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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: 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: 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: 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
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
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: S. California St. Bridge through S. Cermak Bridge (Folder 4)
19 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: S. California St. Bridge (1925, undated); S. Canal St. Bridge (1892 cross-section drawing, 1941 rendering, 1941, 1943, 1947, 1947 interior workings); Central Park Ave. Bridge (1914); S. Cermak Bridge (1914, 1941, undated, 1959, 1997, 1998)
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 Commercial art 2 Advertising 2 Concrete masonry 2 Movable bridges 2 Street-railroads 2 Traffic signs and signals 1 Abutments, Bridge 1 Aerial photographs 1 Automobiles 1 Barges 1 Billboards 1 Boats and boating 1 Bridge railings 1 Bridges--Design and construction 1 Brush 1 Building, Wooden 1 Ceilings 1 Chimneys 1 City planning 1 City traffic 1 Concrete walls 1 Construction and demolition debris 1 Construction workers 1 Control boards (Electrical engineering) 1 Control rooms 1 Docks 1 Dump trucks 1 Elevated highways 1 Employees 1 Excavating machinery 1 Foundations 1 Gearing 1 Hand-railing 1 Hoisting machinery 1 Iron and Steel Bridges 1 Iron and steel workers 1 Ladders 1 Landscape architecture 1 Landscapes 1 Loaders (Machines) 1 Loading and unloading 1 Machinery 1 Materials handling 1 Movable bridges--Design and construction 1 Parapets 1 Pavements, Brick 1 Pavements, Concrete 1 Photographs 1 Photography of sailing ships 1 Plague 1 Police 1 Post office buildings 1 Postal service--Buildings 1 Postal service--Transportation, Automotive 1 Public works 1 Railroad cars 1 Railroad tracks 1 Ramps (Walkways) 1 Refuse and refuse disposal 1 Rivers 1 Road construction workers 1 Road work zones 1 Roads - Design and construction 1 Sailing ships 1 Signs and signboards 1 Soil stabilization 1 Steel I-beams 1 Steel forgings 1 Street lighting 1 Streetscapes (Urban design) 1 Surveyors 1 Tall buildings 1 Tanks 1 Terminals (Transportation) 1 Traffic safety warnings 1 Traffice regulations 1 Trenches 1 Truck-mounted cranes 1 Trucks 1 Tunnels--Design and construction 1 Underpasses 1 Viaducts 1 Viaducts--Design and construction 1 Warehouses 1 Warnings 1 Watchtowers 1 Welding 1 Wooden beams 1 Work environment