Beckett Street
Beckett Street was named after Henry and Mary Beckett, who owned a large tract of land that was laid out into town lots about 1853. The Becketts at one time owned the land from Royden to Line Street and from West to Second Street.
Beckett Street originally ran east to west, from Front Street to West Street, north of Line Street. At some point after 1947, all properties between Clinton and Line Streets and South 2nd and South 3rd Streets were acquired and razed, and an industrial building was erected on the site. Today Beckett Street runs only from South 3rd Street to West Street.
Livio Joseph Banda, Aviation Machinist's Mate Third Class, born and raised on Birch Street, was killed in action while serving with the United States Navy during World War II.
200 Block of Beckett Street
William G. Hillman, 214 Beckett Street
William G. Hillman, 214 Beckett Street, 1900.
William G. Hillman, 214 Beckett Street, 1900.
300 Block of Beckett Street
Some of the Beckett Streeters
In front of 329 Beckett Street, circa World War II.
A usual Sunday routine — after church, the neighborhood boys would go up to Broadway to check the movies appearing at the many movie houses in Camden or play ball in the "stable." Photo was taken in front of 329 Beckett Street. Circa World War II.
Top, left: Woman in the window holding her nephew: Emma Arcaini. Top, right: Billy Polidora, US Navy, home on leave from the war. Top row, from left: Rinaldo Grazioli, George Bordi, Mim Marcozzi, Lou Bordi, Muzzy Albano. Middle row: Shiz Grazioli, Mifit Arcaini, Chipsey Giletto. Bottom row: Junior Di Frank, Nino Marcozzi, Sonny Auletto, Carmen Giletto.
A usual Sunday routine — after church, the neighborhood boys would go up to Broadway to check the movies appearing at the many movie houses in Camden or play ball in the "stable."
— Anthony "Nino" Marcozzi Sr., May 2014
DiMaggio Family, 319 Beckett Street
Santo DiMaggio, 319 Beckett Street.
John DiMaggio, 1990s.
John DiMaggio & Family, 319 Beckett Street, 1919–1973. John & Mary DiMaggio; Santo DiMaggio; John DiMaggio; Anthony DiMaggio.
Frank Saia Family, 326 Beckett Street
Frank Saia & Family, 326 Beckett Street, 1940–1942.
Frank & Sadie Saia; Benjamin; Pauline; Rose; Anthony; Joseph Saia; Anna Koenig (step-daughter).
Arcaini Family, 329 Beckett Street
Berardo Arcaini & Family, 329 Beckett Street, 1922–1947.
Berardo & Elisa Arcaini; Rose Arcaini; Vincenzo Arcaini; Dominic "Mimi" Arcaini; Alfred "Miff" Arcaini; Emma Arcaini. Woman in the doorway — Emma Arcaini. Dominic Arcaini later married Helen Feriozzi of 905 South 5th Street.
I was born in Camden in 1947, father Dominic Arcaini "Mimi" from 329 Beckett. Mother, Helen Feriozzi Arcaini of 905 South 5th Street. We lived with my grandparents, Ernest Feriozzi who owned and operated Feriozzi Construction Company and my grandmother Maria "Mary" Feriozzi. We all lived at 905 South 5th until my grandfather moved all of us to 521 Spruce in about 1953 which became the base for the construction company.
— Ron Arcaini, November 2014
Marcozzi Family, 332 Beckett Street
Mim and Nino Marcozzi in uniform of the A.M. Mucci VFW Post No. 2865 band, circa 1949.
Guido Marcozzi & Family, 332 Beckett Street, 1930–1947. Guido & Marie Marcozzi; Theresa Marcozzi; Erasmo Marcozzi; Josephine Marcozzi; Emidio "Mim" Marcozzi; Anthony "Nino" Marcozzi. 2001, Gone.
400 Block of Beckett Street
Looking northwest on Beckett Street from West Street, December 26, 2004.
Palermo Family, 415 Beckett Street
This was the home of my best friend, Janie Palermo. In the early 60's when we were between the ages of six and eight years old, Janie, and Gaila Levecchia (our other best friend), and I would walk with older friends or parents from Beckett St. to Broadway to go to the Camden Free Public Library. That library is where I first learned to love books.
— Donna Loperfido Carlin, January 13, 2008
Joseph & Christina Palermo Family, 415 Beckett Street, late 1950s–1970s. Jane Palermo; Joseph Palermo Jr.; Josephine Palermo.
