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  • Tags: 1920s

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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.

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

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Emma Jarvis, a boarding house operator at 417 Cooper Street, lent her name to a product endorsement.

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

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