Admiral Wilson Boulevard

Edwin Stanley Wirtz was born in Camden, New Jersey on May 18, 1914 to Stanley R. Wirtz and his wife, the former Emma McDade. Stanley R. Wirtz was at the time an iron molder. He was born in Pennsylvania on June 20, 1892, the son of Phillip and Mary Wirtz. The Wirtz family lived at 143 Dana Street in Philadelphia, PA at the time of the 1900 Census. The elder Wirtz was then working in the leather industry. Besides Stanley, there was a younger brother, Edwin. By 1910 the family had moved to 913 Howard Street in North Camden. Stanley Wirtz was working as a moulder in an iron foundry, while father Phillip and younger brother Edwin were working in the leather industry. Stanley Wirtz married Emma McDade on New Year's Day, January 1, 1912. She was the daughter of James McDade, a member of the Camden Fire Department.

Directories from 1913 to 1916 show them living with Emma's parents at 414 North Front Street. Stanley Wirtz was still working as an iron molder when he registered for the draft in 1917. The family then lived at 511 Cedar Street. He served in the United States Navy during World War I and as late as 1922, then returned to his family and iron molder job in Camden. The family made its home at 908 Point Street in 1920 and again with Emma's parents at 414 North Front Street in 1921 and 1922. Emma's father, James McDade, died while serving with the Camden Fire Department in 1922.

The 1923 and 1924 Directories show the Stanley Wirtz family at 313 Erie Street. Not long after the 1924 Directory was compiled, Stanley Wirtz was appointed to the Camden Police Department. The 1926 Directory shows him working as a policeman and living at 1253 Thurman Street.

By 1930 the Wirtz family was living at 1339 Van Hook Street. Also living there was grandmother Mrs. Emma McDade and grandfather Philip Wirtz, then a watchman at Camden's old City Hall on Haddon Avenue.

Edwin S. Wirtz married Lillian May Dieser shortly after the Census was taken in April of 1930 and the compilation of the 1931 City Directory. The 1940 Census shows him living at 626 Ferry Avenue with his wife Lillian and children Ronald B., 3, Robert, 2, and Nancy, 1. Another child, Richard, had been born in 1938 but had died that same year. At the time of the census Edwin S. Wirtz was working as a truck driver. Three more children would follow: Dorothy, James, and Linda Wirtz.

In October of 1943 Edwin S. Wirtz was appointed to the Camden Fire Department, where he served for 22 years, as a firefighter and lastly as an inspector with the Fire Marshal's office. His cousin, Carl M. Wirtz, joined the Camden Fire Department in 1951. After serving in the military during World War II, Edwin S. Wirtz returned to Camden. The 1947 City Directory shows him living in the Civic Center homes that were built for veteran's housing after World War II and razed to make way for the overpass on Admiral Wilson Boulevard near the old Sears Roebuck store.

By the summer of 1957 Edwin S. Wirtz and his family were living at 2662 Berkley Street in East Camden. In 1962 he was living at 1227 North 19th Street. Edwin S. Wirtz retired in October of 1965 after 22 years of service with the Camden Fire Department. He was then living at 2010 River Avenue in Camden. The Wirtzes separated and later divorced. Edwin Wirtz remarried, living in Maple Shade, New Jersey, and lastly in North Wildwood, New Jersey.

Edwin Stanley Wirtz passed away on April 10, 1975.

Eleventh Street ran north, from Market Street all the way through to Pearl Street. Over time North 11th Street was erased, block by block, until all that remains is a segment between Penn and Linden Streets, with six occupied rowhomes.

South 11th Street is somewhat of an artificial construct, being the name given to the connecting road that runs south from Federal Street then elbows east and north, carrying it over the Admiral Wilson Boulevard and terminating at Federal Street north of the Cooper River. At one time it ran underneath the railroad tracks to the front of the National Guard Armory which became Camden's Public Works building. There are no, and to my knowledge have never been any, South 11th Street addresses.

134 North 11th Street — The Large Family

William F. Large Sr. and family lived at 134 North 11th Street in 1930. Three of his sons — Philip J. Large, James J. Large, and William F. Large Jr. — all served in the Camden Police Department.

139 North 11th Street

Technician 4th Class Lester J. Dyer was the son of John Lester Dyer of 139 North Eleventh Street.

210 North 11th Street — Elmer Ellsworth Burkett

Elmer Ellsworth Burkett and family lived at 210 North 11th Street from 1896 to 1906. Elmer served with the Camden Fire Department.

214 North 11th Street — Charles Schultz & Family

Charles Schultz and family lived at 214 North 11th Street from 1900 to 1943. Charles served with the Camden Fire Department from 1907 through the 1930s. His son William E. Schultz became a city policeman.

Intersection of Newton Avenue & South 11th Street

Grass Fire at Newton Avenue & South 11th Street — April 9, 2012

Somerset Street is a street that nobody lives on, running north from Admiral Wilson Boulevard and ending at Raritan Street. Its true function for many decades has been to serve as an exit for eastbound traffic on the Admiral Wilson Boulevard to gain access to Baird Boulevard and the rest of East Camden by turning left on Randolph Street, then right onto Baird Boulevard. No homes carry a Somerset Street address, although 4 homes on Randolph Street and two on Raritan Street have side windows that peer out to Somerset Street.

Maplewood Street, like Somerset Street which intersects with it, is a street in East Camden that nobody lives on. The street as conceived was meant to run from Baird Avenue east to Camden’s city limits, parallel to Randolph Street. The construction of the Baird Avenue overpass and commercial development along the Admiral Wilson Boulevard had the effect of preventing any homes from being built on Maplewood Street, and it was only paved to a point just east of Thorndyke Street, where an auto repair shop stood for many years. Satellite views show that at one time the street did continue east, in an unpaved condition.

James Francis "Soup" Campbell was born on December 24, 1897, in Homestead, Pennsylvania. He likely learned to play basketball at the Homestead YMCA under the guidance of Sandy Shields, a star of the 23rd Street Wanderers. Fellow Homestead natives Jackie Adams and Roy Steele were also trained by Shields, and together, they developed one of the most advanced offensive systems of early professional basketball, based on quick ball movement and intricate short passing.

When Adams retired in 1918, Steele took over as Camden's offensive leader and formed a new partnership with Soup Campbell, a young and talented player from Homestead. Their collaboration became one of the most formidable scoring duos in the league. Camden thrived after World War I, winning the 1919-20 Eastern Basketball League (EBL) championship and compiling an impressive 112-37 record over three and a half seasons before the league dissolved in January 1923.

Campbell joined Camden's basketball team, known variously as the Alphas, Skeeters, and Camden Crusaders, at the start of the 1919-1920 season. The team was owned by Camden veterinarian Dr. Charles B. Helm and former Camden County Sheriff W. Penn Corson. Other key players included Neil and Rich Deighan, Eddie Ferat, Sam Lennox, Roy Steele, Dave Kerr, and Joe Hyde.

