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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 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: 18th St. Bridge 5 (Folder 56)
16 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: 23rd St. Viaduct through 91st St. Bridge (Folder 57)
21 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: 23rd St. Viaduct (1952, 1953, undated ); 31St St. and California Bridge (1954); 31st St. and Western (Bridge (1954); 35th St. Bridge (undated drawing); 91st St. Bridge (1944)
Date:
1944-1954
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: 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:
1944-1964
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
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:
1994
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. 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:
1939-1966
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
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Ohio St. Bridge and Polk St. Bridge (Folder 44)
19 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Ohio St. Bridge (1958); Polk St. Bridge (1935, 1941, 1944, 1966)
Date:
1935-1958
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Ridgeland Ave. Overpass over Rt. 57 and Roosevelt Rd. Viaduct (Folder 46)
27 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Ridgeland Ave. Overpass over Rt. 57(1965); Roosevelt Rd. Viaduct (1935)
Date:
1935 and 1965
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Roosevelt Rd. Viaduct (Folder 47A)
22 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Roosevelt Rd. Viaduct (1939, 1940, 1947, 1953)
Date:
1939-1953
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Rush St. Bridge through Wells St. Bridge (Folder 47B)
36 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Rush St. Bridge (undated drawings); N. State St. Bridge (1939, 1940); Throop St. Bridge (1964); Washington St. Tunnel, (1954); Washington St. Bridge (1966); Wells St. Bridge (undated , 1935 accident photos)
Date:
1935-1966
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
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:
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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13 Signs and signboards 12 Advertising 7 Construction workers 7 Iron and steel workers 7 Steel I-beams 6 Movable bridges 6 Movable bridges--Design and construction 6 Refuse and refuse disposal 6 Watchtowers 5 Aerial photographs 5 Automobiles 5 City traffic 5 Columns, Concrete 5 Concrete walls 5 Elevated highways 5 Street-railroads 5 Viaducts 4 Concrete masonry 4 Construction and demolition debris 4 Railroad tracks 4 Railroad yards 4 Street lighting 4 Trucks 3 Basements 3 Boats and boating 3 Bridge railings 3 Bridges--Design and construction 3 Concrete bridges 3 Control boards (Electrical engineering) 3 Drawing 3 Expansion joints 3 Factories 3 Hoisting machinery 3 Pavements, Brick 3 Pavements, Concrete 3 Public works 3 Reinforced concrete 3 Road construction workers 3 Steel, Structural 3 Tall buildings 3 Truck-mounted cranes 3 Viaducts--Design and construction 3 Warehouses 3 Warnings 2 Barges 2 Billboards 2 Boilers 2 Bricks 2 Bridges--Maintenance and repair 2 Buildings 2 Ceilings 2 City planning 2 Concrete beams 2 Concrete construction 2 Concrete--Corrosion 2 Construction equipment 2 Floors, Concrete 2 Footbridges 2 Foundations 2 Hand-railing 2 Iron and steel bridges 2 Iron and steel bridges--Design and construction 2 Ladders 2 Landscape architecture 2 Landscapes 2 Loading and unloading 2 Materials handling 2 Office buildings 2 Photographs 2 Plank roads 2 Reinforced