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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 and viaducts (Folder 97)
160 Images
Bridges and viaducts: S. Kedzie Ave. Bridge; Kennedy Feeder ramp; W. Kinzie St. Bridge; Kilpatrick-Kinzie Viaduct; E. Lake St. Viaduct; W. Lake St. Bridge; Lake Shore Drive (Outer drive. Ogden Slip); Lake Shore Drive at Wilson; La Salle St. Viaduct. 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 and viaducts: Indiana Ave. Bridge through Lake Shore Drive (Folder 107)
151 Images
Bridges and viaducts: Indiana Ave. Bridge through Lake Shore Drive. 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. Bridges and viaducts include: Indiana Ave. Bridge; Irving Park Rd. Bridge (including 1 print); Kinzie St. Ramp; W. Lake St. Bridge; Lake Shore Dr. (Irving Park Rd. Belmont); Lake Shore Dr. (Foster, Lawrence, Montrose Viaducts); Lake Shore Drive (Outer Drive Bridge. Ogden Slip; Lake Shore Drive (Wilson Ave. Viaduct).
Date:
1972
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts: Kinzie St. Bridge; Lake Shore Drive/Outer Drive Overpass; Lake Shore Drive Underpasses; S. Laramee Viaduct (Folder 90)
112 Images
Bridges and viaducts: Kinzie St. Bridge; Lake Shore Drive/Outer Drive Overpass; Lake Shore Drive Underpasses; S. Laramee Viaduct. 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:
1970
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts: various bridges and viaducts (Folder 113)
232 Images
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. This folder includes images of E. 95th St. Bridge; 100th St. Bridge ; 106th St. Bridge; 130th St. & S. Halsted; State St., Lake Shore Drive. Outer Drive (Ogden Slip).
Date:
1972
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
Clark Street (Folder 536)
20 Images
Streetscapes (Urban design)
Date:
1955; 1958; 1963-1965
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Water Tower (Folder 528)
42 Images
Water Tower Repairs Water Tower Pumping Station (1941,1952,1962) Chicago Fire Station Repair shop (1952) and a photo of Fire Engine that was placed in service 1917
Date:
1941-1962
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Water Tower (Folder 529)
8 Images
Water Tower Repairs (1962)
Date:
1962
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Water Tower (Folder 530)
38 Images
Construction of Water towers (1867), Tower Centennial (1891) and photo of the Great Fire (Chicago, Illinois : 1871)
Date:
1867; 1891; 1930s-1962; 1968-1969
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Water Tower (Folder 531)
247 Images
Water Tower Repairs (1962) and completion of Water tower. Also visible are the John Hancock Center, Bonwit Teller Department Store and Water Place Tower.
Date:
1960s-1962; 1971-1998
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access

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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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4 Bridges--Floors 4 Bridges--Foundations and piers 4 Iron and steel bridges 3 Bridges--Maintenance and repair 3 Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration 2 Bridges--Abutments 2 City traffic 2 Expansion joints 2 Movable bridges 2 Scaffolding 2 Stonemasonry 2 Street life 2 Street lighting 2 Viaducts 2 Watchtowers 2 Water towers 2 Water towers--Maintenance and repair 1 Apartment house 1 Architecture -- Details 1 Architecture --Details 1 Automobile repair shops 1 Bridges--Design and construction 1 Bridges--Deterioration 1 Cement industry workers 1 Cement--Deterioration 1 Columns, Concrete 1 Concrete bridges--Cracking 1 Concrete building 1 Concrete construction 1 Concrete construction--Maintenance and repair 1 Concrete masonry 1 Construction equipment 1 Construction workers 1 Department stores 1 Drawings 1 Elevated highways 1 Excavating machinery 1 Feed-water pumps 1 Fire department 1 Graffiti, Machinery, Movable bridges 1 Grounds maintenance 1 Hoisting machinery 1 Landscape architecture 1 Landscape gardening 1 Landscape plants 1 Lintel 1 Lintels 1 Loaders (Machines) 1 Motor vehicles 1 Overhead electric lines 1 Pavements (Sidewalks) 1 Pavements, Concrete--Design and construction 1 Pavements--Maintenance and repair 1 Pedestrains 1 Pedestrian areas 1 Pedestrians 1 Pedestrians area 1 Pumping machinery 1 Pumping stations 1 Road construction workers 1 Road work zones 1 Roads 1 Roofs--Maintenance and repair 1 Scaffolding, Metal 1 Sidewalks 1 Sidewalks--Maintenance and repair 1 Skyscrapers 1 Staircases--Conservation and restoration 1 Stone buildings--Maintenance and repair 1 Stores, Retail 1 Street-railroads 1 Streets 1 Streetscapes (Urban design) 1 Tall buildings 1 Tall buildings, Pedestrian areas 1 Traffic flow 1 Trees 1 Truck-mounted cranes 1 Turrets--Maintenance and repair 1 Underpasses 1 Used car trade 1 Viaducts--Design and construction 1 Walking 1 Water towers--Design and construction 1 Water tunnels 1 Water-supply engineering 1 Waterworks 1 Wood poles 1 Work environment