During the early 1920s, Campbell was one of professional basketball's top offensive stars. Though he was a strong set shooter, his real strengths lay in his speed, agility, and mastery of two-handed dribbling. He quickly rose to prominence, leading Camden to an EBL championship in his first full professional season and finishing as the league's top scorer. He went on to win two more EBL scoring titles in 1922 and 1923. After the EBL, Campbell played three seasons in the Metropolitan League before moving to the American Basketball League (ABL) in 1925. Over the next four seasons, he played for five different ABL teams. Though his scoring declined in the later years of his career, he remained a valuable floor leader and strategist.

In 1924, Campbell married Gladys Frick, and their first child, James F. Campbell Jr., was born in Camden on February 25, 1925. By 1930, the couple had two more children, William A. Campbell and Shirley E. Campbell. The April 1930 Census recorded the family living at 111 Terrace Avenue in East Camden. Around this time, Campbell entered the business world, operating a bar at 28 Haddon Avenue with Neil Deighan, as listed in the 1928 and 1929 city directories. By 1931, he had become the proprietor of a restaurant, the Marmon Café, located at 821 Market Street.

However, Campbell's basketball career came to a sudden end on July 25, 1930, when he was involved in an automobile accident on Admiral Wilson Boulevard in Pennsauken, New Jersey. Both of his sons were also injured in the crash. In June 1932, he was awarded $15,000 in damages, later reduced to $12,000. Although he attempted a brief return to basketball, playing in three games during the 1932-1933 season, injuries had taken their toll, and he was unable to continue his career.

Unfortunately, Campbell's personal and financial struggles mounted during the 1930s. He and Gladys divorced, and his business ventures outside of basketball did not appear to be successful. The 1940 Census shows that Gladys was living with her children and mother at 229 Ivins Avenue in Delaware Township (now Cherry Hill), New Jersey, while James was renting a room in Camden at the home of Charles J. and Lydia Davidson at 319 North 2nd Street. Ironically, he was working in a cannery at Campbell Soup.

James "Soup" Campbell passed away on March 5, 1942, in Camden, New Jersey.

Starr Avenue, later renamed Mt. Ephraim Avenue between 1914 and 1946, ran northeast from Border Street to Federal Street near the Cooper River and was named after Jesse W. and John F. Starr, founders of Camden Iron Works. The foundry's former site has housed Campbell Soup's corporate headquarters since the 1960s.

Starr Avenue and Border Street still exist today, serving as a convenient shortcut between South Camden, East Camden, and Admiral Wilson Boulevard.

The First Drive-In Theater: The Story of Its Creation and the Woman Behind It

More than 100 years ago, an article appeared on the last page of the Courier-Post, announcing the construction of a revolutionary outdoor movie venue — the Drive-In Theater. Just two days earlier, the U.S. Patent Office had approved Richard M. Hollingshead Jr.'s invention. To protect against potential patent infringement, the entire project had been kept secret until that moment.

Hollingshead had already secured a plot of land on the north side of the newly named Admiral Wilson Boulevard. Once his patent was granted, he rushed to complete the project. But why would the wealthy general manager of the successful R. M. Hollingshead Chemical Co. enter the theater business? The answer: his mother, Emma.

Emma Hollingshead was a large woman who loved going to the movies but found traditional theater seating uncomfortable and restrictive. Determined to solve this problem, her son began experimenting with outdoor movie viewing. In the driveway of their Riverton home, he placed a movie projector on the hood of his car and used bedsheets attached to trees as a makeshift screen. These early trials led to his groundbreaking idea — a theater where people could watch movies from the comfort of their own cars. He even used this convenience as a key selling point in early advertisements.

When it came time to name his creation, Hollingshead considered "Automobile Movie Theater" (too long) and "Park-In Theater" before settling on "Drive-In Theater." The world's first Drive-In Theater officially opened on June 6, 1933. Initially, it gained attention as a novelty, but it quickly ran into challenges.

The theater used state-of-the-art RCA speakers mounted around the screen, requiring patrons to keep their car windows open — an invitation for mosquitoes from the nearby Cooper River swamps. The sound quality was poor, with noticeable delays for those in the back rows. It would take several more years for window-mounted speakers to be developed. The picture quality was also limited by the technology of the time, and weather conditions like rain, fog, and even bright moonlight could interfere with visibility.

Another major challenge came from movie distributors, who viewed the Drive-In as a competitor to traditional theaters. They prioritized established theater chains when releasing new films, making it difficult for Hollingshead to secure top-tier movies. On top of all this, the theater debuted in the middle of the Great Depression, making financial success even harder to achieve.

Despite its innovation, Hollingshead's Drive-In Theater closed after just three seasons, operating for only 14 months in total. The idea was ahead of its time. However, after World War II, improvements in technology and infrastructure helped the concept gain widespread popularity. By the 1950s, Drive-In Theaters had become a cultural phenomenon, with over 4,000 in operation across the United States.

Marlton Avenue begins at Federal Street and effectively serves as an extension of State Street, which runs east from the Delaware River, crossing the Cooper River and the Pavonia railroad yards to Federal Street. Marlton Avenue then continues eastward to the city limits at Highland Avenue. It is one of the five major streets in East Camden, along with Westfield Avenue, Twenty-Seventh Street, Baird Boulevard, and Federal Street.

The intersection of Marlton Avenue and Federal Street has been prominent for decades, hosting various businesses such as a saloon, a car dealership, a 7-11 convenience store, a fast-food restaurant, and a laundromat. In 2009, the Thomas H. Dudley School was built on the southeast corner of this intersection, replacing the previous school of the same name, which was located on North 23rd Street between High Street and Federal Street.

Boyd Street is in East Camden, and runs parallel to Marlton Avenue from Carman Street to the city limits in Pennsauken.

Boyd Street acquired a very bad reputation in the late 1980s and all through the 1990s as part of the open-air drug market known as “the Alley,” which centered on the alley one end of which was on Bank Street between Morse Street and Boyd Streets.

Phil Cohen

Border Street, which was renamed Mt. Ephraim Avenue in the 2000s, was a small street that ran from Line Street and Haddon Avenue north along the railroad tracks, crossing Starr Avenue (which too had been renamed Mt. Ephraim Avenue, at some point between 1914 and 1946) and intersecting with Newton Avenue. In more recent times Border Street ended at Starr (now Mt. Ephraim) Avenue, which doglegged to the northeast to what is now 10th Street behind what is now the Transport of New Jersey bus maintenance garage complex. It is a very convenient shortcut for getting from South Camden to East Camden and Admiral Wilson Boulevard without having to go through downtown Camden.

Bank Street runs from Baird Boulevard and Carman Street southwest, crossing Marlton Pike, and continuing to Admiral Wilson Boulevard, where it ends. When the 1947 city directory was compiled there were only four houses on Bank Street, in the 2500 block. A block of apartments were later built nearby, these were condemned as unfit for human habitation around 1990 and razed a few years later. A few single family homes had also been built on Bank Street between Boyd Street and Admiral Wilson Boulevard between 1947 and 1951.

