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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
Access:
Public access


Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Canal St. Bridge through S. Cicero Ave. Bridge (Folder 37)
22 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Canal St. Bridge (1941 rendering, 1942, 1943); Chicago Avenue elevated Jackknife bridge (undated); Chicago Ave. Bridge (River and Tug) (1940, 1953); S. Cicero Ave. Bridge (1953) Cicero Ave Bridge is in between the broaders of Cicero (Ill.); Stickney (Ill.) with Chicago to the East
Date:
1940-1953
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Chicago Ave. Bridge through Congress Bridge (Folder 5)
17 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Chicago Ave. Bridge (1914, 1969); Clark St. Bridge (1930, 1972, undated aerial); Cicero Bridge (1926, 1960); Columbus Drive Bridge (model); Congress Bridge (1956, 1958, 1959)
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


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: Clark St. Viaduct through Dearborn St. Bridge (Folder 38)
27 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Clark St. Viaduct (1942); S. Damen Ave. Bridge (1931); S. Damen Ave. Viaduct (1963, undated); Dearborn St. Bridge (very early drawings); Dearborn St. Bridge (1962)
Date:
1931-1963
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: 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
Access:
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:
1933-1964
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Harrison St. Bridge through S. Kedzie Ave. Bridge (Folder 9)
25 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Harrison St. Bridge (1952, 1958 rendering, 1959, 1960 cross section drawing); Indiana Ave. Bridge (1914, 1952, 1959, 1964, 1977 [dedication of bridge with Mayor Michael A. Bilandic); Jackson St. Bridge (1953); N. Kedzie Ave. Bridge (1914); S. Kedzie Ave. Bridge (1951, 1954, 1969, rendering undated)
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
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: Kinzie St. Bridge (Folder 11)
37 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Kinzie St. Bridge, cont. (1973, 1981, 1992, 1998, 1999)
Date:
1973-1999
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Kinzie St. Bridge (Folder 42)
48 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Kinzie St. Bridge (1944, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957, aerials [undated]1960, 1964)
Date:
1944-1964
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: LaSalle St. Bridge through Loomis St. Bridge (Folder 13)
20 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: LaSalle St. Bridge (1928), undated, 1972); LaSalle St. Viaduct (1928, 1934; Lawrence Ave. Bridge (1920); Loomis St. Bridge (undated rendering, 1914, 1955, 1959, 1969, 1972, 1976)
Date:
1914-1976
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Lake St. Bridge through Ogden Slip Bridge (Folder 12)
27 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Lake St. Bridge (1915, 1916, 1925, undated); Lake Shore (outer Drive). (Ogden Slip Bridge) (undated, 1944, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1981, 1984); Typescript history of the Ogden Slip Bridge
Date:
1915-1984
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Madison St. Bridge (Folder 14)
15 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Madison St. Bridge (1921, 1922, 1923, 1941)
Date:
1921-1941
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Michigan Ave. Bridge 1 (Folder 15)
11 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Michigan Ave. Bridge 1 (undated, 1948, 1955, 1956, 1972)
Date:
1948-1972
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Michigan Ave. Bridge 2 (Folder 16)
15 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Bridge 2 (1973. including bridge houses, 1987 bridge houses)
Date:
1973-1987
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Michigan Ave. Viaduct 1 (Folder 17)
21 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Michigan Ave. Viaduct 1 (1996)
Date:
1996
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: Michigan Ave. Viaduct 2 (Folder 18)
33 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Michigan Ave. Viaduct 2 (1997)
Date:
1997
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Michigan Ave. Viaduct 3 (Folder 19)
36 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Michigan Ave. Viaduct 3 (1997)
Date:
1997
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Michigan Ave. Viaduct 4 (Folder 20)
35 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Michigan Ave. Viaduct 4 (1997)
Date:
1997
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Michigan Ave. Viaduct 5 (Folder 21)
34 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Michigan Ave. Viaduct 5 (1997)
Date:
1997
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Michigan Ave. Viaduct 6 (Folder 22)
25 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Michigan Ave. Viaduct 6 (1997)
Date:
1997
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Michigan Ave. Viaduct 7 and storefronts (Folder 23)
42 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Michigan Ave. Viaduct 7 and storefronts (1997)
Date:
1997
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Michigan Ave. Viaduct 8 (Folder 24)
8 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Michigan Ave. Viaduct 8 (1997)
Date:
1997
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Michigan Ave. Viaduct 9 (Folder 25)
26 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Michigan Ave. Viaduct 9 (1997)
Date:
1997
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Monroe St. Bridge and North Ave. Bridge (Folder 27)
12 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Monroe St. Bridge (1917, 1919, 1975, 1984); North Ave. Bridge (1914, 1953, 1954, 1982)
Date:
1917-1982
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: 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
Access:
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:
1940-1960
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: N. Lake Shore Drive, North Ave. Pedestrian Overpass through Monroe St. Bridge (Folder 43)
26 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: N. Lake Shore Drive, North Ave. Pedestrian Overpass(1962); S. Lake Shore Drive at Roosevelt Rd. Pedestrian Overpass (undated); S. Lake Shore Drive, 42nd St. Pedestrian Overpass (1962); Lock St. Bridge (1964); Loomis-Fuller Railroad Viaduct (undated drawing, 1955, 1964); Madison St. Bridge (1941); Michigan Ave. Bridge (1912 drawing, undated, 1939, 1944, 1956, 1957); Monroe St. Bridge (1966)
Date:
1939-1966
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: N. State St. Bridge Torrece Ave. Bridge (Folder 31)
26 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: N. State St. Bridge (undated, 1941, 1942, 1947, 1949, 1956 copy of Plaque, 1972, 1973 bridge plaques); Throop St. Bridge (1977); Torrence Ave. Bridge (1935 1936, 1937 bridge house interior, 1938, 1956, undated)
Date:
1941-1977
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: N. Western Ave. Bridge through 19th St. (Con-Rail Viaduct) (Folder 34)
28 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: N. Western Ave. Bridge, 1934, 1953, undated aerial including Belmont Ave. Bridge); S. Western Ave. Bridge at 27th St. (1932, 1939, 1943); S. Western Ave. Bridge at 31st St. (1943, 1972); Wilson Ave. Bridge (1914, 1940); 18th St. Viaduct (undated, 1954, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1975)19th St. (Con-Rail Viaduct) (undated)
Date:
1914-1975
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
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


