Peter Cooper

ID: SIA2011-2174

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Object

Date: c. 1870s

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 267, Box 6, Folder: Cooper, Peter - Esq. Specific Information About

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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.

Subject

  • Cooper, Peter 1791-1883
  • Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
  • Cooper Union Museum for the Arts of Decoration

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 267, Box 6, Folder: Cooper, Peter - Esq. Specific Information About

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

c. 1870s

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

Portraits

Form/Genre

  • Object
  • Document

ID Number

SIA2011-2174

Physical description

Number of Images: 1 Color: Sepia ; Size: 4.5w x 5.5h ; Type of Image: Object ; Medium: Document

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