Bank Street acquired a very bad reputation in the late 1980s and all through the 1990s as part of the open-air drug market known as "the Alley," which centered on the alley one end of which was on Bank Street between Morse and Boyd Streets.

A few new homes now stand on Bank Street, erected as part of the McGuire Gardens redevelopment undertaken by the Housing Authority of the City of Camden and brought to a successful completion under the leadership of Dr. Maria Marquez in the early 2000s.

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

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

Dating back to 1878, and originally named Border Street until the 2000's, Mt. Ephraim Avenue has a history rooted in the past when it operated as the Mount Ephraim Turnpike, functioning as a toll road. Its origins trace back to the junction of Line Street and Haddon Avenue. In a subsequent period, roughly between 1929 and 1946, Starr Avenue underwent a name change, giving rise to a secondary segment of Mt. Ephraim Avenue. This new section, aligned parallel to Newton Avenue, extended towards Admiral Wilson Boulevard, running along the western perimeter of the former Sears-Roebuck building.

St. Mihiel Street, named in honor of the heroic actions of American forces during the World War I Battle of St. Mihiel, originally extended northward from Line Street to Mt. Ephraim Avenue. The initial location of Camden Convention Hall was at the northeast corner of St. Mihiel Street and Line Street.

In the late 1940s, St. Mihiel Street underwent changes as it was shortened and now ended at North 10th Street. This alteration occurred with the construction of the Camden Connection overpass, which crossed Admiral Wilson Boulevard at Memorial Avenue. Sadly, in the early 1950s, Camden Convention Hall was destroyed by fire. Campbell Soup Company acquired the land where Convention Hall once stood, as well as other adjacent properties along Memorial Avenue, including the Mechling Brothers factory, for the construction of their corporate headquarters. As a result of this development, Argonne Street and Verdun Street, which bordered Convention Hall, ceased to exist, along with a significant portion of Memorial Avenue.

In more recent times, St. Mihiel Street underwent a name change and is now known as St. Mihiel Avenue.

Baird Avenue, named for Camden businessman, political leader and one-time U.S. Senator David Baird Sr., was laid out early in the 20th century as part of the development of Camden's Parkside neighborhood. It is one of the three main roads in Parkside. It begins at Kaighn Avenue, running diagonally in a northerly direction, crossing Park Avenue at Camden High School and Farnham Park. From there Baird Avenue crosses the Cooper River and Admiral Wilson Avenue, entering East Camden, where it runs straight through across Marlton Avenue to its terminus, the intersection of Baird Avenue, Federal Street, and 27th Street — arguably the heart of East Camden.

The street was known as Baird Avenue when originally laid out in the 1900s. Homes began to appear on Baird Avenue after 1906, and there were a few empty lots in the 1500 block as late as 1924, and the Parkside blocks were referred to as Baird Avenue for many years. The East Camden side, above the Cooper River, was laid out by 1924, and from the beginning was called Baird Avenue. No homes stood on the East Camden blocks of Baird Avenue in 1924.

Baird Avenue was the home of many of Camden's most prominent citizens, from all walks of life — business, law, religion, and even organized crime.

1300 Block of Baird Boulevard

1368 Baird Avenue

1368 Baird Avenue — 1300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Jacob Rudolph

1391 Baird Avenue

1391 Baird Avenue — 1300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1919–1947	Thomas A. Walton

1393 Baird Avenue

1393 Baird Avenue — 1300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1919–1929	Lewis A. Lee
1923	John H. Oehrens
1947	Leon Faerber

1400 Block of Baird Boulevard

1401 Baird Avenue

1401 Baird Avenue — 1400 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1914	Isaac W. Budd, real estate, treasurer City Line Brick & Lumber Company
1924	Dr. Herbert C. Johnson, physician
1947	Dr. William M. Lashman, physician

1404 Baird Avenue

1404 Baird Avenue — 1400 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1924–1930s	Dr. William M. Lashman, physician
1947	George Blaker

1406 Baird Avenue

1406 Baird Avenue — 1400 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1924	George E. Fisher
1947	Mary H. Fisher

1407 Baird Avenue

1407 Baird Avenue — 1400 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1924–1947	Hiram E. Budd & Family; Hiram E. & Margarette W. Budd; Isaac W. Budd

1408 Baird Avenue

1408 Baird Avenue — 1400 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1924	Josephus J. Frost
1947	Rev. Christian Hansen

1410 Baird Avenue

1410 Baird Avenue — 1400 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1924	Alex Sawicki
1947	Victor F. Reichert

1412 Baird Avenue

1412 Baird Avenue — 1400 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1924	Vacant
1925	Lewis & Lillian Sykes
1925–1932	Yetta Norwitz
1929	Joseph Norwitz
1933	Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Brown
1947	Albert C. Wagner

1415 Baird Avenue

1415 Baird Avenue — 1400 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1924–1947	Charles G. DuBell & Family; Charles G. & Frances E. DuBell; Dr. Mildred F. DuBell

1417 Baird Avenue

1417 Baird Avenue — 1400 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1924	John Zagorski
1947	Isadore Mazer
1947	Edward Fuhrman

1419 Baird Avenue

1419 Baird Avenue — 1400 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1906	Hiram E. Budd, president City Line Brick & Lumber Company
1924–1951	Harry V. Baumgartner, barber's supplies
1962	George Bailey
1962–1968	B.T. Cartwright
1968	Franklin Streater
1972	Muskogee Edwards, teacher, John G. Whittier School (murdered in her home by James R. Snyder)

1424 Baird Avenue

1424 Baird Avenue — 1400 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1924	W. Howard Buzby
1947	Lewis Kurlan

1426 Baird Avenue

1426 Baird Avenue — 1400 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1924	Reading A. Havens
1947	Abraham Epstein

1428 Baird Avenue

1428 Baird Avenue — 1400 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1924	Elmer J. Carlson
1947	Achilles Cocosis

1453 Baird Avenue

1453 Baird Avenue — 1400 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1913–1922	Ben Lawton Sr. & Family; Ben & Mary Lawton; Ben Lawton Jr
1924–1947	Charles G. Wenger

1455 Baird Avenue

1455 Baird Avenue — 1400 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1929	Frank S. Albright
1947	Edward Tapper

1459 Baird Avenue

1459 Baird Avenue — 1400 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Benjamin F. Rittmayer

1461 Baird Avenue

1461 Baird Avenue — 1400 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Jacob A. Levinthal

1465 Baird Avenue

1465 Baird Avenue — 1400 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1919–1924	Munro S. Coulter
1947	Mrs. Ida S. Coulter

1467 Baird Avenue

1467 Baird Avenue — 1400 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Joseph Getzov

1471 Baird Avenue

1471 Baird Avenue — 1400 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1924	Thomas J. Daley Sr
1924–1947	Thomas J. Daley Jr

1473 Baird Avenue

1473 Baird Avenue — 1400 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1914–1920	Theodore T. Kausel
1921–1924	William E. Schlorer
1926–1947	Emmanuel A. Pearl & Family; Emmanuel A. 'Manny' & Reba Pearl; Rosalie Pearl; Evelyn Pearl; Burton L. Pearl

