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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 and viaducts (Folder 86)
69 Images
Bridges and viaducts: W. Adams St.; W. Addison St.; Archer-Ashland Overpass; Argyle and Wilson Underpass; N. Ashland Ave.; W. Belmont; Berwyn Underpass; Bryn Mawr Underpass; Chicago-Halsted Viaduct; W. Cortland St. Many of the 35 mm negatives document damage and deterioration on Chicago's bridges, viaducts and underpasses that need repair though some frames provide a general view of the bridges at the time they were taken.
Date:
1970
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts: Addison St. Bridge; Argyle St. Bridge; S. Ashland Ave. Bridge; Belmont Ave. Bridge; Cermak Rd. Bridge; Chicago Ave. Bridge; Cortland St. Bridge; N. Damen Ave. Viaduct; N. Des Plaines St. Viaduct (Folder 105)
83 Images
Bridges and viaducts: Addison St. Bridge; Argyle St. Bridge; S. Ashland Ave. Bridge; Belmont Ave. Bridge; Cermak Rd. Bridge; Chicago Ave. Bridge; Cortland St. Bridge; N. Damen Ave. Viaduct; N. Des Plaines St. Viaduct. Many of the 35 mm negatives document damage and deterioration on Chicago's bridges, viaducts and underpasses that need repair though some frames provide a general view of the bridges at the time they were taken.
Date:
1972
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts: Cicero Ave. Viaduct; Congress St. Bridge; Damen Ave. Bridge; Dan Ryan Expressway (Folder 115)
176 Images
Bridges and viaducts: Cicero Ave. Viaduct; Congress St. Bridge; Damen Ave. Bridge; Dan Ryan Expressway. Many of the 35 mm negatives document damage and deterioration on Chicago's bridges, viaducts and underpasses that need repair though some frames provide a general view of the bridges at the time they were taken.
Date:
1973
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts: Kinzie St. Bridge; Lake Shore Drive/Outer Drive Overpass; Lake Shore Drive Underpasses; S. Laramee Viaduct (Folder 90)
112 Images
Bridges and viaducts: Kinzie St. Bridge; Lake Shore Drive/Outer Drive Overpass; Lake Shore Drive Underpasses; S. Laramee Viaduct. Many of the 35 mm negatives document damage and deterioration on Chicago's bridges, viaducts and underpasses that need repair though some frames provide a general view of the bridges at the time they were taken.
Date:
1970
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts: La Salle St. Bridge; La Salle St. Viaduct; La Salle St. Underpasses; S. Loomis St. Bridge (Folder 91)
69 Images
Bridges and viaducts: La Salle St. Bridge; La Salle St. Viaduct; La Salle St. Underpasses; S. Loomis St. Bridge. Many of the 35 mm negatives document damage and deterioration on Chicago's bridges, viaducts and underpasses that need repair though some frames provide a general view of the bridges at the time they were taken.
Date:
1970
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts: N. Damen Ave.; S, Damen Ave. Viaduct; Des Plaines/Milwaukee Viaduct; W. Diversey ; W. Division (canal) (Folder 87)
154 Images
Bridges and viaducts: N. Damen Ave.; S, Damen Ave. Viaduct; Des Plaines/Milwaukee Viaduct; W. Diversey ; W. Division (canal). Many of the 35 mm negatives document damage and deterioration on Chicago's bridges, viaducts and underpasses that need repair though some frames provide a general view of the bridges at the time they were taken.
Date:
1970
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts: W. Erie; Foster Underpass; Franklin-Orleans Bridge; W. Grand; N. Halsted St. Bridge (Canal); Halsted St. Viaduct (Folder 88)
124 Images
Bridges and viaducts: W. Erie; Foster Underpass; Franklin-Orleans Bridge; W. Grand; N. Halsted St. Bridge (Canal); Halsted St. Viaduct; Many of the 35 mm negatives document damage and deterioration on Chicago's bridges, viaducts and underpasses that need repair though some frames provide a general view of the bridges at the time they were taken.
Date:
1970
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts: various bridges and viaducts (Folder 116)
110 Images
Many of the negatives document damage and deterioration on Chicago's bridges, viaducts and underpasses that need repair though some frames provide a general view of the bridges at the time they were taken. This folder includes images of N. Dearborn St. Bridge; Dearborn St. Bridge; Des Plaines St. Viaduct; Forest Glen Ave. Bridge.
