On left 200 to 222 Broadway, known as the Holl Block. The 12 story Stevens Building was at 300 Broadway, is gone; the site made into a parking lot.
On Right, Broadway beginning at 201, which was at the time the home of Borstein Electric. It had been the home and place of business of Roy R Stewart, Mayor of Camden from 1931 to 1935. In 1936 Roy R. Stewart's business was at 203.
The second building is the Grand Theater. The movie playing was the 1936 release "The Princess Comes Across," a comedy starring Carole Lombard and Fred McMurray.
Broadway in Camden… a legendary street, once the “Mall of South Jersey.” Running south west of 6th Street past Ferry Avenue and then all the way to Gloucester City, and eventually on to Woodbury, Broadway was extended north from its beginning at Market Street through to the Delaware River (Ben Franklin) Bridge toll plaza in the 1920s.
When Camden began its period of industrial growth and expansion after the Civil War, the intersections of Broadway and Federal Street, Broadway and Kaighn Avenue, and Broadway and Ferry Avenue became anchor locations in the civic and commercial life of Camden and the surrounding areas. Homes and businesses soon filled in the “empty spaces” between these intersections. During the 1890s and the first two decades of the 20th Century, Camden-based contractor John J. Welsh was known in the city as “the man who built Broadway,” as his firm was involved with a great many projects along the thoroughfare. Brothers George M. Holl and Lewis F. Holl also completed many projects during these years.
James H. Reeve, who had worked for Welsh as a foreman, remodeled many of the homes, including those on the Holl Block, between Stevens and Mickle Streets, for business purposes. Reeve and his sons also built three theatres on Broadway, the Lyric, the Towers, and the Princess.
When Camden began its economic decline in the 1950s, Broadway suffered right along with it. Broadway became in many ways the symbol of Camden’s economic fall. Although there have been some new buildings erected in recent years, most significantly the Walter Rand Transportation Center between Broadway and Mickle Streets, far too much of Broadway in June of 2004 consists of vacant lots and boarded up buildings.
In July 2020, amid nationwide George Floyd protests, the Camden City Council indicated it planned to rename a several-block stretch of Broadway near Cooper University Hospital “Black Lives Matter Blvd.” What was actually installed that October was a large painted street mural spelling out the city’s name — not a legal renaming — and the paint reportedly faded within about a week; no ordinance ever made the name official. It does not appear in current OpenStreetMap data for Broadway, though it has been seen labeling part of the street on some consumer map products.
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Broadway Block N200
Intersection of Broadway & Penn Street, 1930s — looking south on Broadway from the Bridge PlazaView transcription
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200 North Broadway — Walt Whitman Hotel, 1950sView transcription
200 Broadway — 200 Block North Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Walt Whitman Hotel
1950s
Broadway North of Cooper Street Walt Whitman Hotel Circa 1926 North Broadway Cooper Street circa 1930 North Broadway Cooper Street circa 1930 The traffic signal in the foreground was installed in 1928 North Broadway Cooper Street Walt Whitman Hotel circa 1940 Note changes in the storefronts of the hotel and later model cars James V. McFadden Walt Whitman Hotel Pharmacy
1950s
Camden County College Urban Extension Campus
201-217 Broadway
201-217 Broadway — 200 Block North Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
The Terminal Block The Terminal Block
201 Broadway
201 Broadway — 200 Block North Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1955
DiFrank Brothers Interior Decorato rs
207 Broadway
207 Broadway — 200 Block North Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1955
Viking Travel Agency
213 Broadway
213 Broadway — 200 Block North Broadway — Occupants
222-230 North Broadway — 200 Block North Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1947-1960s
Garden State Liquors
Camden Courier-Post, June 18, 1932View transcription
The Directors
A. D. Ambruster
S. C. Childs
Edward B. Humphreys
Edward E. Shumaker
F. Morse Archer
Elias Davis
Henry H. Lippincott
Frank C. Somers
David Baird, Jr.
Burleigh B. Draper
Albert C. Middleton
Frank L. Starr
Ralph D. Baker
Isaac Ferris
William T. Read
J. B. Van Sciver, Jr.
Killam E. Bennett
Le Roy A. Goodwin
Wm. W. Robinson
Lawrence M. Verga
Rudolph W. Birdsell
Eugene F. Haines
Charles W. Russ
Oliver C. Willits
William T. Boyle
William D. Sherrerd
Charles A. Wolverton
The Officers
F. MORSE ARCHER
President
BURLEIGH B. DRAPER
Vice-President
ISAAC FERRIS
Vice-President
A. D. AMBRUSTER
Vice-President & Trust Officer
JAY KNOX
Asst. Trust Officer
S. C. KIMBLE
Cashier
THEO. THOMPSON
Assistant Cashier
ORLANDO M. BOWEN
Assistant Cashier
Wm. K. COOK
Assistant Cashier
JULIAN K. POTTER
Assistant Cashier
FIRST
CAMDEN NATIONAL BANK & TRUST CO.
Founded 1812. Oldest in South Jersey
Downtown Office
Broadway & Sycamore
Main Office
Broadway & Cooper
Philadelphia Office
223 Market Street
100 Block North Broadway, 1928 — as seen from the roof of the Munger & Long Building on the south-east corner of Broadway and Federal Street. The Camden Trust building at Broadway and Market Street is still under construction in this photo.View transcription
The Stanley Theater, northwest corner of North Broadway & Market Street. The Stanley Theater was razed in 1965 to make way for a Holiday Inn which was never built.View transcription
STANLEY THEATRE, BROADWAY AND MARKET ST., CAMDEN, N. J.
Stanley
DRUGS
27329
100 Block North Broadway — Occupants
City directory records, 1890s–1955.
114-122 North Broadway
114-122 North Broadway — 100 Block North Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
The Franklin Building
129 North Broadway
129 North Broadway — 100 Block North Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
First Camden National Bank & Trust A contract was let in December 1927 for the construction of this building
122-136 Broadway
122-136 Broadway — 100 Block North Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
The Wilson Building The Wilson Building Byron H. Edwards The Wilson Building circa 1960 Thomas Studios The Wilson Building Metro Glass Company, Inc. Binney & Smith, Inc. Sonotone of Camden
136 Broadway
136 Broadway — 100 Block North Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Weitzman Liquors Weitzman Liquors Unit
Broadway Block N000
124 North BroadwayView transcription
Phone Emerson 5-9899
THOMAS STUDIOS
124 NORTH BROADWAY
Ground Floor
CAMDEN, N. J.
CALL CHECK
91786
45 00 15 00 30 00
a
INITIAL
STUDIO HOURS:
Weekdays: 10 A. M. to 6 P. M.
Evenings: Friday until 9 P. M.
Closed Sundays, except Weddings by appointment
Present this check when returning proofs and calling for finished Photographs.
Camden County Courthouse
Camden County Courthouse — Built in 1853 and demolished in 1904 to make way for the second courthouse. Its location on Broadway between Federal and Market Street ensured the importance of the intersection.View transcription
OLD COURT HOUSE. 1880. COR. SIXTH, FEDERAL AND BROADWAY, CAMDEN, N. J.
Broadway Block 000
1–11 Broadway — The Munger & Long Building, which housed the J.C. Penney Department Store from 1932 until the 1960sView transcription
[illegible] Broadway and
Federal St., Camden, N. J.
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2 to 4 Broadway, 1940. Coca-Cola was still advertising on the billboard over 2 Broadway at this time — Coke was still there into the early 1960s.View transcription
Delicious
Refreshing
Coca-[illegible]
PENNEYS
LIQUORS
J C [illegible]
[illegible]
Unit Block of Broadway — Occupants
City directory records, 1870s–2004.
1-11 Broadway
1-11 Broadway — Unit Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1904–1926
Munger & Long
1926–1932
Stecker
1932–1960s
J.C. Penney Department Store
1970s–2010
Commerce Building
2 Broadway
2 Broadway — Unit Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Eugene Jacobs
—
M.A. Bruder Paint Store
1955
Shellenberger's Candy Store
4 Broadway
4 Broadway — Unit Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1931–1932
King Optical Company
1933+
King's Jewelers
6 Broadway
6 Broadway — Unit Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1935
Bond Wine & Liquor Store
1956
The Repair Center
12 Broadway
12 Broadway — Unit Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1932
Harry B. Levis, Inc. (2nd Floor) — Stationary
1941
Dave Levine & Co. — Men's Quality Clothes (2nd Floor)
14 Broadway
14 Broadway — Unit Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1941
Howard — "Stylist for Men"
1955
Loft Candy Corporation
16 Broadway
16 Broadway — Unit Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1930s–1956
Horn & Hardart Automat Restaurant
16-18 Broadway
16-18 Broadway — Unit Block of Broadway — Occupants
24-26 Broadway — Unit Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1910s–1924
C.R. Ely Inc. — Ford Dealership
1924–1928
Danenhower Motors Co. — Chrysler Dealership
1928–1938
Myers & Lappin Department Store
24 Broadway
24 Broadway — Unit Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Heritage Bank Branch
24-28 Broadway
24-28 Broadway — Unit Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1928–1938
Myers & Lappin Department Store (Grand Opening September 1, 1928)
25 Broadway
25 Broadway — Unit Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1888–1895
Robert S. Bender
—
Vanity Shoppe
1959–1960s
Horn & Hardart
26 Broadway
26 Broadway — Unit Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
26-28 Broadway
26-28 Broadway — Unit Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Tappin's Inc. Jewelers
—
Michael Pepe
27 Broadway
27 Broadway — Unit Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1898–1899
Robert S. Bender
—
S.R. Franklin & Son
1934
Dr. Albert J. Kilberg — Chiropodist
28 Broadway
28 Broadway — Unit Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1906
Robert G. Hann
1917
Private Guido John Cicconi
1941–1942
John Gillette Inc. — Red Cross Shoes
29 Broadway
29 Broadway — Unit Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Metro Luncheonette
30-36 Broadway
30-36 Broadway — Unit Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
High Speed Line Station
33 Broadway
33 Broadway — Unit Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1910s–1920s
Dr. Samuel M. Rubinstein — Optometrist
35 Broadway
35 Broadway — Unit Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1875–1878
William H. Hawkins & Family
Broadway Block 100
The 100 Block of Broadway lay between the Speed Line to Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks that ran up Mickle Street up until the 1960s. The widened Mickle Boulevard occupies the land once referred to as the 100 Block of Broadway.
100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
City directory records, 1880s–1970s.
104 Broadway
104 Broadway — 100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1935
ORCHID Beauty Salon ANNUAL BALL LISTED BY AHEPA LODGEMEN The annual ball of Ahepa, Camden Chapter No. 69 , will be held February 23, in Hotel Walt Whitman . Thomas Manos is committee chairman. Proceeds will be contributed to the association's sanatorium in New Mexico and for the education of Greek boys and young men. Officers of the Camden chapter are: Thomas Shissias, president; John Manos, vice president; Mike Dendrinos, secretary, and Harry Calogeris, treasurer. Headquarters of the organization are located at 104 South Broadway
Superior Life Health & Accident Insurance Company Lester R. Dilts Here's an item that shows that my Uncle, Lester R. Dilts, had an office at 106 S. Broadway, at least in the late '30's into the early '50's. He and his staff not only represented Superior Life Insurance CO., but also the Home Insurance Company of New York, which was much like current Homeowner's insurance. have many memories, as a young boy, from the office windows, watching train traffic crossing Broadway on the old bridge (viaduct) right outside the window! Curt Parrish
1947
House of Charm gift shop
107 Broadway
107 Broadway — 100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1936–1955
Schomer & Berman shoe store
1936–1955
Schomer & Berman
107 1/2 Broadway
107 1/2 Broadway — 100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1947
John P Saiia florist
108 Broadway
108 Broadway — 100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1909
George Westcoat Philadelphia Inquirer
1936–1951
Modern Restaurant Peter Pappas Nicholas Houles AHEPA
1955
Barr's Jewelers & Siversmiths
109 Broadway
109 Broadway — 100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1933–1955
Alfred W. Walton & Sons Co. Hardware
1936–1955
Alfred W. Walton & Sons Co. Hardware
109 1/2 Broadway
109 1/2 Broadway — 100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1947
Father & Son Shoe Store
110 Broadway
110 Broadway — 100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1906
John Bray grocer
1914–1919
Bray & Gulick grocers Mrs. Anna Bray, Harley Gulick & Walter Gulick
1924
and as late as the fall of 1970. Curran's Shoe Store Robert J. Curran Curran's was open on Broadway as early as October
1924
and as late as the fall of 1970.
111 Broadway
111 Broadway — 100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1947
Brait's Men's Furnishings Samuel Brait - Charles Brait Meyer Blackman Also at 540 federal street and 251-1/2 Broadway Speed Line to Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks that ran up Mickle Street up until the 1960s. The widened Mickle Boulevard
114 Broadway
114 Broadway — 100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1890s
Columbia Hotel
1906
Thomas Samanni Circa
1900
Broadway South of Mickle Street Broadway Methodist Church, which can be seen in the distance, was dedicated in 1898. As there were no automobiles in the city prior to 1907, this dates the photograph to the sometime between those two dates.
1951
Broadway Tracks Mickle Street & Bridge Avenue
1905
Broadway From 200 Block, between Mickle & Stevens Streets On right 200 to 222 Broadway, known as the holl block The Columbia Hotel was not in business gone by 1906, according to the City Directory for that year. At that time, Thomas Samanni was operating a restaurant at that location, and the new Courthouse, in the background, had been completed by the end of 1905. On Left, 201-203 Broadway. During the 1880s and early
1890s
dr. william jones and insurance agent Charles Ford kept offices there. By 1914 future Camden Mayor roy r stewart had established a men's clothing business there, which remained at that location as late as 1929.
1936
Street On left 200 to 222 Broadway, known as the holl block The 12 story Stevens Building was at 300 Broadway, is gone; the site made into a parking lot. On Right, Broadway beginning at 201, which was at the time the home of borstein electric . it had been the home and place of business of roy r stewart , Mayor of Camden from
Broadway Block 200
200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
City directory records, 1880s–2016.
200 Broadway
200 Broadway — 200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
George W. Kephart From 1911 t0 1916 George W. Kephart operated a funeral home at this address. In 1917 he moved to 602 Broadway
1930s–1942
Lucas Brothers Florists This business moved to 826 Market Street when the holl block was razed in 9142.
1955
Braun's Infants' & Children's Wear
1955
200 to 222 Broadway 200 to 222 Broadway from Mickle Boulevard
201-203 Broadway
201-203 Broadway — 200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
Robert Rogers Dool in the Chevrolet automobile he had just purchased
204 Broadway
204 Broadway — 200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1910s
Chevrolet dealership
216 Broadway
216 Broadway — 200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1908–1916
Jacob Heidelberger & Family tailor & cleaner Jacob & Flora Heidelberger Broadway Pet Shop
1908–1916
Jacob & Flora Heidelberger
1927–1928
John C. Demmert Jewelers
1941
Penn Vacuum Stores
206 Broadway
206 Broadway — 200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
City Shoe Repairing
207 Broadway
207 Broadway — 200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Grand Theater
1941
Grand Theater
1936
The movie playing at the Grand Theater was the 1936 release "The Princess Comes Across," a comedy starring Carole Lombard and Fred MacMurray.
208 Broadway
208 Broadway — 200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1928
C. Sherman Shepard Camden High School
1928
Broadway Music Shop Camden High School
1941
Orchid Beauty Salon Diane Furs Diane Furs 1950s-1960s
1955
Diane Furs 1950s-1960s
1936
The elevated railroad track was known as the Chinese Wall 201 to 219 Broadway Grand Theater as seen from the Stevens Building
300 Broadway
300 Broadway — 200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1945
of Broadway & Stevens Street Stevens Building 300
209 Broadway
209 Broadway — 200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
210 Broadway
210 Broadway — 200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1891–1894
M.B. West dry goods, trimmings & Notions Miss Mary B. West daughter of Samuel & Hannah West Moved to this location in late 1890 or early 1891. The following article from the
1940s–1960s
Camden Camera Shop, Louis Beltz
211 Broadway
211 Broadway — 200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1921
Dr. George D. Woodward & Family Laura D. Woodward Philadelphia Inquirer First Methodist Episcopal Church Late
1930s–Late 1940s
Style Nook Louis Berkowitz
212 Broadway
212 Broadway — 200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1947
Broadway Floor Coverings Co.
1959–1960
Singer Sewing Machine Company Hartmann Approves Plans for 2 Modern Stores at 213-15 Broadway Plans for two modern stores on the site of 213-15 Broadway, have been approved by Commissioner Frank J. Hartmann. The stores, modernistic in design, will be built for Abraham Brandt, of 104 King street, Gloucester City. The contractor will be S. Levy, Inc. Two former stores on the sites have been razed to make room for the more modern buildings, which will be the first of their design in the city. The stores will be one story in height with false fronts built to give them greater height. The plans provide for the future erection of upper stories.
213-215 Broadway
213-215 Broadway — 200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
frank j. hartmann jr. Abraham Brandt S. Levy, Inc. Vanity Shoppe
1947
John Gillette Inc. Red Cross Shoes
1955
Broadway Juvenile Shopa
1955
VILLA
214 Broadway
214 Broadway — 200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
215 Broadway
215 Broadway — 200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1897
Walter W. Browning Futernick's Ladies Furnishings & Trimmings
1931
The Studio
1941 Broadway
1941 Broadway — 200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Juvenile Shop
217 Broadway
217 Broadway — 200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1908–1916
Jacob Heidelberger & Family tailor & cleaner Jacob & Flora Heidelberger
Stevens Building Equitable Casualty & Surety Company Stevens Building was then called the Income Insurance Building Stevens Building Green and MacNelly Stevens Building
1934
Lou's Beauty Shoppe Stevens Building Universal Service of New Jersey, Inc. Detective Agency Stevens Building Camden Credit Association, Inc. Stevens Building Camden Credit Association, Inc. Stevens Building Avon Cosmetics
1955
Stevens Building South Jersey Steel Company
1955
Stevens Building Ideal Phone Answering Service
1955
Stevens Building Taylor Exterminating Company
1955
Stevens Building Richard R. Miller Inc. Photographers Stevens Building
1955
Edwards Home Products Co, Fuller Brush Co.
301 Broadway
301 Broadway — 300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
mid-1930s - 1960s Rolans Credit Clothing Store mid-1930s - 1960s Rolans Credit Clothing Store mid-1930s - 1960s Rolans Credit Clothing Store mid-1930s - 1960s Rolans Credit Clothing Store
303 Broadway
303 Broadway — 300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
304 Broadway
304 Broadway — 300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1955
Michael Lanning Dance Studio
305 Broadway
305 Broadway — 300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1920–1921
William White pharmacy Harry Barton
1933–1935
Simon's women's wear
306 Broadway
306 Broadway — 300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
1920s-1956 Dr. Thomas William Bunting DDS Camden Liquor Corporation 1950s-1960s
306-308 Broadway
306-308 Broadway — 300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
1950s-1970s Camden Liquor Company Joseph "Joe" Beyel 1950s-1970s Camden Liquor Corporation Joseph "Joe" Beyel
1920s-1950s Hart Apartments Darlington C. Hart Jewelers Camden High School 1920s-1950s Hart Apartments Darlington C. Hart Jewelers Camden High School 1920s-1950s D.C. Hart & Son Jewelers
General John A. Mather Camp Auxiliary, No. 18, United Spanish War Veterans
1904
Frank Burt Philadelphia Inquirer
1936
August F. Walters Chapter 4
311-313 Broadway
311-313 Broadway — 300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1955
Bushman Studions
315 Broadway
315 Broadway — 300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1955
Arthur's Shoes
317 Broadway
317 Broadway — 300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Pelouze & Campbell Opticians
1919
Harry P. Pelouze Walter Cambell
1919
Pelouze & Campbell Opticians
1919
Harry P. Pelouze Walter Cambell Camden High School Pelouze & Campbell Opticians
1931
Harry P. Pelouze Walter Cambell 317-1/2 Broadway
319 Broadway
319 Broadway — 300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
321 Broadway
321 Broadway — 300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Broadway North of Benson to Mickle Street
400-408 Broadway
400-408 Broadway — 300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Mahaffey Apartments
400 Broadway
400 Broadway — 300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
1930s-1940s Camden Liquor Company Joseph "Joe" Beyel Joe Beyel in Atlantic City
1949
Brothers Sam Beyel, Joe Beyel, Abraham "N.Y. Fats" Beyel Harris Mother Sadie Beyel Bon-Ton Wallpaper Company Inc.
401 Broadway
401 Broadway — 300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
1880s-1915 Joseph E. Roberts Sr. Philadelphia Inquirer dr. joseph e. roberts jr. Broadway Methodist Episcopal Church of This and Other News Articles of the Day joseph e. roberts sr. Family Roberts & Cohn Real Estate Developers Amy Roberts Eleanor Roberts Anna Roberts Elizabeth Roberts Joseph Roberts Jr. Erma Roberts John Nulty 1880s-1915 Dr. Joseph E. Roberts Jr. Riggins Piano Company Inc. Francis G. Riggins Samuel P. Riggins
413-417 Broadway — 300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Borstein Electric Company In the distance, Broadway Methodist Episcopal Church
406 Broadway
406 Broadway — 300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1938
M.B. Middleton
1938
Marian B. Middleton Camden Courier-Psot Polk Appliance Company Camden Advertisement
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Refrigerator Repairs CALL 4668 For expert refrigeration service M. B. Middleton. 406 Broadway.
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HELP WANTED- Male SALESMEN—(2) With or without cars, to follow up leads on Frigidaire and Easy Washers. Top commissions paid. Floor time when qualified. Assistance in closing. Apply 406 Broadway, Camden. Ask for Mr. Marshall
State of New Jersey Offices Destroyed by Fire April 14, 1968 Postcard circa 1910 413-415-417 Broadway
1959–1968
State of New Jersey Offices Destroyed by Fire April 14, 1968 THIEVES TAKE CIGARS IN SONS OF ITALY HALL black leather pocketbook containing $5.50, papers and house keys, was stolen Wednesday night from the parked automobile of Violet Byers, 413 Broadway , on Park Boulevard near Kaighn Avenue Cigars, cigarettes and candy valued at $18 were stolen from the Sons of Italy hall at 440 Spruce Street , it was reported by the janitor, Nick Pitrini. An empty cash register taken from the place. was found in the yard. Entrance was made through a side window.
1959–1968
State of New Jersey Offices Destroyed by Fire April 14, 1968
413, 415, & 417 Broadway were razed and rebuilt as Eagles Hall at 413-417 Broadway in 1907
416 Broadway
416 Broadway — 400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
417 Broadway
417 Broadway — 400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1898
William B. Henion & Family William B. & Anna T. Henion Sarah E. Henion Philadelphia Inquirer
1898
William B. & Anna T. Henion
1898
Sarah E. Henion
418 Broadway
418 Broadway — 400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1910
J. Fred Newton & Family Camden Lodge No. 293 Benevolent Protective Order of Elks <> $100 IN GEMS STOLEN FROM APARTMENT Theft at 418 Broadway Reported to Police; other Homes Robbed Two garages and several homes were entered over the weekend by thieves who escaped with, cash, jewelry and other articles. Theft of jewelry valued at $100 and a $5 note were reported to police last night by Mrs. Bernard Heidrich, of 418 Broadway Mrs. Heidrich told City Detective Harry Kyler she and her husband returned home after an absence of nine hours and discovered a door leading to their second-floor apartment had been jimmied. Among the articles reported stolen were a bracelet, a brooch and a ring. Kyler reported an attempt had been made to gain entrance to the office of Dr. C. C. Eppleman in the same building. A panel was forced in a door, Kyler said. Walter T. Ridgeway, of 924 Penn Street , reported the theft of a heater and radio speaker from his automobile while it was parked in his garage on Twelfth Street near Lawrence. Ridgeway said the lock on the garage had been forced. Jacob Fine, of 1700 Master Street, told police three boys walked into his store and escaped with 10 cartons of cigarettes. Jennie Finkel, of 2615 Westfield Avenue , said $25 had been stolen from a bureau drawer in her apartment. No marks of forced entry could be found. The lock, key, auto jack and two one-gallon cans of anti-freeze were stolen from a garage used by George Firth, 540 Stevens Street Firth told police. The articles were valued at $5.
