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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: 18th St. Bridge 1 (AKA Grove St.) (Folder 48)
31 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: Ridgeland Ave. Overpass over Rt. 57 and Roosevelt Rd. Viaduct (Folder 46)
27 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Ridgeland Ave. Overpass over Rt. 57(1965); Roosevelt Rd. Viaduct (1935)
Date:
1935 and 1965
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


Clark Street (Folder 534)
27 Images
Streetscapes (Urban design)
Date:
1950; 1958
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


Clark Street (Folder 535)
17 Images
Streetscapes (Urban design) and Mayor Richard J. Daley attending a Festival in Andersonville community
Date:
1958; 1964-1965
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access


Clark Street (Folder 536)
20 Images
Streetscapes (Urban design)
Date:
1955; 1958; 1963-1965
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