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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: 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)
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James S. Parker Collection
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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.
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1994
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James S. Parker Collection
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Marina City (Folder 548)
45 Images
Views of Marina City; arrival of French destroyer, Bouvet; wrecking of unidentified tall building; various parking garages.
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James S. Parker Collection
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Various views and streetscapes (Folder 544)
424 Images
Various views and streetscapes, including graffiti on monument at Western and 21st; viaduct mural at Halsted and Kinzie; Barber shop at Wells and Washington; Cabrini Green housing project after rehab; Chagall mosaic in Loop; Coastguard house at locks; Congress and Michigan; Continental bank; Copernicus statue at Adler Planetarium; Daley Plaza; Division and State; Drake Hotel; Drexel Fountain; Fort Sheridan Cemetery; Parking garages; Kemper Building; LaSalle Plaza; LaSalle and Adams; Kozsko Statue; Madison St.; Madison and Wells; 22 W. Madison Building; Marquette Statue; McKinley Park; Michigan Ave. bridge; Michigan Ave. high-rise; New Michigan Hotel (Lexington Hotel); Lake Shore Drive; Outer Drive; Port of Chicago; Presidential Towers; Robie House (exterior painting); "S" curve at Navy Pier; Sears and Hancock Towers; Sherman Hotel; State St.; Stearns Quarry; Stockyards Entrance; Sculpture on Parking Lot; Unidentified interior architecture; United Artists movie theater and intersection; 111 E. Wacker Dr.; Winnipeg (Manitoba) Mall; Winston Towers; WEM; Wolf Point before Apparel Center
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James S. Parker Collection
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Water Tower (Folder 531)
247 Images
Water Tower Repairs (1962) and completion of Water tower. Also visible are the John Hancock Center, Bonwit Teller Department Store and Water Place Tower.
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1960s-1962; 1971-1998
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James S. Parker Collection
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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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Geographic Location
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Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
3
Chicago River (Ill.)
3
Near North Side (Chicago, Ill.)
2
River North (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Bridgeport (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Chicago (Ill.)
1
East Side (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Fort Sheridan (Ill.)
1
Fulton River District (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Gold Coast (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Hyde Park (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Lake Shore Drive (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Lower West Side (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Michigan, Lake
1
Michigan, Lake, Coast (Ill.)
1
Near South Side (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Near West Side (Chicago, Ill.)
1
New City (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Northerly Island (Ill.)
1
Old Town (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Winnipeg (Man.)
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Subject--Name
1
Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration
1
Water tower (Chicago, Ill.)
Medium
1
negatives (photographs)
1
photographic prints
Topic
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City traffic
3
Movable bridges
3
Street lighting
3
Streets
3
Tall buildings
2
Aerial photographs
2
Automobiles
2
Boats and boating
2
Columns, Concrete
2
Concrete masonry
2
Construction workers
2
Destroyers (Warships)
2
Parking garages
2
Roads
2
Sidewalks--Maintenance and repair
2
Waterways
1
Aerial views
1
Architectural design
1
Architectural ironwork
1
Barges
1
Benches
1
Boats
1
Bridge railings
1
Buildings
1
Buses
1
Cables
1
Cargo ships
1
Cement industry workers
1
Cement--Deterioration
1
Cemeteries
1
Children
1
Commercial art
1
Concrete bridges
1
Concrete construction
1
Construction and demolition debris
1
Construction equipment
1
Decoration and ornament, Architectural
1
Dedication services
1
Department stores
1
Drums (Containers)
1
Dwellings
1
Electrical engineering
1
Elevated highways
1
Equestrian statues
1
Factories
1
Flags
1
Footbridges
1
Foundations
1
Fountains
1
Grandstands
1
Grounds maintenance
1
Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration
1
Iron and steel bridges--Maintenance and repair
1
Iron and steel workers
1
Landscape gardening
1
Landscape plants
1
Landscapes
1
Lighting
1
Local transit stations
1
Locks (Hydraulic engineering)
1
Monuments
1
Movable bridges--Design and construction
1
Parking meters
1
Parks
1
Pavements (Sidewalks)
1
Pavements, Asphalt
1
Pavements, Concrete
1
Pavements, Concrete--Design and construction
1
Pavements--Maintenance and repair
1
Pedestrains
1
Play
1
Politicians
1
Railing
1
Railroad tracks
1
Railroads
1
Reinforced concrete
1
Reinforced concrete--Corrosion
1
Riparian areas
1
Rivers
1
Road work zones
1
Roads--Interchanges and intersections
1
Scaffolding
1
Scaffolding, Metal
1
Ships
1
Shrubs
1
Signs and signboards
1
Skyscrapers--Design and construction
1
Soil stabilization
1
Spectators
1
Staircases--Conservation and restoration
1
Stairs
1
Statues
1
Stonemasonry
1
Street life
1
Tall buildings, Pedestrian areas
1
Tall buildings--Design and construction
1
Tanks
1
Teenagers
1
Telephone lines
1
Traffic safety
1
Traffic signs and signals
1
Traffic signs and signals--Lighting
1
Trees
1
Trucks
1
Underpasses
1
Viaducts
1
Walking
1
Watchtowers
1
Water towers
1
Waterfronts
1
Windows
1
Wooden beams
1
Work environment
1
Wrecking
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