Edmund J. Alff Realtor Camden High School NINE FINED BY GORMAN IN TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS Nine motorists were fined and two t received suspended sentences for traffic violations when arraigned before Mayor John F. Gorman, in the Gloucester city police court last night. The heaviest fine, $10 and costs, was imposed on Dr. Albert Kogut, of 235 Central Park, West New York, arrested by State Inspector H. C. Wilson, while speeding on Crescent boulevard. Others were Albert Patta, Pedricktown; Harry Kline, 207 Ninth street, Salem; John Eychlicki, Newfleld, all $3.50 and costs; Michael Bratis, 431 Kaighn avenue Camden, $5 and costs; William E. Hibbert , 422 Broadway Camden, suspended sentence; Charles E. Cowell, 334 Harding Court, Pitman, suspended sentence James Freeman, Washington, D. C. $3.50 and costs; Howard Stringer 2810 Midvale avenue, Philadelphia $3.50 and costs; Roland H. Wilkerson Paulsboro, $3.50 and costs, and Lewis R. Sipple, Westville, suspended sentence.
C.K. Morris 1920s-1940s Clyman Hat Shop Benjamin Clyman & Family Benjamin & Rebecca Clyman Morris Clyman
1920s–1940s
Benjamin Clyman & Family
1920s–1940s
Benjamin & Rebecca Clyman
1920s–1940s
Morris Clyman
1955
Broadway Self Serv Laundry
429 Broadway
429 Broadway — 400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
1956–1980s
China Clipper Restaurant
431 Broadway
431 Broadway — 400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1926
Mozart Hall
1938
Solomon Levick delicatessen Harry Kyler - William Casler 1950s-1990s A. Skulnick Skulnick's Jewelers
432 Broadway
432 Broadway — 400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1887–1900s
John R. Sheldon & Family
1887–1900s
John R. & Amelia Sheldon
1887–1900s
John Cooper Sheldon
1887–1900s
Hannah Ruth Sheldon
1887–1900s
Minnie Sheldon
1920
Charles Yee Chinese Laundry
1936–1938
Miller Music Advertisement 2, 1936
1947
Samuel Clyman delicatessen
1957
Smitty's Delicatessen Joseph Smith
433 Broadway
433 Broadway — 400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1938
Dominick DiPilla cigars Anthony Di Pilla Nicholas Dentino Edward Bock thomas murphy gus koerner James McGlaughlin
1938
Dominick DiPilla cigars Gene R. Mariano Nicholas Dentino Anthony DiPilla Edward Bock Thomas Murphy Benson Street Broadway
1955
Martinez Studios
434 Broadway
434 Broadway — 400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
China Clipper Restaurant
436-438 Broadway
436-438 Broadway — 400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Charles Sullivan Optician mid 1920s - 1960s Charles Sullivan Optometrist
1928
C.H. Sullivan Camden High School
2012
WANTED TO BUY OLD GOLD—Watch cases, jewelry, any condition, bought at the highest prices. Wm. Hoover, 437 Broadway, Camden.
436 Broadway
436 Broadway — 400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
437 Broadway
437 Broadway — 400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1938
William Hoover
438 Broadway
438 Broadway — 400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1975
Ruth Morris & Family Spencer Morris the Complete News Article 439, 441, & 443 Broadway
1975
Spencer Morris
439 Broadway
439 Broadway — 400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1955
Mae's Cotton Frocks
440 Broadway
440 Broadway — 400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
440 South Broadway was the original site of Camden Orthopedic and Surgical Supply, which moved to Route 130 in Pennsauken. Mr. Morris Shreter was the owner then and is survived by three children. Mike Larson
1900
Pusey A. Walton & Family (lithographer)
1900
Pusey A. & Ella Hayes Walton
1900
Clarence Crosby Walton
1900
Howard Walton
1900
James Edgar Walton
1900
Ethel Ford (adopted)
1910
Mrs. Lulu Mathis & Family Tillie L. Mathis 440, 442, & 444 Broadway
441 Broadway
441 Broadway — 400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1947–1955
Broadway Locksmith Shop
1970s–1980s
Sailor Eddies Tattooing
442 Broadway
442 Broadway — 400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1902–1907
Dr. Wesley J. Barrett & Family
1902–1907
Wesley J. & Sarah Barrett
1902–1907
Frances Barrett
1902–1907
Ruth Barrett
1902–1907
Grace Barrett
1930
Miss Anna Brown Beauty Shop
443 Broadway
443 Broadway — 400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1912–1947
Frank H. Miller Detective Bureau frank h. miller William H. Miller early 1950s-1970s Superior Life Health & Accident Insurance Company Lester R. Dilts
1912–1947
William H. Miller
444 Broadway
444 Broadway — 400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1930
Abe Fuhrman jewelry store Beulah Eckard Joseph Hillop A. Fuhrman & Son Abraham Fuhrman
446 Broadway
446 Broadway — 400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
446 & 448 Broadway 446 & 448 Broadway
448 Broadway
448 Broadway — 400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
1890s-1910s Lewis Albright 1890s-1900s frank s. albright Royal Pleating Company
2011–2012
Domino's Pizza 448 & 450 Broadway
450 Broadway
450 Broadway — 400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1895–1896
George W. Potter shoes 1920s-1970s Carl Evered Evered Inc. Real Estate
1955
Western Exterminating Co., Inc.
451 Broadway
451 Broadway — 400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1955
Anthony Brothers home furnishings
500 Broadway
500 Broadway — 400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
501 Broadway
501 Broadway — 400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Broadway Methodist Episcopal Church 500
Camden Courier-Post, March 13, 1937View transcription
'IRELAND NIGHT' SET BY 6TH WARD CLUB
G.O.P. Unit to Honor Patrolman John S. McTaggart Tuesday Night
The third annual "Night in Ireland" which is given each year in honor of Patrolman John S. McTaggart by the Sixth Ward Republican Association, will be held March 16 in the Eagle's Hall, 415 Broadway.
More than 3000 tickets have been sold. A number of Camden city officials and civic leaders are expected to attend.
Among the guests will be Commissioner Mary W. Kobus, Surrogate Frank B. Hanna, Chief of Police Arthur Colsey and several state executives.
The committee arranging the details is headed by Sergeant Edward Carroll, chairman, Sergeant John Garrity, Mrs. Katherine Cunningham and Deputy City Clerk William D. Sayrs.
McTaggart has been in the city employ for 27 years. He was appointed to the fire department in 1910 and a few years later was transferred to the police department. He was the youngest member of the fire department in the few years he was attached to that bureau.
He is widely-known in the Sixth Ward for his charitable work among the poor and is one of the "old school" policeman who believes it is better to explain the law to a trivial offender than arrest him.
He is rarely seen in the police court and has often told his friends he prefers to take an intoxicated man home than send him to jail.
He has lived in Camden for 48 years, most of the time in the ward in which he now resides. His parents are natives of Ireland.
A number of acts of vaudeville have been engaged as well as two two [sic] orchestras which will furnish music for dancing.
Faith Baptist Church Formerly Congregation Ahev Zedak presently Faith Baptist Church
504 Broadway
504 Broadway — 500 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1910
Dr. C.B. Sharp
1931
Knights of Columbus NON-PARTISAN LEAGUE TO REORGANIZE HERE The Camden County Committee of Labor's Non-Partisan League of New Jersey will be reorganized today at 11. a.m. at a meeting of delegates from C.I.O., A.F. of L., and Workers Alliance Units at 504 Broadway Sponsored by the provisional state executive committee of the league, elected at the last convention to work for establishment of a labor party in New Jersey, the meeting here is one of a series throughout the state. Leo Perlis, state organizer, will attend. Officers and committees will be elected and the question of establishing a city committee for Camden will be discussed. Arrangements are in charge of William C. Pommerer, first state vice president, and Nicholas Marinella and Joseph G. Mitton, executive board members.
1894-19011 Arthur M. Sitley Family Arthur M. & Anna Sitley Dr. Francis J. Bicker Sitley & Son
—
Arthur M. & Anna Sitley
1914
Dr. Eugene DeFernelmont & Family (dentist)
1914
Eugene & Eleanor Defernlemont
1915–1917
Charles W. Middleton Sr.
1915–1916
Charles W. Middleton Jr.
1915–1917
Raymond Marple
1915–1920
Lillian Marple
1921
Althea Odell
1921
Samuel Worrilow
1922
Israel Lavitt
1926
Stephen Bright
1936–1946
Camden County Republican Association 506 & 508 Broadway
508 Broadway
508 Broadway — 500 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1946
National Cash Register Company
1930s
National Cash Register Company
1955
Haley & Capanna portraits & wedding photography
510 Broadway
510 Broadway — 500 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1909–1918
Dr. Wesley J. Barrett & Family
1909–1918
Wesley J. & Sarah Barrett
1909–1918
Frances Barrett
1909–1918
Ruth Barrett
1909–1918
Grace Barrett
511 Broadway
511 Broadway — 500 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1926
Fidelity Tea & Coffee Company
1930
Walter T. Gross Late 1930s- Early 1970s Central Duplicating Company Advertisement Late 1930s- Early 1970s Central Duplicating & Typewriter Company
512 Broadway
512 Broadway — 500 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Dr. Wilson Gill Bailey 1920s-1930s
513 Broadway
513 Broadway — 500 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
1920s-1930s S. Ellis shoes Samuel Ellis & Family Samuel & Rachel Ellis Alexander Ellis Theodore Ellis Zellie Ellis Advertisement 1920s-1930s S. Ellis shoes Samuel Ellis & Family Samuel & Rachel Ellis Dr. Alexander Ellis Theodore Ellis Zellie Ellis Advertisement
1920s-1930s Lyric Floral Shoppe William Cavanaugh Camden High School Ware Truss Company Advertisement Enlarge Ware Truss Company Advertisement Business was gone by Ware Truss Company
515 Broadway
515 Broadway — 500 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1891
Joseph S. Middleton Wholesale Flour
1891–1897
Joseph S. Middleton Wholesale Flour
1908
Dreamland motion picture theater Sterling Beauty Salon Albert Sterling
—
Albert Sterling
516 Broadway
516 Broadway — 500 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
1940s-1960s M. LaSala & Company Exclusive Tailoring
George Blake undertaker Dr. Alexander Ellis MD Zellie Ellis Real Estate
521 Broadway
521 Broadway — 500 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1893–1933
Dr. Wallace McGeorge & Family Dr. Wallace & Isabella Crater McGeorge Dr. Hubert McGeorge Miss Edith MacGeorge Miss Edith MacGeorge of 521 Broadway, has, had as her house guest for some time, Mrs. Frederick William Whiting of New York City.
1893–1933
Dr. Wallace & Isabella Crater McGeorge
1893–1933
Dr. Hubert McGeorge
1933
Miss Edith MacGeorge
1947
Dr. Milton D. Ross chiropodist
1947–1955
Dr. Harold M. Berlin dentist
1947
Charles H. Martinsen
522 Broadway
522 Broadway — 500 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Broadway Elementary School
1893
Click Broadway Elementary School
1906
Broadway Elementary School
1886–2004
Photographed 2003
523 Broadway
523 Broadway — 500 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1897
George Leathwhite Jewish War Veterans Post 123
527 Broadway
527 Broadway — 500 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1947
Morris J. "Toots" Tarter, Attorney-at-law
1947–1955
Zellie Ellis Real Estate
531 Broadway
531 Broadway — 500 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1853–1870
St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church
536 Broadway
536 Broadway — 500 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1914–1955
The 9th Ward Republican Club
538 Broadway
538 Broadway — 500 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Arthur H. Williams Sr. Builder Arthur H. Williams & Sons built, among many other commissions, the Church of the Holy Communion at Broad and Arch Streets and St. James Church at 22nd & Walnut Streets in Philadelphia; St. John's, Camden, New Jersey; Christ Church, Riverton, New Jersey; Christ Church, Germantown; George S. South Memorial Church of the Advocate, Philadelphia; and the Protestant Episcopal Church of the Saviour, 38th Street above Chestnut, Philadelphia. 1870s-1919 Schroeder Funeral Service
1926–1929
Emma I. Howell Needham Schroeder Funeral Service
1926–1929
Advertisement The Labor Temple
1920–1942
Camden Office of Economic Opportunity
531 Broadway — St. John’s Protestant Episcopal Church
The “Floating Chapel” was brought to Camden and set up on a brick foundation at Broadway & Royden Street. It was destroyed on Christmas morning 1870. The present church was completed in 1885.
Broadway Block 600
600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
City directory records, 1880s–2000s.
601 Broadway
601 Broadway — 600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
S. Herman Tailor, 1918 V. Ciccarilli, Tailor, 1919 Shelley's, womens wear, 1947
1954
|Bobnews Home Furnishings Nathan Newman John Houston
1955
Bridal Center
602-612 Broadway
602-612 Broadway — 600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
602-604 Broadway
602-604 Broadway — 600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
2004
28, 2009
602 Broadway
602 Broadway — 600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
George W. Kephart George W. Kephart established a funeral home at this address in 1917. He passed away the following year. His widow, Bertha Kephart, operated the business into the 1930s, By 1936 she had moved to 411 Cooper Street. Mrs. George W. Kephart Bertha Kephart, operated the business into the 1930s, By 1936 she had moved to 411 Cooper Street.
603 Broadway
603 Broadway — 600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Albert Foulon Ice Cream & Cakes Camden High School Camden Custom Trousers 28, 2009 Mrs. L. E. Griscom and son, Albert Griscom of 604 Broadway, are occupying their Ocean City cottage for a time. They are joined over weekends by Dr. Griscom.
604 Broadway
604 Broadway — 600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
1920s-1930s Dr. Lee E. Griscom
605 Broadway
605 Broadway — 600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Broadway Family Barbershop 28, 2009
606 Broadway
606 Broadway — 600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
607-609 Broadway
607-609 Broadway — 600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
Bradford Tailoring Shop Hyman Goldberg, proprietor 600 to 612 Broadway Broadway As Seen from Line Street Photograph taken October 1, 1916
613-615 Broadway
613-615 Broadway — 600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1922–1958
Hemphill's department store Howard. B. Hemphill Camden High School
1922–1958
Hemphill's department store Howard. B. Hemphill
1922–1958
Hemphill's department store Ross Hemphill & Family Ross & Emma Hemphill Howard. B. Hemphill Florence Parry Rescue Company 1 Howard W. Creran 7, 1967 7, 1967
1922–1958
Ross & Emma Hemphill
616 Broadway
616 Broadway — 600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
CAMDEN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY aka THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY The Library opened in 1905. CAMDEN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY aka THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY CAMDEN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY aka THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY CAMDEN FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY aka THE CARNEGIE LIBRARY
617 Broadway
617 Broadway — 600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1906–1914
Barrett Brothers Company Drugs & Physicians Supplies Charles L. Barret, President
1924
William Cowgill Drugstore
1947–2006
Ellis Drugstore
618 Broadway
618 Broadway — 600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
John H. Dialogue Jr. Son of shipyard owner john h. dialogue sr. , John Jr., an engineer by trade, moved here in 1890 after leaving his parents home at 712 Broadway. The property was sold early in the 1900s, and the Carnegie Library was built on the site. from Line Street Photograph dates from 1905-1906. The first automobile owned in Camden arrived in 1907. from Line Street Photograph dates from 1905-1906. The first automobile owned in Camden arrived in 1907. from Line Street Photograph taken October 1, 1916 700
Camden Courier-Post, March 8, 1967View transcription
Fire Destroys Toy Shop, 2 South Camden Homes
Blaze Rages 4 Hours
By JAMES RIGGIO
Courier-Post Staff
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BROA
—Courier-Post Photo by James Stewart
GENERAL ALARM FIRE sweeps out of control in the 600 block of S. Broadway. Six firemen were injured battling wind-whipped flames which engulfed a warehouse and threatened entire block.
A general-alarm fire swept through a Camden warehouse and showroom for four hours last night and destroyed two nearby residences before almost 100 firemen brought it under control.
The blaze destroyed the L-shaped building at 613 Broadway which housed Anthony Corradetti Sales Enterprises, distributors of toys, novelties and household goods. No estimate of the loss was available.
A second-story apartment atop the firm also was destroyed, and an adjoining house at 527 Line Street was damaged badly by the flames.
Left Homeless
Mrs. Rose Young, 26, who lived in the apartment at 529 Line Street with her three small children, escaped the blaze which left them homeless and took shelter with nearby friends.
Louis Iatarola, 57, who lived in the house at 527 Line Street with his two sisters, Carolyn and Lena, said his family would take refuge with relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. John Luciani were ordered by firemen to evacuate their home at 525 Line Street because of the danger from the heavy smoke.
The Luciani house, separated from the burning building by a narrow alley, was not touched by the flames.
Spotted by Cops
The first call was sounded at 4:42 p.m. when Ptl. Richard Hailey and Thomas Penn spotted smoke coming from the building. Hailey, a former employe of the Corradetti firm,
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Related Fire Stories, Photo on Page 17
Fire Wrecks Toy Shop, Two City Homes
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radioed the alarm from the patrol wagon then he and Penn rushed inside to warn the occupants of the building.
Clar Puke, the store manager, said he noticed the smoke rising from the basement through a floor hatch. He said he was almost overcome by the thick smoke when he entered the basement, but managed to warn six other employes who ran from the building.
The first call brought two engine companies and a ladder company and the heavy duty rescue squad under Battalion Chief Anthony Saponare.
Second Alarm
The second call, sounded several minutes later, was responded to by two additional engine companies and another ladder company under Battalion Chief Theodore Primas, according to Fire Chief Edward V. Michalak, who also had arrived on the scene.
By 6:32 p.m., all the city's nine engine companies and three ladder companies were thrown into action against the blaze, according to Michalak.
He said about 100 firemen including 35 off-duty members were on hand to fight the flames, which sent billows of black smoke into the sky above Broadway.
Michalak also issued a mutual assistance call which brought fire fighting equipment from other nearby communities to man Camden's firehouse while the city's men and equipment were tied up.
4 Firemen Treated
Four city firemen were taken to Cooper Hospital where they were treated and released for injuries and smoke inhalation. All reported back to the fire and continued work in fighting the blaze.
Michalak said firemen had extreme difficulty in reaching the blaze, which started in the basement, because of ceiling-high piles of merchandise which blocked passage and prevented good ventilation.
He said there will be an investigation into the manner in which the materials were stored in the building.
Goods Feed Fire
Large quantities of paper goods, plastic and rubber products, chemical charcoal fire starters and other highly flammable substances fed the fire and gave off the heavy smoke and poisonous fumes, according to Michalak.
Exploding aerosol cans sounded like Fourth of July fireworks as firemen poured thousands of gallons of water onto the flames.
Hoses sprayed the fire from Broadway, Line Street on the side, and Williams Street in the rear of the building.
Break Through Roof
As firemen battled the blaze, flames broke through the roof of the structure at several points, lighting up the early evening sky.
Flood light units from the Camden Electrical Bureau and the Gloucester City Rescue Squad aided firemen as darkness fell.
Angelo Errochetti, director of public works, was at the scene and said he ordered the city's water system opened full force to maintain a 48-pound pressure in the hydrants which fed the fire hoses.
Michalak declared the fire under control at 8:40 p.m., but said several companies would remain at the scene throughout the night to prevent a further flareup.
—Courier-Post Photo by James Stewart
SEA OF SMOKE engulfs fireman manning hoseline high above general alarm blaze in S. Broadway warehouse. But he's on an aerial ladder—not floating on a space platform.
Camden Courier-Post, March 8, 1967View transcription
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—Courier-Post Photo by Bob Bartosz
DENSE SMOKE from flame-swept warehouse on S. Broadway hinders firemen in general alarm blaze last night.
Broadway Block 700
700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
City directory records, 1880s–2000s.
700 Broadway
700 Broadway — 700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1929–1939
DI JULIO-LA SALA COMPANY Camden High School
1929–1939
DI JULIO-LA SALA COMPANY
1947
Marker's Children's Shop Grace Brown & Charlotte Lavenson, proprietresses
1955
Broadway One Hour Cleaners, Inc.
701 Broadway
701 Broadway — 700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1947
Daniel's Dress Shop
1966
New York Fur Factory Delia's Party Shop 2, 2004 701 & 703 Broadway 701 & 703 Broadway 2, 2004 702, 704, 706, & 708 Broadway
703 Broadway
703 Broadway — 700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1922
H. Plotnick furrier Philadelphia Inquirer 2, 2004
1922
H. Plotnick Philadelphia Inquirer 28, 1922
702 Broadway
702 Broadway — 700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1920s–1936
Dr. William H. O'Neill
late 1940s–early 1970s
Dr. R. Dean Cavalli
1947 Broadway
1947 Broadway — 700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Juvenile Shop
1966
The Garment Shop 704, 706, & 708 Broadway
704 Broadway
704 Broadway — 700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1900s–1920s
Dr. Lettie Allen Ward
706 Broadway
706 Broadway — 700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1932
Kauffman Optometrists
1932
Dr. Benjamin W. Kauffman
707 Broadway
707 Broadway — 700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1955
Camden Children's Shop
708 Broadway
708 Broadway — 700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1913–1919
The Alpha Club Philadelphia Inquirer Camden Alphas Eastern Basketball League Louis Shectman General Store
Ladies Bazaar Philadelphia Inquirer Broadway Community Center
713-715 Broadway
713-715 Broadway — 700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Ladies Bazaar The Lester Store
1935–1960s
After the fire of March 16, 1942. The Lester Store would rebuild and remain at 713 Broadway through the 1960s.
714 Broadway
714 Broadway — 700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Towers Theater About 1910 Towers Theater
1922
Towers Theater
1950
Lee F. Harvey Manager, 1940-1950
718 Broadway
718 Broadway — 700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1941–1947
Dr. Robert Katz optometrist
719 Broadway
719 Broadway — 700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1935–1941
New York Fur Factory
1939–1941
New York Fur Factory
721 Broadway
721 Broadway — 700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1905–1915
John Dall Police Philadelphia Inquirer
1905–1915
John Dall police Philadelphia Inquirer Robbins Shoes Robbins Cotton Frocks
1955
1960s-2000 Uniform City A Division of Robbins
723 Broadway
723 Broadway — 700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1946–1947
Marvin's Harry Braunfeld, proprietor ladies' specialties CRASH FOILS THIEVES Thieves who used a ladder to remove a second-story window from Corbett's Kut Price Drug Store, 725 Broadway were frightened away early yesterday when the window crashed. Mrs. Prossie Corbett, proprietor of the store, asleep in her bedroom in another part of the building, told the police she heard no noise. The ladder, recently used by painters at the store, was discovered by David Hawkes, a private watchman in the neighborhood, at a. m. He called the police and Detectives Leon Branch and George Zeitz responded. According to them, the thieves removed the window by using a brace and bit.
725 Broadway
725 Broadway — 700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1920s
Corbett's Drugstore Joseph & Prossie Corbett Woman Fires Gun After Mistaking Cop for Prowler wakened by a noise at 3 a. m. yesterday, Mrs. Prossie Corbett, proprietor of a drug store at 725 Broadway looked out of her third-story bedroom window and saw a man get in a car and hur riedly drive away. Mrs. Corbett, whose store bur glars attempted to enter last Friday by climbing a ladder and removing a window on the second floor, fired three shots to attract the police, but the car already had disappeared down Broadway few moments later, in answer to her call, half a dozen motorcy cle patrolmen were outside her place. Just then Detective Edward Mills came along in his car. Told of what had occurred, Mills declared it was he who had gotten into the car Mrs. Corbett described to the police. Mills said he had left the car parked there while he made a routine inspec tion of the neighborhood.
