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Cooper, Peter,
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration.
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Peter Cooper
Catalog:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Title:
Peter Cooper
Date:
c. 1870s
Author/Creator:
Unknown
Contained In:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 267, Box 6, Folder: Cooper, Peter - Esq. Specific Information About
Summary:
Image of Peter Cooper printed in an informational booklet about the Cooper Union. Three granddaughters of Peter Cooper established the Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration in 1896. Its parent organization, the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, was founded in 1859 by Peter Cooper as a free school for the working classes of New York City. The Museum was transferred to the Smithsonian Institution in 1968 and was renamed the Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Design.
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Number of Images: 1 Color: Sepia ; Size: 4.5w x 5.5h ; Type of Image: Object ; Medium: Document
Negative Number:
SIA2011-2174
Ordering Information:
For permission to reproduce or publish, contact osiaref@si.edu or call 202-633-5870. To order reproductions, call 202-633-1933 or contact photos@si.edu.
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SIA2011-2174.tif, 1150 dpi
Subject:
Cooper, Peter, 1791-1883
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration.
Portraits
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Document
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Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
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