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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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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
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1965-1967; 1972-1976
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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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University of Illinois Chicago. Library. Special Collections and University Archives Department (Richard J. Daley Library)
Collection Type
Manuscript Collections
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Richard J. Daley Library
Theme
Natural & Built Environments
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Geographic Location
2
Chicago River (Ill.)
2
Lake Shore Drive (Chicago, Ill.)
2
Loop (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Archer Heights (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Back of the Yards (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Bridgeport (Chicago, Ill.)
1
East Side (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Fort Sheridan (Ill.)
1
Hyde Park (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Lower West Side (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Michigan, Lake
1
Michigan, Lake, Coast (Ill.)
1
Near North Side (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Near South Side (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Near West Side (Chicago, Ill.)
1
New City (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Northerly Island (Ill.)
1
South Shore (Chicago, Ill.)
1
West Loop Gate (Chicago, Ill.)
1
Winnipeg (Man.)
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Skyscrapers--Design and construction
2
Tall buildings
1
Aerial views
1
Boats
1
Cargo ships
1
Cemeteries
1
Destroyers (Warships)
1
Dwellings
1
Electrical engineering
1
Elevated highways
1
Equestrian statues
1
Express highways
1
Locks (Hydraulic engineering)
1
Monuments
1
Motor vehicles
1
Movable bridges
1
Parking facilities
1
Parking garages
1
Parking lots
1
Parks
1
Sidewalks
1
Skyscrapers
1
Statues
1
Street life
1
Street lighting
1
Streets
1
Waterways
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