1920s
Corbett's Drugstore Joseph & Prossie Corbett
1955
Broadway Linen Shop
1922
from the Pine Street about
Ruins of the S. Lester store, 713 Broadway, Camden, after the fire of March 14-15, 1942View transcription
Broadway Pet Shop The Merchant's Republican League had its office at this location in the early 1900s. William D. Sayrs William Sayrs, who had a long and distinguished career in municipal government, lived here a t the time of the 1930 Census. Sayrs Avenue , in Whitman Park, was renamed for him.
Lemuel R. Weldy & Family John C. Weldy Russell Weldy Philadelphia Inquirer
1913–1960s
Russell Weldy
1913–1960s
john c. weldy Men's Furnishings 810-1/2 Broadway
1899
William Knox & Family William & Jennie Knox Arthur Stanley BROADWAY FUR DEALER FILES IN BANKRUPTCY voluntary petition in bankruptcy was filed in U. S. District Court yesterday by Morris Snyder, 810-1/2 Broadway. Snyder gives his occupation as fur salesman and lists several South Camden properties, including his store at 810-1/2 Broadway among his assets. He gives his liabilities as $39,330 and his assets as $18,401 810-1/2 Broadway
1933
Morris Snyder 810-1/2 Broadway
1947
Melody Lane Records
812 Broadway
812 Broadway — 800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1910s
Empty Lot
1938
Bee Hat Works
1955
Ritz Formal Wear
813 Broadway
813 Broadway — 800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
R.H. Eppler Art Paperhanging
814 Broadway
814 Broadway — 800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1910s
Empty Lot
1955
Arrow Floorcovering Company
1969
Spanish Social Club Antoliano Rodriguez Damiel Montis Angel Fuenstes Wilfredo Fuentes
815 Broadway
815 Broadway — 800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1932
Camden Window Shade Co.
816 Broadway
816 Broadway — 800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
817 Broadway
817 Broadway — 800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1915
Harry Galbraith liquors Philadelphia Inquirer John Brothers Camden Upholstering Advertisement
818 Broadway
818 Broadway — 800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1874
George Walker Frank Van Hart
1880
Census BAR
1892–1906
Nicholas Dillon
1910–1920s
William Lickfeld Saloon William Lickfeld & Family William & Emma Lickfeld William E. & Ruby Lickfeld William Lickfeld
Camden Tea Company Philadelphia Athletics baseball players Rube Waddell Harry Davis (819-821 Broadway)
1906
Camden Tea Company (819-821 Broadway)
1936–1938
General Glass & Paint Company (819-821 Broadway) General Glass Company
820 Broadway
820 Broadway — 800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1910s
F.A. North Company Trade Card Circa 1914 Click Elkins Cleaners Courier-Post Advertisement
1930s
Second Floor Rear A.M. Mucci Post 2865
821 Broadway
821 Broadway — 800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1908
George E. Woodruff motion picture theater 819-821 Broadway) 1920s-1930s F.A. North Company Courier-Post Advertisement 819-821 Broadway) 1920s-1930s Credit Tire Stores, Inq. Courier-Post Advertisement THIEVES ROB BAKERY AND GROCERY STORE While bakers were at work in an other part of the building, thieves entered the bakery of William Spengel, 825 Broadway , at 6.30 a. m. yesterday and stole $18 from a cash drawer. The theft was discovered when an employee, about to give change to a customer, found the money gone. Thieves who entered the grocery store of Herman Kaimowitz, Ninth and Elm Street s, during the night, tore a pay telephone station from the wall and took it with them. A quantity of cigarettes also was stolen. The windshield from the automobile of Earl Calhoun, Haddon Heights, was stolen while the machine was parked on Broadway near Market Street
825 Broadway
825 Broadway — 800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1933–late 1940s
Spengel's Bakery
826 Broadway
826 Broadway — 800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1947
Salvatore Torrisi barber shop
1971
Butler's Barber Shop during the riot
827 Broadway
827 Broadway — 800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Joseph Grossberg Greater Camden Wholesale House dry goods, men's furnishings 1900s-1930s
1955
Moy's Chow-Mein Restaurant
828 Broadway
828 Broadway — 800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Credit Tire Company
1947
No Listing
831 Broadway
831 Broadway — 800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Miller Appliance Company
832 Broadway
832 Broadway — 800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1887–1905
John D. Cooper CHINESE LAUNDRY ROBBED burglar broke into the laundry of Charles Ling, Broadway and Spruce street, at 5 a, m, yesterday and stole $3 in cash, three suits of clothing and an electric fan, he re ported to police. Ling said the robber removed a rear window to effect an entrance.
1924
Henry Ling
1929–1933
Charlie L. Ling Laundry
1947
No Listing
833 Broadway
833 Broadway — 800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1898
William N. Evans Camden Daily Telegram
1919–1923
Dubin's Jacob & Freda Dubin Herbert Dubin Ernest Dubin Lynora Dubin Else Dubin Charlotte Dubin 1930s-1940s H. Nurock & Company Jewelers and Opticians
1955–1970s
M&A Restaurant After 1959 M&A Bar & Grille Michael & Antoinette Spiduro
1955–1970s
M&A Restaurant After 1959 M&A Bar & Grille Michael & Antoinette Spiduro Sebastiano Alerci
This house was built in 1840 for a relative of Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story. A dentist, dr. david e. cooper , purchased this building in the late 1930s. Dr. Cooper would practice at that address until he passed away in 1947. It was the sold to joseph dimona sr. , who razed the building in order to expand his furniture store.
Peoples Clothing Company aka Kaybee Peoples Store Thomas Alleby Camden Courier-Post Charles W. Kleinheinz George Kleinheinz Warrington's Dancing Dolls Pinsky Stores Inc. Advertisement Pinsky Stores Inc. Advertisement DiMona's Furniture & Jewelry Store Advertisement from St. Joseph's Church
1893–1943
Golden Jubilee Yearbook DiMona's Fine Furniture
922 Broadway
922 Broadway — 900 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
T.H. Smedley & Son optometrists & opticians Cherry Streets
923-925 Broadway
923-925 Broadway — 900 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1890s–after 1924
Dr. Harry Jarrett Dr. Jarrett moved to Moorestown NJ in the 1920s. He died in 1944.
Henry Hollinshed & Family Henry & Mary Hollinshed Percy L. Hollinshed William D.Sayrs William Sayrs, who had a long and distinguished career in municipal government, lived here in the late 1940s. Sayrs Avenue , in Whitman Park, was renamed for him.
929-937 Broadway — 900 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Red, White & Blue Thrift Store 1960s-1980s
932-934 Broadway
932-934 Broadway — 900 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
a. kobus Sons Shoe Store Henry Kobus & Joseph Kobus
1924–1935
For decades at 4th and Spruce, in 1924 the Kobus brothers built a new store on Broadway, with apartments overhead. The brothers sold the business and retired in 1935.
1935–1939
A. Kobus Sons Shoe Store
1935–1939
Kobus Shoe Store Edward McKissick Jr.
1941–1956
Heine's Inc. Furniture
933 Broadway
933 Broadway — 900 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1928
N. Fuhrman Company Camden High School
933-937 Broadway
933-937 Broadway — 900 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
N. Fuhrman Company N. Fuhrman Company N. Fuhrman Company
St. James Apostolic Temple Church Rev. Clarence Smith
940-944 Broadway
940-944 Broadway — 900 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
John Jackson Kaighn
1870s–1910s
John Jackson Kaighn
938-944 Broadway
938-944 Broadway — 900 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Broadway Trust
1925
Broadway Trust
1926
Broadway Trust June 15, 2003 Broadway Trust June 15, 2003
939 Broadway
939 Broadway — 900 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1900–1903
Walter C. Fish (florist)
1900–1903
Walter C. & Anna Fish
1904
James Fink, toys
939-943 Broadway
939-943 Broadway — 900 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1870–1920
Charles F. Eastlack & Oscar Adams Eastlack
1870–1920
Corner Broadway & Walnut Street circa 1900 First Floor: George M. Dunlap Grocery Second Floor: Charles M. Abrahamson Abrahamson Business College
941 Broadway
941 Broadway — 900 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1932
Bertman's
late 1930s–late 1940s
Pinsky Stores Inc. Department Store
1955
Bobrin Home Furnishings
941-943 Broadway
941-943 Broadway — 900 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1955–early 1980s
Globe Furniture
942 Broadway
942 Broadway — 900 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1906–1913
Butcher's Beneficial Society Philadelphia Inquirer Click
943 Broadway
943 Broadway — 900 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1936–1939
Mitchell's Grill Theo & Ernest Mitchell
1947
Mitchell Brothers Candy Store
923-943 Broadway
923-943 Broadway — 900 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
Camden Courier-Post, March 22, 1937View transcription
FUNERAL SERVICE HELD FOR MRS. M'TAGGART
High requiem mass was celebrated in Sacred Heart Church Saturday for Mrs. Ruth McTaggart, 46, of 915 Broadway, who died Tuesday in West Jersey Hospital. Burial was in Calvary cemetery.
Mrs. McTaggart was the wife of Patrolman John McTaggart. She passed away while friends of her husband were staging their annual frolic in his honor at Eagles hall.
Hundreds of persons viewed the body last night at the funeral home of Frank J. Leonard, 1451 Broadway. Patrolmen William Hughes and Otto J. Topercer formed a guard of honor last night, while a police escort accompanied the funeral procession. Pallbearers were Sergeant John Garriety, Patrolmen Edward Leonard, George Weber and Clarence Boyer; George Addison, a fireman, and F. Earl Fearon.
Camden Courier-Post, April 23, 1928View transcription
'POLACK JOE' ENTERS PLEA OF NOT GUILTY
Arraigned in Court as Echo of Fatal Shooting in G.O.P. Club
Joseph "Polack Joe" Devon, sometimes political worker, who shot and killed Joseph Cimini, of Philadelphia, in the Sixth Ward Republican Club three months ago, today entered a plea of not guilty to a charge of manslaughter in connection with the slaying.
Devon, who was arrested for the murder after the shooting, was indicted for manslaughter by the Camden county grand jury and released under $2,500 bail by Assistant Prosecutor Joseph Varbalow a week before the grand jury made its report.
The accused man entered his plea in person today before Judge Samuel M. Shay. He was represented by William King, an associate of Walter Keown in the latter's law office. Assistant Prosecutor C. Lawrence Gregorio appeared for the state and stated afterward that an early trial was expected.
Cimini was shot down on the night of January 21 after a quarrel which is supposed to have taken place during a crap game in the clubrooms at 908 Broadway. The shooting is declared to have occurred after Cimini had threatened to kill Charles "Chick" Hunt, a former pugilist.
1001 Broadway — 1000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
BAR 1910s-1920s Broadway House Patrick Michael Mulvihill
1928–1929
Joseph Jackevich POLICE SEEKING PASSER OF BOGUS MONEY HERE Camden police yesterday warned merchants to be on the lookout for counterfeit money passers who are working in the city. The warning was issued after Morris Zubrow, 1001 Broadway, reported he had been given a bogus $5 bill in payment of a pair of trousers. He described the passer as being five feet, eight inches tall, weighs about 140 pounds and wearing a light shirt and dark trousers.
1001-1003 Broadway
1001-1003 Broadway — 1000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1930s–late 1940s
Zubrow's Outlet Store Men's Furnishings Morris Zubrow
1930s–late 1940s
Zubrow's Outlet Store Men's Furnishings Abraham Zubrow
1003 Broadway
1003 Broadway — 1000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1919
Modern Electric Shoe Repairing Company Federal Radio Sales Advertisement
1924–1930
Consumer's Fish Market Frank Crawford
1005 Broadway
1005 Broadway — 1000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1940
Mitchell's Grill
1940–1943
Clito Viviani
1947
Venetian Restaurant & Bar
1964
Regge's Cafe
1007 Broadway
1007 Broadway — 1000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1920–1921
Henry D. Adams Bar Curran's shoes Advertisement Curran's shoes Advertisement
1940
Lillian Dechnik Bar
1943
William Udell Bar
1947
Closed
1009 Broadway
1009 Broadway — 1000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1887–1888
Jacob Cook
1947
American Stores grocery
1955
N.E. Cotton Stores
1010 Broadway
1010 Broadway — 1000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1915
William Knox
1011 Broadway
1011 Broadway — 1000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1909
William Fitzgerald saloon
1915
Joseph Taylor saloon Frank Somers BAR
1918–1921
John H. Crossley
1927
Joseph Jackevich
1935
ELLA'S Beauty Salon
1941–1947
Quality Liquors Max Goldman
1955
Miller's Home Furnishings
941 Broadway
941 Broadway — 1000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
941 Broadway is the 3 story building, and was the home of the Globe Furniture Company when the photo was taken.
1015 Broadway
1015 Broadway — 1000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Lyric Theater The theater was built after
1912
Directory was compiled, and had opened by 1914. Photo published
1928
Lyric Theater
1017 Broadway
1017 Broadway — 1000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1906–1912
George E. Boyer painter
1906
Broadway & Newton Avenue
1012 Broadway
1012 Broadway — 1000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1918–1921
John H. Crossley 1927 Joseph Jackevich American Lunch House
1930s–2012
Crystal Cleaners & Tailors
1977
FireWatch Magazine Ad Ad
1014 Broadway
1014 Broadway — 1000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1908
Frederick Starn motion picture theater Tillie's Beauty Shoppe
1016 Broadway
1016 Broadway — 1000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1955–1990s
Arrow Drug Store
2011
F.R. Grocery Broadway & Mt. Vernon Street
1020 Broadway
1020 Broadway — 1000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1890–1893
Fred W. George Mens Furnishings home at 722 Mt. Vernon Street
1890–1906
George Frost & Family
1890–1906
George & Margaret Frost
1890–1906
Lewis Frost
1890–1906
Frank Frost
1936–1947
Arrow Drug Store
1022 Broadway
1022 Broadway — 1000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Calvin Schneeberg Men's Clothing
1919
Joseph Eskowitz grocery
1931
Newton Avenue Newton Avenue Street) Broadway & Mt. Vernon Street
1019-1021 Broadway
1019-1021 Broadway — 1000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1947
United Men's Store
1021 Broadway
1021 Broadway — 1000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1881–1885
william deno cigar store, appointed to Camden Fire Department in 1884
1023 Broadway
1023 Broadway — 1000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
1027-1031 Broadway — 1000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1926
Arthur Colsey
1929
Elwood T. Franklin
1947–1950
Olympic Restaurant Herman J. Baker Ladder Company 2
1030 Broadway
1030 Broadway — 1000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Western Auto Stores
1936
Western Auto Store to 1956, by 1955 this store had become part of the Pep Boys chain. As Pep Boys this business remained open at Broadway and Chestnut Street through 1970.
Walmart Tailors, Inc. 1101, 1101-1/2, 1103, and 1105 Broadway
1955–1964
Walmart Tailors, Inc.
1932
The Morelen Shops 1101-1/2 Broadway Mid-1930s to 1964 Style Nook Women's Wear Louis Berkowitz 1101-1/2 - 1103 Broadway
1955
Style Nook Women's Wear
1918–1919
L.M. Nelson Louis M. "Square Deal" Nelson Jewelry & Furniture
1104-1106 Broadway
1104-1106 Broadway — 1100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1912
H. Raymond Staley Food Company
1104 Broadway
1104 Broadway — 1100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1941
Princess Theater Princess Theater
1946
Princess Theater
1105 Broadway
1105 Broadway — 1100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1913
Louis Pfeifer Liquor Company Philadelphia Inquirer
1107 Broadway
1107 Broadway — 1100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1939–1956
Chane's Men's Wear
1939–1956
Chane's Men's Shop
1964
Schrack's Paints
1109-11 Broadway
1109-11 Broadway — 1100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
S. Lewis & Sons Company Furniture Store Advertisement
1928
S. Lewis & Sons Co. Camden High School
1941–1955
Ruttenberg's of Broadway
1990
PEL Furniture & Appliance
1110 Broadway
1110 Broadway — 1100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1955
New Hub Store
1112 Broadway
1112 Broadway — 1100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
1930s-1940s Calvin Schneeberg Men's Wear Tall Cedars of Lebanon Camden Forest No. 5 6th Annual Show program 1930s-1940s Calvin Schneeberg Men's Wear
1941
Photograph
1113 Broadway
1113 Broadway — 1100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1955
Miller's Market
1114 Broadway
1114 Broadway — 1100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1906
S. Asbell
1906
L. Granoff Harry W. Gifford Sr.
1956
Danny Sampolski
1115 Broadway
1115 Broadway — 1100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
1900s-1910s John Schmidt Furniture, Stoves, Stove Repairs
1912
Broadway Food Market 1940s-1960s
1116 Broadway
1116 Broadway — 1100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1890
John Crossley Philadelphia Inquirer
1117 Broadway
1117 Broadway — 1100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1872
William A. Butcher & Family (shoe maker)
1872
William A. & Amanda Butcher
1872
Amanda Butcher
1918
WiIliam Rovner Philadelphia Inquirer Viola Street Cooper Hospital O. Glen Stackhouse
1117-1119 Broadway
1117-1119 Broadway — 1100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1923
Garden Theater
1946
Roxy Theater Roxy Theater 11, 1954 Roxy Theater
1118 Broadway
1118 Broadway — 1100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1938
Tru-Site Optical Company
1955
Broadway Jewelry & Sport Shop
1120 Broadway
1120 Broadway — 1100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1891
J. Hermann Philadelphia Inquirer
1936–1939
Sanitary Meat Market
1955–2011
Gold Star Shoe Repairing Company
1947
Claude Collier Men's Furnishings
1955–2011
Gold Star Shoe Repair & Hat Cleaning
1121 Broadway
1121 Broadway — 1100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1900
Roadster Bicycle Company John A. Smith
1906–1921
Broadway Theater Charles H. Ellis Irish Billy Carroll
1122 Broadway
1122 Broadway — 1100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1885
Robert A. Gilmore Gates Candies
1124 Broadway
1124 Broadway — 1100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1903–1931
H. Nurock Jewelers and Opticians Camden Evening Courier
1903–1931
H. Nurock Jewelers and Opticians Advertisement
1124-1126 Broadway
1124-1126 Broadway — 1100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Nevins Drug Store 2, 1935
1935–1980s
The Smart Shop Morris & Evelyn Cohen
1935–1980s
The Smart Shop Morris & Evelyn Cohen Advertisement
1935–1980s
"My grandparents Morris Cohen and Evelyn Cohen opened The Smart Shop at 1124-26 Broadway in 1935 and remained there into the 1980s. They owned 1122-24-26 at one time." - Shelly Lukoff
1125-1127 Broadway
1125-1127 Broadway — 1100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1891
E.V. Story Furniture Manufactory
1938
Morton's Advertisement 17, 1938
1938
Morton's Advertisement
—
Howard J. Dudley Furniture (1125-1127-1129 Broadway) Advertisement
1125 Broadway
1125 Broadway — 1100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1955
Morhard Company
1126-1128 Broadway
1126-1128 Broadway — 1100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1919
5, 2006 5, 2006
1127 Broadway
1127 Broadway — 1100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
1146 Broadway — 1100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Anthony's China Hall H.B. Anthony
1148 Broadway
1148 Broadway — 1100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1890
Louis Cades Menswear WILLIAM J. HAINES, Oysters This gentleman established himself in business here about six years ago, and in a neatly fitted up Dining Room, 20x50 feet in dimensions, and with a capacity of seating about sixty persons. In the season Mr. Haines makes a specialty of his Oysters, which he serves to a number of families, as well as to the trade which he has coming to the store to get their lunches. In the summer season he has one of the largest Ice Cream businesses in the city, selling as much as a thousand quarts a week when the weather is favorable. This is sold not only to the consumer but at wholesale as well as retail. All this is manufactured on the premises on the rear. All kinds of Confectionery are also kept in constant stock. Mr. Haines gives employment to eight assistants. He is a native of the State of New Jersey and is prominently connected with the Masons and Red Men.
1150 Broadway
1150 Broadway — 1100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1890
William J. Haines Oysters
1906
Louis Cades
1152 Broadway
1152 Broadway — 1100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1934
J. WissingerBeauty Parlors Inc. John Wissinger
1938–1955
Milferd Beauty Salon
1955
Telephone Directory
1955–1959
Dial Shoes
1150-1152 Broadway
1150-1152 Broadway — 1100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
—
CABA Grocery
Broadway Block 1200
1200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
City directory records, 1880s–2000s.
1202 Broadway
1202 Broadway — 1200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1904
William T. Haines & Family
1904
William & Elizabeth Haines
1904
William Haines
1904
WIlliam Dischert & Family William & Emma Haines Dischert William Leroy "Roy" Dischert Harold Dischert
1200 Broadway
1200 Broadway — 1200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
1201 Broadway — 1200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Walgreen Company Drugstore
1203-1205 Broadway
1203-1205 Broadway — 1200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1919–1923
Broadway Cycle Auto Supply House
1923–1926
Broadway Cycle Co. of Camden, N.J. Camden High School
1923
advertisement
1203 Broadway
1203 Broadway — 1200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1928
Frank F. Armstrong Camden High School
1204 Broadway
1204 Broadway — 1200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1946
Radio Sales Co. sporting goods
1955
Harry's Sport Center
1955
JOINT MEETING HERE The Power Maintenance Association of the Electrical League of South Jersey and the Burlington County Electrical League will have a combined attendance at a meeting to be held at 8 p. m. tomorrow at the Camden County Beverage Company Sixth and Bulson streets. Members will see the newest developments in the manufacture of neo tubes for lighting and other commercial and industrial improvements. The lecture will be given by Charles C. Janney, president of the Ancker Sign Company of Camden, one of the pioneer and licensed manufacturers of this product.
1205 Broadway
1205 Broadway — 1200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1938–1940
Ancker Sign Company
1206 Broadway
1206 Broadway — 1200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
Camden Trust Bank of New Jersey American National Bank Summer of 2003 American National Bank Summer of 2003
1214 Broadway
1214 Broadway — 1200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Broadway Electric Shoe Repairing Company
1919
Mack's Fish Market Advertisement
1218 Broadway
1218 Broadway — 1200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
New York Shoe Shine Parlor Hat Cleaning Establishment
1955
Weinberg's Record Shop
1222 Broadway
1222 Broadway — 1200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Mandel's Cut Rate Watch Repair 4, 1933
1223 Broadway
1223 Broadway — 1200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
1930s-1990s Penn Fish Company Tall Cedars of Lebanon Camden Forest No. 5 6th Annual Show program 1930s-1990s Penn Fish Company 1930s-1990s Penn Fish Company
1955
1930s-1990s Penn Fish Company
1223-1225 Broadway
1223-1225 Broadway — 1200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
1930s-1990s Penn Fish Company Advertisement 1930s-1990s Penn Fish Company
1224 Broadway
1224 Broadway — 1200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Market Beef Company Tony's Flower Shop Advertisement
1225 Broadway
1225 Broadway — 1200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1915
Nellie Heard Fiore Troncone O. Glen Stackhouse Wargo Rossi Broadway Hoffman Printing Company
1919
C.H.C. CLUB ELECTS OFFICERS The members of the C. H. C. Club were entertained at the home of Lillie Monteleon, of 1225 Broadway, Wednesday evening. Officers were elected including Rose Colofrancesco, president; Lillie Monteleone, vice president; Virginia Pantalone, treasurer, and Anna Soldano, secretary. Additional guests were Florence Nicolella, Fanny Galiazzi, Rose Albano, Anna Pizzutello and Anna Matteo. Virginia Pantalone, of 337 Mt. Vernon street , will be hostess to the group at next week's meeting.
