Bulson Street

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Looking west from South 8th Street, north of the railroad tracks, at Bulson Street, you'll find the rear of 2142 and 2144 Kossuth Street in the Chelton Terrace Public Housing Project on the far right. At the far left, you'll spot the Barry Bronze Bearing Company at 724 Bulson Street. This photo, captured by John Yates, dates back to circa 1955.

Bulson Street runs east from Broadway to South 11th Street along the railroad tracks that run from Camden to the rest of South Jersey. A farmer named Gilbert Bulson owned a large parcel of land in the area in the 19th century, and the street apparently was named after him. City Directories as far back as 1878 list Bulson Street as running from the Delaware River between Isay Street, possibly present day Chelton Avenue, and Florence Street.

At one time the railroad tracks were at street level, then a bridge was built over the tracks. In modern times this has been known as "the hump." The old Camden Beer brewery stood at South 6th and Bulson for many years. There were other businesses and homes on the south side of Bulson Street for many years, although today they only exist in the 900 and 1000 blocks. Around 2010 a new street, Ware Street, was laid out on the north side of the tracks between Master and South 10th Streets, and homes have been built that back onto Bulson Street in the 800 and 900 blocks, with a "new" Bulson Street being provided; that being said, there are two Bulson Streets in the 900 block, one on each side of the railroad tracks.

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Bulson Street Block 600

682 Bulson Street — Worthington Winfield Betts

Private First Class Worthington Winfield Betts of 682 Bulson Street
Private First Class Worthington Winfield Betts — 682 Bulson Street

600 Block of Bulson Street

Address and occupant records from city directories, 1915–1980.

678 Bulson Street

678 Bulson Street — 600 Block of Bulson Street
yearname
1915Nathan Wine
1910s–1930sKarl Eberhard & Family — Karl & Anna Eberhard, Howard H. Eberhard, Lena Eberhard, Wilhelmina Eberhard, Henrietta Eberhard, Karl Eberhard, Richard Eberhard
1947James Smith

680 Bulson Street

680 Bulson Street — 600 Block of Bulson Street
yearname
1947Vacant

682 Bulson Street

682 Bulson Street — 600 Block of Bulson Street
yearname
1940Joseph S. Betts & Family — Joseph S. & Miriam Betts, Joseph E. Betts, Worthington Winfield Betts, Miriam Betts
1947Vacant

684 Bulson Street

684 Bulson Street — 600 Block of Bulson Street
yearname
1947Olaf A. Anderson

686 Bulson Street

686 Bulson Street — 600 Block of Bulson Street
yearname
1947Walter Russell

Bulson Street Block 700

700 Block of Bulson Street

Address and occupant records from city directories, 1947–1980.

724 Bulson Street

724 Bulson Street — 700 Block of Bulson Street
yearname
1947–1980Barry Bronze Bearing Company

728 Bulson Street

728 Bulson Street — 700 Block of Bulson Street
yearname
1947Frank C. Cheeseman

Bulson Street Block 800

Looking west from South 8th Street north of the railroad tracks at Bulson Street, with rear of Kossuth Street visible at far right, John Yates photo
Looking west from South 8th Street at Bulson Street — John Yates photo, c. 1955

824 Bulson Street — 1933

Babies Born in April Get B. & L. Stock Shares — The first payment on one share of stock in the Kearsarge Building and Loan Association has been offered to parents of the following children born in the Fourteenth ward during the month of April: Norman Turner, 824 Bulson Street; Kathryn Jeanette Mahoney, 709 Morgan Street; Anna Mae Hollowell, 550 Grant Avenue; Janice Fem Crossett, 551 Woodland Avenue; Thomas Joseph Dorsey, Jr., 2929 Constitution Road; June Lonkert, 1515 Collings Road; Donald Embley Corson, 2512 Morgan Boulevard; Eileen Francis Patton, 1212 Yorkship Square; Philip Edward Gruber, Jr., 1232 America Road; Jean Marie Fanslow, 1659 Alabama Road; John Campbell, 539 Lester Terrace; William Richard Hook, 1577 Alabama Road; Carole Marie Davis, 2788 Yorkship Square; and Earl Purnell Lewin, 1228 America Road.

828 Bulson Street

Dr. Marcus K. Mines, physician who attended patients at 828 Bulson Street
Dr. Marcus K. Mines — 828 Bulson Street
Heroines and Ruins — fire at 828 and 830 Bulson Street, Camden Courier-Post, October 12, 1956
Camden Courier-Post, October 12, 1956
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HEROINES AND RUINS of fire Thursday which wrecked the dwellings at 828 and 830 Bulson st. Dorothy Harrington, 18 (left), and her sister Mary, 20, led the occupants of the 830 address, Norman Smith, 80, his wife, Frances, and their 18-month grandchild, to safety when they were trapped in the flames. A third sister, Rose, 13, also aided in the rescue.