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: 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


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


Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Roosevelt Rd. Viaduct (Folder 47A)
22 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Roosevelt Rd. Viaduct (1939, 1940, 1947, 1953)
Date:
1939-1953
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Rush St. Bridge (Folder 30)
8 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Rush St. Bridge (undated copy of lithograph, undated photos, 1914, 1916, 1921)
Date:
1914-1921
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Rush St. Bridge through Wells St. Bridge (Folder 47B)
36 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Rush St. Bridge (undated drawings); N. State St. Bridge (1939, 1940); Throop St. Bridge (1964); Washington St. Tunnel, (1954); Washington St. Bridge (1966); Wells St. Bridge (undated , 1935 accident photos)
Date:
1935-1966
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: S. California St. Bridge through S. Cermak Bridge (Folder 4)
19 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: S. California St. Bridge (1925, undated); S. Canal St. Bridge (1892 cross-section drawing, 1941 rendering, 1941, 1943, 1947, 1947 interior workings); Central Park Ave. Bridge (1914); S. Cermak Bridge (1914, 1941, undated, 1959, 1997, 1998)
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


Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Van Buren St. Bridge and Wabash Ave. Bridge (Folder 32)
19 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Van Buren St. Bridge (1949, 1952, 1953, 1954 (rendering), 1956, 1975); Wabash Ave. Bridge (1930, 1931, 1944, 1962, 1972, 1973 plaque, 1975)
Date:
1930-1975
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Webster Ave. Bridge and Wells St. Bridge (Folder 33)
8 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Webster Ave. Bridge (1916, 1953); Wells St. Bridge (undated, 1944, 1972)
Date:
1916-1972
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access



Bronzeville 35mm negatives by address [2002] (Folder 527)
181 images
In 2002 Jr. Parker returned to the sites where many of these buildings were located and documented the view that currently exists.
Date:
2002
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


Bronzeville by address : 36th St. through 43rd St. (Folder 525)
27 images
Addresses covered: 36th St. and Indiana Ave.; 36th Pl. and Wabash Ave.; 36th Pl., East (117); 36th St., East (53); 37th St., East (116, 536-38); 37th St., West (56); 39th St. and Indiana Ave.; 40th St., East (507-09, 727, 731); 41st St., East (118-36, 348 1/2, 439, 441, 602, 623, 739, 741, 743); 42nd St., East (626, 650); 43rd St., East (24-26, 733-39, 734-44)..
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


Bronzeville by address : 44th Pl. through 61st St. (Folder 526)
33 images
Addresses covered: 44th Pl., East (1217-19); 44th St., East (548-50, 648); 45th St., East (629, 934, 617); 46th St., East (1218-20); 47th St. and Saint Lawrence Ave.; 47th St., East (301-11, 608, 609, 1044-46); 47th St., West (14-16); 48th Pl., East (424); 49th St., East (811); 50th Pl., East (735); 55th St.. General views; 55th St., East (915-22, 933-43); 56th St. and Indiana Ave.; 61st St. and Indiana Ave..
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


Bronzeville by address : Lake Park Ave. through Langley Ave. (Folder 518)
22 images
Addresses covered: Lake Park Ave. (3756-58, 3854, 3920-30, 4319. 4530, 4566, 4575, 4606, 4608); Langley Ave. (4101,4135, 4145, 4208, 4224-26); La Salle St. 3562, 5214).
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access