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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: La Salle St. (Folder 80)
70 Images
Bridges and viaducts: La Salle St. 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
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1969
Collection
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James S. Parker Collection
Access
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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
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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)
Collection
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James S. Parker Collection
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Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Kennedy Expressway Ohio Feeder Ram and Kinzie St. Bridge (Folder 10)
27 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Kennedy Expressway Ohio Feeder Ramp (1972); Kinzie St. Bridge (1914, 1944, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957, 1963, 1964, 1968, 1969)
Date
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1914-1972
Collection
:
James S. Parker Collection
Access
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Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Kinzie St. Bridge (Folder 11)
37 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Kinzie St. Bridge, cont. (1973, 1981, 1992, 1998, 1999)
Date
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1973-1999
Collection
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James S. Parker Collection
Access
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Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Kinzie St. Bridge (Folder 42)
48 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Kinzie St. Bridge (1944, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1957, aerials [undated]1960, 1964)
Date
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1944-1964
Collection
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James S. Parker Collection
Access
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Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Moveable bridges of Chicago (Folder 59)
246 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
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1994
Collection
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James S. Parker Collection
Access
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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
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James S. Parker Collection
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Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: N. Lake Shore Drive, North Ave. Pedestrian Overpass through Monroe St. Bridge (Folder 43)
26 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: N. Lake Shore Drive, North Ave. Pedestrian Overpass(1962); S. Lake Shore Drive at Roosevelt Rd. Pedestrian Overpass (undated); S. Lake Shore Drive, 42nd St. Pedestrian Overpass (1962); Lock St. Bridge (1964); Loomis-Fuller Railroad Viaduct (undated drawing, 1955, 1964); Madison St. Bridge (1941); Michigan Ave. Bridge (1912 drawing, undated, 1939, 1944, 1956, 1957); Monroe St. Bridge (1966)
Date
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1939-1966
Collection
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James S. Parker Collection
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Public access
Christmas Tree at Michigan and Congress (Folder 541)
75 Images
The construction of the Christmas Tree at Congress and Michigan Avenue and at Daley Plaza
Collection
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James S. Parker Collection
Access
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Public access
Water Tower (Folder 530)
38 Images
Construction of Water towers (1867), Tower Centennial (1891) and photo of the Great Fire (Chicago, Illinois : 1871)
Date
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1867; 1891; 1930s-1962; 1968-1969
Collection
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James S. Parker Collection
Access
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Public access
Water Tower (Folder 531)
247 Images
Water Tower Repairs (1962) and completion of Water tower. Also visible are the John Hancock Center, Bonwit Teller Department Store and Water Place Tower.
Date
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1960s-1962; 1971-1998
Collection
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James S. Parker Collection
Access
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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
6
Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
6
River North (Chicago, Ill.)
5
Fulton River District (Chicago, Ill.)
3
Chicago (Ill.)
3
Near North Side (Chicago, Ill.)
2
Chicago River (Chicago, Ill.)
2
Chicago River (Ill.)
2
Gold Coast (Chicago, Ill.)
2
Old Town (Chicago, Ill.)
2
West Loop Gate (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Bridgeport (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Bronzeville (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Garfield Ridge (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Kenwood (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Lake Shore Drive (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Lincoln Park (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Lower West Side (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Near South Side (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Near West Side (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Pilsen (Chicago, Ill.)
1
South Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
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Subject--Name
2
Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration
2
Water tower (Chicago, Ill.)
Medium
5
photographic prints
4
negatives (photographs)
Topic
9
Aerial photographs
8
Movable bridges
6
Soil stabilization
6
Street lighting
6
Watchtowers
5
Commercial art
4
Boats and boating
4
Bridges--Maintenance and repair
4
Iron and steel bridges
4
Tall buildings
3
Automobiles
3
Barges
3
Bolts and nuts
3
Bridges--Bearings
3
Concrete masonry
3
Construction workers
3
Couplings
3
Elevated highways
3
Engineering personnel
3
Fracture mechanics
3
Gearing, Bevel
3
Gearing, Spur
3
Gearing, Worm
3
Iron and steel workers
3
Mechanical engineering
3
Movable bridges--Design and construction
3
Pedestrians
3
Pipe
3
Plank roads
3
Rivers
3
Shafting--Bearings
3
Skyscrapers
3
Streets
3
Truss bridges
3
Waterfronts
3
Wooden beams
2
Advertising
2
Bridge railings
2
Columns, Concrete
2
Construction equipment
2
Footbridges
2
Hoisting machinery
2
Landscapes
2
Railroad yards
2
Refuse and refuse disposal
2
Roads
2
Sidewalks--Maintenance and repair
2
Signs and signboards
2
Street life
2
Tanks
2
Traffic signs and signals
2
Traffic signs and signals--Lighting
2
Trucks
2
Water towers
2
Work environment
1
Aerial photogrammetry
1
Aerial views
1
Architectural design
1
Architectural drawing
1
Architectural ironwork
1
Barge
1
Benches
1
Billboards
1
Bird's-eye views in art
1
Bridges
1
Bridges--Design and construction
1
Brush
1
Buildings
1
Buses
1
Cables
1
Cement industry workers
1
Cement--Deterioration
1
Children
1
Chimneys
1
Christmas decorations
1
Christmas lights
1
Christmas trees
1
City planning
1
Concrete bridges
1
Concrete building
1
Concrete construction
1
Construction and demolition debris
1
Control rooms
1
Decoration and ornament, Architectural
1
Dedication services
1
Department stores
1
Drawing
1
Drawings
1
Drums (Containers)
1
Equestrian statues
1
Factories
1
Flagpoles
1
Flags
1
Foundations
1
Grandstands
1
Grounds maintenance
1
Hand-railing
1
Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration
1
Housing
1
Iron and steel bridges--Maintenance and repair
1
Landscape gardening
1
Landscape plants
1
Lighting
1
Litter (Trash)
1
Local transit stations
1
Parking meters
1
Pavements (Sidewalks)
1
Pavements, Asphalt
1
Pavements, Brick
1
Pavements, Concrete
1
Pavements, Concrete--Design and construction
1
Pavements--Maintenance and repair
1
Pedestrains
1
Pedestrian areas
1
Plague
1
Play
1
Police
1
Politicians
1
Public works
1
Railing
1
Railroad cars
1
Railroad tracks
1
Railroads
1
Reinforced concrete
1
Reinforced concrete--Corrosion
1
Riparian areas
1
River channels
1
Road construction workers
1
Road work zones
1
Roads--Interchanges and intersections
1
Scaffolding
1
Scaffolding, Metal
1
Ships
1
Shrubs
1
Spectators
1
Staircases--Conservation and restoration
1
Stairs
1
Stonemasonry
1
Street-railroads
1
Tall buildings, Pedestrian areas
1
Teenagers
1
Telephone lines
1
Traffic regulations
1
Traffic safety
1
Traffic safety warnings
1
Trees
1
Underpasses
1
Viaducts
1
Viaducts--Design and construction
1
Walking
1
Water towers--Design and construction
1
Water tunnels
1
Waterfronts--Recreational use
1
Waterworks
1
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