Introduction
Dr. David E. Cooper
DR. DAVID E. COOPER was born in Russia in 1885. He came to America in 1904 by way of Ellis Island. He came to Philadelphia, and, in the words of his son Joe Cooper, “worked, saved his money, and began taking high school courses at night and during the summers in all of the academic subjects, passing the final examinations for his high school diploma. He then applied and entered the dental school of Medico Chirurgical located at Cherry Street, Philadelphia, graduated in the Class of 1916 and then became an alumnus of the University of Pennsylvania by the fact that on the year he graduated from Medico Chi, the school became the graduate school of medicine of the University of Pennsylvania.”
Dr. Cooper married Sadie Goldstein of Camden NJ in 1917, the daughter of Solomon Joseph and Rose Zuckerman Goldstein. The Coopers made their home with the Goldsteins, at 1439 Broadway in Camden, and after 1920 at 1425 Broadway. After passing the Dental Board of Examination tests in both Pennsylvania and New Jersey, he began practicing dentistry in 1917. Dr. Cooper first established an office at the corner of Broadway and Walnut Street. By 1922 he had moved the practice to 1148 Broadway. He moved the office to 1150 Broadway around 1926, and to 1152 Broadway by 1931, and moved his family to 1574 Bradley Avenue in Parkside. Dr. Cooper also set up offices in Maple Shade, Blackwood, and Williamstown NJ.
By 1940 Dr. Cooper had purchased a home at 919 Broadway that had originally been built in 1840 for a relative of Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story. Dr. Cooper would practice at that address until he passed away in 1947. He was buried at Crescent Burial Park in Pennsauken NJ, later joined by his wife.
Dr. Cooper was active, with his brothers-in-law Hyman and Leopold, in Camden Lodge No. 915, Independent Order of B’nai B’rith. He served as vice-president of the Camden Chapter in 1927 and 1928.
Dr. Cooper was survived by his wife, sons Joseph & Bernard Z. Cooper, and brothers-in-law Dr. Hyman, Dr. Leopold, and Dr. Henry Goldstein.
Dr. David E. Cooper
David E. Cooper at the University of Pennsylvania, 1912 (note the Medico Chi fraternity pin on his lapel) – Dr. David E. & Sadie R. Cooper, 1917. “This is a photo taken shortly after my father’s graduation from dental school.” — Joseph Cooper
Trade Publicity Card
Mailed
Dr. David E. Cooper — Trade Publicity Card, October 1924
Hotel Walt Whitman
Camden Courier-Post —
Named: Hotel Walt Whitman, Congregation Beth El, Meyer Sakin, Congregation Ahev Zedek, Rabbi Nachman Arnoff, Joseph A. Varbalow, Lewis Liberman, Dr. David Cooper, Dr. Leopold Z. Goldstein, Herman Odlen, Fred Siris, Hyman James, Nathan Friedenberg, Maurice Wessell, Samuel Varbalow, Ellis Goodman, Benjamin Shindler, B’nai B’rith, and Camden’s Jewish Community.
Hotel Walt Whitman
Camden Courier-Post —
Named: Hotel Walt Whitman, Congregation Beth El, Congregation Ahev Zedek, Rabbi Nachman Arnoff, Rabbi Archie Davidson, Lewis Liberman, Meyer Sakin, Dr. David Cooper, Dr. Leopold Z. Goldstein, Herman Odlen, Fred Siris, Hyman James, Nathan Friedenberg, B’nai B’rith, and Camden’s Jewish Community.
Hotel Walt Whitman
Camden Courier-Post —
Named: Meyer Sakin, Dr. David Cooper, Harry W. Markowitz, Dr. Leopold Goldstein, Herman Odlen, Fred Siris, Max Liberman, Hyman James, Nathan Friedenberg, A. Edward Friedberg, Louis Cades, Abraham Fuhrman, Louis Tarter, Bernard Blank, Dr. Samuel Blank, Jacob E. Brown, Dr. Rueben L. Cutler, Israel Eisenberg, Dr. Alexander Ellis, Dr. S. Goldman, Dr. Hyman I. Goldstein, Israel Heine, Emmanuel Kun, Dr. William Laub, Jack Naden, Max Peck, Dr. D.N. Rappaport, Sig Schoenagle, Samuel Shane, Dr. Isadore S. Siris, Dr. Samuel Tomkins, Joseph Varbalow, Benjamin Weinberg, Meyer Wessel, Maurice Wessel, Ellis Goodman, Lewis Liberman, Rabbi Archie Davidson, and Rabbi Nachman Arnoff.
