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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: 18th St. Bridge 2 (Folder 52)
34 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: 18th St. Bridge 2 (1966)
Date:
1966
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
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:
1935-1963
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Michigan Ave. Viaduct 10 (Folder 26)
14 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Michigan Ave. Viaduct 10 (1997)
Date:
1997
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
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:
1994
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Post Office Viaduct and Randolph St. Bridge (Folder 45)
36 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Post Office Viaduct (1966); Randolph St. Bridge (drawing related to the Chicago Fire, undated rendering, 1940
Date:
1940-1966
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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5 Pavements, Concrete 3 Commercial art 3 Concrete bridges 3 Reinforced concrete 3 Signs and signboards 2 Advertising 2 Automobiles 2 Ceilings 2 Columns, Concrete 2 Concrete bridges--Corrosion 2 Concrete bridges--Foundations and piers--Corrosion 2 Concrete construction 2 Concrete walls 2 Construction and demolition debris 2 Elevated highways 2 Foundations 2 Iron and steel workers 2 Refuse and refuse disposal 2 Underpasses 2 Viaducts 2 Viaducts--Design and construction 2 Warehouses 2 Warnings 1 Aerial photographs 1 Architectural design 1 Architectural ironwork 1 Barges 1 Basements 1 Benches 1 Boats and boating 1 Boilers 1 Bricks 1 Bridge railings 1 Buildings 1 Buses 1 Cables 1 Cement mixers 1 Children 1 City traffic 1 Coal-tar products 1 Concrete beams 1 Concrete masonry 1 Construction workers 1 Containers 1 Dampness in basements 1 Decoration and ornament, Architectural 1 Docks 1 Doorways 1 Drawing 1 Driveways 1 Drums (Containers) 1 Factories 1 Factories--Location 1 Factories--Restrooms 1 Floors, Concrete 1 Footbridges 1 Gas cylinders--Storage 1 Iron and steel bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Landscapes 1 Lighting 1 Loading and unloading 1 Local transit stations 1 Materials handling 1 Movable bridges 1 Movable bridges--Design and construction 1 Parapets 1 Parking garages 1 Parking meters 1 Pavements, Asphalt 1 Plates 1 Plates, Iron and steel--Welding 1 Play 1 Post office buildings 1 Postal service--Buildings 1 Postal service--Transportation, Automotive 1 Public buildings--Restrooms 1 Railing 1 Railroads 1 Ramps (Walkways) 1 Reinforced concrete--Corrosion 1 Riparian areas 1 Road work zones 1 Roads 1 Roads--Interchanges and intersections 1 Scaffolding 1 Ships 1 Sidewalks--Maintenance and repair 1 Skyscrapers 1 Stairs 1 Steel I-beams 1 Steel construction 1 Street lighting 1 Structural steel workers 1 Tall buildings 1 Teenagers 1 Telephone lines 1 Terminals (Transportation) 1 Traffic regulations 1 Traffic safety 1 Traffic safety warnings 1 Traffic signs and signals 1 Traffic signs and signals--Lighting 1 Traffice regulations 1 Truck-mounted cranes 1 Trucks 1 Watchtowers 1 Water-pipes--Valves 1 Windows 1 Wooden beams