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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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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, viaducts, and underpasses: LaSalle St. Bridge through Loomis St. Bridge (Folder 13)
20 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: LaSalle St. Bridge (1928), undated, 1972); LaSalle St. Viaduct (1928, 1934; Lawrence Ave. Bridge (1920); Loomis St. Bridge (undated rendering, 1914, 1955, 1959, 1969, 1972, 1976)
Date:
1914-1976
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Clark Street (Folder 535)
17 Images
Streetscapes (Urban design) and Mayor Richard J. Daley attending a Festival in Andersonville community
Date:
1958; 1964-1965
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Community activities, 1972 (Folder 603)
206 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. 1972 community activities at: John Addams, Annunciata, Bethlehem Lutheran, Orville T. Bright; Grissom; St. Francis de Paula; St. Francis de Sales, and George Washington schools; Armour, Hurley, Nativity of Our Lord, Queen of the Universe schools; Bradwell, Faulkner, Horace Mann, Our Lady of Peace, and St. Bride schools; Joseph Brennemann, Andrew Carnegie, William C. Goudy, Isabelle O'Keefe, St. Cyril, and George B. Swift schools; Bryn Mawr School; Kate S. Buckingham; Charles P. Caldwell, Amelia Earhart, Thomas Hoyne, Mary E. McDowell, St. Aible, St. Bronislava, Thomas Warren schools; Andrew Carnegie School; Henry Clay and St. Columba schools; John N. Eberhart and St. Nicholas of Tolentine schools; Emmanuel Lutheran, Immaculate Conception, Luella, Our Lady of Guadalupe, St. Mary Magdalene, Sts. Peter and Paul, Philip H. Sheridan, and William K. Sullivan schools; Matthew S. Gallistel; John L. Marsh; Sacred Heart; St. George, St. Joseph and St. Kevin schools; John Hancock, Francis McKay and St. Adrian schools; Edward N. Hurley and Queen of the Universe schools; Richard Lee, Louis Pasteur, St. Mary Star of the Sea, and St. Turibus schools; Parkside, St. Thomas Apostle and Walter Scott schools; Nativity BVM, Ferdinand W. Peck and Tonti schools; St. Barnabas School and S. California and 74th St.; St. Barnabas; John D. Schoop and Sutherland schools; St. Tarsusis School
Date:
1972
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Junior Citizen's Committee: Shephard School through William Sullivan School (Folder 593)
23 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 George School (12/10/63, 11/12/64, 2/4/66); Saint Gertrude School (1/16/64); Saint Gregory School (1/10/64, 11/13/64); Saint Helen School (3/16/64); Saint Jane de Chantal School (3/28/63); Saint Jerome School (11/13/64); Saint Jude Church with billboard nearby (11/17/64); St. Ludmilla's School (5/23/66); Saint Mary of the Angels School; Saint Mel and Holy Ghost School (12/13/63); Saint Michael School (4/10/64, 5/20/65, 2/18/66)
Date:
1963-1966
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Other unidentified community activities, 1972 (Folder 605)
225 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.
Date:
1972
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Other unidentified community activities, 1974 (Folder 609)
144 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
Various buildings (Folder 551)
14 Images
Various buildings, including: Executive House (Wacker Dr.); a federal building in Washington D.C.; Field Museum of Natural History; Fuller Park; Grace Episcopal Church in 1860 (copy negative print); Henrotin Hospital; Honore Block in 1860 (copy negative print); Hyatt House Hotel; Leiter Building; Kemper Insurance Building
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Various buildings (Folder 553)
31 Images
Various buildings, including: Racine County Court House (Racine WI); Railway Exchange Building; Ravenswood Hospital; Rush Hour Parking; 1020 N. Rush; Saint Catherine's Hospital (East Chicago IN); Schott's Bakery; Seeburg Corporation; Shapiro Fisheries; A.O. Smith; Southmoor Apartment Hotel; Stearns Quarry; Stockyards Industrial Park; Water Department Bill payment center; Water Department mural; Weiss Hospital; Wieboldts (Norridge IL); Wrightwood Field House
Date:
Unknown
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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