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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: 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: Ridgeland Ave. Overpass over Rt. 57 and Roosevelt Rd. Viaduct (Folder 46)
27 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Ridgeland Ave. Overpass over Rt. 57(1965); Roosevelt Rd. Viaduct (1935)
Date:
1935 and 1965
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Water Tower (Folder 528)
42 Images
Water Tower Repairs Water Tower Pumping Station (1941,1952,1962) Chicago Fire Station Repair shop (1952) and a photo of Fire Engine that was placed in service 1917
Date:
1941-1962
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Water Tower (Folder 529)
8 Images
Water Tower Repairs (1962)
Date:
1962
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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4 Scaffolding 2 Columns, Concrete 2 Commercial art 2 Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration 2 Reinforced concrete--Corrosion 2 Water towers--Maintenance and repair 1 Aerial photographs 1 Architectural design 1 Architectural ironwork 1 Architecture -- Details 1 Architecture --Details 1 Automobile repair shops 1 Automobiles 1 Benches 1 Boats and boating 1 Bridge railings 1 Buildings 1 Buses 1 Cables 1 Children 1 City traffic 1 Cobblestone roads 1 Concrete bridges 1 Concrete construction--Maintenance and repair 1 Concrete--Maintenance and repair 1 Construction and demolition debris 1 Construction workers 1 Decoration and ornament, Architectural 1 Drums (Containers) 1 Elevated highways 1 Elevated highways--Design and construction 1 Expansion joints 1 Factories 1 Feed-water pumps 1 Fire department 1 Footbridges 1 Foundations 1 Hoisting machinery 1 Iron and steel bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Iron and steel workers 1 Ladders 1 Landscapes 1 Lighting 1 Lintel 1 Lintels 1 Litter (Trash)--Environmental aspects 1 Local transit stations 1 Local transit--Ridership 1 Movable bridges 1 Movable bridges--Design and construction 1 Parking meters 1 Pavements, Asphalt 1 Pavements, Brick 1 Pavements, Concrete 1 Pedestrians 1 Pedestrians area 1 Play 1 Pumping machinery 1 Pumping stations 1 Railing 1 Railroad tracks 1 Railroads 1 Refuse and refuse disposal 1 Reinforced concrete 1 Reinforcing bars 1 Riparian areas 1 Road construction workers 1 Road work zones 1 Roads 1 Roads--Interchanges and intersections 1 Roads--Maintenance and repair 1 Roofs--Maintenance and repair 1 Ships 1 Sidewalks 1 Sidewalks--Maintenance and repair 1 Signs and signboards 1 Skyscrapers 1 Staircases 1 Stairs 1 Stone buildings--Maintenance and repair 1 Stonemasonry 1 Street lighting 1 Street-railroads 1 Tall buildings 1 Teenagers 1 Telephone lines 1 Traffic safety 1 Traffic signs and signals--Lighting 1 Turrets--Maintenance and repair 1 Underpasses 1 Underpasses--Design and construction 1 Unincorporated areas 1 Urban transportation 1 Viaducts 1 Viaducts--Maintenance and repair 1 Watchtowers 1 Water-supply engineering 1 Wheelbarrows 1 Windows 1 Wooden beams 1 Worksite environment