2020-07 2 sessions
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/24/2020
Unusual printed document "The Cooper Golden Wedding Bounty" 1pp. 9-3/4"x12", December 22, 1864, New York, and celebrates the "Golden Wedding" of Peter Cooper and Sarah Bedell who were married on December 22, 18613, and celebrated their 50th anniversary by donating a "considerable portion of their substance to the foundation of the 'COOPER UNION." for the advancement of Science and Art. Fine condition. With clipping from The New York Times real estate section pertaining to "A 'New' Cooper Union Emerging." Very good condition. The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, commonly known as Cooper Union or The Cooper Union and informally referred to, especially during the 19th century, as 'the Cooper Institute,' is a private college at Cooper Square on the border of the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Inspired in 1830 when Peter Cooper learned about the government-supported École Polytechnique in France, Cooper Union was established in 1859.The school was built on a radical new model of American higher education based on founder Peter Cooper's fundamental belief that an education "equal to the best technology schools [then] established" should be accessible to those who qualify, independent of their race, religion, sex, wealth or social status, and should be "open and free to all."
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