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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: Kinzie St. Bridge; Lake Shore Drive/Outer Drive Overpass; Lake Shore Drive Underpasses; S. Laramee Viaduct (Folder 90)
112 Images
Bridges and viaducts: Kinzie St. Bridge; Lake Shore Drive/Outer Drive Overpass; Lake Shore Drive Underpasses; S. Laramee 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:
1970
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts: N. Halsted St. Viaduct; Indiana Ave. Bridge (Folder 96)
63 Images
Bridges and viaducts: N. Halsted St. Viaduct; Indiana Ave. 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:
1971
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: 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: 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. 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
Sears Tower (Folder 532)
169 Images
Sears Tower (Loop location, including construction views); Other neighborhood houses; UIC Science & Engineering Research Center Soil Report; Condominiums on Jackson Boulevard; and South Shore vicinity neighborhoods; Cameo Container Corporation
Date:
1965-1967; 1972-1976
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 Commercial art 3 Advertising 3 Aerial photographs 3 Boats and boating 3 City traffic 3 Concrete bridges 3 Iron and steel workers 3 Movable bridges 3 Movable bridges--Design and construction 3 Refuse and refuse disposal 3 Signs and signboards 3 Street lighting 3 Watchtowers 2 Automobiles 2 Barges 2 Bridge railings 2 Bridges--Design and construction 2 Bridges--Floors 2 Construction and demolition debris 2 Footbridges 2 Landscapes 2 Pavements, Concrete 2 Reinforced concrete 2 Tall buildings 2 Underpasses 2 Viaducts 2 Viaducts--Design and construction 2 Wooden beams 1 Architectural design 1 Architectural drawing 1 Architectural ironwork 1 Barge 1 Benches 1 Billboards 1 Bird's-eye views in art 1 Bridges--Foundations and piers 1 Bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Brush 1 Buildings 1 Buses 1 Cables 1 Cement mixers 1 Children 1 Chimneys 1 City planning 1 Columns, Concrete 1 Concrete bridges--Corrosion 1 Concrete bridges--Foundations and piers--Corrosion 1 Concrete construction 1 Concrete masonry 1 Construction workers 1 Decoration and ornament, Architectural 1 Drawing 1 Drums (Containers) 1 Express highways 1 Factories 1 Foundations 1 Graffiti, Machinery, Movable bridges 1 Hand-railing 1 Iron and steel bridges 1 Iron and steel bridges--Design and construction 1 Iron and steel bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Lighting 1 Litter (Trash) 1 Local transit stations 1 Mascots 1 Motor vehicles 1 Parking facilities 1 Parking lots 1 Parking meters 1 Pavements, Asphalt 1 Pavements, Brick 1 Plague 1 Plates, Iron and steel--Welding 1 Play 1 Police 1 Porches 1 Public works 1 Railing 1 Railroad bridges 1 Railroad cars 1 Railroads 1 Reinforced concrete--Corrosion 1 Riparian areas 1 Rivers 1 Road construction workers 1 Road work zones 1 Roads 1 Roads--Design and construction 1 Roads--Interchanges and intersections 1 Scaffolding 1 Ships 1 Sidewalks 1 Sidewalks--Maintenance and repair 1 Skyscrapers 1 Skyscrapers--Design and construction 1 Soil stabilization 1 Stairs 1 Steel construction 1 Street life 1 Street-railroads 1 Structural steel workers 1 Tall buildings--Design and construction 1 Tanks 1 Teenagers 1 Telephone lines 1 Traffic regulations 1 Traffic safety 1 Traffic safety warnings 1 Traffic signs and signals 1 Traffic signs and signals--Lighting 1 Truck-mounted cranes 1 Trucks 1 Waterfronts--Recreational use 1 Windows 1 Work environment