1938
James Monteleon & Family James & Lillie Monteleon Philip Monteleon Salvatore Monteleon Milman Shoe Repair
1938
James & Lillie Monteleon
1938
Philip Monteleon
1938
Salvatore Monteleon
1226 Broadway
1226 Broadway — 1200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Trash truck fire, Greenie's Tender Trap also known as the Broadway Beer Garden, Bert's Cafe, & Buradine's
1227 Broadway
1227 Broadway — 1200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1930
Carmen Passarella
1947
Liberty Meat Market
1952
City's Choice Meat Market
1955
Sharon Beef Company
Broadway Block 1300
1300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
City directory records, 1880s–2000s.
1300 Broadway
1300 Broadway — 1300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1894–1900
William C. Merriel & Family milk dealer William C. & Eliza E. Merriel John C. Merriel Joseph Rosenberg operated a cafe here in 1930 and 1931
1301 Broadway
1301 Broadway — 1300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
1301-1325 Broadway
1301-1325 Broadway — 1300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Camden Fire Department Liberty Station Tower Engine 8 Rescue Company 1 Battalion 1 Rescue Company Website Joseph Ray, a real estate agent, who recently sued the Rev. Charles D. Sinkinson for marrying his daughter without the parents' consent, was held in bail yesterday afternoon for beating his wife.
1302 Broadway
1302 Broadway — 1300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1891
Rev. Charles D. Sinkinson
1955
Doctor's Business Agency Collection Service
1303-1305 Broadway
1303-1305 Broadway — 1300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1955
Segan Wshing Machine Service
1304 Broadway
1304 Broadway — 1300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1930
Rose Beauty Shoppe Camden High School
1960
Clark's Seafood House George Seaman Mrs. Louise Clark Hazel Seaman David Hopkins
1306 Broadway
1306 Broadway — 1300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1907–1911
George W. Staib & Family
1907–1911
George W. & Mary Staib
1309 Broadway
1309 Broadway — 1300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Lew Skymer Skymer's Tire Service One time professional boxer Lew Skymer lived at and operated his business here, from the 1920s through the early 1960s. His brother, Tommy Skymer . also grew up in this house, before marrying and going into business elsewhere in the city, and later in Florida and Cherry Hill. Thomas A. Skymer Skymer's Tire Service
1310 Broadway
1310 Broadway — 1300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1955
Rover's Gulf Service Station
1311 Broadway
1311 Broadway — 1300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1926
Jerome J. Dougherty Tires This building was acquired shortly afterwards by Thomas A. Skymer , who had an auto parts building next door.
1314 Broadway
1314 Broadway — 1300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1906
Patrick White Philadelphia Inquirer Nicholas Romaine
1317 Broadway
1317 Broadway — 1300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1900
Henry Elliot fire fighter
1319 Broadway
1319 Broadway — 1300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1878–1881
William A. Butcher & Family (shoe manufacturer)
1878–1881
William A. & Amanda Butcher
1878–1881
Amanda Butcher
1321 Broadway
1321 Broadway — 1300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1900
Louis Hoffmeister gold engraver 1910s-1920s Mrs. Hattie Fisher William E. Craig Private William E. Craig
1323 Broadway
1323 Broadway — 1300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1877
& 1883 William A. Butcher & Family shoe manufacturer William A. & Amanda Butcher Amanda Butcher
—
William A. & Amanda Butcher
—
Amanda Butcher
1910
George B. Wade Family Fire Fighter George C. Wade Marie Wade Elsie Wade Elizabeth Wade Robert B. Wade Raymond Wade Earl Wade
1910
George C. Wade
1910
Marie Wade
1910
Elsie Wade
1910
Elizabeth Wade
1910
Robert B. Wade
1910
Raymond Wade
1910
Earl Wade
1325 Broadway
1325 Broadway — 1300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1883–1915
William A. Butcher & Family shoe manufacturer William A. & Amanda Butcher Amanda Butcher Philadelphia Inquirer
1883–1915
William A. & Amanda Butcher
1883–1915
Amanda Butcher
1955
Ger-Del Beauty Salon
1955
Broadway Mechanic Street
Broadway Block 1400
1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
City directory records, 1880s–2000s.
1400 Broadway
1400 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1898–1904
William Fitzgerald saloon 1990s-2000s U.S. Post Office South Camden Branch
1401 Broadway
1401 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1905–1908
William J. Fitzgerald saloon
1909
Hugo Uhling saloon Phillip's Cafe
1926–1959
Joe Herman's Bar
1964–2012
Photograph taken February 11, 2003
1404 Broadway
1404 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
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Furnished Rooms June 7, 1933 Alexander G. Chambers
1406 Broadway
1406 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1946–1947
The Veteran Luncheonette
1408 Broadway
1408 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1960s
Novelty Hair Goods Company
1410 Broadway
1410 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
1411 Broadway
1411 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1946–1964
Nastasi's Furniture & Electrical Appliances
1416 Broadway
1416 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1946
Mother's Home Bakery John J. Bechta, proprietor residence 1490 South 9th Street
1418 Broadway
1418 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1935–1975
Club Lido
1419-1423 Broadway
1419-1423 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1888–1947
Third Presbyterian Church Princess Avenue Rev. William Blair Benjamin F. Harvey Charles H. Harvey
1947–2017
Zion Baptist Church & Atlantic Avenue
1424 Broadway
1424 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1941
Adams & Company Click
1425 Broadway
1425 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Dr. Hyman L. Golsdtein on Atlantic Avenue towards Broadway About 1929 His son Dr. Louis Marshall Goldstein ollowed his father into medicine.
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Home of Dr. Hyman Goldstein's parents, Solomon Joseph and Rose Zuckerman Goldstein, who later owned and lived in 1437, 1439, and 1441 Broadway. Their three sons, Hyman, Leopold and Henry Goldstein, all became doctors. Daughter Sadie married Dr. David E. Cooper, a dentist.
1426 Broadway
1426 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1904
Daniel Considine saloon
1955
Broadway Tire
1909
Joseph Kaplan policeman Philadelphia Inquirer David Lefkowitz Camillus V. Appley
1427 Broadway
1427 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1932
Florence DeLucca Mildred Flaherty - Florence Martin Agnes Phillips - Helen Phillips Sarah Sanelli - Edith Doxey - Dorothy Maguigan
1428 Broadway
1428 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1929
Boyd Norcross the Complete News Article
1932
Walter Voytovich & Family Walter & Susan Voytovich James Walter Voytovich Rollo Carl Dolente Edward Trottman Sylvan Street Ferry Avenue
1932
Walter & Susan Voytovich
1932
James Walter Voytovich
1955
Bond Sign Company
1430 Broadway
1430 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1914
Edward Hassen Click
1432 Broadway
1432 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1955–1958
N.N. Wolpert & Company
1435 Broadway
1435 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1946–1964
Nastasi's Furniture & Electrical Appliances
1436 Broadway
1436 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1924
George Clay Wade (fire fighter)
1924
George C. & Adelaide Wade
1437 Broadway
1437 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1942
Abraham & Rose Baskoff Maurice W. Baskoff aka Martin W. Baskow
2011
Owned and lived in at different times by Solomon Joseph and Rose Zuckerman Goldstein and their family. Still standing in July 2011.
1438 Broadway
1438 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1914
Edward Hassen Click
1439 Broadway
1439 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Furnished Rooms June 7, 1933
1946
Broadway Beauty Salon
1955
Miraglia Sales
1441 Broadway
1441 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1924
George Clay Wade (fire fighter)
1924
George C. & Adelaide Wade
1444 Broadway
1444 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1939
Circle Motors Used Car Lot
1939
Miles Motor Company
1947–1955
Broadway Motors
1947–1955
Broadway Motors Click
1447 Broadway
1447 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1921
Mrs. Harringer
1934–1972
Lansdowne Cafe Joseph Leonard
1972–1984
Jewel Box Cafe aka Jewel Box Lounge
1984–1985
Debonair Lounge
1987
Vacant The Lansdowne Cafe was renamed in the mid-1970s, and was known as the Jewel Box Cafe, and later as the New Jewel Box Cafe. In
1984
Mel Jones bought the property, and ran it as the Debonair Lounge as late as December of 1985. By had been abandoned and was written up for multiple building code violations. The license was sold and transferred to the Boulevard Lounge at 1300 Admiral Wilson Boulevard, the old Sear-Roebuck building. 1447 Broadway is no longer standing. I believe it was razed not long afterwards.
1448 Broadway
1448 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1904–1905
Peter Corrado saloon
1450 Broadway
1450 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Broadway Lansdowne Avenue Penn Street Robert Horner Gus Koerner
1955
Charlie's Sun Service Station Photograph Taken August 28, 2011
1451 Broadway
1451 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1927–1960s
Frank J. Leonard Funeral Home
1927–1960s
Frank J. Leonard Funeral Home Note that Mr. Leonard now advertised as a "Funeral Director" instead of as an "Undertaker"
1927–1960s
Frank J. Leonard Funeral Home Telephone Click
1969
David F. Harrigan undertaker Photograph taken February 11, 2003 Click
1453 Broadway
1453 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1908
Gottlieb Young
1929
Herman Odlen real estate
1955
Atlantic Venetian Blind Company
1455-1467 Broadway
1455-1467 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1931
American Iron Works Herman Odlen - Robert Odlen Tall Cedars of Lebanon Camden Forest No. 5 6th Annual Show program
1455 Broadway
1455 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1946
S&N Radio Service
1462 Broadway
1462 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Broadway Auto Glass Company
2010–2011
David's Tire Shop Photograph Taken August 28, 2011 Click
1469 Broadway
1469 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
A&P Market Ebony Showplace
1981
Fire building, originally an A&P supermarket, was razed after the fire.
1472-1474 Broadway
1472-1474 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
1980s-2000s J L Poultry Inc. Photograph Taken August 28, 2011 Click
1474-1476 Broadway
1474-1476 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1913–1930s
Runge Garage Walter C. Runge Camden Courier-Post
1913–1930s
Walter C. Runge
1930s
Central Auto Body Works William Shaw Camden Courier-Post 15, 1938
1474 Broadway
1474 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1955
Federal Bar & Restaurant Supply
1955
Broadway Whitman Avenue
1476-1498 Broadway
1476-1498 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
1476 Broadway
1476 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
2011
Gone Photograph Taken August 28, 2011
1478 Broadway
1478 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1929
Mrs. Elizabeth Vogel 1980s-2000s J L Poultry Inc. Photograph Taken August 28, 2011
1480 Broadway
1480 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1929
Arnold F. Vogel Auto Repairs
1955
Wyn-Mac Wholesale Shirt Launderers
1488 Broadway
1488 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1929
American Switchboqrd Co.
1929
Belmont Metal Works
—
Broadway Service Company, Gramm Trucks (1486-1488-1490 Broadway), Camden Courier-Post
1489 Broadway
1489 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
2010–2011
El Taller Auto Repair 24, 2011
1490 Broadway
1490 Broadway — 1400 Block of Broadway — Occupants
1602 Broadway — 1600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1903–1908
Mrs. Annie Emerson widow of Charles Emerson cigars Private John Lozowski
1604 Broadway
1604 Broadway — 1600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1905
Mrs. Elsa Pawlinski
1911
William Garrity
1606 Broadway
1606 Broadway — 1600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
1900s-1912 Lewis A. Buzine Signalman Third Class John Arthur Hawkins
1607 Broadway
1607 Broadway — 1600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Private First Class Eugene J. Pearce
1609-1611 Broadway
1609-1611 Broadway — 1600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1928
Fred W. Schorpp
1928
Fred W. Schorpp Camden High School
1610 Broadway
1610 Broadway — 1600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1930
Charles Gandy & Family Charles & Mamie Gandy Fred Gandy MRS. MILES HONORED BY 8TH WARD WOMEN A shower was tendered to Mrs. Anna Miles last night by members of the Eighth Ward Democratic Women's club at the home of Mrs. Fred W. Schorpp, 1611 Broadway Officers of the club attending were Rose Percival, president; Louise Brough, vice president; Anna Simpson, secretary; Mae Russell, recording secretary and Mrs. Schorpp, treasurer. Members attending were Mrs. Ferdinand Larkin , Mrs. Martha Wilson, Mrs. Ben Del Rossi, Bessie Simpson, Abbie Sprawl, Helen Feathers, Rose Boleslowski, Leona Zaborowski, Elizabeth Long, Mrs. Stephens, Mrs. Bradford, Mrs. Costello, Mrs. Bolke, Mrs. Dorothy Friar, Mrs. J. Garrison, Ella Willis and Ida Robinson.
1611 Broadway
1611 Broadway — 1600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1938
Fred Schorpp
1613 Broadway
1613 Broadway — 1600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1893–1894
Samuel Peoples fire fighter
1616 Broadway
1616 Broadway — 1600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1914–1921
Emerson Athletic Association MEAL CAUSES ARREST OF 'TOMMY' MORELAND Arrested early yesterday when he refused to pay a 50-cent check in a restaurant on Kaighn Avenue near Broadway "Tommy" Moreland, of 1616 Broadway was arraigned in police court and released with a suspended sentence. Moreland, a well-known South Camden figure whose name has been connected with numbers activities In Philadelphia's Sixty-ninth street section, pleaded guilty to trying to dodge the meal charge. Although he urged Police Judge Lewis Liberman to dispose of his case quickly in order that he might proceed to his employment as a stevedore in Philadelphia, Moreland was held here until both Camden and Philadelphia police notified the court he was not wanted on other charges. Moreland has previously been convicted for receiving stolen goods and for voting illegally in the Eighth Ward. Tommy Moreland
1617 Broadway
1617 Broadway — 1600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1906
Albert Ergood & Family Rev. J.R. Kulp Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
1618 Broadway
1618 Broadway — 1600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1888–1895
Jacob C. Ferris & Family
1888–1895
Jacob C. & Susanna Sweeney Ferris
1888–1895
Eliza "Lydia" Ferris
1932
Beatrice Funk
1619 Broadway
1619 Broadway — 1600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1924
Josephine Russo "soft drinks" (near beer)
1621-1623 Broadway
1621-1623 Broadway — 1600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
1632 Broadway — 1600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Third Baptist Church
1633 Broadway
1633 Broadway — 1600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Edmund A. Walsh Late 1920s - Early 1930s GIRL CHARGES ESCORTS TRIED TO ATTACK HER One youth was held for attempting to criminally assault a Philadelphia girl and another as a material witness last night. Anthony Buondonno, 23, of 1633 Broadway and Charles Fry, 23, of 1730 Ferry Avenue were arrested, by State Trooper George Small, Mt. Ephraim barracks, on complaint of Emma Houdner, 25, of 412 West Eleanor Street, Philadelphia. At a hearing before Justice of, the Peace William P. Fraser, West Collingswood Heights, the girl testified that the youths offered to take her for a ride in Camden. She said they took her to a bungalow at Laurel Mills. She alleged that Buondonno attempted to assault her and when she repulsed his advances he struck her. He was held in $200 bail to await the action of the grand jury. Fry was held in $100 bail as a material witness. Anthony Buondonno
1634 Broadway
1634 Broadway — 1600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1934
William "Billy" James Albert E. JAmes
1955–2011
Camden Rescue Mission
1636 Broadway
1636 Broadway — 1600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Private Carl F. Bicker
1639 Broadway
1639 Broadway — 1600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1910
Elmer Wright
1974
Horace DeCaro & Family
1974
Horace & Angela Chiarulli DeCaro
1974
Anthony Decaro
1974
Angelo DeCaro
1974
Vincent DeCaro
1640 Broadway
1640 Broadway — 1600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Dominick Lorusso in front of his barber shop
1641 Broadway
1641 Broadway — 1600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1906
Matthew Banes
1906
Roland Banes CRAMER—In loving memory of our dear mother, Elsie May Cramer, who died February 14, 1931. A wonderful mother, woman and aid, One who was better God never made; A wonderful worker, so loyal and true, One in a million—that, mother was you. Just in your judgment, always right, Honest and liberal, ever upright; Loved by your friends and all whom you knew. Our wonderful mother — that mother was you. Sadly missed by Children.
1642 Broadway
1642 Broadway — 1600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1921
Samuel B. Cramer & Family (varieties)
1921
Samuel B. & Elsie May Cramer
1921
Harry Cramer
1921
Russell Cramer
1921
Gladys Cramer
1923–1926
Christian R. Aiblen varieties-confectionary
1932
Mrs. Anna Collins Garfield S. Pancoast Louis Prucella Louis W. Drew
1643 Broadway
1643 Broadway — 1600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
January 1920
Samuel Naden
1644 Broadway
1644 Broadway — 1600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1876–1913
Richard Bunting & Family Richard & Margaret Bunting Sarah Bunting - William Bunting Mary Jane "Jennie" Bunting Emma Bunting - Elwood C.M. Bunting Henry Bunting - Ida M. Bunting MRS. R. BUNTING, DRY GOODS AND NOTIONS,
1877–1911
Mrs. R. Bunting Dry Goods & Notions
1890
historical & industrial review of camden, new jersey
1922–1952
Schneider's Bakery Joseph Schneider & Lawrence Schneider 1950s-1970s George Ackerle Ackerle's Bakery
1959
Advertisement
1644 BROADWAY
1644 BROADWAY — 1600 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
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AMONG the best known and most favorably spoken of houses in this section may be that of Mrs. R. Bunting. This estimable lady opened this store some years ago, and has met with the greatest success. The store is a corner one with a frontage of 20 feet and a depth of 35 feet. It is fitted in the best manner. A heavy stock of Dry Goods, Notions, Hosiery, Underwear, Ribbons Fancy Goods, and small wares is carried; in fact, all the many articles that come under this head. Three capable and skillful assistants are constantly employed. Mrs. Bunting has been an esteemed and respected resident of this city for the past thirty-six years. Mr. Richard Bunting has been in the express business nearly forty years and is one of the oldest businessmen.
Broadway Block 1700
1700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
City directory records, 1880s–2000s.
1700 Broadway
1700 Broadway — 1700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1878–1905
Jonas Mellor & Family Jonas & Susan Mellor Benjamin E. Mellor Philadelphia Inquirer
1878–1905
Jonas Mellor & Family Jonas & Susan Mellor Benjamin E. Mellor
2003
Dr. Orris W. Saunders practiced medicine here from the 1910s through the late 1940s. up until 2003, his home and offices at 1700 Broadway was the site of the Georgiana Ramsey Memorial Home, a facility for the elderly, maintained by the Union American Methodist Episcopal Church.
1701 Broadway
1701 Broadway — 1700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
1701-1703 Broadway
1701-1703 Broadway — 1700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1955
Bart Motors Used Cars Photograph Taken August 24, 2011 Photograph Taken August 24, 2011 Photograph Taken August 24, 2011 Photograph Taken August 24, 2011
1703 Broadway
1703 Broadway — 1700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1887–1888
Jacob C. Ferris & Family Jacob C. & Susanna Sweeney Ferris Eliza "Lydia" Ferris
1704 Broadway
1704 Broadway — 1700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Private John W. Roosevelt
1705 Broadway
1705 Broadway — 1700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Rudolph Alchohol Beverage Distributors Jack Goncheroff
1709 Broadway
1709 Broadway — 1700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1916–1918
Mrs. Mary McTaggart & Family Hugh McTaggart Jr. john mctaggart James McTaggart Isabelle McTaggart - Esther McTaggart Mary McTaggart
1916–1918
Mrs. Mary McTaggart & Family Hugh McTaggart Jr. john mctaggart James McTaggart Isabelle McTaggart - Esther McTaggart Mary McTaggart Photograph Taken August 24, 2011 Photograph Taken August 24, 2011 Photograph Taken August 24, 2011
1709–1721
Broadway Photograph Taken August 24, 2011
1710 Broadway
1710 Broadway — 1700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
1711 Broadway — 1700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1899–1903
Albert E. James Family Camden Fire Department, Janitor at John W. Mickle School Albert E. & Katherine James Sarah "Sadie" James
1955
Jack Bateman electric equipment
1712 Broadway
1712 Broadway — 1700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1914–1920
James A. Flannery & Family James & Mary Flannery John F. Flannery - Thomas Flannery James A. Flannery Jr. - Mary E. Flannery Joseph "Mose" Flannery Catherine Flannery - Francis Flannery Newspaper error in address Joseph "Mose" Flannery
1713 Broadway — 1700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1906
J. Frank Johnson Philadelphia Inquirer Jackson Street Thomas Pooley Frank Jordan
1914
Thomas J. Nicholas Jr. & Family
1714 Broadway
1714 Broadway — 1700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1901–1914
Harry L. Hallowell Sr. & Family EHarry L. & Elizabeth Hallowell George L. Hallowell Harry L. Hallowell Jr. John L. Hallowell Harriet M. Hallowell Hobart A. Hallowell Charles J. Balfour (son-in-law) Florence Hallowell Balfour Charles J. Balfour Jr. Henry Balfour Hobart A. Balfour
1909
George L. Hallowell
1715 Broadway
1715 Broadway — 1700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1914
Dr. Grant E. Kirk Photograph Taken August 24, 2011 YOUNG REPUBLICANS MEET The Eighth Ward Young Republican Club will meet at 8 o'clock to-night at
1718
Broadway. Justice of the Peace James J. Scarduzio , president, will preside.
1718 Broadway
1718 Broadway — 1700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
1717-1721 Broadway — 1700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1933–1945
Harry Rudolph The Original Rudolph The business he founded remains open today, under new ownership, as South Camden Liquors.
1717 Broadway
1717 Broadway — 1700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
2011
Broadway's Market
1717
& 1721 Broadway Photograph Taken August 24, 2011
1721 Broadway
1721 Broadway — 1700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
1980s-2011 South Camden Liquor
1722 Broadway
1722 Broadway — 1700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1919
Mrs. D.A. Tinklepaugh Dry Goods
1723-1725 Broadway
1723-1725 Broadway — 1700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1906
Abdon H. Olsen bottler
1955–1977
Kolsun Brothers Advertisement From Fire Watch Summer 1977
1723-1739 Broadway
1723-1739 Broadway — 1700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
1724 Broadway
1724 Broadway — 1700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1902–1924
George Blake Undertaker Philadelphia Inquirer
1902–1924
George Blake Undertaker Camden Courier-Post The Eighth Ward Democratic Club had its headquarters here in the 1930s and 1940s.
1727 Broadway
1727 Broadway — 1700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Henry Burrichter operated a feed and grain business here in the 1880 and 1890s.
1729 Broadway
1729 Broadway — 1700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
1731 Broadway
1731 Broadway — 1700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1887
A.B. Cooley Smith Sr. Cigar Store South Jersey Broom Works Advertisement 20, 1936
1732 Broadway
1732 Broadway — 1700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
8, 2005 12:40 AM Car 3 had a two-2story vacant row dwelling heavily involved in fire and ordered the 2nd Alarm. Fire Companies initially attempted an interior attack but were ordered out of the building with the evacuation signal given. Numerous master streams & handlines were in service. A homeless man was found dead inside the dwelling. Photos By Greg Taylor 8, 2005
1733 Broadway
1733 Broadway — 1700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
1736 Broadway
1736 Broadway — 1700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1890–1900s
A.B. Cooley Smith Sr. Cigar Store
1956–1957
Vincent DiPatri
1735-1739 Broadway
1735-1739 Broadway — 1700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1903–1906
Flat Iron Hotel Owen Kernan
1906–1914
Flat Iron Hotel - Isaac Kline
1918–1919
Flat Iron Hotel - John Olsen
1947
Shapiro's Drug Store In the Background South Camden Trust circa 1925 The bank moved to opposite corner at 1800 Broadway in 1926. Click In the Background Shapiro's Drugstore
1947
Leo's Pharmacy at 1801 Broadway is in the foreground at right. This photograph taken June 15, 1952.
