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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, 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 51)
25 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: 18th St. Bridge 5 (Folder 54)
27 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: 18th St. Bridge 5 (1966)
Date:
1966
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Post Office Viaduct and Randolph St. Bridge (Folder 45)
36 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Post Office Viaduct (1966); Randolph St. Bridge (drawing related to the Chicago Fire, undated rendering, 1940
Date:
1940-1966
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Warehouses, loading docks, and storage (Folder 78)
229 Images
Bridges and viaducts: Franklin-Orleans; N. Halsted St. Viaduct; Halsted-Kinzie 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:
1969?
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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5 Warehouses 4 Concrete walls 4 Floors, Concrete 3 Boxes 3 Columns, Concrete 3 Concrete beams 3 Storage facilities 2 Advertising 2 Basements 2 Boilers 2 Building, Brick 2 Carpets 2 Commercial art 2 Desks 2 Doorways 2 Filing cabinets 2 Furnaces 2 Loading and unloading 2 Materials handling 2 Office buildings 2 Office equipment and supplies 2 Office furniture 2 Pavements, Concrete 2 Space heaters 2 Warnings 2 Water-pipes--Valves 2 Windows 1 Alleys 1 Automobiles 1 Automobiles--Tires 1 Brick walls 1 Bricks 1 Bridges--Foundations and piers 1 Chimneys 1 Clocks and watches 1 Coal-tar products 1 Columns 1 Concrete masonry 1 Concrete--Corrosion 1 Construction and demolition debris 1 Containers 1 Corridors 1 Dampness in basements 1 Dampness in buildings 1 Docks 1 Drawing 1 Driveways 1 Drums (Containers) 1 Electric conductors 1 Electric light fixtures 1 Electric lighting 1 Electric lines 1 Electric power systems 1 Electric wiring 1 Factories 1 Factories--Location 1 Factories--Restrooms 1 Fire extinguishers 1 Fire sprinklers 1 Foundations 1 Garages 1 Gas cylinders--Storage 1 Heat pipes 1 Industrial chimneys 1 Insulating materials 1 Ladders 1 Lighting 1 Machinery 1 Metal doors 1 Parapets 1 Parcel post 1 Parking garages 1 Plaster 1 Post office buildings 1 Postal service--Buildings 1 Postal service--Transportation, Automotive 1 Power (Mechanics) 1 Power transmission 1 Power-plants 1 Public buildings--Restrooms 1 Radiators 1 Railroad tracks 1 Ramps (Walkways) 1 Refuse and refuse disposal 1 Roof drainage 1 Roof gutters 1 Rug and carpet industry 1 Rugs 1 Seepage 1 Signs and signboards 1 Soft drinks 1 Steam-boilers, Water-tube 1 Steam-heating 1 Steel I-beams 1 Terminals (Transportation) 1 Textile fabrics 1 Thermometers 1 Traffic regulations 1 Traffic safety warnings 1 Traffic signs and signals 1 Traffice regulations 1 Trucks 1 Tubes 1 Type-writers 1 Underpasses 1 Viaducts 1 Walls 1 Water-supply 1 Wooden beams 1 Wooden stairs