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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 and viaducts (Folder 117)
110 Images
Bridges and viaducts: Fullerton Ave. Bridge; Glenlake Ave. and Lake Michigan; Grand Ave. Viaduct; Halsted St. Viaduct; Humbolt Park Lagoon; Kinzie St. Bridge; Lake St. Bridge; Lake Shore Drive Viaduct (at Randolph); Loomis St. Bridge. Many of the 35 mm negatives document damage and deterioration on Chicago's bridges, viaducts and underpasses that need repair though some frames provide a general view of the bridges at the time they were taken.
Date
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1973
Collection
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James S. Parker Collection
Access
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Public access
Bridges and viaducts: N. State St. Bridge; Torrence Ave. Bridge; W. Wacker Dr. Viaduct; N. Wells St. Bridge; N. Western Ave. Bridge (Folder 100)
104 Images
Bridges and viaducts: N. State St. Bridge; Torrence Ave. Bridge; W. Wacker Dr. Viaduct; N. Wells St. Bridge; N. Western Ave. Bridge. Many of the 35 mm negatives document damage and deterioration on Chicago's bridges, viaducts and underpasses that need repair though some frames provide a general view of the bridges at the time they were taken.
Date
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1971
Collection
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James S. Parker Collection
Access
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Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: 18th St. Bridge 2 (Folder 52)
34 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: 18th St. Bridge 2 (1966)
Date
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1966
Collection
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James S. Parker Collection
Access
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Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: 18th St. Bridge 5 (Folder 56)
16 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: 18th St. Bridge 5 (1966)
Date
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1966
Collection
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James S. Parker Collection
Access
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Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: 23rd St. Viaduct through 91st St. Bridge (Folder 57)
21 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: 23rd St. Viaduct (1952, 1953, undated ); 31St St. and California Bridge (1954); 31st St. and Western (Bridge (1954); 35th St. Bridge (undated drawing); 91st St. Bridge (1944)
Date
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1944-1954
Collection
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James S. Parker Collection
Access
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Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: 95th St. Bridge through 134th St. Bridge (Folder 58)
17 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: 95th St. Bridge (undated, 1942, 1958); 103rd St. Viaduct (1940); 106th St. Bridge (1942); 130th St. Bridge (1957); 134th St. Bridge (1936); City Council Citation to Thomas G. Pihledt (undated)
Date
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1936-1958
Collection
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James S. Parker Collection
Access
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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
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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
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
River North (Chicago, Ill.)
3
Chicago River (Chicago, Ill.)
3
Fulton River District (Chicago, Ill.)
3
Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
3
Pilsen (Chicago, Ill.)
2
Calumet River (Ill.)
2
Hegewisch (Chicago, Ill.)
2
Lower West Side (Chicago, Ill.)
2
Near South Side (Chicago, Ill.)
2
South Deering (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Avondale (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Bridgeport (Ill.)
1
Bucktown (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Calumet Heights (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Chicago River (Ill.)
1
Chinatown (Chicago, Ill.)
1
East Side (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Eden Green (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Edgewater (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Heart of Chicago (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Humboldt Park (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Lake Shore Drive (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Lake View (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Little Calumet River (Ind. and Ill.)
1
Near North Side (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Near West Side (Chicago, Ill.)
1
South Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
1
West Loop Gate (Chicago, Ill.)
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Medium
5
negatives (photographs)
2
photographic prints
Topic
8
Trucks
5
Automobiles
4
Commercial art
4
Movable bridges
3
Aerial photographs
3
Barges
3
Concrete masonry
3
Rivers
3
Signs and signboards
3
Street lighting
2
Advertising
2
Boats and boating
2
Bridge railings
2
Bridges--Maintenance and repair
2
City traffic
2
Concrete walls
2
Refuse and refuse disposal
2
Restaurants
2
Soil stabilization
2
Tanks
2
Traffic signs and signals
2
Watchtowers
2
Wooden bridges--Maintenance and repair
1
Basements
1
Billboards
1
Boilers
1
Bricks
1
Bridges--Floors
1
Bridges--Foundations and piers
1
Brush
1
Building
1
Buildings
1
Ceilings
1
Chimneys
1
City planning
1
Coal mines and mining--Equipment and supplies
1
Coal-tar products
1
Columns, Concrete
1
Concrete
1
Concrete beams
1
Concrete-Corrosion
1
Construction
1
Construction Industry
1
Construction and demolition debris
1
Construction workers
1
Containers
1
Dampness in basements
1
Dedication services
1
Docks
1
Doorways
1
Drawing
1
Driveways
1
Elevated highways
1
Expansion joints
1
Express highways
1
Factories
1
Factories--Location
1
Factories--Restrooms
1
Flags
1
Floors, Concrete
1
Garages
1
Gas cylinders--Storage
1
Graffiti
1
Grandstands
1
Gravel
1
Hand-railing
1
High-rise apartment buildings
1
Iron and Steel Bridges
1
Iron and steel bridges
1
Iron and steel workers
1
Landscape architecture
1
Landscapes
1
Machinery
1
Movable bridges--Design and construction
1
Parking garages
1
Parking lots
1
Pavements, Brick
1
Pavements, Concrete
1
Plague
1
Police
1
Politicians
1
Public buildings--Restrooms
1
Railroad cars
1
Railroad tracks
1
Restaurants--Design and construction
1
Roads
1
Service stations
1
Shrubs
1
Skyscrapers
1
Spectators
1
Steel I-beams
1
Street-railroads
1
Streets
1
Tall buildings
1
Traffic
1
Traffic flow
1
Traffic regulations
1
Trees
1
Truss bridges
1
Underpasses--Clearances
1
Vacant lands
1
Viaducts - Design and Construction
1
Warehouses
1
Warnings
1
Water-pipes--Valves
1
Waterfronts
1
Wood
1
Wood poles
1
Wooden beams
1
Wooden bridges
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