1500 Block of Baird Boulevard

1500 Baird Avenue

1500 Baird Avenue — 1500 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1917	Thomas F. McGrath & Family; Thomas F. & Elizabeth McGrath; William McGrath
1924	Israel Fridrich
1947	Mrs. Celia Borstein

1501 Baird Avenue

1501 Baird Avenue — 1500 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1924	Herbert J. Koehler
1936	Max M. Singer
1947	Herman Z. Cutler

1502 Baird Avenue

1502 Baird Avenue — 1500 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1924	John E.G. Montgomery
1947	William H. Cheever

1503 Baird Avenue

1503 Baird Avenue — 1500 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1924	Martin J. Flynn
1947–1960s	Jacob Naden
1961–1970s	The Foster Family; Ann Foster

1504 Baird Avenue

1504 Baird Avenue — 1500 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1924	Harry Watts
1947	Agnes I. Rasmussen
1958	Daniel Greenstein; Dan's Metal Products

1506 Baird Avenue

1506 Baird Avenue — 1500 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1924	James P. Scull
1947	Louis L. Goldman

1507 Baird Avenue

1507 Baird Avenue — 1500 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1919–1947	Peter B. Carter
1950s–1960s	Cantor Louis J. Herman & Family; Mrs. Yetta Herman; David Herman
1970–2007	Donald Council

1509 Baird Avenue

1509 Baird Avenue — 1500 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1924	William W. Todd
1947	James Lamont
1960s–2007	Andrew D. Fortune & Family

1510 Baird Avenue

1510 Baird Avenue — 1500 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1924	Samuel Heine
1947	Charles D. Brodsky

1512 Baird Avenue

1512 Baird Avenue — 1500 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1924–1947	Henry Manheimer

1513 Baird Avenue

1513 Baird Avenue — 1500 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1924–1947	James D. Thompson

1514 Baird Avenue

1514 Baird Avenue — 1500 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1924	Abraham E. Wessel
1947	Arthur Benjamin

1515 Baird Avenue

1515 Baird Avenue — 1500 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1917–1930s	Rudolph Priesendanz Jr
1947	Mrs. Etta N. Preisendanz

1518 Baird Avenue

1518 Baird Avenue — 1500 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1924	Not Built
1940s–1970s	Dr. David Keyser, physician

1519 Baird Avenue

1519 Baird Avenue — 1500 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1924	Lewis N. Armstrong
1947	Irving Goodman
1964–1970s	Walter L. Gordon

1521 Baird Avenue

1521 Baird Avenue — 1500 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1924	Israel Paletz
1947	Norman M. Gordon

1524 Baird Avenue

1524 Baird Avenue — 1500 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1924	Not Built
1947	Samuel Heine

1525 Baird Avenue

1525 Baird Avenue — 1500 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1917–1924	Reuben Pinsky & Family; Reuben & Fannie Pinsky
1947	Benjamin Brest
1960s–2007	Rev. J.J. Pinkston & Family

1526 Baird Avenue

1526 Baird Avenue — 1500 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1924	Not Built
1947	Milton Nurock

1530 Baird Avenue

1530 Baird Avenue — 1500 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1924	Not Built
1920s–1940s	Israel Weitzman & Family; Israel & Sarah Weitzman; Lillian, David, Harry, Arthur, Edward Weitzman

1531 Baird Avenue

1531 Baird Avenue — 1500 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1924	Morris Handle
1947	Reiter Apartments: 1A Otto Reiter, 1B Elias Klein, 2A Ralph M. Pinsky, 2B William R. Johnston, 3A Mrs. Nellie Swope, 3B Grace E. Hankins

1532 Baird Avenue

1532 Baird Avenue — 1500 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1924	Not Built
1947	Victor Levinson. Damaged by fire September 27, 2011

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Kaighns Ave. Shop Looted of Tools Copper piping and tools of undetermined value was stolen Friday from Dan's Metal Products, 318 Kaighns ave., it was disclosed today by police. Daniel Greenstein, of 1504 Baird ave., the proprietor, told police he discovered the theft at 4:30 p.m. Friday. He said his tools were used to remove plumbing fixtures and copper pipes. An electric drill and a sanding machine valued at $55 was included in the loot, according to Greenstein. He said entry was gained through a cellar door which had been forced open.

Intersection of Baird Avenue & Park Avenue

Baird Avenue Crosses the Cooper River

Intersection of Admiral Wilson Avenue & Baird Avenue

The construction of the bridge and cloverleaf at Admiral Wilson Avenue in August 1948, together with earlier commercial development, ended the prospects for two streets that had been planned — Woolwich Street and Maplewood Street — which were to run parallel to Randolph Street.

This aerial view of East Camden was published in July 1926 as a "Bridge Avenue Estates" advertisement by the Suburban Home Realty Company, located at 325 Market Street in Camden and run by Edward S. Miller. Baird Avenue appears as the horizontal dotted line across the upper part of the picture; no homes had yet been built on Baird when the photo was taken.

2200 Block of Baird Boulevard

2201 Baird Boulevard

2201 Baird Boulevard — 2200 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Leon Nurock
1947	Albert L. Cohn

2202 Baird Boulevard

2202 Baird Boulevard — 2200 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Irving Berlin

2203 Baird Boulevard

2203 Baird Boulevard — 2200 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	J. Moles

2204 Baird Boulevard

2204 Baird Boulevard — 2200 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Rudolf C. Swanson

2205 Baird Boulevard

2205 Baird Boulevard — 2200 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Jules Chadwin
1947	Alice Solomon

2206 Baird Boulevard

2206 Baird Boulevard — 2200 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Samuel Epstein

2207 Baird Boulevard

2207 Baird Boulevard — 2200 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Angelo DePersia
1947	Louis Frader

2208 Baird Boulevard

2208 Baird Boulevard — 2200 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Philip Hankin

2209 Baird Boulevard

2209 Baird Boulevard — 2200 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	George W. McFarland
1947	George Goldberg

2210 Baird Boulevard

2210 Baird Boulevard — 2200 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Fred M. Seitzinger

2211 Baird Boulevard

2211 Baird Boulevard — 2200 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Herbert A. Stoolman
1947	Joseph Hurwitz

2212 Baird Boulevard

2212 Baird Boulevard — 2200 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Mae Mitnek

2213 Baird Boulevard

2213 Baird Boulevard — 2200 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Rubin Ginsburg
1947	Harry Plasky

2214 Baird Boulevard

2214 Baird Boulevard — 2200 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1930s–1940s	Samuel Brahen Family; Maurice Brahen
1947	Mrs. Annie Levy