1740 Broadway
1740 Broadway — 1700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
1920s-1940s Lotier's Hardware Store Victor A. Lotier Camden High School Camden High School Lotier's Hardware Store Advertisement June 11, 1932 Lotier's Hardware Store Advertisement
1742 Broadway
1742 Broadway — 1700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Damaged By Fire
1744 Broadway
1744 Broadway — 1700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1885–1899
James H. Countiss Sr. & Family hardware store James H. & Sarah E. Tannier Countiss James H. Countiss Jr. Wilhelmina Countiss
1947
"Nip" Greenberg men's haberdasher
1736-1744 Broadway
1736-1744 Broadway — 1700 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1960
Sacred Heart Roman Catholic Church
1741
Ferry Avenue Church of Sacred Heart Broadway and Ferry Avenue
1741
Ferry Avenue Church of Sacred Heart Broadway and Ferry Avenue Painting by William M. Hoffman Jr. Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University
1741
Ferry Avenue Church of Sacred Heart Broadway and Ferry Avenue Click
Camden Courier-Post, May 8, 1934View transcription
CLUB ENDORSEMENT DENIED IN 8TH WARD
Action Rescinded Due to Choice of Running Mates, Candidate Says
Denial was made yesterday by three Eighth ward candidates, Walter Sekula, William Tansky, Jr., and Mrs. Theresa Maloney Die Lello, that their opponents have the endorsement of two political clubs.
Sekula is candidate for re-election as freeholder; Tansky is a candidate for Republican county committeeman, and Mrs. Di Lello is running with them for county committeewoman.
All three are "Regular Organization Republican" candidates, and announce their endorsement by the Baird-Baker faction.
Opposing them are Mrs. Mamie F. Piraine, for committeewoman; Dr. Oris W. Saunders, for freeholder, and Edmund A. Welsh, for committeeman. Their designation is "Regular Republican."
The Regular Organization Republican candidates deny their rivals have the support of the Eighth Ward Republican Club, 1718 Broadway, and the William Jones Republican Club, 707 Ferry avenue.
"Mrs. Piraine," said Tansky, "was endorsed by the Eighth Ward Republican Club with the understanding she would run with two other candidates. After secret meetings, she picked up two candidates who were not members of the club, Walsh and Dr. Saunders.
"As a result, the club held a special meeting and rescinded its motion endorsing Mrs. Piraine."
"Dr. Saunders cannot rightfully claim affiliation as a Regular Republican by virtue of his candidacy in 1927 on a Non-Partisan ticket," Tansky said.
Tansky has served in the United States Army and Navy with three overseas enlistments. He has resided 24 years in the Eighth ward, is married and has two children. He is a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post No. 980.
Sekula has been in the trucking business for 15 years at 1635 South Sixth street, while Mrs. Di Lello conducts a confectionery store at Kossuth street and Ferry avenue. She was born and reared in the Eighth ward.
1800 Broadway — 1800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1883–1924
Thomas Bunting & Family Thomas & Alliene Bunting Francis W. Bunting - Charles O. Bunting Alliene Bunting - Thomas W. Bunting John M. Bunting - Walter R. Bunting Clarence Bunting - Linda M. Bunting Philadelphia Inquirer Chester Gandy - Ernest Schuesse 1900s-1924 Dr. Thomas W. Bunting Ad from 1919 few years after this ad was printed, 1800 Broadway was acquired for the South Camden Trust who built a new bank there. Dr. Bunting moved to 306 Broadway, and was practicing there into the '40s. South Camden Trust
1883–1924
Thomas & Alliene Bunting
1883–1924
Francis W. Bunting
1883–1924
Charles O. Bunting
1883–1924
Alliene Bunting
1883–1924
Thomas W. Bunting
1883–1924
John M. Bunting
1883–1924
Walter R. Bunting
1883–1924
Clarence Bunting
1883–1924
Linda M. Bunting
1926–1930s
Joseph Norman Hettel South Camden Trust Joseph Norman Hettel TAX TITLE LIENS NET $112,311 IN MONTH The second largest account settled in January was the building formerly occupied by the South Camden Trust Company at 1800 Broadway This was a compromise. In addition to waiving interest, the city reduced the principal from $11,824.31 to $10,000. The building had been idle for years. South Camden Trust Camden Courier-Post
1801 Broadway
1801 Broadway — 1800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1920s
George H. Williams Drugstore Picture taken morning of February 27, 1928 after Public Service bus crashed into the building. Throwing Mr. and Mrs. Williams and their two daughters, grace and Flora, from there beds. Pictured, daughters Grace (upper right) and Flora Williams.
AMONG the best known houses in this line in this section may be mentioned that of Mr. A. J. Van Zant. This genial and courteous gentleman opened business here about four years ago. The store occupied is about 20x25 feet in dimensions. A large and complete line of Groceries, Soaps, Teas, Coffees, Spices, etc., as well as a large line of Glassware and Crockery. Two capable assistants are employed. Mr. Van Zant is a native of the State and has always been an active and industrious citizen. He is a prom-inent member of the American Legion of Honor.
1803 Broadway
1803 Broadway — 1800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1890
A. J. VAN ZANT, GROCER
1804 Broadway
1804 Broadway — 1800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1908
Edward Mills & Family
1805 Broadway
1805 Broadway — 1800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
1806 Broadway — 1800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1897
Samuel D. Cox policeman
1918
Charles H. Mills 1940s-1960s Mayflower Restaurant Mike Patsourakas Photograph at left from 1927
1918
Charles H. Mills Philadelphia Inquirer 1940s-1960s Mayflower Restaurant Mike Patsourakas Photo of sign taken June 1960
1807 Broadway
1807 Broadway — 1800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
1920s-1964 Leonard DiMaso Sr. Family Leonard & Emma DiMaso Leonard DiMaso Jr. Leonard DiMaso operated a barbershop as this address from the 1920s through 1964. The photo was taken around 1928.
1920s–1964
Leonard & Emma DiMaso
1920s–1964
Leonard DiMaso Jr.
1808 Broadway
1808 Broadway — 1800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1947
Bea's Luncheonette
1809 Broadway
1809 Broadway — 1800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1893–1894
Dr. Grant E. Kirk 1930s-1940s James J. Scarduzio 1809, 1811 & 1813 Broadway 1800, 1806, 1808, & 1810 Broadway
1810 Broadway
1810 Broadway — 1800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1883–1914
John A. Ewing CAmen Post-TelegramFebruary 17, 1905
Emerson House Christopher Waldenmaier Philadelphia Inquirer Frank Chambers
1916–1922
Emerson House Christopher Waldenmaier Philadelphia Inquirer John Singer - Sidney Martin
1924
Charles Henzler
1926
Jacob Maurer
1927–1929
Mrs. Olga Maurer
1931
Mrs. Katherine Waldenmaier
1939
Edward Whalen
1940–1943
Durbin Adams
1947
Zippilli's Cafe
1956
Vari's Cafe
1959
Sam's Tavern
1964–1977
Paul's Tavern
1982
Continental Lounge
1990
Closed 1819, 1817, & 1813 Broadway 22, 2003 Broadway and Emerald Street Above:
1820 Broadway
1820 Broadway — 1800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
(1818-1826 Broadway) 1889- Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
1823 Broadway
1823 Broadway — 1800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1926
Independent Order of Mechanics Hall
1929–1947
Trinity Hall
1947
Del Buono's Bakery
1825 Broadway
1825 Broadway — 1800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1892–1900
Harry L. Hallowell Sr. & Family EHarry L. & Elizabeth Hallowell George L. Hallowell Harry L. Hallowell Jr. John L. Hallowell Harriet M. Hallowell Hobart A. Hallowell Florence Hallowell
1947
Michael Faiola barber
1826 Broadway
1826 Broadway — 1800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1890–1947
Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church
1890
Rev, Winfield Ludlow
1900
Rev. Lilley
1947
Rev. Raymond E. Giron Philadelphia Inquirer
1827 Broadway
1827 Broadway — 1800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1938
Champion Shoe Repair
1940s
Adelina Palumbo marries Harry W. Rudolph, son of Harry A. Rudolph of 1701 Fillmore Street
1947
Ciriaco Palumbo & Family
1947
Maria Palumbo
1947
Ciriaco & Filomena Palumbo
1947
Giacinto Palumbo
1947
Isoletta Palumbo
1947
Gaetano Palumbo
1947
Ernestina Palumbo
1947
Mara Palumbo
1947
Alfredo Palumbo
1947
Pasquelo Palumbo
1947
Silvio Palumbo
1947
Adelina Palumbo
1947
Eduardo Palumbo
1947
Olivero Palumbo
1947
Rosalinda Palumbo
1829 Broadway
1829 Broadway — 1800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1947
Nick's Market (Nick Andreacola, grocery)
1947
My Uncle Nick Andreacola with his son Angelo in front of the store" - Barbara McAllister
1947
"Aunt and Uncle Nick and Ernie Andreacola inside the Walt Whitman store with Pat their long-time employee and friend…" - Barbara McAllister
1947
"Nick Andreacola and Pat unloading a truck in front of the store in the late 1950s. The Star Movie still has its marquee." - Barbara McAllister
1834 Broadway — 1800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1947
Caroline Pierce
1835 Broadway
1835 Broadway — 1800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1915
George Durham & Son real estate William Durham Philadelphia Inquirer S. Conrad Ott John H. Dialogue Jr. Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church Lucy Becker - Jackson Street Frank Maghaccio - Rev. William Grum garfield pancoast Charles H. Ellis
1947
Mrs. Mary Whitaker
1836 Broadway
1836 Broadway — 1800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1943
Anthony Golding
1947
Louis Buondono barber Enlarge
1837-1839 Broadway
1837-1839 Broadway — 1800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1947
Center dry Cleaning Clarence Hoey
1837 Broadway
1837 Broadway — 1800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
1838 Broadway
1838 Broadway — 1800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1920s–early 1930s
William Rosen Meat Market
1947
Elizabeth's Shop Angelo & Lizzie Flacco dry goods
1839-1843 Broadway
1839-1843 Broadway — 1800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
1839 Broadway
1839 Broadway — 1800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1941
Maurice DiNicuolo & Family
1941
Maurice & Emma DiNicuolo
1840-1842 Broadway
1840-1842 Broadway — 1800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
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name↕
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Left, holding the magazine, is Leonard DiMaso Jr. of 1807 Broadway. The boy on the right is Sammy Santos. His father, Frank Santos, operated a dry cleaners business for a few years. The photo appears to be from about 1940, and was taken near the Star Theater. The Star Movie Theater
1947
Dallas Cleaners & Tailors George Murray
1955
Novelty Wood Shop cabinet makers center: Jaycee Housing, Inc.
1841 Broadway
1841 Broadway — 1800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1910
Eighth Ward Republican Club William J. Reynolds Frank Chambers Engine Company 3 Dr. Grant E. Kirk
1947
Abraham Klein candy store
1955–1957
Frank J. Tiole & Theresa Tiole Emerald Street Wilfred Dube Philip Large William Large James McLaughlin Walter Zimolong Norris Fisher James Schaub Harry DeVore Anthony Marino
1843 Broadway
1843 Broadway — 1800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1947
John DiLorenzo
1844 Broadway
1844 Broadway — 1800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
at right:
1920s–1947
Kut Price Patent Medicines Pharmacy Philip Zonies
1845 Broadway
1845 Broadway — 1800 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1930s–early 1940s
William Rosen Meat Market
1947
Neptune Food Market Frank Kopec & Viola Street
Broadway Block 1900
1900 Block of Broadway — Occupants
City directory records, 1880s–2000s.
1900 Broadway
1900 Broadway — 1900 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
–1900s
Church of Our Saviour
2009–
Camden Shipyard & Maritime Museum
1901 Broadway
1901 Broadway — 1900 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1931
Mrs. Elsie Berendt waitress
1958
John Illuminati & Family John & Angelina Illuminati
1903 Broadway
1903 Broadway — 1900 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
1905 Broadway
1905 Broadway — 1900 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1918
Albert Stow
1907 Broadway
1907 Broadway — 1900 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
1909 Broadway
1909 Broadway — 1900 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
1911 Broadway
1911 Broadway — 1900 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
1901-1913 Broadway
1901-1913 Broadway — 1900 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
1913 Broadway
1913 Broadway — 1900 Block of Broadway — Occupants
2008-2010 Broadway — 2000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
2008 Broadway
2008 Broadway — 2000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
2009 Broadway
2009 Broadway — 2000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
2010 Broadway
2010 Broadway — 2000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1914
Edward T. Brady
2012-2014 Broadway
2012-2014 Broadway — 2000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
2012 Broadway
2012 Broadway — 2000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
2014 Broadway
2014 Broadway — 2000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
2016-2018 Broadway
2016-2018 Broadway — 2000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
2016 Broadway
2016 Broadway — 2000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1894
Philip Stolberger
2018 Broadway
2018 Broadway — 2000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1912–1913
James Eastlack & Family
1912–1913
James & Elizabeth Eastlack
2020-2022 Broadway
2020-2022 Broadway — 2000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
2020 Broadway
2020 Broadway — 2000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
2022 Broadway
2022 Broadway — 2000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Robert Yarnall
2024-2026 Broadway
2024-2026 Broadway — 2000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
2024 Broadway
2024 Broadway — 2000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
2025 Broadway
2025 Broadway — 2000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
2026 Broadway
2026 Broadway — 2000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1935–1940
Henry Luppy
1940–1943
Mrs. Mabel Clark widow of Frank Clark Sr. Robert Blowe (son-in-law) Mabel Dorothy Clark Blowe (daughter) Dorothy E. Blowe (granddaughter) Left: Mabel Clark, at wheel, with her friend, Mrs. Jennie Chew.
2028 Broadway
2028 Broadway — 2000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
2040 Broadway
2040 Broadway — 2000 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
Broadway Block 2100
2100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
City directory records, 1880s–2000s.
2101 Broadway
2101 Broadway — 2100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1890s
J. Singer's Restaurant
1918–1929
Martin Banewicz
1918
John Cunningham Philadelphia Inquirer
1931–1936
The German Kitchen Mrs. Olga Maurer
1936
Joseph Martin
1940–1941
The Gaye Club Mrs. Adella Oreb Camden Courier-Post
1943–1947
Jules' Grill Julius Beese
1955–1980
Joseph H. Davis Davis Motor Service Electric Motor Service Co.
1955–1980
Davis Motor Service
2142 Broadway
2142 Broadway — 2100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1908
Ludwig Buch
1908
Emil Engel Philadelphia Inquirer Nicholas Veratti - Locust Street George Jones - Caspar Lutz Mickle Street William Lickfeld Harry Wein Robert Snyder - James McCreaer Kaighn Avenue
1911
Max Roth Evening Times Arthur Stanley
1947
Vacant
2400 Broadway
2400 Broadway — 2100 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Bulson Street South to Morgan Boulevard The Terraces New York Shipbuilding Corp. Far left: Camden Brewery
Broadway Block 2200
2200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
City directory records, 1880s–2000s.
2210 Broadway
2210 Broadway — 2200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1910–1929
Christian Waldenmaier & Family Christian & Katherine Waldenmaier Christopher Waldenmaier The Waldenmaier's operated a boarding house at this location. They reside here through 1913, then moved to 1819 Broadway, where Christian Waldenmaier operated a saloon. Mr. & Mrs. Waldenmaier are listed here in the 1929 City Directory. Mrs. Waldenmaier appears to have moved back to 1819 Broadway prior to the compilation of the 1931 City Directory. VACANT BUILDING LOOTED Haig Kapigian, of 1251 North Twenty-eighth Street , reported to police today that eight steam radiators worth $25 had been stolen since January 30 from a vacant building at 2210 Broadway Haig Kapigian
1910–1929
Christian & Katherine Waldenmaier
1910–1929
Christopher Waldenmaier
1947
Axel Bovin
2240 Broadway
2240 Broadway — 2200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1947
Steve's Atlantic Services Center
1968
Mazziotti's Atlantic
2264 Broadway
2264 Broadway — 2200 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1955
Mazziotti's Atlantic Service Station
1955
New Jeresey Bell Telephone
1980–2009
A&M Tire Service
Broadway Block 2300
2300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
City directory records, 1880s–2000s.
2300 Broadway
2300 Broadway — 2300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
2308 Broadway — 2300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1969
Morris Sinclair Service Station Click
2316 Broadway
2316 Broadway — 2300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1927–1929
Hyman Zubrow & Family (grocery)
1927–1929
Hyman & Celia Zubrow
1927–1929
Samule Zubrow
1927–1929
Solomon Zubrow
1930–1947
Jacob LIpkin & Family grocery Jacob & Molly Lipkin Eva Lipkin - Rose Lipkin Herman Lipkin - Joseph Lipkin Lillian Lipkin - WIlliam Lipkin Lester Terrace South to Gordon Terrace
1930–1947
Jacob & Molly Lipkin
1930–1947
Eva Lipkin
1930–1947
Rose Lipkin
1930–1947
Herman Lipkin
1930–1947
Joseph Lipkin
1930–1947
Lillian Lipkin
1930–1947
WIlliam Lipkin
2330 Broadway
2330 Broadway — 2300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
1910s-1930s sol rubin & Family Store
1910s–1930s
Store
2332 Broadway
2332 Broadway — 2300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1936
George Kendig Lewis Liberman Samuel Boykin Lawrence Street
1947
Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America Local No. 1
1961
Boilermakers Lodge No. 801
2336 Broadway
2336 Broadway — 2300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
2338 Broadway
2338 Broadway — 2300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1947
Leonard Sonnenberg
2340 Broadway
2340 Broadway — 2300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
2342 Broadway
2342 Broadway — 2300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
2344 Broadway
2344 Broadway — 2300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1947
Gordon Terrace South to Fairview Street
2360 Broadway
2360 Broadway — 2300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
1920s-1930s Jacob Plasky Grocery Store
2360-2362 Broadway
2360-2362 Broadway — 2300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
Dave's Grille David Plasky
2364 Broadway
2364 Broadway — 2300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
No information available
2366 Broadway
2366 Broadway — 2300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
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High Step Bar aka Yorkship Hotel High Step Bar aka Yorkship Hotel Letter from George H. Ranghy to the Camden Housing Authority concerning a proposed housing development near South 12th Street and Fairview Street. These homes were never built.
2374 Broadway
2374 Broadway — 2300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1920s–early 1930s
Morris Silverstein Store
1933–1940s
Mom Shectman Louis Schectman Store
2372-2374 Broadway
2372-2374 Broadway — 2300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
1947
Gray & Berger Restaurant Louis Gray
1947
Louis Gray
2400 Broadway
2400 Broadway — 2300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
New York Shipbuilding Corporation
2500 Broadway
2500 Broadway — 2300 Block of Broadway — Occupants
year↕
name↕
—
South Jersey Port Corporation
1991
Advertisement New York Shipbuilding Corporation
Early 1960s
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Camden Morning Post, December 12, 1930View transcription
PALLBEARERS NAMED FOR STEHR FUNERAL
Body Will Lie in State Tonight—Burial Tomorrow Afternoon
Funeral arrangements were completed yesterday for Chief of Police Lewis H. Stehr, who died Wednesday in Cooper Hospital following a heart attack.
The body will lie in state tonight between 7 and 10 p. m. at the Schroeder Chapel, Broadway and Royden streets. The funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Saturday at the chapel. Thousands of friends are expected to view the remains.
Burial will be in Harleigh cemetery.
A police escort and a list of honorary pallbearers was compiled yesterday. All police buildings in the city were draped in black and flags over municipal buildings were at half-mast and will remain so for 30 days.
The active pallbearers will be Lieuts. Ralph Bakely and George Ward, Sergts. George Nowry and Frank Truax, Policemen Thomas Cheeseman and Harry Kyler.
Honorary pallbearers are Lieut. Herbert Anderson, Sergt. John Skolski, District Detective Archie Reiss, Policemen John Kowal and Clarence Phifer and Donald Swissler, clerk of the chief's office.
There will be a guard of honor formed by the members of the mounted squad. A fire truck will convey the flowers to the cemetery.
The police of the city will view the body at 7:30 p. m. tonight at the funeral parlors.
Members of the Sixth Ward Republican Club, of which Chief Stehr was an active member, will assemble at their headquarters at 7 p. m. and march to the funeral parlors. They will be led by John J. Breslin, president of the club.
Rev. Edward Weeks, pastor of the Union M. E. Church, Fifth and Mt. Vernon streets, will conduct the services.
Camden Evening Courier, September 3, 1934View transcription
Feitz First Cop Slain Here; 6 Others Survived Wounds
Three Shot, 2 Stabbed and Another Beaten with Pipe But All Recovered, Police Records Show— First Case 30 Years Old
The murder of Detective William Feitz by bandits early Sunday marked the first slaying of a policeman in the history of the Camden department.
Three other members of the department have been shot in battles with bandits, two stabbed and a sixth beaten with an iron pipe, but all survived.
More than 30 years ago Patrolman George Miller was stabbed in the abdomen during a Third Ward election fight in which a Philadelphia man was slain.
The late Capt. William F. Schregler, head of the detective bureau for years, was wounded in a duel with safe crackers at Broadway and Carman street about 28 years ago. He was a patrolman at the time and was rewarded with promotion to head of the detective bureau when he recovered.
Another casualty was Patrolman Thomas Brothers. He went into a house to capture a burglar. The man was standing in a dark spot behind a door and as the patrolman passed he struck him down with an iron pipe. Brothers suffered a fractured skull and was in the hospital for several weeks. The suspect was never captured. Years later Brothers was a special officer at the Lyric Theatre.
Patrolman Robert Ward was shot June 16, 1925, at Sixth and Jackson streets as he stepped up to an automobile to question its occupants. One of these suspects was captured. Ward recovered after being in the hospital for weeks.
Policeman Maurice Minch was shot and severely wounded in an attempt to arrest a man responsible for a race riot. Minch was wounded in a bicycle store and the proprietor was killed about seven years ago.
Detective Robert Ashenfelter was wounded on August 24, 1931, and a burglar suspect slain in a gun fight at Thirty-second street and Pierce avenue. Police surprised three suspects robbing a chain grocery store. Going inside of the store Ashenfelter was felled with a bullet in the dark, Police opened fire with a machine gun and one man was slain.
Patrolman John Taylor was stabbed by a man he attempted to arrest on Taylor avenue on May 18, 1930. He wounded the man after the stabbing. Two months later he and his brother, Robert, were beaten up by a gang at Eleventh and Cooper streets when he tried to break up rowdyism with fireworks.
Camden Evening Courier, September 11, 1934View transcription
MRS. HEISLER BURIED AT SIMPLE RITES
The body of Emma Heisler was laid to rest yesterday afternoon.
Just two days after the body of Detective William Feitz was borne to its last resting place, that of Emma Heisler, whose suicide came as a tragic sequel to the death of Feitz, followed to its final destination in the New Camden cemetery.
At 2 p. m. the procession left the funeral establishment of Frank J. Leonard at Broadway and Lansdowne avenue and wended its mournful way to the cemetery. For hours before, friends, relatives and the morbidly curious had entered to take a last look at the dead woman.
Shortly before the hour set for the funeral all but immediate friends and relatives were requested to leave. Most who remained were women—in direct contrast to the uniformed legion which had paid its last respects to the murdered policeman on Saturday.
The funeral procession itself consisted of about a dozen automobiles containing the surviving members of the dead woman's family and her immediate friends.
Bridgeton Evening News, December 31, 1906View transcription
FUNERAL OF "IKE" TOY.
One of the largest funerals witnessed in Camden for many months was that of Policeman Isaac Toy, which took place yesterday from his home, 604 South Third street. One of the most popular officers of the force and known throughout South Jersey as a base ball player, hundreds of persons viewed the body, which reposed in a quartered oak casket, almost hidden amid beautiful floral emblems.
Rev. Alfonso Dare, pastor of the Wiley M. E. Church, had charge of the services at the house. Mayor Charles H. Ellis, Chief of Police Elisha A. Gravenor and a squad of fifty officers attended in a body. There were also delegations from Massascit Tribe of Red Men, Camden Aerie of Eagles, the Third ward Republican Club and other organizations.
