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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 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
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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Collection Details

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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3 Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration 2 City traffic 2 Scaffolding 2 Stonemasonry 2 Water towers 2 Water towers--Maintenance and repair 1 Architecture -- Details 1 Architecture --Details 1 Automobile repair shops 1 Bartenders 1 Bridges--Abutments 1 Bridges--Foundations and piers 1 Bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Cement industry workers 1 Cement--Deterioration 1 Columns, Concrete 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 Docks, Loading and unloading, Garages 1 Drawings 1 Feed-water pumps 1 Fire department 1 Grounds maintenance 1 Hoisting machinery 1 Iron and steel bridges--Corrosion 1 Landscape gardening 1 Landscape plants 1 Lintel 1 Lintels 1 Movable bridges 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 Railroad tracks 1 Roofs--Maintenance and repair 1 Scaffolding, Metal 1 Sidewalks--Maintenance and repair 1 Skyscrapers 1 Staircases--Conservation and restoration 1 Stone buildings--Maintenance and repair 1 Street life 1 Street lighting 1 Streets 1 Tall buildings 1 Tall buildings, Pedestrian areas 1 Trees 1 Truss bridges 1 Turrets--Maintenance and repair 1 Walking 1 Watchtowers 1 Water towers--Design and construction 1 Water tunnels 1 Water-supply engineering 1 Waterworks 1 Work environment