Browse Items · Learning From Cooper Street

Paulson, Mary A.

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

The North Baptist Church, an important community institution, stood on the site of the Rutgers-Camden Fine Arts Building.

Tags: 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 300 Block, Athletics, Baptists, Churches, Club, Community Institutions, Demolition, Fourth Street, Libraries, Linden Street, Music, North Baptist Church, Pastors, Religion, Rutgers University, Rutgers-Camden, Urban Renewal

Nineteenth-century, working-class rowhouses and twentieth-century garages.

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

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

Demolished home to two generations of the Cooper family, later a public library.

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

Tags: 00 Block, 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 57 Cooper Street, 59 Cooper Street, 61 Cooper Street, Adult, Boarding House Operator, Female, Philadelphia, Saloons, Widows

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

Once a janitor, James Battle may be the only African American to advance from a position of service on Cooper Street to heading his own household.

Tags: 00 Block, 1890s, 1900s, 300 Block, 312 Cooper Street, 63 Cooper Street, Adult, African Americans, Alumni House, Janitor, Male, Southern Migration, Steward, Victor Talking Machine Company, Waiter

Expansion of the Victor Talking Machine Company spelled the end for a block of houses on Cooper Street between Front Street and Delaware Avenue.

Tags: 00 Block, 1880s, 1890s, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, Boarding House, Clergy, Demolition, Grocers, Printing, Victor Talking Machine Company, Weddings, Widows