
1
River channels
1
Road work zones
1
Roads
1
Roads--Guard fences
1
Roads--Interchanges and intersections
1
Roads--Work zones
1
Scaffolding
1
Scrap materials
1
Ships
1
Sidewalks
1
Sidewalks--Maintenance and repair
1
Skyscrapers
1
Stairs
1
Steel construction
1
Tall buildings
1
Tanks
1
Teenagers
1
Telephone lines
1
Traffic safety
1
Traffic signs and signals
1
Traffic signs and signals--Lighting
1
Trucks
1
Truss bridges--Design and construction
1
Underpasses
1
Viaducts--Design and construction
1
Waterfronts
1
Welders (Persons)
1
Windows
1
Wooden fences
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