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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, 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


Community activities, 1968 (Folder 599)
228 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. 1968 community activities at: Dante, Amelia Earhart and Thomas Hoyne schools; Saint Francis de Paula School; Gallistel, St. George, St. Patrick schools; other unidentified community activities
Date:
1968
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access