800 Block of Bulson Street

Address and occupant records from city directories, 1924–1980.

824 Bulson Street

824 Bulson Street — 800 Block of Bulson Street
yearname
1933Norman Turner
1947–1956Joseph Harrington & Family — Joseph & Dorothy Harrington, Rose Harrington, Dorothy Harrington, Mary Harrington

828 Bulson Street

828 Bulson Street — 800 Block of Bulson Street
yearname
1921–1956William H. Baldwin & Family — William H. & Bertha Baldwin, William Baldwin, Lydia Baldwin, Clara Baldwin, Charles Baldwin

830 Bulson Street

830 Bulson Street — 800 Block of Bulson Street
yearname
1924–1956Norman Smith & Family — Norman & Frances Smith, Charles Gantt

Bulson Street Block 900

922 Bulson Street — 1915

Philadelphia Inquirer article about Emil Nagle of 922 Bulson Street, February 9, 1915
Philadelphia Inquirer, February 9, 1915
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Arrested as a result of a tale told by 13 year-old Dorothy Smith, of Mt Ephraim avenue and Newton Creek, Emil Nagle, of 922 Bulson street, the father of seven children, was released yesterday by Recorder Stackhouse yesterday because of the lack of evidence.

966 Bulson Street — 1891

Philadelphia Inquirer article Camden's Elopement Romance — James Brown at Tenth and Bulson Streets, July 18, 1891
Philadelphia Inquirer, July 18, 1891
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CAMDEN'S ELOPEMENT ROMANCE. A short time ago James Brown, a man of 65 years, living at Tenth and Bulson streets, married Miss Mary Foster, a girl of 15 years, living at Mount Ephraim. Brown promised to deed property, valued at $10,000, to the girl. After they were married and she had discovered that the property was not his to dispose of, she took $100 and fled, it is said, with her first lover, Elwood Farrell, of South Camden.

966 Bulson Street — Walter & Stephen Koscianski

Private Walter J. Koscianski of 966 Bulson Street
Private Walter J. Koscianski — 966 Bulson Street
Technician Fifth Class Stephen V. Koscianski of 966 Bulson Street
Technician Fifth Class Stephen V. Koscianski — 966 Bulson Street

900 Block of Bulson Street

Address and occupant records from city directories, 1878–1980.

922 Bulson Street

922 Bulson Street — 900 Block of Bulson Street
yearname
1915Emil Nagle

928 Bulson Street

928 Bulson Street — 900 Block of Bulson Street
yearname
1919–1929Father Joseph Halaburda
1924Anna Susra
1947Benjamin Lagacki
1980Josephine Lagocki

936 Bulson Street

936 Bulson Street — 900 Block of Bulson Street
yearname
1947James W. Clickstine

962 Bulson Street

962 Bulson Street — 900 Block of Bulson Street
yearname
1947Minnie Cheeseman

964 Bulson Street

964 Bulson Street — 900 Block of Bulson Street
yearname
1947Helen Wrotniewski

966 Bulson Street

966 Bulson Street — 900 Block of Bulson Street
yearname
1878–1891James Brown — grocer
1924–1947Walter Koscianski & Family — Walter & Antonia Koscianski, Walter J. Koscianski, Stephen V. Koscianski, Anthony Koscianski, Tillie Koscianski

Bulson Street Block 1000

Looking south on South 9th Street to the intersection at Bulson Street, 1950s, John Yates photo
Looking south on South 9th Street to Bulson Street — 1950s — John Yates photo

1008 Bulson Street

1008 Bulson Street, photograph from 1942
1008 Bulson Street — 1942
1008 Bulson Street, photograph from May 2009
1008 Bulson Street — May 2009

1000 Block of Bulson Street

Address and occupant records from city directories, 1914–1980.

1000 Bulson Street

1000 Bulson Street — 1000 Block of Bulson Street
yearname
1914Joseph D. Channell & Family — foreman — Joseph D. & Mary A. Channell

1008 Bulson Street

1008 Bulson Street — 1000 Block of Bulson Street
yearname
1947John H. Hart

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Portrait of Walter J. Koscianski

Walter J. Koscianski

Private Walter J. Koscianski of 966 Bulson Street, Camden, served with the 63rd Signal Battalion. Born in Philadelphia in 1905, the oldest son of Polish immigrant parents, he drove a truck for the City of Camden's Highway and Parks Departments for five years before his induction in June 1942, and died on February 6, 1943 while driving a truck in Algiers. He is buried at the North Africa American Cemetery in Carthage, Tunisia.

Portrait of Stephen V. Koscianski

Stephen V. Koscianski

Technician 5th Class Stephen V. Koscianski of 966 Bulson Street, Camden, served with the 31st Signal Construction Company. Born in Philadelphia in 1907 to Polish immigrant parents, he ran an auto salvage and used car business beside the family home before his induction in October 1942, and was lost on November 27, 1943 when the troopship HMT Rohna was sunk in the Mediterranean.

