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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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Aerial views of Chicago River and bridges: Chicago River jackknife bridges (Folder 1)
9 Images
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses
Date:
1952-1957
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Chicago Ave. Bridge through Congress Bridge (Folder 5)
17 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Chicago Ave. Bridge (1914, 1969); Clark St. Bridge (1930, 1972, undated aerial); Cicero Bridge (1926, 1960); Columbus Drive Bridge (model); Congress Bridge (1956, 1958, 1959)
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: Rush St. Bridge through Wells St. Bridge (Folder 47B)
36 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Rush St. Bridge (undated drawings); N. State St. Bridge (1939, 1940); Throop St. Bridge (1964); Washington St. Tunnel, (1954); Washington St. Bridge (1966); Wells St. Bridge (undated , 1935 accident photos)
Date:
1935-1966
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
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
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
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
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Water Tower (Folder 530)
38 Images
Construction of Water towers (1867), Tower Centennial (1891) and photo of the Great Fire (Chicago, Illinois : 1871)
Date:
1867; 1891; 1930s-1962; 1968-1969
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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6 Movable bridges 4 Aerial photographs 4 City traffic 4 Street lighting 4 Streets 3 Boats and boating 3 Commercial art 3 Construction workers 3 Railroad tracks 3 Roads 3 Skyscrapers 3 Watchtowers 2 Automobiles 2 Buildings 2 Concrete masonry 2 Construction and demolition debris 2 Construction equipment 2 Elevated highways 2 Equestrian statues 2 Hoisting machinery 2 Politicians 2 Railroads 2 Rivers 2 Skyscrapers--Design and construction 2 Street life 2 Tall buildings--Design and construction 2 Traffic signs and signals--Lighting 2 Waterfronts 1 Abutments, Bridge 1 Aerial views 1 Amusement Parks 1 Architectural design 1 Architectural ironwork 1 Architectural models 1 Automobile Parking 1 Automobile driving 1 Barges 1 Benches 1 Boats 1 Bridge railings 1 Bridges--Abutments 1 Bridges--Design and construction 1 Building, Wooden 1 Bus drivers 1 Buses 1 Cables 1 Cargo ships 1 Cemeteries 1 Children 1 Christmas decorations 1 Christmas lights 1 Christmas trees 1 Columns, Concrete 1 Concrete bridges 1 Concrete building 1 Control boards (Electrical engineering) 1 Control rooms 1 Decoration and ornament, Architectural 1 Dedication services 1 Destroyers (Warships) 1 Drawing 1 Drawings 1 Drums (Containers) 1 Dump trucks 1 Dwellings 1 Electric machinery 1 Electrical engineering 1 Express highways 1 Factories 1 Flagpoles 1 Flags 1 Fog- Forecasting 1 Footbridges 1 Foundations 1 Gearing 1 Grandstands 1 Iron and Steel Bridges 1 Iron and steel bridges 1 Iron and steel bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Iron and steel workers 1 Ladders 1 Land use 1 Landscapes 1 Lighting 1 Local transit stations 1 Locks (Hydraulic engineering) 1 Monuments 1 Motor vehicles 1 Motorboats 1 Movable bridges--Design and construction 1 Parking facilities 1 Parking garages 1 Parking lots 1 Parking meters 1 Parks 1 Pavements 1 Pavements, Asphalt 1 Pavements, Concrete 1 Pedestrains 1 Pedestrian areas 1 Photographs 1 Photography of sailing ships 1 Plaques, plaquettes, Baroque 1 Play 1 Railing 1 Railroad cars 1 Railroad trains 1 Reinforced concrete 1 Reinforced concrete--Corrosion 1 Riparian areas 1 Road work zones 1 Roads--Interchanges and intersections 1 Sailboats 1 Sailing ships 1 Scaffolding 1 Ships 1 Shrubs 1 Sidewalks 1 Sidewalks--Maintenance and repair 1 Signs 1 Signs and signboards 1 Soil stabilization 1 Spectators 1 Stairs 1 Statues 1 Steel I-beams 1 Steel forgings 1 Street-railroad tracks 1 Surveyors 1 Tanks 1 Teenagers 1 Telephone lines 1 Traffic safety 1 Traffic signs and signals 1 Trenches 1 Trucks 1 Tunnels--Design and construction 1 Underpasses 1 Viaducts 1 Water towers 1 Water towers--Design and construction 1 Water tunnels 1 Waterways 1 Waterworks 1 Welding 1 Windows 1 Wooden beams 1 Work environment