Browse Items · Learning From Cooper Street

Waters, Helen

Helen Waters, a widow, supported her family by operating a beauty salon on the second floor of 421 Cooper Street from the 1930s to at least 1950.

Tags: 1930s, 1940s, 400 Block, 421 Cooper Street, 426 Lawrence Street, Adult, Beauticians, Cape May, Cosmetics, Female, Philadelphia, Widows

While boarding at 415 Cooper Street, architect Arthur Truscott launched his career in Philadelphia.

Tags: 415 Cooper Street, 514 Cooper Street, 538 Cooper Street, 540 Cooper Street, 542 Cooper Street, 627 Cooper Street, Adult, Architects, Banking, Blackwood, England, Immigrants, Insurance, LEAP Academy, Male, Merchantville, Philadelphia, Tennessee

Matilda Toy is an example of an itinerant boarding house operator, moving to different rented houses from year to year.

Tags: 00 Block, 37 Cooper Street, Adult, Boarding House Operator, Female, Widows

Mary A. Paulson, a widow, generated income to support her family by renting out one Cooper Street house while living in another house next door.

Tags: 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 419 Cooper Street, 421 Cooper Street, 424 Lawrence Street, Extended Family, Haddonfield, Merchantville, Philadelphia, Widows, World War I

A Civil War veteran, Amos Homan operated a cigar stand at 37 Cooper Street and eventually bought the building.

Tags: 00 Block, 1880s, 1890s, 1900s, 37 Cooper Street, Adult, Boarder/Lodger, Cigars, Civil War, Coal, Male, Retail, United Methodist Church, Widowers

John Hanmore, a Philadelphia manufacturer, moved his family to a new home on Cooper Street during the 1880s. His death changed the family's fortunes.

Tags: 00 Block, 1880s, 65 Cooper Street, Adult, Death, Interiors, Male, Manufacturers, Philadelphia, Renovations

During the Vietnam War era, Michael Giocondo participated in the "Camden 28" raid on draft board headquarters.

Tags: 1970s, 200 Block, 229 Cooper Street, Activism, Adult, Catholics, Male, Social Justice, Vietnam

Originally a livery stable operator, Joshua Franklin's life on Cooper Street spanned to the age of the automobile.

Tags: 116 Cooper Street, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 400 Block, 415 Cooper Street, 417 Cooper Street, Adult, Automobiles, Burlington County, Death, Horses, Injuries, Investment, Livery Stable, Male, Widowers

A leader in public health, Dr. Henry Hill Davis lived at 417 Cooper Street for five years prior to his retirement in 1925.

Tags: 1920s, 400 Block, 417 Cooper Street, Activism, Adult, Aging, Automobiles, Burlington County, Doctors, Health and Medicine, Male, Philadelphia, Schools, Toms River

Did the Coy family harbor a secret in their home at 101 Cooper Street?

Tags: 100 Block, 101 Cooper Street, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, Adult, Canada, Childhood, Death, Dental Implements, Ghost Stories, Johnson Park, Male, Massachusetts, Newspapers, Palmyra, Philadelphia, Sewing Machines, Stockton Township