Sadie R. Cooper and Solomon J. Goldstein
About 1920
Named: Sadie R. Cooper with her father Solomon J. Goldstein, Atlantic City NJ, and About 1920.
Dr. David E. Cooper
1930
Dr. David E. Cooper — 1930. “Here is a photo of my father in his office in Williamstown, NJ about 1930 with a Mr. David Weiss who owned a dry goods store for many years in Williamstown and was a veteran of WWI.” — Joseph Cooper
919 Broadway
About 1938–1939
919 Broadway — About 1938–1939. “Out front is a young African American individual that was employed, first by my father who trained him into keeping the office clean and educated him on the proper methods to clean and sterilize instruments using the technology of the period. The individual was John Cephas, and he lived in Camden, when in the office he wore a white jacket. He also helped out in the house where he did various chores. When John was first employed he was about 17 or 18 years of age, and was with us for about three years. John may have been drafted into the army during the first part of WWII.” — Joseph Cooper
Dr. David E. & Sadie R. Cooper
1939 or 1940
Named: Dr. David E. & Sadie R. Cooper, 1939 or 1940. “Across from my father’s office.”, and Joseph Cooper.
Dr. David E. Cooper
1944
Named: Dr. David E. Cooper, 1944, and In Florida.
The Goldstein Family
1927
Left to Right: Dr. Leopold Goldstein, Rose Goldstein, Dr. Henry Z. Goldstein (in hat), Dr. Hyman I. Goldstein, unknown man, Dr. David Cooper — 1927 — The family seeing Dr. Henry Goldstein off for graduate medical study in France and Vienna.
American Jewish Yearbook for 1931–1932
Jewish Publication Society of America, Philadelphia PA — 1931
MEMBERS
Camden
LIBRARY MEMBER
Dale, H., Haddon Book Bindery
ANNUAL MEMBERS
Adlen, R., 1455 Broadway
Arnoff, Rabbi Nachman, 1254 Langham Avenue
Brown, Barney B., 1222 Langham Avenue
Conston, H., 707 Broadway
Cooper, Dr. David E., 1314 Broadway
Cooperson, Leon, 40 North 4th Street
Feldman, J., 422 Kaighn Avenue
Feldsher, R., 800 Broadway
Fine, Florence, 520 Kaighn Avenue
Fox, P., 1122 Broadway
Fridrick, H. E., 2587 Baird Boulevard
Fuhrman, Abe, 444 Broadway
Furer, Jacob L., 602 Wilson Building
Goldstein, Dr. Hyman I., 1125 Broadway
Grossberg, J., 827 Broadway
Heine, Samuel, 910 Broadway
Hermann, I. H., 300 Broadway
Jaspan, H., 631 Grant Street
Kaplan, S., 804 Wilson Building
Levy, W. H., 2554 Baird Boulevard
Liberman, Lewis, 307 Market Street
Lichtenstein, H. S., 1450 Wildwood Avenue
Markowich, H. W., 1277 Kenwood Avenue
Markowich, S. N., 1221 Haddon Avenue
Markowitz, L. L., 808 Broadway
Marritz, Mark, 521 Cooper Street
Miller, S. N., 548 Federal Street
Naden, Jacob, 773 Kaighn Avenue
Natal, Benjamin, 1491 Greenwood Avenue
Newman, A., 1178 Haddon Avenue
Ostroff, William, 1196 Haddon Avenue
Palitz, Sarah L., 514 Federal Street
Polivnick, Miss C., 1449 Ormond Avenue
Rose, Leon H., 511 Income Insurance Building (300 Broadway)
Rosenfeld, R. H., 3046 Federal Street
Udell, W., 504 Kaighn Avenue
Visor, David L., 23 Broadway
Weitzman, Israel, 1456 Haddon Avenue
Yuschinsky, Miss Dora E., 520 Liberty Street
Zinman, Philip, 548 Federal Street
Remembered
Dr. David E. Cooper is remembered by his son, Joseph Cooper.