2216 Baird Boulevard

2216 Baird Boulevard — 2200 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	John A. Holm

2218 Baird Boulevard

2218 Baird Boulevard — 2200 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Leo Sherman

2220 Baird Boulevard

2220 Baird Boulevard — 2200 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Mrs. Augusta Liberman

2252 Baird Boulevard

2252 Baird Boulevard — 2200 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Martin Segal

2254 Baird Boulevard

2254 Baird Boulevard — 2200 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Norman Silverman

2256 Baird Boulevard

2256 Baird Boulevard — 2200 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1962	Harry Schwartz

2258 Baird Boulevard

2258 Baird Boulevard — 2200 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Jacob Rothman
1947	Bernard Solotoff

2260 Baird Boulevard

2260 Baird Boulevard — 2200 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	George Pearl

2262 Baird Boulevard

2262 Baird Boulevard — 2200 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Vacant

2264 Baird Boulevard

2264 Baird Boulevard — 2200 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Jacob Goodman

2266 Baird Boulevard

2266 Baird Boulevard — 2200 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Jacob Rosen

2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

2301 Baird Boulevard

2301 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Simon Friedman

2302 Baird Boulevard

2302 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Harry Cohen

2303 Baird Boulevard

2303 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Raymond Arllen
1947	Frances M. Connelly

2304 Baird Boulevard

2304 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Joseph Cutler

2305 Baird Boulevard

2305 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Jesse J. Jones
1947	Mrs. Jessie I. Elder

2306 Baird Boulevard

2306 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Sidney Friedman

2307 Baird Boulevard

2307 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Abraham L. Pellicoff
1947	Albert Schneyer

2308 Baird Boulevard

2308 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Jack J. Gautz

2309 Baird Boulevard

2309 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Robert L. Sirio
1947	Frank J. Terranova

2311 Baird Boulevard

2311 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Joseph D. Markham
1947	Harry Dinerman

2312 Baird Boulevard

2312 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Abraham Lichtman

2313 Baird Boulevard

2313 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Wilbur J. Hayes

2314 Baird Boulevard

2314 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Theo Deninberg

2315 Baird Boulevard

2315 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Not Listed

2316 Baird Boulevard

2316 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Albert Fink

2318 Baird Boulevard

2318 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Harry A. Kerr

2320 Baird Boulevard

2320 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Thomas Naden

2351 Baird Boulevard

2351 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Dr. Benjamin B. Gross & Family; Dr. Benjamin & Sydney Blaker Gross; Charles Gross; Second Lieutenant Victor M. Gross

2352 Baird Boulevard

2352 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Samuel Melamed

2353 Baird Boulevard

2353 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Jack Balaban

2354 Baird Boulevard

2354 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Harry Castroll

2355 Baird Boulevard

2355 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Harry D. McGonigal

2356 Baird Boulevard

2356 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Mrs. Rose Brest
1947	Nathaniel Rappaport

2357 Baird Boulevard

2357 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1983	Thomas Warren & Family; Thomas & Lillian Warren; Thomas Warren Jr.; William Warren; George Warren; Charles Warren

2358 Baird Boulevard

2358 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Herman Sandler

2359 Baird Boulevard

2359 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Bartholomew A. Sheehan

2360 Baird Boulevard

2360 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Leonard DeVone

2361 Baird Boulevard

2361 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Irving H. Greenwald

2362 Baird Boulevard

2362 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Fred J. Stuebing

2363 Baird Boulevard

2363 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Harry Phillips

2364 Baird Boulevard

2364 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	David H. McDermott

2365 Baird Boulevard

2365 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1930s–1940s	Samuel & Goldie Tarken Family; Martin Tarken; Private Seymour Tarken
1947	Abraham Skulnick

2366 Baird Boulevard

2366 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Harry Landis

2367 Baird Boulevard

2367 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	John DiTullio

2368 Baird Boulevard

2368 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Mrs. Bertha Kapnick

2370 Baird Boulevard

2370 Baird Boulevard — 2300 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Harold B. Heine

2400 Block of Baird Boulevard

2401 Baird Boulevard

2401 Baird Boulevard — 2400 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	David C. Luber

2403 Baird Boulevard

2403 Baird Boulevard — 2400 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Francisco Reginelli
1940s–1956	Marco Reginelli

2405 Baird Boulevard

2405 Baird Boulevard — 2400 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	John C. Cawaman
1950s–1960s	Albert M. Zwick

2407 Baird Boulevard

2407 Baird Boulevard — 2400 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947–1960s	Nicholas Martella

2411 Baird Boulevard

2411 Baird Boulevard — 2400 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Frank A. Bantivoglio
1948–1968	Dr. S. Marvin Bell DDS; Dr. Simon Marvin Bell & Jeanette Bell; Larry Bell; Steven Bell

2413 Baird Boulevard

2413 Baird Boulevard — 2400 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947–1960s	Edward Markowitz

2415 Baird Boulevard

2415 Baird Boulevard — 2400 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Sidney Leader

2417 Baird Boulevard

2417 Baird Boulevard — 2400 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Harry Antelman
1950s–1960s	Samuel Lukoff

2418 Baird Boulevard

2418 Baird Boulevard — 2400 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1955	Boulevard Delicatessen

Intersection of Marlton Avenue & Baird Boulevard

2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

2501 Baird Boulevard

2501 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	David Weiner, gas station

2519 Baird Boulevard

2519 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Vacant

2521 Baird Boulevard

2521 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1940s–1971	Daniel A. Gottlieb

2523 Baird Boulevard

2523 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Richard C. Harvey

2525 Baird Boulevard

2525 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Nicholas B. Bantivoglio
1956	Mrs. Lenora Bantivoglio

2536 Baird Boulevard

2536 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
—	Scott's Methodist Church

2550 Baird Boulevard

2550 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947–1960s	Samuel Hillman
1947	Claire M. Weber
1950s–1960s	Nancy Briggs School of Dance

2552 Baird Boulevard

2552 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947–1953	Henry H. Schreibstein
1953–1968	Herbert Leviton & Family; Herbert & Lillian Leviton; Mindy Leviton; Susan Leviton

2554 Baird Boulevard

2554 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Henry S. Lorey & Family; Henry & Gert Lorey

2556 Baird Boulevard

2556 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947–1950s	William C. Tweedy
1950s–1966	John H. Heaton & Family; John H. & Edna Thegen Heaton

2558 Baird Boulevard

2558 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Leon Mickleman

2559 Baird Boulevard

2559 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Edward V. Martino

2560 Baird Boulevard

2560 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Edgar L. Leonard

2561 Baird Boulevard

2561 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Louis L. Zubrin

2562 Baird Boulevard

2562 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Allen S. Dolgin

2563 Baird Boulevard

2563 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Ernest Dubin

2566 Baird Boulevard

2566 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1938–1957	Barney B. Brown

2567 Baird Boulevard

2567 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Frank Wenof

2568 Baird Boulevard

2568 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Louis L. Weiner

2569 Baird Boulevard

2569 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	William C. Gotschalk

2572 Baird Boulevard

2572 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	George Somers

2573 Baird Boulevard

2573 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Meyer Adleman

2574 Baird Boulevard

2574 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Max B. Siefert

2575 Baird Boulevard

2575 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Jacob H. Horwitz

2578 Baird Boulevard

2578 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1930s–1947	Samuel B. Goldstein; Corporal Isadore B. 'Israel' Goldstein