Loperfido Family, 419 Beckett Street
This is where I lived from my birth in 1954 until I was 8 years old. I have many happy memories of this house and the neighborhood. My maternal grandfather (VitoAntonio Leone) owned the building and he lived in it with my grandmother and their 6 children until 1946 when they moved to the larger house at 1121 S. 4th Street. After we moved out in 1962, he rented it to one or two more families, and then sold it. Years later, we learned that the building was blown up when a bullet or 'bb-gun' pellet hit a gas pipe, and thankfully everyone got out alive. The houses on either side (417 and 421) were also destroyed in the explosion and the houses no longer exist.
— Donna Loperfido Carlin, January 13, 2008
VitoAntonio & Costantina (Galasso) Leone Family, 419 Beckett Street, 1923–1962.
Kairer Family, 429–435 Beckett Street
429 Beckett Street, March 14, 2012.
431 Beckett Street, March 14, 2012.
433 Beckett Street, March 14, 2012.
435 Beckett Street, March 14, 2012.
429 Beckett Street, 1893 — William G. Kairer Sr. & Family. 1929, Tony Levecchia. 1947, Henry Levecchia. Photo taken March 14, 2012.
431, 433, 435 Beckett Street. Photos taken March 14, 2012.
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William G. Kairer Sr.
William G. Kairer Sr. (c. 1839–1893) was a well-known Camden cracker baker who was murdered in his home at 429 Beckett Street on December 4, 1893 by burglar Theodore Lambert, who was executed in 1895.
Santo DiMaggio
Santo DiMaggio (1918–1973) was a Camden firefighter who joined the department in January 1951 and served with Engine Company 3.
Augustus E. Gondolf Sr.
Augustus Edwin "Gus" Gondolf Sr. was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 8, 1892. His father, Edward Gondolff, was the son of Peter Gondolff Sr. , who immigrated to the United States from the Alsace-Lorraine region of France.
Erie Street
Erie Street in North Camden runs from Beach Avenue to 9th Street, crossing Delaware Avenue, Point, Front, Segal, and the numbered streets 2nd through 9th.
William G. Hillman
William Grant Hillman was born on August 10, 1865, in Camden, NJ, the sixth of nine children of Edward Hillman and Margaret Grant.
Avon Street
Avon Street is a one-block thoroughfare in South Camden running from Royden Street south to Line Street, between West Street and South 4th Street, intersected by Beckett Street. Six two-story brick homes lined the street by 1906.
Locust Street
Locust Street ran south from Beckett Street to Mechanic Street between South 2nd and South 3rd Streets in Camden; its 700 block was known as Oak Street until about 1883 and its 600 block as John Street in the 1870s. Homes and businesses disappeared block by block after World War II, and the last structure, at 1128 Locust, was razed after a fire in 2010.
Angelo Anthony Leveccia (aka Joey Allen)
JOEY ALLEN was the name that Angelo Anthony Levecchia boxed under from 1928 through 1943. He was born in Camden, New Jersey on November 12, 1912 to Anthony Levecchia and his wife, the former Anna Maria Onorati.
Joseph Abarno
JOSEPH ARBANO was born in New York on August 11, 1895 to Domenic and Amerosa Arbano. Domenic Arbano had come to America in 1885 with his oldest son, James, in 1885. By 1917 the family had moved to 203 Royden Street in Camden NJ.
Burglars Steal Equipment, Wine
Burglars took two movie projectors and typewriters from a Manpower training center, and nine cases of champagne from a Gallo Wine boxcar at 2nd and Beckett Streets.
Intruder Held On Forceable Entry Charge
Thomas Merrill, 29, was held without bail after forcing his way into 209 Beckett Street carrying a shotgun, threatening the resident over a stabbing incident.
Save Man, 88, In S. Camden Home Blaze
A neighbor who ran several blocks Friday night when she saw smoke and flames brought firemen to rescue Samuel Liberetti, 88, of 606 Avon Street, near West and Beckett Streets. Firemen of Engine Co. 1 wearing oxygen masks found him semi-conscious in the cellar, and he was treated at Cooper Hospital for smoke inhalation.
Camden Fire Alarms
Camden fire alarms from midnight Monday until midnight Tuesday, printed in the Camden Courier-Post on February 15, 1956: grass fires at 2nd and Beckett, 2709 Federal and 31st and Pleasant streets, rubbish at 1245 Mechanic Street and flooring at 322 Pine Street.