Ware Street

Ware Street in Camden, NJ was created in the 2000s after the Chelton Terrace housing project was demolished; it runs from Master to South 10th Street.

Basil Cook - World War 2 - Draft Card

Basil P. Cook

Basil Preston Cook was born in England. He entered the bar business during Prohibition and had several encounters with the law. By 1932, he was managing a bar at 939 South 5th Street .

1946 map of Camden showing the Fairview section and Alabama Road

America Road

America Road is a street in two sections: one running from West Octagon Road east to Yorkship Square, the other running from the opposite side of Yorkship Square eastward, ending at East Octagon Road.

Northeast view of 8th Street from Ferry Avenue, Camden NJ, 2011

8th Street

Eighth Street runs south to north, with a few major interruptions, from Morgan Boulevard to Pyne Point in North Camden — one of Camden's longest thoroughfares.

Camden Family Wash Laundry at 1037–1039 North 6th Street, Camden NJ

6th Street

Sixth Street runs with few interruptions from the Delaware River to Morgan Street, virtually the length of the city, from North Camden south almost all the way to Gloucester City.

Bar Stock Photo

Camden Beer

The Camden County Beverage Co., Fillmore & Bulson Streets, Camden, New Jersey Camden's brewery at Fillmore and Bulson Street s was built in 1904 by Joseph Baumgartner.

Beverage-Firm-Worker-Fatally-Stricken

Beverage Firm Worker Fatally Stricken

Camden Courier Post - May 3, 1949 John A. Herrmann, 52, Bell avenue, Barrington, and employe [sic] of the Camden County Beverage Co., Fillmore and Bulson streets, collapsed and died yesterday while cleaning a vat.

15 Dead, 2 Missing from South Jersey

The War Department's June 13, 1944 casualty list named fifteen South Jersey men killed and two missing, among them Corporal Stephen V. Koscianski of 966 Bulson Street, Camden — one of twelve on the list who had been lost with the troopship HMT Rohna in the Mediterranean seven months earlier.

St. Joseph's Church Keeps in Touch with Men and Women in Armed Forces; Four Sons Killed and Two Missing — Camden Courier-Post, 1944

St. Joseph's Church Keeps in Touch with Men and Women in Armed Forces

A 1944 Camden Courier-Post feature by Frank Sheridan on St. Joseph's Church (the Polish parish at Tenth and Mechanic Streets), whose 1,154 mothers gave sons and daughters to the war — four killed, two missing, one a prisoner — among them Joseph Piotrowski, lost when the cruiser Helena was sunk at Kula Gulf.

Service flag unfurled by St. Joseph's Church, Tenth and Mechanic Streets, Camden, August 31, 1943

1150 Camden Poles In Service Honored

A service flag honoring 1,150 St. Joseph's Parish men and women in the armed forces was unfurled at Tenth and Mechanic Streets, where Mayor Brunner pinned gold stars on the mothers and a brother of parishioners killed or missing in World War II. Courier-Post, August 31, 1943.

Camden Soldier Dies in African Action — Camden Courier-Post, June 19, 1943

Camden Soldier Dies in African Action

The Camden Courier-Post reported that the parents of Pvt. Walter J. Koscianski of Bulson Street had been notified by the War Department that their son was killed in North Africa; confirmation came when a V-mail letter sent to him by John Emmel of 905 Sylvan Street was returned marked "Deceased, return to sender."

Babies Born in April Get B. & L. Stock Shares

Kearsarge Building and Loan Association offers stock shares to parents of babies born in Camden's Fourteenth Ward in April, including Jean Marie Fanslow of 1659 Alabama Road and William Richard Hook of 1677 Alabama Road. Camden Courier-Post, June 10, 1933.

Four Men and Woman Admit Dispute Charge

Four men and a woman, among them 28-year-old Walter Koscianski of 966 Bulson Street, were fined $25 each in Camden police court in June 1933 after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct while denying they had been disorderly — a case arising from a motorcycle policeman's arrest of the five at Tenth and Bulson Streets.

3 Youths Held as Blaze Razes Grain Plant of Sitley and Son

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.

Philadelphia Inquirer, December 14, 1906 — Pedestrians Held Up, Thomas Fogarty

Pedestrians Held Up

Thomas G. Fogarty of 2224 South Tenth Street fights off would-be robbers near Seventh and Bulson Streets; Miss Anne Larsen of 2222 South Fourth Street escapes a similar attack.

Philadelphia Inquirer, May 21, 1903 — Camden Notes

Camden Notes

Brief news items from Camden including the burial of Fireman John W. Vanhart of 326 North Tenth street, a locomotive-sparked fire at Nineteenth and Bulson streets, and the sentencing of Walter Scott Miller.

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