Date:
1973
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges and viaducts: various bridges, 1971 (Folder 104)
172 Images
Bridges and viaducts: various bridges, 1971. Many of the 35 mm negatives document damage and deterioration on Chicago's bridges, viaducts and underpasses that need repair though some frames provide a general view of the bridges at the time they were taken. Various Bridges, including: S. Cicero, S. Pulaski, Devon and Touhy viaducts, Eisenhower Viaducts, Halsted to Pulaski, Kedzie, Jackson, Lavergne, Wilson, Loomis, Throop, Halsted, Cermak, Canal, 18th , Monroe, Adams, Jackson, Pulaski, Laramie, Randolph, Kinzie, Halsted, Division, Randolph, Washington, Madison, Skyway, Wood St., Wabash, Dearborn, Western, California, Homan, Unidentified.
Date:
1971
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: Post Office Viaduct and Randolph St. Bridge (Folder 45)
36 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Post Office Viaduct (1966); Randolph St. Bridge (drawing related to the Chicago Fire, undated rendering, 1940
Date:
1940-1966
Collection:
James S. Parker Collection
Access:
Public access
Bridges, viaducts, and underpasses: Roosevelt Rd. Viaduct (Folder 47A)
22 Images
Bridges, viaducts and underpasses included: Roosevelt Rd. Viaduct (1939, 1940, 1947, 1953)
Date:
1939-1953
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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7 Movable bridges 6 Bridges--Foundations and piers 6 Bridges--Maintenance and repair 6 Construction workers 5 Watchtowers 4 Bridges--Abutments 4 Bridges--Design and construction 4 Bridges--Floors 4 Iron and steel bridges--Corrosion 4 Viaducts 3 Expansion joints 3 Foundations 3 Iron and steel bridges 3 Railroad tracks 2 Bridge railings 2 Bridges--Deterioration 2 Columns, Concrete 2 Commercial art 2 Concrete walls 2 Construction and demolition debris 2 Cranes, derricks, etc. 2 Elevated highways 2 Pavements, Concrete 2 Sidewalks--Maintenance and repair 2 Traffic safety warnings 2 Warnings 2 Wood poles 1 Aerial photographs 1 Aerial views 1 Architectural design 1 Architectural ironwork 1 Automobiles 1 Benches 1 Boats and boating 1 Bricks 1 Bridges--Inspection 1 Buildings 1 Buses 1 Cables 1 Cantilever bridges 1 Ceilings 1 Children 1 City traffic 1 Concrete bridges 1 Concrete bridges--Cracking 1 Concrete bridges--Design and construction 1 Concrete--Corrosion 1 Concrete--Cracking 1 Control boards (Electrical engineering) 1 Decoration and ornament, Architectural 1 Docks 1 Drawing 1 Drums (Containers) 1 Electric circuits 1 Factories 1 Footbridges 1 Graffiti 1 Graffiti, Machinery, Movable bridges 1 Iron and steel bridges--Maintenance and repair 1 Iron and steel workers 1 Landscapes 1 Lighting 1 Loading and unloading 1 Local transit stations 1 Materials handling 1 Movable bridges--Design and construction 1 Parapets 1 Parking meters 1 Pavements, Asphalt 1 Play 1 Polictical advertising 1 Post office buildings 1 Postal service--Buildings 1 Postal service--Transportation, Automotive 1 Railing 1 Railroad cars 1 Railroads 1 Ramps (Walkways) 1 Reinforced concrete 1 Reinforced concrete--Corrosion 1 Reinforcing bars 1 Riparian areas 1 Road work zones 1 Roads 1 Roads--Interchanges and intersections 1 Roads--Maintenance and repair 1 Scaffolding 1 Ships 1 Signs and signboards 1 Skyscrapers 1 Staircases 1 Stairs 1 Steel I-beams 1 Street lighting 1 Street-railroads 1 Tall buildings 1 Teenagers 1 Telephone lines 1 Terminals (Transportation) 1 Traffic regualtions 1 Traffic safety 1 Traffic signs and signals 1 Traffic signs and signals--Lighting 1 Traffice regulations 1 Tunnels 1 Warehouses 1 Windows 1 Wooden beams