concrete--Corrosion 2 Reinforcing bars 2 Rivers 2 Road work zones 2 Roads--Maintenance and repair 2 Scaffolding 2 Sidewalks 2 Sidewalks--Maintenance and repair 2 Soil stabilization 2 Staircases 2 Steel--Corrosion 2 Storage facilities 2 Structural steel workers 2 Traffic regulations 2 Traffic safety warnings 2 Traffic signs and signals--Lighting 2 Truss bridges--Maintenance and repair 2 Underpasses 2 Waterfronts 2 Wooden beams 2 Work environment 1 Abutments, Bridge 1 Accidents 1 Anchors 1 Architectural design 1 Architectural drawing 1 Architectural ironwork 1 Architecture 1 Barge 1 Benches 1 Bird's-eye views in art 1 Bolts and nuts 1 Boxes 1 Bridges--Bearings 1 Bridges--Design and construction--Equipment and supplies 1 Bridges--Floors 1 Bridges--Floors--Deterioration 1 Bridges--Foundations and piers 1 Brush 1 Building 1 Building, Wooden 1 Buses 1 Cables 1 Cantilever bridges 1 Carpets 1 Cement mixers 1 Children 1 Chimneys 1 Christmas decorations 1 Christmas lights 1 Christmas trees 1 Clocks and watches 1 Coal-tar products 1 Cobblestone roads 1 Concrete 1 Concrete bridges--Corrosion 1 Concrete bridges--Foundations and piers--Corrosion 1 Concrete--Maintenance and repair 1 Concrete-Corrosion 1 Construction 1 Construction Industry 1 Containers 1 Control rooms 1 Couplings 1 Dampness in basements 1 Decoration and ornament, Architectural 1 Dedication services 1 Desks 1 Docks 1 Doorways 1 Driveways 1 Drums (Containers) 1 Dump trucks 1 Electric conduits 1 Electric wiring 1 Elevated highways--Design and construction 1 Employees 1 Engineering personnel 1 Equestrian statues 1 Excavating machinery 1 Factories--Location 1 Factories--Restrooms 1 Filing cabinets 1 Flagpoles 1 Floors, Wooden 1 Fracture mechanics 1 Furnaces 1 Gas cylinders--Storage 1 Gates 1 Gearing 1 Gearing, Bevel 1 Gearing, Spur 1 Gearing, Worm 1 Gravel 1 Hydrants 1 Iron and Steel Bridges 1 Iron and steel bridges--Corrosion 1 Iron and steel bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Lighting 1 Litter (Trash) 1 Litter (Trash)--Environmental aspects 1 Loaders (Machines) 1 Local transit stations 1 Local transit--Ridership 1 Machine industry 1 Mascots 1 Mechanical engineering 1 Metal castings--Welding 1 Municipal officials and employees 1 Office equipment and supplies 1 Office furniture 1 Parking garages 1 Parking lots 1 Parking meters 1 Pavements, Asphalt 1 Pedestrian areas 1 Pedestrians 1 Pencil drawing 1 Photography of sailing ships 1 Pipe 1 Plague 1 Plates, Iron and steel--Welding 1 Play 1 Police 1 Polictical advertising 1 Public buildings--Restrooms 1 Railing 1 Railroad bridges 1 Railroad bridges--Design and construction 1 Railroad cars 1 Railroad trains 1 Railroads 1 Railroads tracks 1 Railroads--Freight 1 Restaurants 1 Riparian areas 1 Roads 1 Roads--Guard fences 1 Roads--Interchanges and intersections 1 Roads--Work zones 1 Sailing ships 1 Scrap materials 1 Scrap metals 1 Shafting--Bearings 1 Ships 1 Skyscrapers 1 Soft drinks 1 Space heaters 1 Stairs 1 Steel construction 1 Steel forgings 1 Street life 1 Streets 1 Streetscapes (Urban design) 1 Surveyors 1 Tanks 1 Teenagers 1 Telephone lines 1 Traffic 1 Traffic flow 1 Traffic regualtions 1 Traffic safety 1 Traffic signs and signals 1 Trees 1 Trenches 1 Truss bridges 1 Truss bridges--Design and construction 1 Tunnels--Design and construction 1 Underpasses--Design and construction 1 Unincorporated areas 1 Urban transportation 1 Vacant lands 1 Viaducts - Design and Construction 1 Viaducts--Maintenance and repair 1 Water-pipes--Valves 1 Waterfronts--Recreational use 1 Welders (Persons) 1 Welding 1 Wheelbarrows 1 Windows 1 Wood 1 Wooden doors 1 Wooden fences 1 Wooden stairs 1 Worksite environment