17th Street
Seventeenth Street runs from Harrison Avenue to River Avenue in what was originally called the Pavonia section of what is now considered Cramer Hill. All addresses here are North 17th Street. There is also a South 17th Street that runs from Federal Street in East Camden south across Carman Street and onward to Admiral Wilson Boulevard.
Cramer Hill & East Camden — 1915
Aerial View of Cramer Hill — July 7, 1965
1100 Block of North 17th Street
Occupants — city directory records, 1920–1959.
1125 North 17th Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Clair W. Kline |
1120 North 17th Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1930s–1947 | William H. Kirk Sr. & Family |
| 1930s–1947 | Adelbert J. "Duke" Kirk |
1117 North 17th Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1920–1922 | Dominick Mueller & Family |
| 1920–1958 | Charles M. Goeltz & Family |
1113 North 17th Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Mrs. Croline Hopkins |
| 1956–1959 | William E. Jaeckel |
1106 North 17th Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Joseph L. Mikus |
1104 North 17th Street
| year | name |
|---|---|
| 1947 | Stephen Augustine |
River Road & North 17th Street
Carman Street & South 17th Street
1600 Block of Carman Street — The Soap Works, as seen from the southeast corner of South 17th & Carman Streets. The brick factory on the right belonged to the Iowa Soap Company in the 1930s and 1940s.
A bar of Protex Toilet Soap, in original wrap & box. Protex Soap was made by Iowa Soap Company, who had factories in Burlington, Iowa & Camden, NJ. The box reads: “The Ideal Family Toilet Soap” and “Clean hands and a clean body are essential to good health. A daily bath with Protex will keep the body sweet, removing body odors and affording protection against the odor of perspiration from all sources. True cleanliness promotes and protects the Health!”
Looking northwest on South 17th towards Federal Street from Carman Street. The building was later acquired by Concord Chemical Corp., who moved their operations there from 205 South 2nd Street at some point after 1959.
100 South 17th Street — as seen from the northwest corner of South 17th & Carman Streets. Once headquarters of Goodwill Industries of Southern New Jersey, presently John Allebach Food Service Inc..
Foot of South 17th Street
“Cooper Creek Boat Houses, Foot of 17th Street, About 1900.” The powerhouse on the left side of the image was built in 1898 by the Camden Lighting and Heating Company, which was acquired by the South Jersey Gas, Electric & Traction Company in 1900 and in turn by the Public Service Corporation in 1903. It was a relatively short-lived power generating station that Public Service closed and razed after establishing the first real power distribution network in 1914.
South 17th Street from Federal Street to Cooper's Creek
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William E. Jaeckel
William E. "Pud" Jaeckel (1888–1961) joined the Camden Fire Department in 1920 and served over thirty years with Engine Company 9 at North 27th and Federal Streets in East Camden, retiring on pension in January 1951.
Adelbert J. "Duke" Kirk Sr.
Adelbert J. "Duke" Kirk Sr. (1918-1989) was a Camden firefighter who was appointed to the Camden Fire Department on November 16, 1956 and served with Engine Company 3 until his retirement on December 1, 1981.
Carman Street
Carman Street ran from Broadway through East Camden to Woodrow Wilson High School at South 31st Street, named for William Carman whose home stood at the corner of Broadway and Federal Street until 1902.
20th Street
Twentieth Street runs through Cramer Hill and East Camden, from Harrison Avenue to Bank Street, established by the 1887–1888 Camden City Directory. In 1954, fourteen homes with South 20th Street addresses were added when McGuire Gardens public housing was built; they were demolished and redeveloped in the 1990s.
Admiral Wilson Boulevard
Admiral Wilson Boulevard (US Route 30) runs from the Benjamin Franklin Bridge to Airport Circle, named after World War I naval hero Admiral Henry Braid Wilson Jr. of Camden — originally designated as Bridge Boulevard when it opened.
Charles M. Goeltz
Death notice for Charles M. Goeltz of 1117 North 17th Street, Camden, husband of Lisette J. (nee White), who died June 28, 1958, at the age of 68.
4 Hurt as Auto Strikes Pole Strewing Live Wires on Road
Camden Courier-Post - Feburary 4, 1938 Four persons in a small coupe were injured last night when the machine crashed into a pole at Seventeenth Street and Admiral Wilson Boulevard during a dense fog.
Firemen's Auto Injures 4
Camden fireman John C. Voll of 1230 North Nineteenth Street was involved in two successive accidents that injured four people near River Road in June 1933.
Not 1928's First Born After All
Fond Parent Seek Honors For City's First 1928 Baby Who is Camden's first 1928 baby? A contest which nearly every employee of the city health department is earnestly watching has been started in the bureau of vital statistics in city hall .
The South Jersey G. E. T. Company Gets Another
The South Jersey Gas, Electric and Traction Company purchased the Camden Lighting and Heating Company, adding its franchise to the company's growing list of acquisitions.
Mystery of a Swamp
An 1899 newspaper account of Walter S. Jones, arrested in a Camden swamp near 17th and Mickle Streets after cries of murder were heard near Cooper's Creek.
In Police Dragnet
Successful Raid on an Alleged Pool Room in Camden Seven Men Captured Keefer, Who Says He Spent His Employers' Money in the Place, Identifies the Prisoners The Camden police yesterday raided the alleged poolroom at 25 South Third street, where Walter H. Keefer, former manager of the Merchantville Light and Power Company, claims he lost $254, belonging to his employers.
Andrew J. Smith
Death notice for Andrew J. Smith of Camden, aged 67, who died January 5, 1898; the funeral was held from Zion M. E. Church near Iona, New Jersey.
Smith Dies From His Injuries
Night watchman Andrew J. Smith of the Camden Lighting and Heating Company died at Cooper Hospital from the injuries and exposure he suffered after falling twelve feet from a doorway at the company's plant on Cooper's Creek.
Fell and Lay Senseless
Andrew J. Smith, night watchman at the Camden Lighting and Heating Company's new power plant on Cooper's Creek, fell twelve feet from a doorway and lay exposed in an areaway overnight before being discovered and taken to Cooper Hospital in critical condition.
Big Wall Blown Down
A section of a three-and-a-half-story wall at the Camden Lighting and Heating Company's new boiler house on Cooper's Creek was blown down by a gust of wind, injuring night watchman John Mathis of Division Street.
Samuel Collins
Ex-policeman Samuel Collins was held in $300 bail for throwing a brick through the window of Peter Murphy's hotel at Seventeenth and Federal Streets in Camden.