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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, 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: 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: 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

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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 Underpasses 3 Viaducts 2 Columns, Concrete 2 Commercial art 2 Concrete walls 2 Construction workers 2 Pavements, Concrete 2 Sidewalks--Maintenance and repair 2 Traffic safety warnings 2 Warnings 2 Watchtowers 1 Aerial photographs 1 Architectural design 1 Architectural ironwork 1 Automobiles 1 Benches 1 Boats and boating 1 Bricks 1 Bridge railings 1 Buildings 1 Buses 1 Cables 1 Cantilever bridges 1 Ceilings 1 Children 1 City traffic 1 Concrete bridges 1 Concrete--Corrosion 1 Construction and demolition debris 1 Decoration and ornament, Architectural 1 Docks 1 Drawing 1 Drums (Containers) 1 Elevated highways 1 Expansion joints 1 Factories 1 Footbridges 1 Iron and steel bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Iron and steel workers 1 Landscapes 1 Lighting 1 Loading and unloading 1 Local transit stations 1 Materials handling 1 Movable bridges 1 Movable bridges--Design and construction 1 Parapets 1 Parking meters 1 Pavements, Asphalt 1 Play 1 Polictical advertising 1 Post office buildings 1 Postal service--Buildings 1 Postal service--Transportation, Automotive 1 Railing 1 Railroad tracks 1 Railroads 1 Ramps (Walkways) 1 Reinforced concrete 1 Reinforced concrete--Corrosion 1 Reinforcing bars 1 Riparian areas 1 Road work zones 1 Roads 1 Roads--Interchanges and intersections 1 Roads--Maintenance and repair 1 Scaffolding 1 Ships 1 Signs and signboards 1 Skyscrapers 1 Staircases 1 Stairs 1 Steel I-beams 1 Street lighting 1 Street-railroads 1 Tall buildings 1 Teenagers 1 Telephone lines 1 Terminals (Transportation) 1 Traffic regualtions 1 Traffic safety 1 Traffic signs and signals 1 Traffic signs and signals--Lighting 1 Traffice regulations 1 Warehouses 1 Windows 1 Wooden beams