Cooper Collection (page 8)

Accipiter cooperii, Coopers hawk
Plate 36 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1827-30), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Chang film presentation, 1927. The Natural History Museum
In 1925 Merian Cooper and Ernest Schoedsack, later co-directors of King Kong, devised a 70-minute tale, Chang, of a Thai jungle village encountering wild animals, which premiered two years later

Men looking for shrapnel, 1940
Arthur Hopwood, Assistant Keeper of Geology, appointed Salvage Officer in 1940, and Clive Forster Cooper, Director of the Museum, looking for shrapnel

COOPER, James Fenimore (1789-1851). American
" COOPER, James Fenimore (1789-1851). American writer. Illustration from the work " The last of the Mohicans" (1826). Engraving."

Pewsey Union Workhouse, Wiltshire
A view of the main building of the Pewsey Union workhouse, designed by William Cooper. The site later became Pewsey Hospital. Date: Date unknown

Peter Coopers example, which our mulit-millionaire philanthropists might follow with good results. Illustration shows Puck standing next to a statue of Peter Cooper in front of the Cooper Union

Cooper shop volunteer refreshment saloon. Date c1862 Jan. 12

Cooper, Wells & Co. seamless hosiery. Date c1886 Aug. 9. Cooper, Wells & Co. seamless hosiery. Date c1886 Aug. 9

Baby sitting on mothers lap
Advertising postcard for Ovaltine. Deedle, deedle, dumpling, my son John.... Artist: Phyllis Cooper Date: circa 1921

Teddy drinking Ovaltine
Advertising postcard for Ovaltine. Poor Teddy has caught a cold. Artist: Phyllis Cooper Date: circa 1922

Here am I little jumping Joan
Advertising postcard for Ovaltine. Here am I little jumping Joan. Artist: Phyllis Cooper Date: circa 1921

Lady Diana Cooper in The Miracle
Lady Diana Cooper (18921986) ) as the Madonna in Max Reinhardts production of The Miracle at the Lyceum Theatre, London. Date: 1932

Making a herring barrel, Lowestoft
A cooper making a herring barrel in Lowestoft, Suffolk. By the mid-1960s, fish catches from Lowestoft were greatly diminishing, particularly the herring. Date: 1909

Siegel Department Store
The Siegel, Cooper store on State and Van Buren streets, Chicago, is one of the worlds largest - accommodating 10000+ customers an hour and employing 2500 staff. Date: 1916

New York - Cooper Square, 3rd Avenue and Bowery
New York - The Junction of Cooper Square, Third Avenue and Bowery. Date: circa 1890s

Port of London Building
The prominent tower of the Port of London Authority building, Tower Hill, London designed by Sir Edwin Cooper in 1922. Date: 1922

East London Art Club exhibition
A double page spread from the Illustrated London News showing some the works on display at the first annual Exhibition of the East London Art Club at the Whitechapel Art Gallery

Silhouettes of scenes from Lives of Bengal Lancers
A series of four silhouettes depicting scenes from 1935 movie, Lives of a Bengal Lancer starring Gary Cooper. Date: 1935

Gladys Cooper with husband and daughter
The English actress of stage and screen, Gladys Cooper (1888-1971), with her first husband Captain Herbert Buckmaster (they married in 1908) and their daughter Joan (1910-2005). Date: circa 1915

Kangeroo safety bicycle advert, 1885
Faster than any bicycle, safter than any tricycle: the record breaking Kangeroo safety bicycle. Somewhat resembling a penny farthing, the machine was made by Hillman

Silhouette of Lady Diana Cooper with her son
A beautiful silhouette showing Lady Diana Cooper reclining on an Empire sofa, while her son John Julius Cooper sits on a stool beside her. 1935

To wish you a merry Christmas -- two girls out for a walk. 20th century

Gladys Cooper, actress of stage and screen
A double-page portrait of Gladys Cooper (1888-1971), English actress of stage and screen. She is seen in profile with her eyes closed, holding a large bunch of flowers. Date: 1925

Gladys Cooper trouser skirted
British actress, Gladys Cooper (1888 - 1971), pictured modelling a trouser skirt, divided skirt or culottes for tennis. The look was also pioneered by Spanish tennis player Lili de Alvarez in 1931

Mr Duff and Lady Diana Cooper at Palm Beach, Florida
The couple holidaying in Palm Beach, Florida, were the guests of the Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow. Mr Duff had also been touring the USA, giving a series of lectures

Lady Diana Cooper in Nassau
The British socialite and actress Lady Diana Cooper, in the tropical garden at the New Continental at Nassau

Lady Diana Cooper at Sandy Coy Island
Lady Diana Cooper, the British socialite and actress, visiting Mrs Alan Parsons (Miss Viola Tree) at Nassau in the Bahamas

Actress Gladys Cooper
English actress of stage and screen, Gladys Cooper (1888-1971)

Royal Pier, Southampton
Entrance to the Royal Pier, Southampton. The pier pavilion was extended in 1922 and the present gatehouse, described at the time as " wedding cake architecture"

Lady Diana Cooper sitting on her bath-chair
Lady Diana Cooper, British socialite and actress, here at the Victory Ball in the Royal Albert Hall

Madeira Barrels - Madeira, Portugal
Wine production on the island of Madeira is of utmost importance to the Islands economy. Prince Henry the Navigator probably introduced the first vines to Madeira during initial colonisation of

Lady Diana Manners and the Hon. Irene Lawley
Photographic portrait of Lady Diana Manners (1890-1981), later Lady Diana Cooper and later Diana, Viscountess Norwich, the English actress, society figure and wife of Duff Cooper

The General Strike - peeling potatoes in Hyde Park
A Snap-Shot of Striketime Society: Lady Mary Ashley-Cooper and Lady Carmichael-Anstruther peeling potatoes in Hyde Park. Front cover of The Sketch emergency issue produced during the General Strike

Myers Great Hippodrome Circus, 1879
Illustration showing a number of scenes from Myers Great Hippodrome circus of 1879. The main image (at bottom) shows the Grand Parade of All Nations

Dressing for Dinner
Lady Anna Olliff-Cooper sits at her dressing table while Eva Morrison, the Ladys Maid, puts her hair up for her

A Cooper at Work
A cooper uses a hand adze to shape one of the bands used to hold together the individual slats which make up a barrel or keeler tub. The workshop is known as a cooperage

Making Barrels / Sherry
Making sherry barrels at Jerez, Spain

Gladys Cooper / Penrose
GLADYS COOPER English actress of stage and screen

Edward Gibbon / Cooper
EDWARD GIBBON the English historian and MP, best known for his Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

John Pym / Finden / Cooper
JOHN PYM English Member of Parliament, an important figure in the opposition to King Charles I

Charles Ii / Cooper Mini
CHARLES II British Royalty

J Fenimore Cooper / Brady
JAMES FENIMORE COOPER American novelist in old age

Shaftesbury / 7Th / Cdv
ANTHONY ASHLEY COOPER 7th EARL of SHAFTESBURY Politician and reformer

COOPER / 1835
Three coopers at work manufacturing barrels

Shaftesbury / 1st Earl / 73
ANTHONY ASHLEY COOPER 1st EARL of SHAFTESBURY English politician

Shaftesbury / 7Th / Cassell
ANTHONY ASHLEY COOPER 7th EARL of SHAFTESBURY Politician and reformer

London Street Cooper
Any work for the cooper?; a London cooper looks for customers

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