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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:
1967-08-01 00:00:00
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


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:
1973
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


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:
1971
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


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:
1962-1966
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


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:
1974
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


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:
1965-1967; 1972-1976
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access