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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, viaducts, and underpasses: Adams St. Bridge and Bridge house, and S. Archer Ave. (Folder 2)
9 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Adams St. Bridge (1923, 1925, 1927); Adams St. Bridge, Bridge house (1949) S. Archer Ave. (undated, 1954, 1962)
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


Imagery of Chicago public and private schools, 1976 (Folder 614)
69 Images
Bateman School; Blessed Sacrament School; Douglas School; Gray and Wicker Park schools; Irving Park School; Norwood Park School; Our Lady of Victory School; Brian Piccolo School; St. Daniel the Prophet School St. Rene School; Spaulding School
Date:
1976
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


Junior Citizen's Committee: King School through Luella School (Folder 582)
32 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: King School (4/18/62); William King School (12/3/63); Kinzie School (2/7/62); Alfred Kohn School (4/9/64, 11/24/64, 2/25/66); Komensky School (2/15/65); Lathrop School (2/7/64); Lawson School (2/28/62); John F. LeMoyne School (n.d.); Lincoln School (10/27/61); Little Flower School (1/16/64); Luella School (12/20/65)
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