Browse Items · Learning From Cooper Street

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

A member of the prominent Browning family, after the death of her husband Jerusha Browning took in boarders at 415 Cooper Street.

Tags: 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 400 Block, 415 Cooper Street, Adult, Architects, Boarding House, Boarding House Operator, Extended Family, Female, Insurance, Widows

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

Investing in Camden real estate provided steady income to an artist's wife for nearly 40 years.

Tags: 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 400 Block, 413 Cooper Street, 415 Cooper Street, 417 Cooper Street, Adult, Artists, Female, Investment, Philadelphia, Rhode Island

In the wake of the Civil War, a young widow contracted for a new house to be built at 228 Cooper Street.

Tags: 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 200 Block, 228 Cooper Street, Adult, Childhood, Civil War, Death, Extended Family, Female, Investment, Italianate, Widows