Carman Street

Carman Street, Camden, aerial view, 1961

Yellow-toned directory advertisement for Dale Dance Studio at 558 Carman Street, Camden, with an illustration of a man and woman in formal dress dancing. It promises that beginners can dance after one lesson, lists fox trot, waltz, rumba and samba, offers a free trial lesson, and gives a second studio address in Philadelphia.

A boxed newspaper display advertisement for Barrett, a tire shop at 560 Carman Street in Camden, near Broadway between Federal and Mickle Streets. It offers First Quality Hood tires at $1 a week for one tire or a set with no money down, plus an allowance of as high as $2.50 on old tires, and is open every night until 10.

A black-and-white printed advertisement for Roy Steele's Tavern, billed as "Camden's Sport Center" and "South Jersey's Largest Bar," with the proprietor's name, a Bell telephone number and the address 560 Carman Street. Two small ornaments separate the lines of text. It ran in the program for the Industrial Union of Marine and Ship Workers, Local No. 1, Fourth Annual Ball, January 27, 1939.

A newspaper halftone photograph looking along a snowy Carman Street sidewalk toward a corrugated-metal storefront with a canopy marked 558 Carman. A Camden County College "Entrance" sign hangs beside the door, a pedestrian in a dark coat walks along the sidewalk, and a parking meter stands at the curb. A tall vertical Broadway sign with a Playhouse nameplate projects from the building at the upper left. The printed caption says the college branch is just off Broadway and was scheduled to open Feb. 2, occupying second-floor quarters at the corner of Carman Street; the photo credit is to the Courier-Post.

A cropped Yellow Pages advertisement for Frank's Florist Shop, printed in a bold heading with a rule running to the right edge. The ad promises flowers for all occasions, with wedding and funeral designs a specialty, and gives the shop's address as 562 Carman Street, Camden, followed by a telephone exchange and number. The right edge of the scan is dark and blurred, so the ends of several lines cannot be read.

A newspaper column reporting the death of Fireman William Elberson of the headquarters company at Fifth and Arch streets, who was known as "Bill" and had been ill for some time. It says his funeral would take place the next afternoon from the residence of his brother, Theodore Elberson, 564 Carman Street.

A boxed newspaper advertisement for The Clan Mfg. Co., sanitary chemists dealing in cleaning and janitors' supplies, at 565 Carman Street, Camden, N.J. It gives the telephone as Bell, Camden 5962. The ad appeared in the Camden Courier-Post on March 12, 1930.

A boxed newspaper advertisement for the Clan Manufacturing Company, a janitors' supplies business at 565 Carman Street, listing the phone number Camden 5962. The ad appeared in the Camden Courier-Post on February 20, 1936.

A short death notice for Emma B. Neukirk, wife of John L. Neukirk, who died on December 1, 1902. It invites relatives and friends to funeral services on Thursday afternoon, December 4, at her late residence at 567 Carman Street, Camden, with private interment at Harleigh Cemetery. The clipping is a narrow strip with partial lines of adjoining text cut off at the top and bottom.

A framed advertisement with a wavy border for Otto's Beauty Shoppe, hair stylists, at 580 Carman Street, Camden. It touts an eight-time win in the International Hair Tapering Contest and includes a halftone portrait of a man, unidentified, above the shop name, address and telephone number. It is from the 1955 New Jersey Bell Yellow Pages.

A black-and-white postcard showing an artist's rendering of a large domed, classical-style court building with a columned central entrance, flanked by lamp posts and statuary, under a cloudy sky. Printed Republican Party campaign slogans appear above and below the building. The postcard is dated c. 1905.

A short newspaper item reporting that Camden Detective John Painter recovered two gold watches stolen from the room of John Inman, a boarder at 584 Carman Street, in a Philadelphia pawnshop.

A narrow newspaper clipping headed HERBERT MARSHALL announcing funeral services for Herbert Marshall, 67, of 584 Carman Street, Camden. It gives the service at the Frank J. Leonard Funeral Home, 1451 Broadway, burial in Beverly National Cemetery, his lifelong residence in Camden, his former work as a pipe-coverer at the New York Shipyard, and the survivors named. No publication name or date is printed on the clipping.

