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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 and viaducts (Folder 117)
110 Images
Bridges and viaducts: Fullerton Ave. Bridge; Glenlake Ave. and Lake Michigan; Grand Ave. Viaduct; Halsted St. Viaduct; Humbolt Park Lagoon; Kinzie St. Bridge; Lake St. Bridge; Lake Shore Drive Viaduct (at Randolph); Loomis St. Bridge. 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:
1973
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 5 (Folder 53)
31 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

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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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3 Loading and unloading 3 Warehouses 2 Basements 2 Concrete masonry 2 Concrete walls 2 Garages 2 Materials handling 2 Movable bridges 2 Refuse and refuse disposal 2 Signs and signboards 2 Storage facilities 2 Warnings 2 Wooden doors 2 Wooden stairs 1 Advertising 1 Automobiles 1 Brick walls 1 Bridges--Foundations and piers 1 Bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Building, Brick 1 Ceilings 1 Commercial art 1 Concrete construction 1 Construction and demolition debris 1 Dampness in buildings 1 Drainage pipes 1 Drawing 1 Driveways 1 Drums (Containers) 1 Electric cables 1 Electric circuit-breakers 1 Electric conductors 1 Electric light fixtures 1 Electric lighting 1 Electric meters 1 Express highways 1 Factories 1 Fire hose 1 Floors, Concrete 1 Foundations 1 Garage doors 1 Heating-pipes 1 High-rise apartment buildings 1 Hydrants 1 Iron and steel bridges 1 Lighting 1 Lockers 1 Metal containers 1 Metal doors 1 Office buildings 1 Parapets 1 Pavements 1 Pavements, Concrete 1 Photographs 1 Plank roads 1 Post office buildings 1 Postal service--Buildings 1 Postal service--Transportation, Automotive 1 Radiators 1 Railroad cars 1 Railroad tracks 1 Railroad trains 1 Railroad yards 1 Railroads tracks 1 Ramps (Walkways) 1 Reinforced concrete--Corrosion 1 Reinforcing bars 1 Roof drainage 1 Roof gutters 1 Salt boxes 1 Scrap metals 1 Seepage 1 Steam-heating 1 Steel I-beams 1 Street-railroads 1 Terminals (Transportation) 1 Tires 1 Traffic safety 1 Traffic safety warnings 1 Traffic signs and signals 1 Traffice regulations 1 Trucks 1 Tunnels 1 Underpasses 1 Utility meters 1 Viaducts 1 Watchtowers 1 Windows 1 Wood poles 1 Wooden beams 1 Wooden bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Wooden fences