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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, 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: 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)
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James S. Parker Collection
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Christmas Tree at Michigan and Congress (Folder 541)
75 Images
The construction of the Christmas Tree at Congress and Michigan Avenue and at Daley Plaza
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James S. Parker Collection
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Leo Newman on Madison Street
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Leo Newman on Madison Street
Date:
1974
Collection:
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.
Date:
1960s-1962; 1971-1998
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
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Collection Details

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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4 Tall buildings 3 City traffic 3 Construction equipment 3 Movable bridges 3 Politicians 3 Skyscrapers 3 Street lighting 2 Concrete masonry 2 Construction workers 2 Equestrian statues 2 Pedestrains 2 Rivers 2 Roads 2 Street life 2 Walking 1 Aerial photographs 1 Aerial views 1 Amusement Parks 1 Automobile Parking 1 Automobile driving 1 Automobiles 1 Barges 1 Boats 1 Boats and boating 1 Buildings 1 Bus drivers 1 Cargo ships 1 Cement industry workers 1 Cement--Deterioration 1 Cemeteries 1 Christmas decorations 1 Christmas lights 1 Christmas trees 1 Columns, Concrete 1 Commercial art 1 Concrete construction 1 Dedication services 1 Department stores 1 Destroyers (Warships) 1 Dwellings 1 Electric machinery 1 Electrical engineering 1 Flagpoles 1 Flags 1 Fog- Forecasting 1 Grandstands 1 Grounds maintenance 1 Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration 1 Hoisting machinery 1 Iron and Steel Bridges 1 Land use 1 Landscape gardening 1 Landscape plants 1 Locks (Hydraulic engineering) 1 Monuments 1 Motorboats 1 Parking garages 1 Parks 1 Pavements 1 Pavements (Sidewalks) 1 Pavements, Concrete--Design and construction 1 Pavements--Maintenance and repair 1 People 1 Plaques, plaquettes, Baroque 1 Politics and government 1 Railroad tracks 1 Railroad trains 1 Sailboats 1 Scaffolding, Metal 1 Shrubs 1 Sidewalks--Maintenance and repair 1 Signs 1 Skyscrapers--Design and construction 1 Soil stabilization 1 Spectators 1 Staircases--Conservation and restoration 1 Statues 1 Stonemasonry 1 Tall buildings, Pedestrian areas 1 Tall buildings--Design and construction 1 Tanks 1 Traffic signs and signals 1 Traffic signs and signals--Lighting 1 Trees 1 Trucks 1 Watchtowers 1 Water towers 1 Waterfronts 1 Waterways 1 Work environment