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Dr. Dudley Cooper was the first college-trained optometrist to practice in Norfolk and owner of the Ocean View Amusement Park from 1942-1978. He was born in North Carolina in 1899 and died in 1996. The interview discusses the history and development of Ocean View Amusement Park -- business aspects, technical aspects, specific attractions, military clientele, and aspects of racial integration.

Dr. Dudley Cooper was the first college-trained optometrist to practice in Norfolk and owner of the Ocean View Amusement Park from 1942-1978. He was born in North Carolina in 1899 and died in 1996. The interview discusses the history and development of Ocean View Amusement Park -- business aspects, technical aspects, specific attractions, military clientele, and aspects of racial integration.

Photograph from the "Lady Buxom" contest at Ocean View Amusement Park, featuring a contestant weighing in on a scale while park owner Dudley Cooper reads her weight.

Photograph from the "Lady Buxom" contest at Ocean View Amusement Park, featuring a contestant weighing in on a scale while park owner Dudley Cooper reads her weight. Cooper was the official entrant weigher for the contest, which had a minimum requirement of 160 pounds.

Photograph from the "Lady Buxom" contest at Ocean View Amusement Park, featuring a contestant weighing in on a scale while park owner Dudley Cooper reads her weight. Also featured in the photograph is event emcee Trafton Robertson (left) and judges Jimmy D. Fast and George W. Moran (back center)

Letter to Dudley Cooper from Joe H. Hughes of George A. Hamid Amusements, Inc., regarding booking of two aerialist acts-the Parroff Trio and Les Kimris.

Memo to Dudley Cooper from C. S. Kavanaugh, regarding a recent, as well as an upcoming visit to Ocean View.

Letter to Dudley Cooper from Joe H. Hughes of George A. Hamid Amusements, Inc., regarding merchandising and supplies for Ocean View Amusement Park.

Letter to "Doc" (Dudley Cooper) from theatrical manager and producer, William (Billy) Jackson, regarding planning for upcoming acts for the 1944 summer season.

Letter and business card sent to Dudley Cooper from theatrical manager and producer, Ned Crane, regarding an entertainment revue to be produced at the old casino at the park. Crane promises Cooper that the entertainment will be clean and not burlesque, as well as to help Cooper convert the building into a theater.

Letter to J. Harry Long from R. H. Moore of the Motion Picture Advertising Service about a wire from Dudley Cooper regarding a request for film advertisements that are more suitable for amusement parks. The wire from Cooper is attached.

Memos to Dudley Cooper from Frank E. Turin regarding the Miss America and Miss Norfolk pageants.

Letter to Frank E. Turin from Dudley Cooper regarding profits earned from the Miss Virginia and Miss Norfolk pageants to be divided between Ocean View Amusement Park and the Norfolk Advertising Board.

Letter from Dudley Cooper to Lenore Slaughter, Executive Director of the Miss America Pageant, regarding the lack of publicity and profit from the Miss Virginia pageant held at Ocean View Amusement Park.

Memo to the Coney Island Chamber of Commerce from Dudley Cooper, requesting services from the person in charge of the Mardi Gras festival at Coney Island Amusement Park. Responce to the memo is enclosed.

Letter to Dudley Cooper from Joe H. Hughes of George A. Hamid Amusements, Inc., regarding a recent meeting in Chicago that discussed possible future acts and types of public announcement systems for Ocean View Amusement Park.

Letter to Dudley Cooper from Joe H. Hughes of George A. Hamid Amusements, Inc., in which Hughes is awaiting word from Cooper in regard to a program of planned acts for Ocean View Amusement Park.

Letter from Dudley Cooper to Joseph (Joe) H. Hughes of George A. Hamid Amusements, Inc., responding to Hughes' proposed program of acts for Ocean View Amusement Park.

Letter to Dudley Cooper from Dorothy Packman of George A. Hamid Amusements, Inc., regarding the signing of contracts for the 1947 season acts.

Letter to Dudley Cooper from Dorothy Packman of George A. Hamid Amusements, Inc., thanking Cooper for signing and returning contracts for the 1947 season acts.