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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: 18th St. Bridge 1 (AKA Grove St.) (Folder 48)
31 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: 18th St. Bridge 1 (AKA Grove St.) (undated 4 x 5 negatives, 1935, 1966, 1967)
Date
:
1935-1967
Collection
:
James S. Parker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: 18th St. Bridge 1 (AKA Grove St.) (Folder 49)
38 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: 18th St. Bridge 1 (AKA Grove St.) (undated 4 x 5 negatives, 1935, 1966, 1967)
Date
:
1935-1967
Collection
:
James S. Parker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: 18th St. Bridge 2 (Folder 50)
26 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: 18th St. Bridge 2 (1966)
Date
:
1966
Collection
:
James S. Parker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: 18th St. Bridge 2 (Folder 52)
34 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: 18th St. Bridge 2 (1966)
Date
:
1966
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
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Archer Ave. Bridge through California Ave. Bridge and various images (Folder 36)
18 Images
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Bridget, the Bridge Mascot (1942); Bascule Bridge model (1942); Chicago before bridges (Indian rendering, undated, copy negative); Aerial photos over South Branch of Chicago River (undated); Aerial photo over main branch of Chicago (undated); Archer Ave. Bridge (1964); Argyle St. Bridge (1964); Ashland and Medill (1954); Balbo Ave. Viaduct (undated); Belmont Ave. (viaduct over Kennedy expressway) (1959); California Ave. Bridge (1954)
Date
:
1942-1964
Collection
:
James S. Parker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Canal St. Bridge through S. Cicero Ave. Bridge (Folder 37)
22 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Canal St. Bridge (1941 rendering, 1942, 1943); Chicago Avenue elevated Jackknife bridge (undated); Chicago Ave. Bridge (River and Tug) (1940, 1953); S. Cicero Ave. Bridge (1953) Cicero Ave Bridge is in between the broaders of Cicero (Ill.); Stickney (Ill.) with Chicago to the East
Date
:
1940-1953
Collection
:
James S. Parker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Clark St. Viaduct through Dearborn St. Bridge (Folder 38)
27 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Clark St. Viaduct (1942); S. Damen Ave. Bridge (1931); S. Damen Ave. Viaduct (1963, undated); Dearborn St. Bridge (very early drawings); Dearborn St. Bridge (1962)
Date
:
1931-1963
Collection
:
James S. Parker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Dearborn St. Bridge through Franklin-Orleans St. Bridge (Folder 39)
28 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Dearborn St. Bridge (1963); Division St. Bridge (1964 [ trash dumping], 1968); Franklin-Orleans St. Bridge (1935, 1953)
Date
:
1935-1963
Collection
:
James S. Parker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Fullerton Ave. Bridge through Halsted St. Lift Bridge (Folder 40)
33 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Fullerton Ave. Bridge (1940, 1961); Grand Ave. Bridge (1944, 1955); N. Halsted St. River Bridge (1940); N. Halsted St. Canal Bridge (1955); N. Halsted St. Bridge (1964); S. Halsted St. Bridge (undated (1933); Halsted St. Lift Bridge (undated)
Date
:
1933-1964
Collection
:
James S. Parker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: N. Halsted St. Bridge through S. Halsted St. Bridge (Folder 8)
18 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: N. Halsted St.Bridge (1930, 1941, 1944, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1969, 1981); N. Halsted St. Viaduct (undated rendering, undated construction aerial photo, 1969); S. Halsted St. Bridge (1931, 1933, 1934)
Collection
:
James S. Parker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: N. Halsted St. Viaduct through Jackson Blvd. Viaduct (Folder 41)
29 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: N. Halsted St. Viaduct (rendering, 1960); Harrison St. Bridge (1940, 1958); Jackson Blvd. Bridge (1953); Jackson Blvd. Viaduct (over Kennedy) (1958)
Date
:
1940-1960
Collection
:
James S. Parker Collection
Access
:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: N. State St. Bridge Torrece Ave. Bridge (Folder 31)
26 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: N. State St. Bridge (undated, 1941, 1942, 1947, 1949, 1956 copy of Plaque, 1972, 1973 bridge plaques); Throop St. Bridge (1977); Torrence Ave. Bridge (1935 1936, 1937 bridge house interior, 1938, 1956, undated)
Date
:
1941-1977
Collection
:
James S. Parker Collection
Access
:
Public access
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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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Geographic Location
7
Pilsen (Chicago, Ill.)
6
Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
5
River North (Chicago, Ill.)
4
Lower West Side (Chicago, Ill.)
2
Chicago (Ill.)