The pall-bearers were Policemen Harry Mines, Albert Shaw, Robert Colkett, Albert Keaser, William Todd and William Lyons. Interment was made in Harleigh Cemetery.
As the squad of officers were marching in the funeral procession Policeman Alonzo Dyer fell to the asphalted pavement at Broadway and Berkley street. A physician found the officer's heart had been affected through an overdose of medicine he had taken for rheumatism. Dyer was taken to his home on Elm street.
Camden Courier-Post, March 10, 1934View transcription
BANQUET TO HONOR JOHN S. M'TAGGART
Popular Patrolman Will Be Guest at G.O.P. Club in Sixth Ward
To Be Feted
JOHN S. M'TAGGART
A testimonial dinner will be tendered Patrolman John S. McTaggart, well known member of the Camden police force, at 8 p. m. next Friday at the Sixth Ward Republican Club.
Officer McTaggart, who resides at 806 South Sixth street, is particularly popular in the Sixth ward. He has worked there a number of years and distributes a large quantity of food and clothing to the poor throughout the year. His charitable activities have made him innumerable friends. He was a member of the city fire department before becoming a policeman. He was working in William Mills' butcher shop, at Broadway and Jackson street, in 1910 when he was appointed to the fire department by Monte Bessor, then a city councilman. McTaggart was the youngest man to have ever won appointment to the fire department.
Acting Mayor Frank S. Van Hart transferred McTaggart to the police department in 1922.
Among the invited dinner guests will be former U. S. Senator David Baird, Congressman Charles A. Wolverton, State Senator Albert S. Woodruff, Mrs. Elizabeth C. Verga, the five city commissioners and a large group of Sixth ward Republicans.
The committee in charge of the dinner comprises Michael Durkin, former City Detective Theodore Guthrie, George Chambers, Joseph Leonard, Howard B. Dyer, John Breslin, Miss Mary Hartung and Miss Marie Doyle.
Camden Evening Courier, December 8, 1930View transcription
BAIL IS DENIED
ROXIE ALLEN IN
ROBBERY OF 15
IN CRAPS GAME
Three Pals of Camden Boxer
Also Jailed at Shore for
Grand Jury
QUARTET IDENTIFIED
BY POOLROOM OWNER
Limp Betrays Fighter at Landisville—Says He Did Not Aid Holdup
Identified as four of the five bandits who held up and robbed 15 men at a craps game in a Landisville poolroom yesterday, Roxie Allen, well-known South Jersey boxer, and three other South Camden youths are under arrest today.
The suspects, charged with obtaining money and watches worth $175, are Rocco Auletto, Allen's real name, 21, of 318 Spruce street; Carmen Passarella, 26, of 1227 Broadway; Salvatore Passalacqua, 20, of 339 Clinton street, and Rocco De Corda, 23, of 221 Spruce street.
Two of the suspects, Passarella and Passalacqua, have made a full confession, according to Captain William J. Carter, Troop "A" commander, of the Hammonton State Police barracks.
Allen and De Corda have denied implication in the holdup. The welterweight pugilist admitted that he drove the holdup car but remained behind the wheel during the robbing, unaware of the intentions of his companions.
A fifth man, said to be colored, is being sought in Camden by the State Police and Camden detectives.
All four captives, arrested in this city and positively identified by the proprietor of the robbed place as well as by some of the victims, were held without bail pending action by the Atlantic county grand jury on charges of weapons. They were arraigned before Justice of the Peace Peter Capizola, of Buena. Prior to that, they were "booked" at the Atlantic county jail in Mays Landing, and then photographed and fingerprinted at the Malaga state police barracks. They are now in the jail at Mays Landing.
Allen's Limp Seen, Claim
All four were recognized by the proprietor, Nicholas Yennitti, owner of "Poppy's Place," it is alleged. Yennitti said he knew the three white men who entered unmasked, and recognized Allen in the automobile after seeing him limp when he got out. Allen did not enter the place, nor could Yennitti see whether Allen had a gun.
It was at 2.10 p. m. yesterday that four men, three carrying revolvers and the other a sawed-off shotgun, ran into
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the poolroom and commanded the patrons to put up their hands. The 15 men inside were lined against a wall and their pockets were looted. The money on the table was picked up by one of the bandits. The total cash stolen amounted to only $75, while the watches and rings taken from the victims were worth about $100.
Captain Carter and other investigators heard reports that if the holdup had been staged 10 minutes later, a richer reward would have fallen into the hands of the bandits. The rumors were to the effect that the "banker" for the place arrived there from Atlantic City 10 minutes after the holdup, with two or three thousand dollars.
Nicholas Dandrea and Yennitti recognized the three white men, and then saw Allen, they said, in the car outside. Allen and Passeralla had been in the place Saturday afternoon, the former losing about $15 at pool, according to Yennitti.
The license numbers of the car were observed by several of the victims, and the affair was reported to the state police. Troopers George Probert and Howard Maliff of the Malaga barracks, and Wilfred Dube, state police plainclothesman, were assigned to the investigation. They immediately sped to Camden, where they obtained the aid of Detective Theodore Guthrie.
Allen and Passarella were arrested last evening by the troopers and Guthrie. Passalacqua was arrested at his home last night by Sergeant Rox Saponare, of the Camden detective bureau. De Corda was arrested 4 a. m. today on suspicion and was later identified.
Holdup Car Found
The holdup car was found at Third and Pine streets today and was impounded by the Camden police for Atlantic county authorities. It bore the license plates C25899, but this license was issued, according to the state motor vehicle bureau at Trenton, to Harry Whaland, 1424 Mt. Ephraim avenue, Camden. An investigation proved that the tags had been stolen from Whaland's car yesterday. Moreover, Whaland had a car different in make than the one impounded.
In his confession, Passarella declared that the seized car was his and that it was used in the holdup. The plates, he is said to have confessed, were stolen from Whaland.
However, a checkup at the Trenton bureau revealed that the license number C22859, issued for the car claimed by Passarella, had been issued to a Frank Passarella, of 327 Washington street, Camden.
Passarella, the man under arrest, is a nephew of Frank Passarella, also known as Passeralli, 31, of 212 Catherine street, Philadelphia, one of the two Atco National Bank bandits who were convicted here last month and received heavy jail sentences.
Louis Bottina, 20, of 1440 South Fourth street, was also arrested last night on suspicion, but was released when he proved an alibi and when the victims could not identify him.
The limp which betrayed Allen was the result of a bullet wound inflicted on him August 2 by Charles Areni, 699 Central avenue, who later was convicted and sent to state's prison.
Camden Morning Post, December 8, 1930View transcription
Roxie Allen Held
As One of Gang in
Dice Game Holdup
Pugilist and Pal Identified
As 2 of 4 Bandits in
Landisville Robbery
Bandit Suspect
PLAYERS LINED UP,
RELIEVED OF $200
Robbers Flee in Stolen
Car With Crippled
Man at Wheel
Roxie Allen, Camden's famed welterweight boxer, and one of his pals were arrested last night and identified, according to police, as two of four men who held up a craps game early yesterday at Landisville. Loot is said to have totaled between $150 and $200.
Allen, whose real name is Auletto, and Carmen Passarella, 26, of 1227 Broadway, were arrested by City Detective Theodore Guthrie and Wilfred Dube and George Probert, state police investigators.
Nicholas Dandrea and Nicholas Yennitti, both of Landisville, identified Allen and Passarella at police headquarters. Police said Yennitti is the proprietor of the pool room in which the holdup was staged. It is known as "Poppy's Place."
A dozen men were backed to the wall when the four bandits entered.
One carried a sawed-off shotgun while the other three brandished revolvers.
One of the bandits was crippled in both legs, according to the victims. They picked up the money laying on the table and then rifled the pockets of the players.
As they fled the license number of their automobile was taken and turned over to Malaga state police. A check-up revealed the car had been stolen from the garage of Harry Whaland, real estate dealer, 1424 Mt. Ephraim avenue. The license tags had been stolen from a disabled automobile of A. Baer, 611 Kaighn avenue. The state police declare the crippled man was driving the car.
Allen was recognized in the poolroom as the Camden boxer by the sportsmen gathered for the game, according to state police. Allen walks with a limp as a result of being shot August 2 at Third and Pine streets by Charles Areni, 699 Central avenue. Areni was found guilty in Criminal Court October 15.
Allen and Passarella were taken to state police headquarters at Hammonton for further questioning. They will be turned over eventually to Cumberland county authorities.
Dube said charges of robbery and carrying deadly weapons will be lodged against the accused.
Allen gave his age as 21 and his address as 318 Spruce street. At one time he was rated as one of the best welterweights in the country. He and Passarella have been close friends for years.
Two additional suspects were arrested by Camden police on information received from Hammonton state police. Louis Bottina, 20, of 1440 South Fourth street, was arrested by Patrolman Joseph Lack at Broadway and Kaighn avenue.
Salvatore Passalacqua, 20, of 339 Clinton street, was arrested at his home by Detective Sergeant Rox Saponare.
Both men were arrested on suspicion and are being detained until today when an attempt will be made to identify them as the second pair of the four bandits.
When Newspapermen asked Guthrie what Allen said when he was arrested, Guthrie declared Allen had made no statement. A similar question at Hammonton state police headquarters brought forth a reply from Trooper Dube that "I am not making any statements right now, I am still working on the investigation. Don't bother me for a couple of hours."
ROXIE ALLEN
Camden welterweight contender who is accused of being one of four "hoodlums" who staged a holdup early yesterday on a craps game in a Landisville pool room. Allen, according to police, was identified last night by the proprietor of the place and one of the players as the "cripple" who drove the bandit car.
Camden Morning Post, December 12, 1930View transcription
6 MEN ARE NABBED AS NUMBER WRITERS
Arrests Lead to Belief Shore Racketeers Are Working Here
Arrest of six alleged number writers here yesterday has spread the belief that Atlantic City racketeers have established "branch offices" on downtown street corners. Four of the accused all of whom were caught by members of the traffic squad, will be given hearings this morning. The other two were sentenced to 60 days each in the Camden county jail, when unable to pay fines of $50 imposed by Police Judge Garfield Pancoast yesterday.
All of the men were arrested while soliciting "business."
'Pick Up' Man Nabbed
One of the six men arrested is believed to be the "pickup man" for the syndicate. He was in an automobile bearing Atlantic county tags and his pockets were filled with number slips and cash, according to the police.
Henry Davis, 36, of 208 Walnut street, and Alonzo Singleton, 20, of 256 Chestnut street, were arrested by Sergeant Jeff Kay and Motorcycle Policeman Thomas Kauffman at Second and Kaighn avenue. One man was standing on the northwest corner and the other on the southwest corner, soliciting business, the police testified. Davis and Singleton pleaded guilty and went to jail for 60 days.
LeRoy Keeler, 20, of 1617 Arctic avenue, Atlantic City, and David Watson, 29, of Second and Mt. Vernon streets, Camden, were arrested at Broadway and Mickle street by Motorcycle Policeman Charles Smith and William Moll. They were held for hearings this morning.
Wesley Edgehill, 35, of 1623½ Arctic avenue, Atlantic City, alleged by the police to be the "pickup man" for the Atlantic City barons, was arrested by Smith and Moll at West and Mickle streets. Edgehill was driving an automobile bearing Atlantic county tags. He had "hundreds of numbers slips and plenty of cash" in his pockets when arrested, according to the police. He also will be given a hearing this morning.
Wilbert William, 20, of 1010 Walnut street, was the sixth man arrested. He was caught selling numbers at Mt. Ephraim and Kaighn avenues, according to Kauffman and Kay. He will face Judge Pancoast today.
No Drive Ordered
Questioned regarding whether the traffic squad was making a drive against numbers game operators in Camden, Police Capt. Charles T. Humes, inspector of traffic, said no orders had been issued for a drive on operators. The motorcycle policemen were only acting in line of regular duty, he said.
Major Charles V. H. Dickinson, deputy director of public safety, stated yesterday that the arrests were not part of a concerted drive against the number "barons." He said:
"There is no particular drive under way. The first I knew of the matter was when I read of the arrests in the Courier-Post. I questioned one of the men and he stated that he saw the writers selling slips and picked them up. There have been no orders issued except that I will not tolerate any form of gambling and want the city kept clean of it."
Camden Courier-Post, March 15, 1941View transcription
'Tis the Wearin' of the Green
—Courier-Post Photo
Ex-Governor Harold G. Hoffman was among the prominent guests at the "Night in Ireland" celebration in honor of John McTaggart, "Broadway's Irish Cop" last night in Labor Temple. In the above picture Betty Sullivan is shown pinning a shamrock on McTaggart.
1000 Attend 'Night in Ireland' To Honor Patrolman McTaggart
Acting Chief Bakley and Ex-Governor Hoffman Among Guests; Carroll and Garrity Head Committee; Officer Served 21 Years
More than 1000 persons last night celebrated a "Night in Ireland" party in honor of John McTaggart, popular Camden policeman who has been assigned to a beat on Broadway for many years. The affair was held in Labor Temple, Broadway and Royden street.
Among the guests of honor were former Governor Harold G. Hoffman and Acting Chief of Police Ralph Bakley.
Annual parties in honor of McTaggart have been conducted for the past 10 years and on two occasions the affair grew so large it was sponsored by the Camden Police and Firemen's Association and staged in Convention Hall. A committee of policemen headed by Sergts. Edward Carroll and John Garrity had charge of the party this year.
McTaggart has served in the Department of Public Safety for 31 years. The first 11 years he was in the fire department. His 21 years as a patrolman have been spent almost entirely on a beat on South Broadway.
Philadelphia Inquirer, June 1, 1880View transcription
OVER THE RIVER.
Decoration Day —Yesterday was a semi holiday in Camden in consequence of its being Decoration day. Nearly all public places of business were closed in the afternoon. The banks did not open their doors, and the steam boats and numerous dwellings were gaily decorated with flags. At two o'clock, according to the programme, a procession was formed at Fifth and Arch streets, which moved in the following order: Sixth Regiment Band, with Companies C and D of the regiment; members of Post No. 5; drum corps, also cadet corps of Post No 5, in command of Captain George Hutchinson; T. M. K. Lee Post, G. A. R , under command of William H. Shearman. The chief marshals were Colonel Joseph C. Nicholls and aids, Joseph McCallister, William D Middleton, Francis Saunders and Frederick Shill Next came the floral car of Post No 3, beautifully arranged and loaded with flowers A large [illegible], drawn by eight horses, contained the [illegible] of the Auxiliary Committee of Posts 5 and 37, the Juvenile Welsh Drum Corps of Post 37; the floral wagon of Post No 37; then came wagons of the two posts containing soldiers' orphans, wagons with cisterns of ice water for those in line, barouches containing city officials, &c a piece of artillery and other vehicles At 2 30 the procession started, and passed over the route already published. At the cemeteries about 175 graves were strewn with flowers and evergreens in the presence of a large concourse of people. This duty performed, the procession re formed and marched back to the Court House yard, where the closing ceremonies were had. "Cover them over with beautiful flowers" was sung by a number of excellent voices, with organ accompaniment. Rev. J B Graw delivered an impressive and appropriate address. Several other patriotic pieces were sung, and the services closed. An entertainment was afterward given by Post 5 in the Market House. The weather was fair, and the occasion passed without accident.
Died From His Injuries.—About twelve o'clock on yesterday Lewis Werts, aged twenty years, who had his leg crushed by a locomotive, at Fourth street and Bridge avenue, on Saturday afternoon week, died from the effects of his injuries, lockjaw having set in. He lost an arm six months ago by a rail road accident.
Runaway Horse.—Yesterday morning a horse became frightened on Federal, near Brondway, and dashed down the street with furious speed. A young man named Davis, at Third and Federal, sprang into the wagon, and, seizing the reins, succeeded in stopping the animal before any damage was sustained
Serious Fall —A young lad, son of Abraham Anderson, who resides on Cooper street, near Camden while playing yesterday, accidentally fell from a fence, and broke his leg near the knee,
Railroad Smash —About four o'clock yesterday afternoon a train of cars struck a wagon at Seventh and Sycamore streets, demolishing the vehicle, but, fortuuately, no one was injured.
Committed —Justice Cassady yesterday committed James McCulley, Lemuel Ridell and Charles Wilson, for being quarrelsome and disorderly.
Philadelphia Inquirer, January 24, 1914View transcription
CAMDEN HEBREWS DESIRE BUILDING
Y. M. H. A. Will Launch Campaign for Funds at Mass Meeting Tomorrow
Under the auspices of the Young Men's Hebrew Association, of Camden, N. J., a vigorous campaign to raise a fund for the erection of a Hebrew communal building will be launched in that city tomorrow afternoon at a meeting in the Broadway Theatre at 3 P. M.
This meeting will be free to the public and will be addressed by well-known men of Philadelphia and Camden, many of whom are closely identified with movements in general concerning the welfare of Hebrew people throughout the country.
Among the speakers will be Dr. Cyrus Adler, president of Dropsie College; Isaac Hassler, president of the Young Men's Hebrew Association of Philadelphia; Mayor Ellis, of Camden; and Sigmund Schoenagle.
The committee in charge of the campaign is composed of Joseph Kanter, Max Goldich, Bertrand Schneeberg, William M. Lashman, Benjamin Natal, Mark Obus, Jacob Furer and Arnold Weiss.
Camden Courier-Post, February 20, 1946View transcription
INJURED AS FIRE DESTROYS KRESGE BUILDING
BROADWAY STORE BUILDING WRECKED BY THREE-ALARM FIRE—Shown is the interior of the S. S. Kresge building, at 29-33 Broadway, which was destroyed by fire last night and early today. Five firemen were burned in the blaze, which threatened the central business district.
2nd Blaze Calls Out All Men
Camden's entire fire-fighting facilities were called on during the night to battle two blazes, one a three-alarm in which five firemen were injured.
The three-alarm fire swept the S. S. Kresge building at 29-33 Broadway, threatening the central business district until brought under control.
Discovered at 10.17 p. m., the Kresge fire brought all except three of the city's 12 companies to the scene. At 1.52 a. m. fire broke out at the Camden Foundry Co., Front and Elm streets, requiring the three remaining companies:
The North Camden blaze was confined to a small section of the building. Firemen said it was caused by an overheated stove which set moulding afire. Firemen returned from this blaze at 2.15 a. m.
With five firemen temporarily unavailable for service because of face and hand burns, Deputy Chief Erickson appealed to the city electrical bureau at 12.30 to summon all available off-duty firemen.
Firemen were forced to lie flat on the slush-covered pavements to play hoses into the Kresge building because of the dense smoke billowing from doorways and windows. After two hours, many were at the point of exhaustion.
Smoke Fills Building
The fire was believed to have started in the basement and the building was filled with smoke when firemen arrived. They were unable to enter the building.
At 2 a. m. the flames broke through the roof and were visible for 10 blocks. The first floor was sagging at the ends of the building after the fire broke through the center.
Forcing a corrugated iron receiving door in the rear, firemen of Engine Company No. 8 were forced to drop to the street as flames shot 35 feet into Hudson street.
Lines Through Terminal
Hose lines were run through the highspeed line terminal, which adjoins the fired building. A line was played into the building from the roof of the terminal.
Several times firemen were forced to crawl backward from the building as back-lashes of flames roared from the interior.
Taken to Cooper hospital with burns of the face were Firemen William Reed, Thomas Winstanley and Thomas McParland. All returned to the fire for duty.
Treated at the scene were Acting Captain Howell Needham and Fireman Theodore Guthrie. They were burned about the hands and face.
Water Bureau Helps
Shortly after arrival Acting Chief Walter Mertz announced the city water pressure was low and water barely trickled from a plug on Hudson street near the rear of the building.
Water Superintendent Edward Sheehan was notified and upon an inspection of the plug, found the control system had been broken as firemen attempted to open it. This reduced the ordinary flow by about two-thirds, Sheehan said.
Before he arrived at the fire, Sheehan ordered five extra pumps put into operation at various city pumping stations to increase pressure. When the fire broke out, the city pumps
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Camden Courier-Post, March 8, 1937View transcription
Veteran Fire Captain Honored At Retirement Ceremonies
Eli Hunt Bids Farewell to Fellow Members of City Force
OFFICIALS LAUD TERM OF SERVICE
The sound of a fire alarm means nothing except fond memories to Junior Capt. Eli Hunt, now, as he sits in his chair at home and lives over the many experiences he has gone through while a fireman with Engine Company No. 3, 1813 Broadway.
Captain Hunt took formal leave Saturday from his comrades, the smoke-eaters of one of the busiest fire houses in the city. The 55-year-old veteran was retired March 1 for disability, and the lads he led in many a fierce battle with flames, decided to show their old skipper that their hearts were with him now that he would respond to no more alarms.
Captain Hunt, his face seamed and lined with years of activity as a fire-fighter, sat silent while Battalion Chief Charles Erickson told the old smoke-eater that he was only retired, but that in spirit he was still a member of the Camden fire department.
The captain smiled with satisfaction as Commissioner Mary W. Kobus, director of public safety, told Captain Hunt that he was a gallant old fire-fighter, and had fought along the traditions that had made the Camden department one of the best.
Flowers Presented
Satisfaction and smiles still rode the captain's face as Acting Capt. Edward MacDowell presented him with a bouquet of flowers. He was still grinning in glee when Acting Captain Rich gave him another gift. He still retained that smiling face as Commissioner Kobus presented him with a beautiful smoking set, the gift of his old comrades.
Then, as he sat silently in his chair, the fact that he was no longer a fire-fighter of Camden save in memory and spirit, rolled down upon him and the pent emotion gave way, it could not longer be dammed.
Tears ran like rivulets down the grizzled face of the retired captain, and he didn't attempt to stop them either, as one handkerchief against that torrent of weeping would have been as effective as trying to stop a hole in a levee with a toothpick.
Standing in formation, too, were his old boys, and everyone of them had a suspicious moisture in his eye, as they gazed upon the old skipper, now ready to retire to a merited if not entirely welcome retirement.
It was 8 a. m. when the ceremonies started down in the ancient camp of the firefighters on Broadway. Battalion Chief Erickson made a neat and effective speech.
Remains In Spirit
"You are not retiring from the department," he said, "you are still a member though no longer active. Don't figure that you are done as a fireman because you are not.
"You've earned your rest and you can feel assured now that you have retired that you owe the city of Camden nothing, you have given her the best that was in you, the finest ability you commanded and the loyalty which you know.
"Your boys are sorry to see you depart, but when you go they know that you go to a rest you have merited and an ease that rightfully belongs to you."
Commissioner Kobus followed in like strain, expressing her delight as being able to have a part in the ceremonies.
"We have to hurry this up," said the commissioner laughingly, "for I never come down to this firehouse that an alarm does not sound."
"You are not retiring from the department," said the director, "you have come up from the ranks and will remain an inspiration to these young firemen, even if you be away from them.
Set Good Example
"You have given them a splendid example to follow by your own loyal, splendid service to Camden. You are something of an ideal for these men to follow, and so long as they stand by the ideals [illegible]ourself and the gallant old firefigh[illegible]s of the department, Camden will still have the best department of any city in the United States.
"You are getting a rest period and you earned it. You don't want to feel that you have retired, you just want to remember that the boys in the department will be with you as you take the rest that you have earned.
"You retire with the respect of everybody in the department, and no higher honor could be paid to any member of the fire department than to merit and hold such respect."
Captain Hunt was compelled to retire as the result of injuries received in an automobile accident on Oct. 20, 1935. He had been to National Park where he has a kennel of hounds, the captain having been an ardent hunter when physically sound.
Hurt Severely
It was his usual 24-hours off day and as he drove through Woodbury on the way to Camden his car was struck by another at Thorofare. Captain Hunt was injured so badly that he was in the hospital for two months, with concussion of the brain, his injuries leaving a lesion that has made locomotion a mite difficult, although Captain Hunt is able to stand without the aid of his cane.
