Dr. Edwin Burdell, Director of Cooper Union College, conferring in his office, New York City, 1945
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Photograph. Dr. Edwin Burdell, Director of Cooper Union College, conferring in his office with a student and his professor. Official Caption: "Dr. Edwin Burdell, Director of Cooper Union, confers in his office with a student and his professor. The portrait is one of Peter Cooper, American inventor, industrialist and philanthropist who founded Cooper Union in 1859 as a fulfillment of his dream to provide free education for the working classes, irrespective of race, color or creed. Students may attend a thousand-acre camp in the country on weekends to study surveying, sketch and enjoy outdoor recreation.--Rome OWI. 6664 F."New York, New York. 1945