Camden Fire Alarms
Camden fire alarm log for the 24-hour period ending midnight Tuesday, February 14, 1956, including a grass fire at 31st and Pleasant Streets and a rubbish fire at 1245 Mechanic Street.
Giuseppe Cuffari Dies; Camden Cafe Operator
Giuseppe A. "Hoover" Cuffari, 65, of 310 Beckett Street, who had run Hoover's Cafe at 941 South 4th Street since 1930, died in West Jersey Hospital in December 1953.
37 Camden Men Pass Tests for City Firemen
Thirty-seven candidates passed the Civil Service test for Camden firefighter in December 1949 — among them brothers Santo and John DiMaggio of 319 Beckett Street.
Hospital Cases
Emergency room cases at Cooper Hospital and West Jersey Hospital on February 14, 1938, including Mary DiVincenzo of 311 Beckett Street.
City Bureaus Keep Costs Within Budget for 1937
Brunner Lauds Rulers for $40,000 Saving by Co-operation in Offices $302,000 IS VOTED ON STREET BONDS All departments of the city government were operated within the budget appropriations during 1937 and the city's saving, as a result, was $40,000, Mayor George E. Brunner announced yesterday.
Elimination of 20 City Blocks Urged by Housing Committee
The Camden Housing Advisory Committee recommended that the city clear 20 blocks of sub-standard properties, 895 dwellings in two areas, to save on municipal service costs; Mayor Frederick von Nieda favored eliminating the areas but opposed spending city money without assurance of a return.
Five Injured in Collision
Five people were injured when a truck overturned after colliding with a car at 8th and Van Hook Streets; Fioranto Costanzo of 209 Beckett Street was among the injured.
Death of Widow of Harry Selby
Mrs. Daisy May Selby, widow of Fire Lieutenant Harry Selby, of 326 Beckett Street, died after an illness of pulmonary tuberculosis and heart trouble.
Former Detective Murry Drops Dead In Street
George Murry, the ex-city detective who resigned after being charged with promoting vice in the Third and Fifth Wards, was found dead on a doorstep near Locust and Line Streets; his death ended the planned Grand Jury presentation of his tenderloin activities.
George Murray Found Lifeless in Snow Drift
Former city detective George Murry (printed Murray), 52, of 649 Locust Street, was found dead in a snow drift at Locust and Beckett Streets after a fatal heart attack while taking an after-dinner walk.
Youth, 16, Nabbed as Drug Peddler
William Lovern, 16, and Harry Bolt, 24, of 420 Beckett Street, were arrested and held in $1,000 bail after witnesses testified they sold heroin at Second and Beckett Streets.
Camden County Transfers
Property transfer record for 416 Beckett Street — Harry L. Sanders to Ratcliffe Weitzman Co., $2,550. Philadelphia Inquirer, September 15, 1915.
Four Young Men Said to Have Confessed Thefts
Four men, including Charles Young of 233 Beckett Street, were arrested for confessing to robbing the S. C. Childs Company warehouse at the foot of Walnut Street.
Charge, Murder to Italian Now on Sea
Camden police believe Ilario Di Antonio, sailing for Italy, stabbed William Gallagher to death at Locust and Pine streets on December 8, 1912; two compatriots were arrested after Detectives Schregler and Troncone investigated.
News and Incidents of a Day in Camden
Philadelphia Inquirer - March 1, 1905 Attacked at Third and Mickle street s, Camden, late Monday night by a man, Mrs. Bessie O. Day, of Seventh and Clinton streets , had her clothing cut in strips.
Wagner's Trial for Stabbing Miller
The main court room was crowded with interested Third warders this morning, when the first of the criminal complaints growing out of the riots at Third and Beckett streets, on the night of July 28, last, during the Congressional primary, was taken up. It charged Charles Wagner with assault and battery on Policeman Harry Miller.
Death of Sarah V. Hill
Obituary notice for Sarah V. Hill, wife of Warren C. Hill, of 216 Beckett Street, Camden. Interred at South Laurel Hill Cemetery.
Lambert at Last Pays the Penalty
Nicholas Theodore Lambert was hanged in the Camden County Jail on December 19, 1895, for the murder of cracker baker William G. Kairer, protesting to the end that Josiah Stevens fired the fatal shot.
Camden's News Budget
A Philadelphia Inquirer column of Camden news, led by the failure of builder George Matthews, with notes including the disappearance of Henry Cox of 306 Locust Street.