"I'm going to take life easy," he said, after he had gathered his presents and been photographed numerous times." I have many relatives living around whom I haven't seen for some time, so I guess I spend a good bit of leisure going around and getting acquainted with them.
"But don't forget, retired or not, I'm still a fireman and will probably jump out of bed as usual when I hear the alarm."
Junior Captain Hunt joined the department on August 1, 1918, as a hoseman in Engine 3, where he was honored today. He was promoted to junior captain and assigned to Engine 9, Twenty-seventh and Federal streets in April, 1928. He returned to his old company, however, as a junior captain in March, 1932, and retired on a pension last Monday.
Captain Hunt battled against some of the worst fires in Camden's history.
For five and one-half hours he was on duty when flames attacked the plant of the Eavenson Soap Works on Delaware avenue and Penn street on Jan. 21, 1919. He worked straight through for 28 hours when Sitley & Sons' grain and feed plant, burned at Chelten avenue and the Pennsylvania railroad.
In connection with the latter fire it started on Hunt's day off, and he was compelled to forego his leisure, as the department had but a single platoon in those days. He was in the fight against the fire at the U. S. Naval aircraft factory in Gloucester, June 8, 1920, the Baker-Flick blaze on Dec. 21, 1921 and another fire in the Eavenson Soap Works on Oct. 20, 1922.
Quits Chasing Fires
CAPT. ELI HUNT
Camden Daily Courier, July 7, 1902View transcription
COL. FELTON COMMITTED SUICIDE IN HIS OFFICE
Closed the Place Up Tightly and Turned on Gas Jet.
HIS FAMILY AT STONE HARBOR
The Real Estate Operator's Confidential Clerk Made a Startling Discovery When He Opened the Office This Morning—He Had Been Acting Strangely for Weeks.
Colonel George G. Felton, the well known real estate dealer, former City Treasurer and Deputy Quartermaster of the National Guards, committed suicide sometime last night or early this morning by asphyxiating himself in the Felton building, northeast corner of Second and eFderal streets.
The suicide caused a great sensation when it became generally known and a large crowd of people surrounded the building all morning until the removal of the body by Funeral Director Fithian Simmons to his office on Market street. Mr. Felton resided at 413 Washington street, but his family has been summering at Stone Harbor.
The death of Col. Felton was not discovered until half-past 7 o'clock this morning, when Confidential Clerk Smith on opening the doors of the office detected the smell of gas. Col. Felton had been absent from the office for several days and Clerk Smith's suspicions were aroused, knowing that County Colector Mahlon F. Ivins was a bosom friend and business confidante of Col. Felton, he hastened across the street to his office and informing him of his misgivings, asked him to assist him in making an investigation. Before accompanying Mr. Smith to the Felton building, Collector Ivins 'phoned to the City Hall and the police in turn notified Coroners Robinson and Litchfield. The Central station also directed Policeman George Kappel to take charge of the premises and when he arrived there was joined by Policeman Harry Hiller. Chief Foster and Captain Boyle were also soon on the scene.
Accompanied by Mr. Ivins, Clerk Smith returned to the Felton building. Passing through the main office they treaded their way down a dim, narrow corridor to the private examining room of the U. S. Pension physicians. Opening the door the stench of gas was so overpowering that it nearly knocked them down. They, however, bravely ventured into the room and threw open the windows, the gas escaping into the street and enabling them to pursue their gruesome search. They found it on a sofa in a corner of the room, a small but high ceilinged apartment. On the sofa lay the dead body of Col. Felton, disrobed of his outer garments and wearing a calm, peaceful expression in sad discord with his worldly troubles. Overhead the gas stove connection was on full tilt, graphically explaining the mode of death. On a chair nearby were found his trousers and vest, while his
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COL. FELTON'S SUICIDE
hat, coat and watch were found in his own main office.
Coroners Litchfield and Robinson gave a certificate of death of heart failure, superinduced by inhaling gas. From the pink discoloration about the wrists where the blood was leaving the veins, Dr. Litchfield said that the body had been dead at least six hours, though he may have been dead ten or twelve.
Col. Felton was seen to enter his building at exactly 12.10 o'clock this morning. A citizen, whose name is withheld at his own request, had been talking with Night Watchman Clarence Hires on Federal street. He bade Hires good night and when he reached Second street saw the Colonel come around the corner. He came as though to enter his office by the front door, but turned and going back up Second street entered the side-door. Mr. Hires says the light was burning in the Colonel's front office from 7 o'clock last night to 5 o'clock this morning, when he went off duty and Mr. Smith found it still burning when he arrived.
Colonel Felton has been acting strangely for several weeks and had not been at his office for two or three days.
When asked by anxious friends what the trouble was, he would put his hands to the side of his head and complain that it was in bad shape. He was seen in the hotel at Haddon avenue station on Saturday afternoon. He carried a grip and appeared very cheerful. Asked if he had been to the shore he replied no, he had been down the country, Bridgeton.
Grocer Charles F. Eastlack, by whom Col. Felton was at one time employed, went to Stone Harbor this morning to notify the family of his death. Col. Felton leaves a widow and adopted daughter, Miss Leona Felton.
Col. George G. Felton was born at Westville, Mass., and was fifty-six years of age. He had been a resident of this city for about quarter of a century. Previous to that he was engaged in the grocery business at Burlington. On coming to Camden, he entered the employ of Grocer Charles F. Eastlack, at Third and Washington streets, but later entered the employ of his brother, Charles H. Felton, who had an extensive real estate business. On the death of the latter the Colonel went into the same business for himself, his brother's widow continuing the old business under the old name of Charles H. Felton & Co. It is not known, however, whether business troubles impelled him to end his life.
Col. Felton was prominent in political, military and society circles.
In 1892 he was appointed by Mayor Wescott a member of the Board of Public Works.
In 1896 he was appointed City Treasurer to fill the unexpired term of the late F. F. Michellon. In 1897 he was elected City Treasurer for two years, his election being contested by his Democratic rival, Freedom C. Lippincott, but was confirmed by the County Board of Elections.
He was Deputy Quartermaster on the Governor's staff and a member of the Masonic order and A. O. U. W.
Colonel Felton was active in building and loan association circles. He was treasurer of the Mechanics' and Workingmen's Building and Loan Association and was former secretary of the People's. He was also a director of the Security Trust Company. He had also been a director in the Central Trust.
Mrs. Felton will arrive from Stone Harbor this evening, when arrangements for the funeral will be made. The flag at Post 5 Hall is flying at half-mast in Col. Felton's memory, for he was a Grand Army veteran, having gone to the front when a mere boy.
NOTABLE GROWTH OF LABOR UNIONS
Membership of the Telegraphers Union Increasing in the West.
By "The Courier's" Own Wire.
Chicago, July 7.—President Samuel Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor, was in Chicago yesterday on his way to San Francisco, and while here addressed a meeting of the Commercial Telegraphers' Union. President Gompers expressed himself as pleased with the action of the telegraphers in organizing, and with the condition of labor organizations throughout the country. He stated that there were more unions and larger memberships of the same than at any time in the history of labor. President MacDonald, of the Telegraphers' Union, said that the membership was increasing, and that there were similar unions now established at Milwaukee and Kansas City. About five hundred telegraphers were present at the meeting.
FLORIST FISH DIES SUDDENLY
Expired Yesterday Morning at Pleasantville Where He Was Visiting Friends.
Walter C. Fish, a well known florist of Broadway and Spruce streets, this city, died suddenly early yesterday morning at Pleasantville, N. J., where he had been visiting friends since the Fourth. For some months past he has not been well and complained frequently of pains in his head.
Yesterday morning he arose as usual, and at about half-past 6 o'clock was taken with severe pains in the head. He continued to grow worse and two physicians were summoned. They ministered to the sick man, but without any apparent success, and at twenty minutes after 7 o'clock he died.
A member of the family could not state this morning just what Mr. Fish's malady was. It was thought probably that he suffered from brain trouble.
The body was brought to this city yesterday afternoon at 5 o'clock, and the funeral will be held on Wednesday afternoon next at 2 o'clock. Mr. Fish was a member of Fidelity Lodge, No. 3, A. O. U. W., Improved Order of Heptasophs; Camden Conclave, No. 215; Witherspoon Circle, No. 1, Brotherhood of the Union.
"JUST A GENTLE TOUCH."
That Was All, But Joseph's Watch and Money Went With It.
Annie McAntee, alias Hayes, twenty-four years old, of Philadelphia, and Joseph Costello, thirty years old, also of Philadelphia, were arraigned before Recorder Stackhouse this morning on a charge of being drunk and disorderly. The twain were picked up by Policeman Matlack on Sunday morning about 3 o'clock at Third and Walnut streets, very much the worse for liquor.
The aimless wanderings of the couple and their suspicious actions first caught the attention of the policeman and he followed them. Costello became tired of walking and went to sleep on a convenient door step. At this stage of the game the Hayes woman was seen by the officer to abstract something from the clothes of the sleeping man, and then to slip away and hide behind a tree on the opposite side of the street. In a few moments the man awoke and not seeing the woman started off down Walnut street. As soon as he was out [illegible] sight the woman skipped down Third
Residents and property owners of Camden's Fourth and Sixth wards petition City Council for an under-drainage culvert running from the Line Street culvert at Broadway out to Sixth Street and north to Sixth and Royden. Arthur Stanley, then of 929 Newton Avenue, signed among the petitioners.
A June 1880 Philadelphia Inquirer column of Camden news: the Decoration Day procession of G.A.R. Posts 5 and 37, the death of Lewis Werts, a runaway horse stopped on Federal Street near Broadway, and other local items.
Coroner Davis took charge of the body of an infant found on Broadway near Branch Street, and of the recovered body of William Knowells, drowned off the Chestnut Street wharf.
Camden Daily Courier - November 15, 1890 Many Houses Now Being Erected Camden builders do not seem to be deterred by the fear of financial panic or an idea that the McKinley bill presages disaster in business.
Mrs. Josephine E. Miller of 3 French's Court was awarded a $121.65 U.S. government claim as the only surviving heir of John Metz, a "powder monkey" aboard the brig General Armstrong in the War of 1812.
John Hill, in his 18th year, was hanged at the Camden County Jail for the murder of Joseph Dodson, the first execution on Camden County's new gallows, less than six months after he shot Dodson near Reed & Derrickson's saloon at Seventh and Sycamore streets.
William Knox, a hackman, was arrested for assaulting his estranged wife Jennie Knox at 810½ Broadway, Camden. Police Captain Stanley, drawn by her cries for help, took Knox into custody.
Francisco Abbatto, convicted of the murder of Genaro DeFeo near Blue Anchor, was hanged at the Camden County Jail on May 10, 1900, the first hanging conducted by Sheriff John Wesley Sell; the gallows stood in the loft at the Broadway and Federal streets corner of the building.
The Philadelphia Inquirer's account of a destructive fire along Taylor Avenue in Camden, started by boys playing with matches, which drew Philadelphia engines across the river.
Camden householders and businessmen complained of poor gas and electric service at high prices, and of the Eastern Telephone and Telegraph Company's pole-raising. Philip Burch drove off a pole gang with hot and cold water, and property owners prepared to demand revocation of the company's franchise before City Council.
Camden's policemen and firemen make their first formal turnout in review, drilled to a military carriage; the Philadelphia Inquirer describes the procession, its officers, and the growth of the departments since 1862.
An open-air meeting of the Camden branch of the Socialist party at Broadway, Newton Avenue and Mt. Vernon Street was stopped by order of Mayor Hatch. Chief Foster, Captain Stanley and twenty-five patrolmen dispersed the crowd.
Col. George G. Felton, real estate dealer and former City Treasurer, was found dead of gas in his office in the Felton building at Second and Federal streets. The same Camden Daily Courier column reported the sudden death of Walter C. Fish, florist of Broadway and Spruce streets.
Philadelphia Inquirer - January 21, 1905 The directors of the Camden National Bank will hold a meeting next Wednesday, when arrangements will be made for the erection of the new building at Broadway and Sycamore street.
Sergeant Schregler is sent to Washington, D.C. to retrieve 15-year-old Charlotte "Lottie" Helm; Driver Peter Carter of Engine Company No. 1 is injured when his engine strikes a trolley car at Broadway and Federal Street.
Camden briefs for February 19, 1906, including Captain Stanley's raid on Fannie Clark's house at 847 Locust Street, where the officers expected a wagon load of prisoners but found only the proprietress.
Considerable surprise was manifested in Camden yesterday when it was announced that Anna Turner, the sixteen-year-old daughter of Frank Turner, a prominent builder and contractor, has been marred since January 21 to Louis Voegtlin, formerly of Camden, but now of Trenton.
A full day's Camden news for July 27, 1906, including Police Captain Stanley's capture of George Willingmire, wanted for a stabbing at Ninth and Chestnut Streets, after a desperate struggle on the way to jail.
A race riot is narrowly averted at Broadway and Mt. Vernon Street when Harry Gedling fires a pistol; Policeman Fiore Troncone gives chase and Acting Chief Schregler orders crowds dispersed.
The Bridgeton Evening News describes the funeral of Camden Policeman Isaac "Ike" Toy, held from his home at 604 South Third Street and attended by Mayor Charles H. Ellis, Chief of Police Elisha A. Gravenor and fifty officers, with interment in Harleigh Cemetery. During the procession Policeman Alonzo Dyer collapsed at Broadway and Berkley Street.
Peter Gondolff Witnesses Encounter in Which "Copper Head" Snake is Killed Presents the Victor To Charlie Rouh Eating lunch in a skirt of woods along the White Horse pike, yesterday, "Pete" Gondolff, a lineman, who lives in the Eight ward, had his attention drawn to a commotion in a small clump of bushes a few feet distant.
Brief items from Camden: the Excise Board transferred two liquor licenses; suspicious men were chased from the Pavonia car yards; William Kniesle of 322 North Thirty-sixth Street broke his wrist while working on his naphtha launch.
Philadelphia Inquirer — April 2, 1910 ** In memory of Policeman Casper Hart, who was fatally injured in a collision between a trolley car and the Second District patrol wagon at Broadway and Benson streets , flags at all the station houses were placed at half mast yesterday and the headquarters of the Second district police draped in mourning.
Seven Camden firemen, six of them from the Kaighn Avenue house, fought their way out back to back when flames surrounded them in a fire that gutted three stores at 1118-1122 Broadway; Mrs. Tillie Sackett saved two small girls whose clothing had caught fire.
The Young Men's Hebrew Association of Camden planned to launch a campaign to fund a Hebrew communal building at a free public meeting in the Broadway Theatre, with speakers including Dr. Cyrus Adler, Isaac Hassler, Mayor Ellis and Sigmund Schoenagle.
Burglars entered two South Camden homes through second-story rear windows and ransacked the bedrooms while the families slept, taking only clothing. Detective Captain Schregler put his men on the case.
Fire Chief John A. Stockton and his chauffeur Martin Carrigan jumped clear as the chief's car skidded into a beer truck at Broadway and Kaighn Avenue while responding to a fire at the General Gas Mantle Company plant.
Camden Post-Telegram - October 1, 1915 Butchers Form Another Society from the Camden Post-Telegram - October 1, 1915 Transcription BUTCHERS FORM ANOTHER SOCIETY Beneficial Association Becomes a Yearly After a Quarter Century.
Company No. 3's auto fire engine skidded at Broadway and Kaighn Avenue and crashed into a store window at Broadway and Locust Street; Engineer Daniel Smith and Stoker Arthur Wingate jumped to safety while Driver Michael Brown stuck to his post.
Superintendent William L. Miles of the MacAndrews & Forbes Company hosted a banquet for Engine Company No. 3 at their headquarters at Broadway and Emerald Street; Engineer Daniel Smith was among the company.
Captain of Detectives Schregler helps identify William Wentz and Camden clerk Edward Davenport, burned to death with a woman under a blazing automobile near Absecon.
Boleslaw Ziemba confessed to Captain of Detectives Schregler that he set fire to 1426 Broadway at the instigation of his employer John Makel, so Makel could recover $3,000 Ziemba had put into the business.
A Philadelphia Inquirer report of April 28, 1922 on a fatal fire at 1009 Broadway, Camden, in which iron bars from the building's former use as a bank prevented the rescue of a sleeping boy. Six firemen, including Captain Charles Watkins of No. 7 Engine Company, were injured.
Joseph Cimini, 31, declared by police to be a Philadelphia gangster, was killed in the Sixth Ward Republican Club, 908 Broadway; Joseph "Polack Joe" Deven, who fired the shot, was held on a murder charge, declaring he had fired in self-defense.
Head of Delicatessen Company Came to America From Germany in 1889 Camden Courier-Post - February 6, 1928 Less than two weeks after the death of his brother, Adam , with whom he had been closely associated for many years, Edward Schlorer , former Camden resident and business man, died yesterday at his home at Overbrook.
The funeral of Thomas J. Daley, Sr., father of Thomas J. Daley, city engineer of Camden, will be held from his late residence, 1471 Baird avenue, on Wednesday. Daley was known as one of the oldest blacksmiths and wheelwrights in the city.
Although still technically charged with murder in the Sixth Ward Republican Club slaying, Joseph ("Polack Joe") Devon was released from the Camden county jail under $2,500 bail fixed by Assistant Prosecutor Joseph Varbalow, without Judge Samuel M. Shay or Prosecutor Ethan P. Wescott being consulted.
Camden Courier-Post, April 4, 1928. John H. Lennox was promoted to deputy chief and Rollo Jones to battalion chief of the Camden Fire Department, eight men were elevated to senior and junior captain, and eleven new firemen were appointed.
Joseph "Polack Joe" Devon, who shot and killed Joseph Cimini of Philadelphia in the Sixth Ward Republican Club at 908 Broadway, entered a plea of not guilty to a manslaughter charge before Judge Samuel M. Shay.
Camden Courier Post, April 12, 1930 Suit to break the lease held on the Pekin Cafe , 818 Broadway by James Richardson, proprietor, has been filed by Mrs. Emma J. Lickfield, owner of the property.
Damage in Fire at Sixth and Bulson Streets Estimated at $45,000 Four Men Risk Lives to Save Two Horses Boys Believed by Police Probers to Have Been Smoking in Building Three boys are being held and two others are sought in the investigation of the $45.000 fire which today destroyed the warehouse of Sitley & Son , wholesale hardware, roofing material and grain dealers at Sixth and Bulson streets.
George Doris, 23, of Philadelphia, was held without bail in June 1930 for breaking into a Broadway women's apparel shop; he was the younger brother of the gangster John Doris.
A weekend crime sweep in Camden: two alleged Philadelphia gangsters were trapped in Harleigh Cemetery by Patrolman Howard Bean and others, while a South Camden grocer routed two holdup men — four suspects held for the Grand Jury.
Roxie Allen, well-known South Jersey boxer, and three other South Camden youths were held without bail after being identified as four of the five bandits who robbed 15 men at a craps game in a Landisville poolroom.
Roxie Allen, Camden's famed welterweight boxer, and Carmen Passarella of 1227 Broadway were arrested and identified by police as two of four men who held up a craps game at Landisville, where the loot was said to total between $150 and $200.
Pair Held With Camden Boxer Admit Landisville Robbery - Fifth Man Hunted With four suspects, including Roxie Allen , Camden welterweight boxer, still held without bail, the State Police today continued their search for the fifth bandit in the $200 holdup of a Landisville poolroom Sunday afternoon.
Six alleged number writers were arrested by Camden's traffic squad on downtown street corners, spreading the belief that Atlantic City racketeers had set up "branch offices" in Camden; two were jailed for 60 days by Police Judge Garfield Pancoast.
Funeral arrangements for Camden Chief of Police Lewis H. Stehr, who died in Cooper Hospital following a heart attack: his body would lie in state at the Schroeder Chapel, Broadway and Royden streets, with burial in Harleigh cemetery. The article lists the active and honorary pallbearers.
The American Jewish Yearbook, 1931–1932, published by the Jewish Publication Society of America, lists 40 Camden annual members with their addresses, including Lewis Liberman, 307 Market Street.
Two persons were injured when the American Legion Post ambulance of Gloucester collided with a truck at Broadway and Pine Street. The truck was driven by John Max, 46, of 928 North 30th Street.
Shrine Club to Select Contest Winner at Convention Hall Show Sixteen South Jersey girls are competing in a popularity contest which closes tonight at the first annual professional show and dance of Camden Shrine Club in Convention Hall .
Convention Hall Crowded, Several Thousand Dollars Realized Beatrice Funk Most Popular Event So Successful It May Become Annual Affair The relief fund of the Camden Shrine Club, which will aid its unemployed and distressed members, was swelled by several thousand dollars last night from the receipts of one of the greatest vaudeville shows ever seen in the Convention Hall.
An October 23, 1931 Camden Courier-Post political column noting, among other items, that the Polish-American Women's Citizens Club had endorsed David Baird for governor — the first endorsement in the club's six-year history.
An architect's conception of a proposed bus terminal at 201–217 North Broadway, published in the Camden Courier-Post on October 27, 1931, and a rendering of the Terminal Block at Broadway and Cooper Street, which the source dates 1947–2000.
Demanding a fair election and protection to Democratic voters, A. Harry Moore was greeted here last night by the largest crowd to gather at a Democratic meeting in Camden's recent history.
Camden Courier-Post - October 31, 1931 Gloucester Republicans concluded their final Baird rally of the campaign last night at their headquarters, 101 North King Street.
A June 1, 1932 Camden Courier-Post advertisement for the architectural firm Byron H. Edwards, Inc., 130 North Broadway, Camden — filed by the source under the Wilson Building at Broadway and Cooper Street.
County Republican leaders were to be guests of the Young Republicans of Camden County at a July 14, 1932 dinner at the Lotus Restaurant, 517 Market Street, celebrating completion of the Young Republicans' membership drive; plans were made at Republican Headquarters, Broadway and Stevens Street.
A Camden Courier-Post advertisement of June 18, 1932 listing the directors and officers of the First Camden National Bank & Trust Co., with F. Morse Archer as president, and its offices at Broadway & Sycamore, Broadway & Cooper, and 223 Market Street in Philadelphia.
Police searched for a blonde girl, about 18, and two youths who abandoned a stolen automobile after crashing into a taxicab at Morgan Boulevard and Broadway. The cab was driven by Duncan MacKenzie of 1154 North 34th Street.
Camden Courier-Post - June 23, 1933 A black leather pocketbook containing $5.50, papers and house keys, was stolen Wednesday night from the parked automobile of Violet Byers, 413 Broadway , on Park Boulevard near Kaighn Avenue .
Drive in Camden County Forges Ahead as More Firms Sign Camden Courier-Post - August 8, 1933 The N.R.A. recovery drive in the Camden area forged ahead on three fronts yesterday.
168 Shoemakers in Three Counties Form Code; Big Firms Sign Pacts Honor Roll Lists 1749 The personnel of the National Recovery Act campaign committee for Camden city and county was announced yesterday by Chairman Clinton L. Bardo .
Charged with threatening to kill a North Camden man, Aloysious 'Patsy' Mozier , former boxer, of 3006 Hartford Road , was arrested last night, held in default of $1500 bail for a hearing in police court this morning.
Patrolman John V. Wilkie climbed over the roof and across a narrow ledge to an open second story window at King jewelry store, 4 Broadway, to investigate a false burglar alarm that drew several hundred spectators.
Aloysius "Patsy" Mozier , 30, of 3006 Hartford road , a former boxer, who was arrested Monday night after he is said to have threatened a man, was released In his own recognizance by Police Judge Pancoast yesterday.
A testimonial dinner will be tendered Patrolman John S. McTaggart, well known member of the Camden police force, at the Sixth Ward Republican Club. He is particularly popular in the Sixth ward, where he distributes food and clothing to the poor.
State Senator Emerson L. Richards opened his Camden campaign headquarters for the Republican nomination for governor in the Hotel Walt Whitman building, with Jack Weinberg supervising the campaign and naming a committee of 50 business and professional men.
