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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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Airports (Drawings) (Folder 537)
21 Images
Chicago O'Hare International Airport and Midway Airport (Drawings)
Date
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1967-08-01 00:00:00
Collection
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James S. Parker Collection
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Bridges and viaducts (Folder 119)
98 Images
Bridges and viaducts: North Ave. at Lake Shore Drive; Pulaski Rd. Viaduct; Randolph St. Bridge; Roosevelt Rd. Bridge; Roosevelt Rd. Viaduct; Rush St. Bridge; Torrance Ave. Bridge; Van Buren 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
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Bridges and viaducts (Folder 99)
121 Images
Bridges and viaducts: North Ave. Bridge; Ogden Ave. Bridge (over Canal); Ogden Ave. Bridge (over River) ; Ohio St. Feeder Ramp; Pulaski Rd. Bridge (over Canal); E. Randolph St. Viaduct; W. Randolph 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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1971
Collection
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James S. Parker Collection
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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
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1940-1953
Collection
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James S. Parker Collection
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Junior Citizen's Committee: Saint Bernard School through Saint Catherine of Genoa School (Folder 588)
27 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. 8 x 10 group portraits of students, teachers and administrators feature prominently in Series VI. Schools covered: Saint Bernard School (2/19/65); Saint Brides School (4/10/64, 4/28/65, 2/18/66); Saint Bruno's School (3/14/62); Saint Carthage School (2/19/65); Saint Casimers School (5/20/66); Saint Catherine of Genoa School (2/3/64, 11/11/64, 3/30/66)
Date
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1962-1966
Collection
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James S. Parker Collection
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Other unidentified community activities, 1974 (Folder 610)
132 Images
Description: 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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1974
Collection
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James S. Parker Collection
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Sears Tower (Folder 532)
169 Images
Sears Tower (Loop location, including construction views); Other neighborhood houses; UIC Science & Engineering Research Center Soil Report; Condominiums on Jackson Boulevard; and South Shore vicinity neighborhoods; Cameo Container Corporation
Date
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1965-1967; 1972-1976
Collection
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James S. Parker Collection
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Archer Heights (Chicago, Ill.)
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University of Illinois Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Collection Type
Manuscript Collections
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Richard J. Daley Library
Theme
Natural & Built Environments
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Geographic Location
3
Little Village (Chicago, Ill.)
3
Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
3
West Loop Gate (Chicago, Ill.)
2
Chicago River (Chicago, Ill.)
2
Garfield Ridge (Chicago, Ill.)
2
Goose Island (Chicago, Ill.)
2
River North (Chicago, Ill.)
2
South Shore (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Back of the Yards (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Chicago River (Ill.)
1
Cicero (Ill.)
1
Englewood (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Fulton River District (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Fulton River District (Chicago, Ill.): Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Galewood (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Grand Crossing (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Hegewisch (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Lake Shore Drive (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Near North (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Near North Side (Chicago, Ill.)
1
North Lawndale (Chicago, Ill.)
1
O'Hare (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Old Town (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Pilsen (Chicago, Ill.)
1
River West (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Schorsch Forest View (Chicago, Ill.)
1
South Deering (Chicago, Ill.)
1
South Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Stickney (Ill.)
1
West Pullman (Chicago, Ill.)
1
West Town (Chicago, Ill.)
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Chicago O'Hare International Airport (Drawings)
1
Sears Tower
Medium
5
negatives (photographs)
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photographic prints
Topic
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African American children
2
Bridges--Abutments
2
Bridges--Foundations and piers
2
Bridges--Maintenance and repair
2
Litter (Trash)--Prevention
2
Movable bridges
2
Watchtowers
2
Youth
1
Activity programs in education
1
Advertising
1
African Americans
1
Airport terminals
1
Architectural drawing
1
Award presentations
1
Bartenders
1
Bridges--Design and construction
1
Bridges--Floors
1
Catholic elementary schools
1
Children
1
Citizen participation
1
City planning
1
Civic improvement--Citizen participation
1
Commercial art
1
Community development
1
Construction and demolition debris
1
Construction workers
1
Cranes, derricks, etc.
1
Docks, Loading and unloading, Garages
1
Dwellings
1
Elevated highways
1
Express highways
1
Gardening
1
Gardens
1
Iron and steel bridges
1
Iron and steel bridges--Corrosion
1
Land use
1
Motor vehicles
1
Nuns
1
Parade floats
1
Parades
1
Parking facilities
1
Parking lots
1
Political participation
1
Railroad bridges--Design and construction
1
Railroad tracks
1
School children
1
Sidewalks
1
Signs and signboards
1
Skyscrapers--Design and construction
1
Street life
1
Street lighting
1
Tall buildings
1
Tall buildings--Design and construction
1
Teenagers
1
Teens
1
Truss bridges
1
Wood poles
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