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Waters, Helen

Helen Waters, a widow, supported her family by operating a beauty salon on the second floor of 421 Cooper Street from the 1930s to at least 1950.

Tags: 1930s, 1940s, 400 Block, 421 Cooper Street, 426 Lawrence Street, Adult, Beauticians, Cape May, Cosmetics, Female, Philadelphia, Widows

Truscott, Arthur

While boarding at 415 Cooper Street, architect Arthur Truscott launched his career in Philadelphia.

Tags: 415 Cooper Street, 514 Cooper Street, 538 Cooper Street, 540 Cooper Street, 542 Cooper Street, 627 Cooper Street, Adult, Architects, Banking, Blackwood, England, Immigrants, Insurance, LEAP Academy, Male, Merchantville, Philadelphia, Tennessee

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

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

Davis, Dr. Henry H.

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

Tags: 1920s, 400 Block, 417 Cooper Street, Activism, Adult, Aging, Automobiles, Burlington County, Doctors, Health and Medicine, Male, Philadelphia, Schools, Toms River

Coy, Henry

Did the Coy family harbor a secret in their home at 101 Cooper Street?

Tags: 100 Block, 101 Cooper Street, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, Adult, Canada, Childhood, Death, Dental Implements, Ghost Stories, Johnson Park, Male, Massachusetts, Newspapers, Palmyra, Philadelphia, Sewing Machines, Stockton Township

Chinese Laundry Men

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

Tags: 1880s, 1890s, 200 Block, 214 Cooper Street, 220 Cooper Street, Business, China, Crime, Immigrants, Laundries, Philadelphia, Police, Public Health

Chambers, Margaret

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

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

This bottle was used to sell and distribute beer by Charles Joly, a bottler at 9 Seventh Street in Philadelphia. Consumers paid for the beer, but not the bottle. Beer drinkers would return the bottles to the brewer or take the bottles back to get…

Tags: 300 Block, Alumni House Display, Archaeology, Food and Drink, Philadelphia

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