Eighth Ward candidates Walter Sekula, William Tansky, Jr., and Mrs. Theresa Maloney Di Lello denied that their "Regular Republican" opponents had the endorsement of the Eighth Ward Republican Club, 1718 Broadway, and the William Jones Republican Club, 707 Ferry avenue.
The murder of Detective William Feitz by bandits marked the first slaying of a policeman in the history of the Camden department; police records showed three other members had been shot, two stabbed and a sixth beaten with an iron pipe, but all survived.
Camden police under Chief Arthur Colsey opened a city-wide hunt for the bandits who shot Detective William T. Feitz four times in the back when he surprised a holdup of 20 persons in a house at 243 Sycamore Street.
Two days after Detective William Feitz was buried, Emma Heisler, whose suicide came as a tragic sequel to his death, was laid to rest in New Camden Cemetery after a funeral from Frank J. Leonard's establishment at Broadway and Lansdowne Avenue.
Outgoing Officers Honored at 5th Annual Event in Eagles Hall ---- More than 1000 persons last night attended the fifth annual hall of the Zuni Athletic Association in honor of their outgoing officers at the Eagles Hall, 415 Broadway .
Arrested early yesterday when he refused to pay a 50-cent check in a restaurant on Kaighn Avenue near Broadway, “Tommy” Moreland, of 1616 Broadway, was arraigned in police court and released with a suspended sentence.
A former U. S. marine who spent a week in the basement of city hall helping veterans make out their bonus applications while police searched throughout the city for him, was arrested by Acting Detective John V. Wilkie Saturday night.
The Tenth Ward Republican Organization Club named committees for its tenth annual ball, held February 28 at Eagle's auditorium on Broadway. Earl Wright served on the program committee.
A man who allegedly aimed a blow at Sgt. Ray Smith, ex-heavyweight champion of the A.E.F. Tuesday night received a 30-day suspended sentence in police court yesterday.
Again choosing a Sigmund Romberg operetta for its annual musical production,the senior class of Camden Catholic High School will present The Desert Song tonight and tomorrow night in the high school lyceum, Broadway and Federal Streets .
Test Case Decree Awaits Jurist's Signature Today On Federal Employment Camden Group Endorses Action of Philadelphia Martine The Philadelphia veteran of the World War who was responsible for obtaining a court ruling safeguarding veterans rights for preference on Federal employment projects, last night told his story to Camden ex-service men.
Eighteen motorists arrested for minor traffic violations were shown clemency last night in traffic court by Judge Lewis Liberman because of the recent icy condition of the streets.
Camden police, including Patrolmen John Kaighn, Oliver Morgan, Earl Wright and John V. Wilkie, seized a pin-ball slot machine in a raid on a store at 1806 Broadway.
Junior Fire Captain Eli Hunt of Engine Company No. 3, 1813 Broadway, retired March 1 for disability, took formal leave of his comrades as Battalion Chief Charles Erickson and Commissioner Mary W. Kobus praised his service since 1918.
The Sixth Ward Republican Association's third annual "Night in Ireland" honoring Patrolman John S. McTaggart will be held March 16 in the Eagle's Hall, 415 Broadway, with more than 3000 tickets sold.
Requiem mass was celebrated in Sacred Heart Church for Mrs. Ruth McTaggart, 46, of 915 Broadway, wife of Patrolman John McTaggart, with burial in Calvary cemetery. Camden policemen formed a guard of honor and served as pallbearers.
Angelo Margolis, 38, of 1112 Langham Avenue, a chef and father of 13 who was shot when two bandits held up a card game at 725 Penn Street on January 11, 1938, died in Cooper Hospital, and a murder warrant was issued for his assailant.
Luigi Tortu, 21, of 426 Line Street, and two girls, Pearl Wills of Delair and Evelyn Buffa of 810 Florence Street, were held by Camden city and county police after Angelos Malagas, a restaurant cook shot in the January 11, 1938 holdup of a card game at 725 Penn Street, died in Cooper Hospital 13 days later.
Chigger Pup Tent No. 7, the Camden branch of the Military Order of the Cootie, prepared to initiate a class of 18 V.F.W. candidates in January 1938; Howard Bean served as an officer of the branch.
Obituary of Carl Weiwadel, 45, of 138 North Twenty-second Street, a Spanish-American and Philippine Wars veteran and member of VFW Post 980 who died at Cooper Hospital.
Haig Kapigian of 1251 North 28th Street reported to police that eight steam radiators worth $25 had been stolen from a vacant building at 2210 Broadway since January 30.
Camden Courier-Post - February 7, 1938 Theft at 418 Broadway Reported to Police; other Homes Robbed Two garages and several homes were entered over the weekend by thieves who escaped with cash, jewelry, and other articles.
William H. Filer, 19, of 500 Branch Street, held in $1,000 bail for Grand Jury action after firing a gun into a telephone trunk cable at Broadway and Lansdowne Avenue.
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.
Camden Courier-Post - February 14, 1938 Plans for two modern stores on the site of 213-15 Broadway , have been approved by Commissioner Frank J. Hartmann .
S. Herbert Taylor, assistant county engineer, will explain his proposal to widen Broadway as a state highway project to property owners and Broadway business men.
A June 1939 Camden Courier-Post account of Kobus Twilight League baseball, in which St. Joseph's Polish routed the Polish American Citizens Club, 13 to 1, at Broadway and Everett Street, and Campbell's Soup beat the Twelfth Ward.
More than 1000 persons attended a "Night in Ireland" party at Labor Temple, Broadway and Royden Street, in honor of Patrolman John McTaggart, "Broadway's Irish Cop," with former Governor Harold G. Hoffman and Acting Chief of Police Ralph Bakley among the guests.
The clothing and jewelry store of S. Lester at 713 Broadway was destroyed by a two-alarm fire of undetermined origin following an explosion. Eight companies fought the fire for seven hours, and damage was estimated at $100,000.
A three-alarm fire swept the S. S. Kresge building at 29-33 Broadway, threatening Camden's central business district; five firemen were burned, and a second blaze at the Camden Foundry Co., Front and Elm streets, called out the city's remaining fire companies.
Camden Courier-Post, June 5, 1948 — funeral notice for Mrs. Emma G. Woods of 618 South Fifth Street, a life-long Camden resident, with Requiem Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and burial in Calvary Cemetery.
Mayor Brunner called a July 1950 conference to coordinate city departments in clearing high grass and weeds from Camden — a campaign during which crews uncovered and destroyed more than 200 wild marijuana plants on a city lot at Chelton Avenue and Arlington Street.
Three men arrested in Atlantic City in the $2000 holdup of Lynch's Cafe at 3rd and Erie Streets were held without bail by Judge Dzick; the getaway car had been recovered on 7th Street between Liberty Street and Kaighn Avenue.
By Ronald G. Van Tine Restrictions on nightlong parking on principal streets in the business district will be tried out early next year as a major step in a campaign to make Camden a cleaner city in which to live and work.
Nuisance Eliminated, They Say, Praising Action by Police Camden City's police crackdown on the illegal operations of pretzel vendors and other type peddlers in the mid-city business area was hailed today by the merchants.
Gerald M. Miller, 24, of the 2100 block of Berwick Street was held on $250 bail on charges of passing a red light and drunken driving after being stopped by police at Carman Street.
Obituary of John Melfi Sr., 74, of 24 Ablett Village, Camden — born in Italy, Camden resident for 42 years, maintenance man for Eavenson and Levering. Camden Courier-Post, December 11, 1956.
The embezzlement trial of Camden attorney Charles F. Murray was expected to reach a jury, after testimony from his former secretary Mrs. Bernice Brown of 614 South 3rd Street.
James Walker pleaded guilty to the fatal shooting of Herbert L. Abbott of 1243 South 3rd Street, killed during an argument over a dice game at 211 Line Street in May 1961.
Camden Courier-Post - May 16, 1964 C. Hobart Corson , 62, of 117 N. 23rd st. , former president of the Ninth Ward Republican Club , was found dead yesterday on the second floor of the club's headquarters on Broadway near Royden st .
A Camden Courier-Post retrospective on the origins of organized labor in Camden, centering on Peter J. McGuire and on the father-and-son cigarmakers Frank and Robert Hartmann, whose Third and Arch Streets factory housed the movement's earliest meetings. Robert Hartmann was elected first president of the Camden County Central Labor Union in 1908.
A general-alarm fire raged for four hours on March 7, 1967, destroying the L-shaped building at 613 Broadway that housed Anthony Corradetti Sales Enterprises, a distributor of toys, novelties and household goods, along with two nearby residences on Line Street, before almost 100 firemen brought it under control.
Death notice for Harry F. Juckett, 81, of 15 North 35th Street — a World War I veteran and retired Public Service Gas & Electric employee — with Requiem Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and interment at Calvary Cemetery, Cherry Hill.
On the eve of his March 1980 retirement dinner, Camden fire captain John P. Gryckiewicz looked back on 40 years with the department — the rescues, the Garden State Race Track fire, 84-hour weeks and $60 paychecks, and a city he still loved.
By Erik Swartz, Courier-Post Staff Edward "Broadway Eddie" Warhoftig , a Cherry Hill resident and Camden businessman who won a Grammy Award as a music producer on one of the biggest-selling albums of all time, died Saturday. He was 69.
Camden Courier-Post - November 25, 2003 NARDI, HON. JOSEPH M., JR. — Suddenly on November 23, 2003, age 71 of Audubon, formerly of Voorhees and Camden.
Camden Courier-Post - November 25, 2003 By KEVIN RIORDAN, Courier-Post Staff Retired state Superior Court Judge Joseph M. Nardi Jr. , a shoemaker's son who became an attorney, a mayor and a member of the state judiciary, is dead.
Camden Courier-Post - November 29, 2003 Cheap Chinese labor dooms family firm By Eileen Stilwell, Courier-Post Staff, Camden No more polyester beards on Broadway . No more plaited "wench wigs" for the Mummers on Broad Street.
St. John's Parish was incorporated on January 7, 1852, having been in its inception a mission of St. Paul's Parish . In 1853 a lot was secured at the northwest corner of Broadway and Royden Street .
During the Civil War, Camden purchased its first steam fire apparatus on June 4, 1864 the Independence Fire Company No. 3 purchased an Amoskeag steamer for $3250. This apparatus was a third class, single pump style with serial #92.
Gordon Mackay, Camden Courier-Post, February 25, 1938: "Fair, charming and clever, Mrs. Rocco Palese is one of my 'favorite girl friends' — this is rather an exclusive organization — to be found in South Jersey."
Bulletin of the Camden County Historical Society - February 1960 The Man who Shot the Man who Shot Lincoln by Arthur D. Pierce and Howard R. Kemble The year was 1870. The address was 308 Mechanic Street , Camden, New Jersey.
Dr. David E. Cooper and his family lived and worked at 919 Broadway from 1937 until the 1950s. Joseph S. Cooper’s memoir provides a detailed description of the house as it appeared in 1937, built in 1840 for a relative of Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story.
W.E. Tebbets' 1933 Walkathon Walkathons and Dance Marathons became popular during the Depression years. Promoter W.E. Tebbets set up many of these events all over the country, bringing his own bands and entertainers along to the event.
Reprinted from the series of stories of Camden's earlier days, under the title Sixty Years in Camden County - Gosh! by Will Paul, appearing in The Community news, of Merchantville, NJ.
J. B. VAN SCIVER & CO. This firm occupy a handsome building on the corner of Delaware avenue and Federal street . It is of mammoth proportions and is visible along the whole river front.
Historical photos and news clippings of the intersection of Broadway and Federal Street in Camden — the heart of the city — from the 1850s through 2003, covering the courthouse, the Munger & Long Building, Lit Brothers, the Elks and YMCA, and surrounding landmarks.
Twelve soldiers from Camden County, NJ died when the troop transport HMT Rohna was struck by a German guided glider bomb and sank off the coast of North Africa on November 26, 1943 — one of the greatest maritime disasters of World War II.
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.
Arthur Cuellen Batten (1904–1972), known to his fellow firefighters as Artie, joined the Camden Fire Department on March 4, 1927 and served until his retirement on February 28, 1969, rising to captain of Rescue Company 1 and acting battalion chief. He lived for many years at 1132 North 22nd Street in Cramer Hill and invented the un-patented ring cutter used by the rescue company to remove finger jewelry.
Charles E. Watkin Jr. (1879-1954) was a Camden Fire Department captain who served over 34 years, from his appointment on January 1, 1915 until his retirement on May 1, 1949.
Charles Miller Gladney was born in New Jersey on September 2, 1877, to George and Mary Gladney. In 1878, the family lived at 728 Mount Vernon Street , but by 1880, George, Mary, and their older son David had moved to 432 Liberty Street in Camden.
David Tattersdill was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England in 1873 and opened his first music store at 1002 North 27th Street in Cramer Hill in 1903, building a business on Broadway that his sons continued operating into the 1970s.
Dr. Dillwyn Parrish Pancoast was born on March 11, 1836, in Mullica Hill, Harrison Township, NJ, to Israel Pancoast, a farmer, and his wife, Sarah Ann Lippincott.
Physician, pharmacist, and Camden's first Medical Inspector; later Health Director and chief school physician who shaped public-school health care in Camden for a generation.
Dr. Milton H. Gordon was a Camden physician specializing in internal medicine and cardiology who practiced at offices on North 27th Street and the Wilson Building.
Camden aviator and Army Colonel; organized the South Jersey Aviation Club from his home at 106 South 27th Street and was instrumental in establishing Central Airport. Born May 25, 1884 in New Britain CT, he died in December 1961 in Ventura CA.
Earl Wright joined the Camden police force in 1928, serving as a motorcycle patrolman and later Sergeant. He is best known as the officer who arrested mass murderer Howard Unruh on September 6, 1949.
GEORGE ACKERLE was born December 14, 1920 in New Jersey. He was one of at least seven children born to Paul F. and Anna Ackerle. The Ackerles lived in Deptford NJ through at least April of 1930.
George B. Anderson was appointed to the Camden Fire Department on September 18, 1872, as a replacement extra man with Engine Company 2 . He filled the position left by William S. Davis , who had been promoted to Engineer.
George Birch was born on May 10, 1905, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father either passed away or abandoned the family, leaving George's mother, Katherine Halligan, an illiterate Irish immigrant, to raise him alone.
George Denniston Haley (1848-1923) was a Civil War veteran of the 116th New York Volunteers who lost an arm at Port Hudson and later settled in Camden, New Jersey.
Harry J. Burrichter was born in 1877 in New Jersey to Henry J. and Katherine Burrichter. In 1880, the family lived at 929 Broadway , where Henry Burrichter operated a grocery store.
Harry L. Leonard was a Camden-born funeral director and World War I veteran who opened his own funeral parlor at 120 South 27th Street in 1927, later moving to 2850 Federal Street, and ran for Camden County Coroner in 1936.
Henry L. "Harry" Barroway was a prominent Camden attorney and founding president of Congregation Beth El. Last a resident of 458 South 27th Street, he died in November 1965.
Isaac J. Hibbs was born on March 25, 1848, in Pennsylvania. He was the son of Isaac G. Hibbs, a carpenter, and his wife Mary. At the time of the 1850 Census, he was the youngest of the seven living Hibbs children.
James J. Daly was born in Camden around 1881 and spent nearly his entire life there. He was the son of James P. Daly and his wife. His father entered the bar business as early as 1906, operating Daly's Café at 800 Linden Street .
Jesse P. Johnson was born around 1873 in Des Moines, Iowa, and moved to Camden, New Jersey, around 1890. The 1890-1891 Camden City Directory lists him living at the corner of 9th and Pearl Streets and working as a salesman in Philadelphia.
John Atwood Ewing was born on July 7, 1845, in Delaware to parents John and May Ewing. In his early years, he lived in Penns Grove, Salem County, New Jersey.
Leon Edgar Todd Sr. was born in Camden NJ on November 22, 1893. He operated his real estate agency for many years in Camden at 2623 Westfield Avenue , a building designed by the Camden architectural firm of Lackey & Hettel .
Leonard F. Garbrecht (1910–2000) was a Camden fire captain who served from 1941 until retiring on disability in 1960. He was the last remaining captain of that era and a charter member of Camden City Firefighters Local 788.
Rabbi Naftoly H.J. Riff (1893-1976) led Congregation Sons of Israel on South 8th Street in Camden, New Jersey for nearly 50 years from the early 1920s.
Ralph Waldo Emerson Donges, born on May 5, 1868, in Donaldson, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, to Dr. John Washington Donges and Rose Marguerite Renaud Donges, was a distinguished legal and political figure in Camden, NJ.
Robert Gess (1887-1950) was born in Pennsylvania and worked for many years at the Howland Croft Sons & Co. textile mill at Broadway and Jefferson Street in Camden, becoming a foreman there about 1918. He suffered a fatal heart attack at the plant on June 28, 1950.
Sigmund "Sig" Schoenagle was born in Vienna, Austria, around 1875. As a young man, he immigrated to America and settled in Camden, NJ. In 1894, he established a haberdashery at the southwest corner of 3rd and Federal Streets .
Theodore T. Kausel was born in New York on October 25, 1885. By 1919, he resided in Camden, New Jersey, where he served as superintendent of the Castle Kid Company, one of the city's leather manufacturing businesses.
Vincent Ariel Tydeman was born in New Jersey on August 24, 1883, to Edmund and Sarah Tydeman, who emigrated from England to the U.S. in 1878 with their nine children. The Tydemans welcomed another child, Florence, just before the 1880 census.
Walter Dayton Eastlack (1889–1964) was a Camden firefighter who served 29 years with the Camden Fire Department, from his appointment on March 3, 1925 to his retirement on March 15, 1954.
Private First Class William Groome (1916–1944), a former New York Shipbuilding Company employee who had lived for six years at 119 North 23rd Street in East Camden, served with Company K, 351st Infantry Regiment, 88th Infantry Division. He was killed in action at Anzio, Italy on May 12, 1944 and was buried at Beverly National Cemetery in 1949.
Fifth Street was one of Camden's original streets, running south to north, with a few major interruptions, from Newton Avenue to just west of Pyne Point in North Camden.
Ninth Street is one of Camden's longest north–south thoroughfares, running from the Delaware River waterfront in North Camden, through the city's central corridor, and far south through Cramer Hill and Whitman Park. Block numbering begins at Federal Street.
Amber Street is a small street that runs parallel to Kaighn Avenue from South 4th Street to South 6th Street. Best known as the alley beside Triangle Liquor east of Broadway.
Arlington Street in South Camden ran one block and virtually disappeared after demolition in 2004. The street was home to working-class families, the General Gas Mantle factory (which caused thorium contamination), and became an EPA Superfund site in 1996.
Auburn Street is a small street that runs from Broadway to South Sixth Street between Benson and Washington Streets. All 26 homes were seized by eminent domain and demolished in 2001.
Branch Street is a one-block street running from 1460 Broadway east to South 6th Street; formerly known as Commerce Street until sometime between 1888–1889 and 1890–1891.
Bridge Avenue was one of Camden's most notable thoroughfares, lying between Federal and Mickle Streets. By 1947 only the block east of South 8th Street remained, and that too has long since vanished.
Broadway was Camden's main commercial thoroughfare, once known as the 'Mall of South Jersey,' running from the Delaware River bridge plaza south to Gloucester City and beyond.
Bulson Street runs east from Broadway to South 11th Street alongside the railroad tracks, named after 19th-century farmer Gilbert Bulson. At one time the tracks were at street level; in modern times the overpass has been known as "the hump."
A short alley between Liberty and Mechanic Streets in South Camden, named for shoemaker William A. Butcher who built a shoe factory on it in the 1890s.
Cammer's Court, also known as Dudley's Court and later Cramer's Court, was a half-block alley running south from Pine Street between 512 and 516 Pine Street; first listed in city directories in 1863 as Dudley's Court, it disappeared after 1917 when the Hurley Store expanded its warehouse.
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.
Church Place ran for a half block from Stevens Street north towards Mickle Street, west of Broadway in Camden, NJ. It was laid out between 1878 and 1885, alongside the German Evangelical Lutheran Church, and homes remained there into the 1940s. The church and Chapel Place were razed in July 2018.
Clare Street is a one-block thoroughfare in South Camden, running from Pine Street to Division Street. Originally called Pine Avenue, it was renamed Clare Street between 1878 and 1890, then later renamed Jesthroe Hunt Sr. Lane in honor of a Camden firefighter who passed away in 2005.
Coates Alley is a short street in Camden that originally ran parallel to Broadway and South 5th Street from Cherry Street north across Spruce Street to Division Street. Today it is one block long, running from Spruce Street to Division Street.
One of Camden's oldest and most storied streets, named after the Cooper family. Covers the full length from the waterfront to the 2000 block, including the Victor Talking Machine Company, Esterbrook Pen Company, Johnson Park, the Hotel Plaza, the Walt Whitman Hotel, the Elks Lodge, and East Camden's other Cooper Street.
Dauphin Street runs south from Line Street across Pine Street to Division Street, between South 4th and South 5th Streets in South Camden. Originally called Kaighn Street, it was renamed in January 1882.
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.
Federal Street, originally called Joseph Cooper's Lane, is one of the primary east-west streets in Camden, running from the Delaware River waterfront through Stockton Township to Mount Holly. The intersection of Federal Street and Broadway is considered by most to be the center of center city Camden.
French's Court, originally French Street, was a small court of frame houses running west from 1021 Broadway in Camden. It appeared by 1850 and was last listed around 1922; its buildings were gone by 1906.
Jefferson Avenue, also called Jefferson Street, runs from the Delaware River east to South 10th Street in Camden, one block north of Chelton Avenue; construction of I-676 severed the street, wiping out all structures east of the railroad tracks to Master Street.
One of Camden's major east-west streets, running from Kaighn's Point at the Delaware River east to Admiral Wilson Boulevard and the Airport Circle in Pennsauken, with block-by-block address histories from the 1860s through the early 2000s.
Liberty Street, listed in the 1850 Camden City Directory, was in the early 20th century a culturally diverse area west of Broadway, home to ethnic communities employed in nearby factories and stores.
Line Street was named for the final division line between the Cooper and Kaighn properties. Laid out as a twenty-foot alley and widened to fifty feet in 1848, it became the boundary between the Middle and South Wards.
Market Street in Camden was likely named because it linked via the ferry to Market Street in Philadelphia, which it follows on the map; no known market existed on it. Includes a circa 1893 photo looking east from N. 2nd Street.
Mickle Street, also known as Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, is a major east-west road in Camden, named for John W. Mickle, a Federal Street Ferry organizer with a large stake in the Camden and Amboy Railroad.
Morse Street in East Camden was named for Henry G. Morse, founder and president of the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, whose Camden shipyard led to the creation of Yorkship Village.
Royden Street , which was improperly spelled on the city plan, was named in honor of William Royden, who in 1681-82 became the owner of all the land between the present Cooper Street and Line Street .
Salem Street is a one-block street running from Ferry Avenue south to Viola Street. Homes at 1831 through 1841 Salem Street first appear in the 1890-1891 Camden City Directory.
The American National Bank, founded in the mid-1920s at 1213 Broadway in Camden, New Jersey, merged with Camden Trust after 1936; its building is now demolished.
1123 Broadway (Broadway and Sycamore Street), Camden, NJ Established in 1885, the Camden National Bank opened at 259 Kaighn Avenue on August 13, 1885. Zophar C. Howell was the first President.
The Sixth Ward Republican Club was active in Camden as early as the 1890s through at least 1947. Richard J. Richardson was the club president for several years around the turn of the century.
By Phil Cohen One Postcard, Two Destinations, Three Continents, Six People, and One Hundred and Two Years The Mystery The postcard above was mailed on October 5, 1910 from Camden, New Jersey to Miss Ella Kremo at the Tivoli Theater in Sydney, Australia.
The Zuni Athletic Association sponsored semi-pro sports teams as early as the spring of 1930 and into the early 60s. It appears to have founded in that year.