2
Fulton River District (Chicago, Ill.)
2
Little Village (Chicago, Ill.)
2
McKinley Park (Chicago, Ill.)
2
Near North Side (Chicago, Ill.)
2
Near South Side (Chicago, Ill.)
2
West Loop Gate (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Archer Heights (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Avondale (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Back of the Yards (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Bridgeport (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Bucktown (Chicago, Ill)
1
Cabrini Green (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Chicago River (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Chicago River (Ill.)
1
Cicero (Ill.)
1
Fulton River District (Chicago, Ill.): Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Garfield Ridge (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Goose Island (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Heart of Chicago (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Hegewisch (Chicago,Ill.)
1
Jefferson Park (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Mayfair (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Near West Side (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Pilsen (Chicago, Ill)
1
River West (Chicago, Ill.)
1
South Loop (Chicago, Ill)
1
South Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Stickney (Ill.)
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Medium
10
negatives (photographs)
3
photographic prints
Topic
12
Commercial art
11
Signs and signboards
6
Iron and steel workers
5
Movable bridges--Design and construction
4
Refuse and refuse disposal
4
Steel I-beams
3
Aerial photographs
3
Barges
3
Basements
3
Concrete masonry
3
Concrete walls
3
Elevated highways
3
Movable bridges
3
Railroad yards
3
Steel, Structural
3
Street-railroads
3
Truck-mounted cranes
3
Viaducts
3
Warehouses
2
Automobiles
2
Billboards
2
Boilers
2
Bridges--Design and construction
2
Ceilings
2
City planning
2
City traffic
2
Columns, Concrete
2
Concrete beams
2
Concrete bridges
2
Concrete construction
2
Construction and demolition debris
2
Construction workers
2
Drawing
2
Floors, Concrete
2
Hand-railing
2
Iron and steel bridges
2
Iron and steel bridges--Design and construction
2
Loading and unloading
2
Materials handling
2
Office buildings
2
Pavements, Brick
2
Pavements, Concrete
2
Rivers
2
Soil stabilization
2
Storage facilities
2
Street lighting
2
Structural steel workers
2
Trucks
2
Viaducts--Design and construction
2
Warnings
2
Wooden beams
1
Accidents
1
Aerial photogrammetry
1
Anchors
1
Architecture
1
Boats and boating
1
Boxes
1
Bricks
1
Bridge railings
1
Bridges--Design and construction--Equipment and supplies
1
Bridges--Floors
1
Bridges--Floors--Deterioration
1
Bridges--Maintenance and repair
1
Brush
1
Carpets
1
Cement mixers
1
Chimneys
1
Clocks and watches
1
Coal-tar products
1
Concrete bridges--Corrosion
1
Concrete bridges--Foundations and piers--Corrosion
1
Concrete--Corrosion
1
Construction equipment
1
Containers
1
Control boards (Electrical engineering)
1
Control rooms
1
Dampness in basements
1
Dedication services
1
Desks
1
Docks
1
Doorways
1
Driveways
1
Excavating machinery
1
Expansion joints
1
Factories
1
Factories--Location
1
Factories--Restrooms
1
Filing cabinets
1
Floors, Wooden
1
Furnaces
1
Gas cylinders--Storage
1
Hoisting machinery
1
Housing
1
Hydrants
1
Iron and steel bridges--Corrosion
1
Landscape architecture
1
Landscapes
1
Loaders (Machines)
1
Machine industry
1
Mascots
1
Metal castings--Welding
1
Municipal officials and employees
1
Office equipment and supplies
1
Office furniture
1
Parking garages
1
Pedestrian areas
1
Pencil drawing
1
Photographs
1
Plague
1
Plank roads
1
Plates, Iron and steel--Welding
1
Police
1
Public buildings--Restrooms
1
Public works
1
Railroad bridges
1
Railroad bridges--Design and construction
1
Railroad cars
1
Railroad tracks
1
Railroad trains
1
Railroads tracks
1
Railroads--Freight
1
Reinforced concrete
1
River channels
1
Road construction workers
1
Road work zones
1
Roads--Work zones
1
Scrap materials
1
Scrap metals
1
Sidewalks
1
Soft drinks
1
Space heaters
1
Steel construction
1
Steel--Corrosion
1
Streetscapes (Urban design)
1
Tanks
1
Traffic regulations
1
Traffic signs and signals
1
Truss bridges--Maintenance and repair
1
Watchtowers
1
Water-pipes--Valves
1
Welders (Persons)
1
Wooden doors
1
Wooden fences
1
Wooden stairs
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