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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…

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.

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

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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…

Two Chinese laundries operated on Cooper Street during the late nineteenth century.

Margaret Chambers, a boarding house operator and entrepreneur, was a fixture at 59 Cooper Street for two decades beginning in 1893.
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