2579 Baird Boulevard

2579 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Charles A. Shumaker
1947	Edward Rothman

2580 Baird Boulevard

2580 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Vacant

2581 Baird Boulevard

2581 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Herman Tull

2584 Baird Boulevard

2584 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Dr. Edward Schiff, dentist

2585 Baird Boulevard

2585 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Joseph V. Russell

2586 Baird Boulevard

2586 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Thorkill Paulsen

2587 Baird Boulevard

2587 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Jacob Rappaport

2590 Baird Boulevard

2590 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Henry G. Chambers

2591 Baird Boulevard

2591 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Leon Cooperson; Cooperson Auto Works

2592 Baird Boulevard

2592 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1938	George Summers, 'sportsman.' 1947 Isadore Borstein; Borstein Electric Company

2593 Baird Boulevard

2593 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Abraham Stoolman

2596 Baird Boulevard

2596 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1930–1932	William Rothman & Family; William & Rae Rothman; Paul Rothman
1947	Ellis Goodman

2597 Baird Boulevard

2597 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1920s–1950s	Samuel & Mayme Rosen Family; Dr. Leonard F. Rosen; Norris Rosen

2598 Baird Boulevard

2598 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Hyman M. Myers

2599 Baird Boulevard

2599 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Isadore Lopatin

2600 Baird Boulevard

2600 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1930s–1942	Frederick Wielandt
1947	David Schwaritz

2601 Baird Boulevard

2601 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Mrs. Sarah Austermuhl

2602 Baird Boulevard

2602 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Samuel Varbalow

2603 Baird Boulevard

2603 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1920s–1930s	Lewis Liberman
1947	Aaron Mandel

2606 Baird Boulevard

2606 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1942–1960	Charles O. Doughton & Family; plumber; Charles O. & Josephine A. Doughten; Charles R. Doughten; Helen Doughten Didas; Ruth Doughten Stokes; Mildred Doughton Dahl

2607 Baird Boulevard

2607 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Allen Saull

2608 Baird Boulevard

2608 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Edward J. Borden
1967	Robert J. Mentz Jr

2609 Baird Boulevard

2609 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Joseph Sussman

2612 Baird Boulevard

2612 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1932	Carroll P. Sherwood & Family; Carroll & Margaret Sherwood; Margaret L. Sherwood
1947	Albert Taylor
1947	Harry Taylor, accountant

2613 Baird Boulevard

2613 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1920s–1930s	Samuel P. Orlando
1947	David Plasky; Dave's Grill

2614 Baird Boulevard

2614 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Joseph G. Greenberg

2615 Baird Boulevard

2615 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Alex M. Malamut

2618 Baird Boulevard

2618 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Charles Pressy

2619 Baird Boulevard

2619 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Frederick K. Lehman

2620 Baird Boulevard

2620 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Joseph Praissman

2621 Baird Boulevard

2621 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	David Glickman

2624 Baird Boulevard

2624 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	No Answer to Inquiry

2625 Baird Boulevard

2625 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1920s–1930s	Harold W. Bennett

2626 Baird Boulevard

2626 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	A. David Epstein

2630 Baird Boulevard

2630 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Harry M. Mendell
1960	Morris Bass; Congregation Ahev Zedak

2632 Baird Boulevard

2632 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1927–1960s	Abraham Rosenberg

2634 Baird Boulevard

2634 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Joseph A. Varbalow

2638 Baird Boulevard

2638 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Samuel M. Rosenberg

2642 Baird Boulevard

2642 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Allan Apartments

2648 Baird Boulevard

2648 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Allan Apartments

2656 Baird Boulevard

2656 Baird Boulevard — 2500–2600 Block of Baird Boulevard

year↕	name↕
1947	Dr. Emanuel Sufrin, physician

Intersection of Federal Street, 27th Street & Baird Boulevard

It is likely that Market Street was so-named as it linked directly to Market Street in Philadelphia, via Ferry, and was an easy naming that allowed travelers to know their destination. It also likely helped tourism in both cities. If you zoom the map out slightly, you will see that Market Street in Camden follows the path of Market Street in Philadelphia. There is no known "market" that existed in Camden on Market Street.

The Market was actually at Third and Federal.

Camden Courier-Post - August 10, 2016

CAMDEN - Subaru of America isn't expected to move here until sometime next year, but the firm's already had a change of address.

City Council members voted Tuesday to rename one block of Mount Ephraim Avenue that runs past the construction site for the auto firm's future headquarters.

The action followed a similar change in June, when council gave a new name to Morgan Street at the future home of a Holtec International manufacturing complex. That stretch of road became Holtec Boulevard between Interstate 676 and the South Jersey Port Corp. complex.

Subaru Drive will run between Admiral Wilson Boulevard and South 11th Street.

Both companies also have received sizable state tax incentives to locate in Camden.

Subaru, which is leaving facilities in Cherry Hill and Pennsauken, obtained a 10-year tax break worth $118 million from the state Economic Development Authority. The EDA provided $260 million in incentives to Holtec.

Subaru has said it will move 500 jobs to Camden and create 100 more over the next decade. Holtec has said it will have 350 workers when its campus opens by mid-2018, with the potential for thousands more.

Camden, where many names reflect local history, previously has changed its street signs to honor residents and dignitaries.

Among other examples, Division Street became Ramona Gonzalez Street in 1997, saluting a community leader who co-founded the city's San Juan Bautista parade. That same year, council changed Van Hook Street to Carl Miller Boulevard to honor a longtime funeral director who had died a few years earlier.

The city, where a major downtown thoroughfare honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (most will know it as Mickle Boulevard), also has named streets after songwriter-producer Kenneth Gamble, boxer Jersey Joe Walcott and former Mayor Gwendolyn Faison, among others.

Source: https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local/2016/08/10/subaru-camden-name-change/88530120/

Camden Courier-Post - February 23, 2007

By KEVIN RIORDAN

MOUNT EPHRAIM — The Harwan Theater is coming down, but the adjacent DiNic's Roast Beef, a former White Tower restaurant, is moving on.

To West Virginia.

A self-described "dinerholic" who grew up in Collingswood is paying to have the landmark little eatery picked up and trucked about 300 miles from the Black Horse Pike to his home in Morgantown, W. Va. The Mount Ephraim site is being cleared for construction of a Walgreens.

"I always wanted a diner," John Shoaf, a 64-year-old retired teacher and respected preservationist, said Thursday. "Most people pretty much think it's crazy. My better half thinks I'm out of my mind."

A 1960 Collingswood High School graduate, Shoaf is hardly unique in his love of diners, which have inspired numerous scholarly and pop-culture books,as well as fan sites on the Web. The Mount Ephraim White Tower meets the definition of a diner despite its minuscule size because it's a manufactured structure and was shipped to its site (in 1946 or thereabouts, Shoaf believes).

