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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: various bridges and viaducts (Folder 111)
127 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 N. Milwaukee Ave, North Ave, Oakwood Blvd, S. Throop St.,W. Polk St., W. Randolph St., W. Roosevelt Rd., N. State St., and N. Stetson Ave.
Date
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1972
Collection
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James S. Parker Collection
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Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: 95th St. Bridge through 134th St. Bridge (Folder 58)
17 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: 95th St. Bridge (undated, 1942, 1958); 103rd St. Viaduct (1940); 106th St. Bridge (1942); 130th St. Bridge (1957); 134th St. Bridge (1936); City Council Citation to Thomas G. Pihledt (undated)
Date
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1936-1958
Collection
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James S. Parker Collection
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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)
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James S. Parker Collection
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Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Ashland Ave. and Belmont Ave. (Folder 3)
37 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: S. Ashland Ave. Bridge (1914, 1938); N. Ashland Ave. Bridge (1936, 1951, 1953 [aerial view with Webster St. Bridge], 1975); Belmont Ave. (1917, 1924, 1941, 1953, 1976, undated)
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James S. Parker Collection
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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)
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1935-1963
Collection
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James S. Parker Collection
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Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Division St. Bridge through Grand Ave. Bridge (Folder 7)
8 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: S. Damen Ave. Bridge (1930, 1931, 1973); N. Damen Ave. Bridge (1953); Dearborn St. Bridge (undated, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1963-64, 1964, 1972, 1973); Diversey Blvd. Bridge (1914, 1944, 1954, 1960, 1968)
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James S. Parker Collection
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Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Harrison St. Bridge through S. Kedzie Ave. Bridge (Folder 9)
25 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Harrison St. Bridge (1952, 1958 rendering, 1959, 1960 cross section drawing); Indiana Ave. Bridge (1914, 1952, 1959, 1964, 1977 [dedication of bridge with Mayor Michael A. Bilandic); Jackson St. Bridge (1953); N. Kedzie Ave. Bridge (1914); S. Kedzie Ave. Bridge (1951, 1954, 1969, rendering undated)
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James S. Parker Collection
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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)
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James S. Parker Collection
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University of Illinois Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Collection Type
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Richard J. Daley Library
Theme
Natural & Built Environments
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Geographic Location
6
Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
4
Chicago River (Chicago, Ill.)
4
Fulton River District (Chicago, Ill.)
4
River North (Chicago, Ill.)
3
Pilsen (Chicago, Ill.)
3
West Loop Gate (Chicago, Ill.)
2
Albany Park (Chicago, Ill.)
2
Bridgeport (Chicago, Ill.)
2
Chicago River (Ill.)
2
Eden Green (Chicago, Ill.)
2
Goose Island (Chicago, Ill.)
2
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
2
Little Calumet River (Ind. and Ill.)
1
Brighton Park (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Bucktown (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Calumet Heights (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Calumet River (Ill.)
1
Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal (Ill.)
1
East Side (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Garfield Ridge (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Heart of Chicago (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Hegewisch (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Little Italy (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Little Village (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Lower West Side (Chicago, Ill.)
1
McKinley Park (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Near North (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Near West Side (Chicago, Ill.)
1
North Mayfair (Chicago, Ill.)
1
North Park (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Oakland (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Riverdale (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Riverview Amusement Park (Chicago, Ill.)
1
South Deering (Chicago, Ill.)
1
South Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
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Medium
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photographic prints
2
negatives (photographs)
Topic
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Aerial photographs
6
Movable bridges
4
Boats and boating
3
Advertising
3
City traffic
3
Iron and steel workers
3
Rivers
3
Soil stabilization
3
Street lighting
3
Trucks
3
Watchtowers
2
Automobiles
2
Bridge railings
2
Bridges--Maintenance and repair
2
Commercial art
2
Concrete masonry
2
Construction and demolition debris
2
Cranes, derricks, etc.
2
Elevated highways
2
Iron and steel bridges
2
Movable bridges--Design and construction
2
Refuse and refuse disposal
2
Signs and signboards
2
Tanks
2
Traffic signs and signals
2
Truss bridges
2
Waterfronts
2
Wooden beams
2
Wooden bridges
1
Aerial photogrammetry
1
Amusement parks
1
Billboards
1
Boatyards
1
Bridges--Abutments
1
Bridges--Deterioration
1
Bridges--Floors
1
Brush
1
Cement mixers
1
Charts, diagrams, etc.
1
Chimneys
1
City planning
1
Coal mines and mining--Equipment and supplies
1
Cobblestone roads
1
Concrete bridges
1
Concrete bridges--Corrosion
1
Concrete bridges--Design and construction
1
Concrete bridges--Foundations and piers--Corrosion
1
Concrete construction
1
Control rooms
1
Dedication services
1
Drawing
1
Flags
1
Graffiti
1
Grandstands
1
Hand-railing
1
Hoisting machinery
1
Housing
1
Iron and steel bridges--Corrosion
1
Iron and steel bridges--Design and construction
1
Landscapes
1
Mayors
1
Pavements, Brick
1
Pavements, Concrete
1
Plague
1
Plaques, plaquettes
1
Plates, Iron and steel--Welding
1
Police
1
Politicians
1
Railroad cars
1
Railroad tracks
1
Reinforced concrete
1
Restaurants
1
Restaurants--Design and construction
1
River channels
1
Roads
1
Roads--Maintenance and repair
1
Service stations
1
Shrubs
1
Skyscrapers
1
Spectators
1
Steel construction
1
Street-railroad tracks
1
Street-railroads
1
Streets
1
Structural steel workers
1
Tall buildings
1
Truck-mounted cranes
1
Viaducts--Design and construction
1
Wooden bridges--Maintenance and repair
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