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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 and viaducts (Folder 109)
104 Images
Bridges and viaducts: Milwaukee Ave. Viaduct; North Ave. Bridge; Oakwood Blvd Viaduct; Polk St. Bridge; Randolph St. Bridge; W. Roosevelt Rd. Bridge; N. State St. Bridge; N. Stetson Ave. 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:
1972
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts: Indiana Ave. Bridge through Lake Shore Drive (Folder 107)
151 Images
Bridges and viaducts: Indiana Ave. Bridge through Lake Shore Drive. 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. Bridges and viaducts include: Indiana Ave. Bridge; Irving Park Rd. Bridge (including 1 print); Kinzie St. Ramp; W. Lake St. Bridge; Lake Shore Dr. (Irving Park Rd. Belmont); Lake Shore Dr. (Foster, Lawrence, Montrose Viaducts); Lake Shore Drive (Outer Drive Bridge. Ogden Slip; Lake Shore Drive (Wilson Ave. Viaduct).
Date:
1972
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts: Wacker Dr. Viaduct; Wells St. Bridge; N. Western Ave. Bridge; S. Western Ave. Bridge; Kennedy Expressway over N. Western Ave. (Folder 110)
144 Images
Bridges and viaducts: Wacker Dr. Viaduct; Wells St. Bridge; N. Western Ave. Bridge; S. Western Ave. Bridge; Kennedy Expressway over N. Western Ave. 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:
1972
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Division St. Bridge through Grand Ave. Bridge (Folder 7)
8 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: S. Damen Ave. Bridge (1930, 1931, 1973); N. Damen Ave. Bridge (1953); Dearborn St. Bridge (undated, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1963-64, 1964, 1972, 1973); Diversey Blvd. Bridge (1914, 1944, 1954, 1960, 1968)
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: S. Damen Ave. Bridge through Diversey Blvd. Bridge (Folder 6)
39 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: S. Damen Ave. Bridge (1930, 1931, 1973); N. Damen Ave. Bridge (1953); Dearborn St. Bridge (undated, 1953, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1963-64, 1964, 1972, 1973); Diversey Blvd. Bridge (1914, 1944, 1954, 1960, 1968)
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 Movable bridges 4 Watchtowers 3 Bridges--Abutments 3 Bridges--Foundations and piers 3 Iron and steel bridges 3 Tall buildings 2 Aerial photographs 2 Automobiles 2 Boats and boating 2 Bridges--Deterioration 2 Bridges--Floors 2 Buildings 2 City traffic 2 Politicians 2 Rivers 2 Skyscrapers 2 Street lighting 2 Streets 1 Amusement Parks 1 Architectural design 1 Architectural ironwork 1 Automobile Parking 1 Automobile driving 1 Barges 1 Benches 1 Bridge railings 1 Bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Bus drivers 1 Buses 1 Cables 1 Children 1 Columns, Concrete 1 Commercial art 1 Concrete bridges 1 Concrete masonry 1 Construction and demolition debris 1 Construction equipment 1 Construction workers 1 Decoration and ornament, Architectural 1 Dedication services 1 Drums (Containers) 1 Electric machinery 1 Elevated highways 1 Expansion joints 1 Factories 1 Flags 1 Fog- Forecasting 1 Footbridges 1 Foundations 1 Grandstands 1 Iron and Steel Bridges 1 Iron and steel bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Iron and steel workers 1 Land use 1 Landscapes 1 Lighting 1 Local transit stations 1 Motorboats 1 Movable bridges--Design and construction 1 Parking meters 1 Pavements 1 Pavements, Asphalt 1 Pavements, Concrete 1 Pedestrains 1 Plaques, plaquettes, Baroque 1 Play 1 Railing 1 Railroad tracks 1 Railroad trains 1 Railroads 1 Reinforced concrete 1 Reinforced concrete--Corrosion 1 Riparian areas 1 Road work zones 1 Roads--Interchanges and intersections 1 Sailboats 1 Scaffolding 1 Ships 1 Shrubs 1 Sidewalks--Maintenance and repair 1 Signs 1 Signs and signboards 1 Soil stabilization 1 Spectators 1 Stairs 1 Tanks 1 Teenagers 1 Telephone lines 1 Tourists 1 Traffic safety 1 Traffic signs and signals 1 Traffic signs and signals--Lighting 1 Trucks 1 Underpasses 1 Viaducts 1 Waterfronts 1 Windows 1 Wood poles 1 Wooden beams