Accommodating the removal rather than the demolition of a building "is a little unusual, in our experience, unless the building is historic," said Jake Todd, senior project manager for the Bannett Group, the Cherry Hill firm constructing the Walgreens.

"It could be the only one left in existence," said Shoaf, adding the Mount Ephraim White Tower was one of 15 manufactured by the Arthur Valentine company of Wichita, Kan.

Paul M. Hirshorn, who co-authored White Tower — the definitive (and only) book on the subject — said the Valentine buildings were designed to the specifications of White Tower's in-house architect, Charles Johnson.

With its gleaming porcelain exterior, big windows and brightly lit tower, Johnson's iconic design "was able to communicate its message… in a sophisticated and successful way" to passing motorists, said Hirshorn.

Nostalgia is clearly a part of the affection for these buildings, said John S. Flack, a Marlton resident who maintains a web site devoted to the defunct Burger Chef chain.

"People like to go back to their childhoods," he observed.

Indeed, as Shoaf shared via e-mail, "when I was younger, my parents told me I could go anywhere for my birthday, and I always [went to] White Tower [on] Admiral Wilson Boulevard… for a sack of hamburgers." So Shoaf is willing to spend his hard-earned money — Shoaf won't say how much — to bring the one-time home of that taste to West Virginia.

He'll place the old White Tower on land he owns overlooking I-79.

And someday, Shoaf said, he'd like to fire up that grill again.

Camden Courier-Post - September 6, 1999

By LAURIE STUART Courier-Post

Admiral Wilson.

Motorists who have driven through Camden instantly recognize the name, but most don't know who he is.

Henry Braid Wilson was born in Camden in 1861. At the age of 15, he went to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., where he graduated in 1881. He soon began his illustrious Navy career, first as a training officer for apprentices, then serving in the West Indies, Bering Sea, Pacific Ocean and the Great Lakes.

Wilson saw action in the Spanish-American War as a lieutenant, and was"highly commended for coolness and bravery," says a newspaper account.

In 1916, he was assigned to the command of the USS Pennsylvania, flagship of the commander-in-chief of the Atlantic Fleet. The following year… when the United States entered World War I… he was assigned commander of the U.S. Naval Forces in France. For his "outstanding wartime services, Admiral Wilson was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal,the Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor of France, Commander of the Order of St. Maurice and St. Lazarus of Italy and the Grand Official of the Military Order of Avia of Portugal," the newspaper account says. In 1919, Wilson became commander-in-chief of the Atlantic Fleet. Two years later, he was appointed superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy. In 1923, he retired with the rank of rear admiral. In accordance with a Congressional Act, he was later given the rank of admiral.

Although Wilson retired to California, then to New York, his parents still lived in Camden, where his father, also Henry B. Wilson, was a member of the Camden Board of Education. In fact, the H. B. Wilson School at 9th and Florence streets is named for his father.

So when do Admiral Wilson and the boulevard cross paths? While some people think that was on Armistice Day in 1929, that's not altogether true.

Bridge Entrance Road or Bridge Boulevard opened in 1925 as the main highway to the Ben Franklin Bridge. Four years later, Wilson returned as an honored guest of Camden and during Armistice Day ceremonies, officials decided to rename the highway "in honor of Camden's great native son."

So South Jerseyans came to know the highway as Admiral Wilson Boulevard. What they thought, however, didn't ring true. While everyone was under the impression that the boulevard… which goes through Camden and Pennsauken… had been renamed in 1929, there was a slight wrinkle. In 1937, it was discovered that the name change had not been made official.

"When the Forest Hills development was made, Camden approved a change of name honoring one of Camden's most renowned citizens, and later, during the administration of Mayor Winfield S.Price, a resolution was passed to make the name, as the then commissioners thought, official," says a Nov. 18, 1937 Courier-Post article.

"But an ordinance to approve the change was necessary, and no ordinance was ever passed… So next Wednesday, when commissioners meet a day early on account of the Thanksgiving holiday, Commissioner Frank J. Hartmann will sponsor an ordinance which will make Bridge Boulevard Admiral Wilson Boulevard once and for all. Pennsauken Township is expected to do the same."

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Burglars Steal Equipment, Wine Burglars last night took two movie projectors and two electric typewriters from the offices of the Manpower Development Training Center, 17th Street and Admiral Wilson Boulevard, Camden. In a second incident, burglars took nine cases of champagne from a boxcar on a private siding of Gallo Wine Sales of New Jersey, 2nd and Beckett Streets. The training center burglary was reported to Ptl. William Lewis by Eduvicis A. Ortiz of the center. He estimated loss at $1,530. The wine loss was placed at $162 by Nathan Long, a Gallo official. The theft was reported by railroad police.

Burglars last night took two movie projectors and two electric typewriters from the offices of the Manpower Development Training Center, 17th Street and Admiral Wilson Boulevard, Camden.

In a second incident, burglars took nine cases of champagne from a boxcar on a private siding of Gallo Wine Sales of New Jersey, 2nd and Beckett Streets.

The training center burglary was reported to Ptl. William Lewis by Eduvicis A. Ortiz of the center. He estimated loss at $1,530.

The wine loss was placed at $162 by Nathan Long, a Gallo official. The theft was reported by railroad police.

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Policeman Rescues Boys Adrift in Boat Camden—(AP)—Cries of three small boys adrift on the Cooper River in a water-logged skiff brought Police Sgt. Earl Wright to the rescue in a rowboat. Playing along the river bank yesterday, Alfred Checetto, 6, Joel Harris, 6, and his brother, Warren, 4, found the skiff, climbed into it and cast off the lines. As it quickly drifted into the stream the boys became frightened. Wright heard their calls, commandeered the rowboat from a nearby club and towed the skiff to shore. Motorists watching the rescue caused a traffic snarl in Admiral Wilson Blvd.

Camden —(AP)— Cries of three small boys adrift on the Cooper River in a water-logged skiff brought Police Sgt. Early [sic] Wright to the rescue in a rowboat.

Playing along the river bank yesterday, Alfred Checetto, 6, Joel Harris, 6, and his brother, Warren, 4, found the skiff, climbed into it and cast off the lines. As it quickly drifted into the stream the boys became frightened.

Wright heard their calls, commandeered the rowboat from a nearby club and towed the skiff to shore. Motorists watching the rescue caused a traffic snarl in Admiral Wilson Blvd.

