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White Ball Clay Pipe
Both men and women enjoyed the sweet flavors and the soothing properties of tobacco through white ball clay pipes. Clay smoking pipes are some of the first mass-produced items. Because of this mass production, clay pipes served as an affordable…
Typewriter Dusting Brush
Typewriter manufacturing companies of the early twentieth century often paired the machines with a manual and a cleaning kit, providing consumers with two cleaning brushes, an oil can, and a small screwdriver. This "Typewriters Companion" dusting…
Tags: 1880s, 1890s, 1900, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 300 Block, Alumni House Display, Archaeology, Business, France, Technology, Typewriting
Homan, Amos C.
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
Hanmore, John
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
Glass Syringe
In the second half of the nineteenth century and the early part of the twentieth century, doctors and patients at home relied on glass syringes to treat various conditions, including venereal diseases. Unlike hypodermic needles, these artifacts, also…
Tags: 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 300 Block, Alumni House Display, Archaeology, Civil War, Health and Medicine, Illness, Men
Coy, Henry
Did the Coy family harbor a secret in their home at 101 Cooper Street?
Chinese Laundry Men
Two Chinese laundries operated on Cooper Street during the late nineteenth century.
Burrell, William H.
William Burrell, a clergyman, performed weddings for couples seeking to evade license requirements in Philadelphia.
Tags: 00 Block, 1880s, 1890s, 1900s, 43 Cooper Street, Adult, Clergy, Male, Methodist Episcopal, Philadelphia, Religion, Weddings
Browning, Jerusha
A member of the prominent Browning family, after the death of her husband Jerusha Browning took in boarders at 415 Cooper Street.
Atwood, Hannah
Investing in Camden real estate provided steady income to an artist's wife for nearly 40 years.