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3 HURT IN BOULEVARD ACCIDENT CAUSED BY RUNAWAY BAKERY HORSE Animal Rams Car Stopped for Traffic Light; Passengers in Two Other Automobiles Injured in Crash A runaway horse was the indirect cause of three persons being slightly injured last night at Admiral Wilson boulevard and Baird avenue. According to Detective Thomas Murphy, the horse, which had broken loose from a tether in the yard of Ralph Marchione, operator of a bakery at 3939 Marlton pike, rammed into the rear of an automobile driven by Jack Silverman, of 506 Beideman avenue. Silverman was stopped on Baird avenue for the traffic light at the intersection. Charles Bleyer, 57, of 905 Atlantic avenue, Atlantic City, was driving north on the boulevard when he saw the runaway horse. He stopped and got out to lead the horse from the highway. He left Mrs. Lillian McNamara, 44, of 419 Trenton avenue, in his car when he got out. Another automobile, driven by Harold B. Ash, 20, of 982 North Twenty-third street, crashed into the rear of Bleyer's car, police said. Mrs. McNamara, Ash and John F. Dease, 20, of 109 North Sixth street, a passenger in Ash's car, suffered lacerations. Ash and Mrs. McNamara were treated at Cooper Hospital for minor cuts, while Dease was treated by his physician. Police reported the horse also was hurt when he rammed Silverman's car.

Animal Rams Car Stopped for Traffic Light; Passengers in Two Other Automobiles Injured in Crash

A runaway horse was the indirect cause of three persons being slightly injured last night at Admiral Wilson boulevard and Baird avenue.

According to Detective Thomas Murphy, the horse, which had broken loose from a tether in the yard of Ralph Marchione, operator of a bakery at 3939 Marlton pike, rammed into the rear of an automobile driven by Jack Silverman, of 506 Beideman avenue. Silverman was stopped on Baird avenue for the traffic light at the intersection.

Charles Bleyer, 57, of 905 Atlantic avenue, Atlantic City, was driving north on the boulevard when he saw the runaway horse. He stopped and got out to lead the horse from the highway.

He left Mrs. Lillian McNamara, 44, of 419 Trenton avenue, in his car when he got out. Another automobile, driven by Harold B. Ash, 20, of 982 North Twenty-third street, crashed into the rear of Bleyer's car, police said.

Mrs. McNamara, Ash and John F. Dease, 20, of 109 North Sixth street, a passenger in Ash's car, suffered lacerations. Ash and Mrs. McNamara were treated at Cooper Hospital for minor cuts, while Dease was treated by his physician.

Police reported the horse also was hurt when he rammed Silverman's car.

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.

The car broke off a telephone pole at the base, strewing live wires on the highway. Traffic was detoured until the damage could be repaired by Bell Telephone Company linemen.

The fog, which covered Camden and its suburbs like a blanket, grounded air liners at Central Airport, slowed up motor traffic on highways and the Camden bridge.

Thomas Tomlinson, 18, of Oak Avenue, Delaware Township, was taking driving lessons in a car he purchased a week ago when he crashed into the pole. Police said three passengers were crowded in the front seat and three more in a rumble seat.

Tomlinson was driving on a student's permit and was accompanied by Allen Filer, 20, a licensed driver, of 713 Grant Street, police learned, Filer is in Cooper Hospital with a fractured right leg. His brother, William, 18, suffered a possible concussion of the brain and is in the same hospital. Tomlinson received bruises of the right leg and arm and was treated at Cooper Hospital.

Samuel McCall, 18, of 708 Bailey Street, was taken to West Jersey Hospital, where he was treated for cuts of the nose. He told police there that someone struck him with a bottle and he would get his assailant later. When taken to police headquarters. McCall was confronted by the others and admitted he was injured in the automobile accident, City Detective Benjamin Simon said.

Mary Williamson, 18, and Eleanor Shockley, 16, both of 625 North Front Street, escaped with a few minor bruises.

Delaware river ferryboats were operated with caution as the view of pilots was obscured, by the density of the fog. Whistles were blown continuously and fog bells rang throughout the night.

Automobiles and buses were slowed down to five miles an hour by thick fog in the suburbs, especially in lowlands and near meadows.

The airport reported all local planes grounded and no airliners were making a call here.

The Weather Bureau forecast indicated it will be colder and cloudy today. The cloudiness will increase tomorrow followed by rain at night.

Three persons were injured in an automobile crash at Admiral Wilson and Baird Avenues yesterday when a machine driven by a Camden man was in collision with an automobile driven by a Bridgeton man.

The most seriously injured was John Kaus, Jr., 19, of 1738 Tioga Street. He suffered a severed tendon of the right hand. Walter Connell, of 27 Marlton Avenue, driver of one machine, was cut about the head.

Anthony Batani, of Bridgeton, driver of the other car, was cut about the hands. J. R. Boston, of 718 Pearl Street, took all the injured to West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital.

Four men and a woman were fined $25 each yesterday after they perplexed Police Judge Pancoast by pleading guilty to a disorderly conduct charge, but denied that they had been disorderly.

The defendants are Joseph and William Greenan, brothers, 38 and 24, respectively, both of 741 Fairview street; Edward Covey, 24, of 2221 South Seventh Street; Walter Koscianski, 28, of 966 Bulson Street, and Mary Johnson, 18, of 224 Morris Street, Gloucester.

They were arrested Sunday night by Motorcycle Policeman Thomas Kauffman at Tenth and Bulson Streets. Earlier, he had stopped them on Admiral Wilson Boulevard and because they had been drinking but were not drunk, he told them to go home.

Later someone called police headquarters and said that Kauffman was drunk. He was suspicious and arrested the five. Yesterday they pleaded guilty to charges of disorderly conduct, but denied they had telephoned headquarters or had done anything disorderly.

A. Harry Moore, Democratic candidate for governor, is scheduled to speak at the meeting of Gloucester Democrats in the city hall there next Wednesday night. The meeting will be in charge of Mayor J. Emerson Jackson and the county Democratic committee.

Gloucester Republicans tonight will hold a rally at the headquarters of the city committee, 104 North King Street.

The Polish-American Women's Citizens Club, in its recent resolution pledging support to David Baird, endorsed a candidate for the first time in the club's six-year history, according to Mrs. Priscilla Ciechanowski, secretary. The club is two to one for Baird, she said. Other officers are Mrs. A. Bec, president; Mrs. H. Stojak, vice-president, and Mrs. A. Skierska, treasurer.

A huge new sign, in vivid lettering, has appeared on the east side of Admiral Wilson Boulevard, south of Baird Boulevard, urging a vote for Baird November 3. It is one of the largest campaign signs in Camden County.

Congressman Charles A. Wolverton is appearing almost everywhere with Baird. The congressman is one of the gubernatorial nominee's ablest campaign advisers. He was with the candidate at the Trenton convention of the New Jersey Taxpayers' Association Wednesday.

David Tattersdill, Broadway merchant, is among the latest members of the Speakers' Bureau at Republican headquarters, Broadway and Stevens Street. He is one of the organizers of the Forty-second Street Baird Boosters' Club.

Seventy-two hundred applications for challengers were received Tuesday afternoon, the deadline, by the Camden County Board of Elections. Of the total, 4000 were for challengers for Republican candidates and the remainder for Democratic candidates, including those seeking office as governor, freeholder, justice of the peace and various borough and township offices. No Socialist or prohibition applications for challengers were filed here.

Joseph A. Varbalow, former assistant prosecutor, was so eager to read Moore's speech he had to borrow a cent from Chief of County Detectives Lawrence T. Doran to buy the Morning Post.