A boxed newspaper advertisement for an absolute auction of a detached river-front residence at 309 Bank Ave., Riverton, N.J., to be held on the premises on Thursday, October 15th, at 3 P.M. The ad describes a 14-room house on a lot 70 feet by more than 500 feet, sold by order of the owner, George Merrill, by the Louis Traiman Auction Company of 588 Carman St., Camden. No publication name or year is printed on the ad.

Newspaper legal notice from the Camden Courier-Post of June 12, 1954, in which the New Camden Aerie #065, Fraternal Order of Eagles, announces its application to the state Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control for a club license for premises at 588-592 Carman Street. It lists the club's officers and trustees with their home addresses, and invites written objections to the Director of the Division in Newark.

Newspaper clipping with a bold three-line headline reporting that Camden police were still investigating the July 14 shooting of a waitress, Mrs. Dorothy Wielenbeck, who lived at 597 Carman Street, by a restaurant cook, George Mackris, who then killed himself. The article says he left two notes in Greek and mentions his lost savings. The publication and date are not printed on the clipping; the year is 1955.

No Money Down!

Camden Courier-Post, March 28, 1932

4 Holdup Suspects Are Denied Bail

Camden Courier-Post, August 1, 1936

Shipyard Wages Lure to Firemen

Camden Post-Telegram, March 22, 1918

609 Carman Street, Most and Turner Pianos, 1933

A boxed Yellow Pages display advertisement on yellow paper, under the heading "Piano Tuning (Cont'd)", for Most & Turner at 609 Carman, Camden. It advertises precision piano tuning, pianos bought and sold, refinishing and restyling, and repairs on all makes, with an exchange-and-number telephone listing ending 4-1446.

Mary McClyment, 610 Carman Street

A short newspaper wedding notice, filed on the Carman Street page under 622 Carman Street. It reports that Miss Linda B. Patton married William C. Kean of Woodbury at the Carman Street residence of the bride's brother, with Rev. Holmes F. Gravatt of the First M. E. Church officiating, and that the couple would make their home in Pitman.

A short newspaper item reporting that Mrs. Susanna Reinhart, 86, of 627 Carman Street, fell down the stairs at her home and fractured her left arm. She was taken to Cooper Hospital, found to be badly shaken up, and was able to leave after treatment with no ill effects expected.

A newspaper obituary for Mrs. Anne Corbett, 55, of Staten Island, N.Y., who died at St. Vincent's Hospital in New York City after living 53 years in Camden. It lists her husband and her daughter, a novice in Princeton, and gives the Camden funeral arrangements: Requiem Mass at the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception, calling at the David F. Harrigan Funeral Home, and burial at Calvary Cemetery, Cherry Hill. The clipping prints no date or newspaper name; it dates to 1959.

Roy A. Smith

Camden Courier-Post, January 18, 1936

Death of Mrs. Sarah Boyle

Camden Post-Telegram, May 28, 1918

A newspaper clipping reporting that Humbert Mauro and Bud Smith, the latter of 702 Carman Street, were each fined $25 by Judge J. Harry Switzer in police court after a fist fight aboard a Public Service bus on the Williamstown-Blackwood line. The bus driver, Nelson Gant of Cross Keys, testified that the fight broke a window and interfered with other passengers. From the Camden Courier-Post, December 17, 1934.

A newspaper death notice for Mrs. Stella M. Beach, 47, of 702 Carman Street, marked as reprinted from Friday's Late Edition. It lists her Camden lodge and club memberships, her surviving husband, sisters and brother, and the funeral home services and burial arrangements. Published in the Camden Courier-Post, September 13, 1958.

A newspaper clipping reporting that a 12-year-old West Street boy was cut on the face and hands when struck by an automobile at Newton avenue near Pine street. The driver, Wilfred P. Jarvis, 21, of 706 Carman street, took the boy to Cooper Hospital and was released in his own recognizance. The clipping carries no printed publication name or date.

A newspaper clipping reporting that Angel M. Rodriguez, 35, of 300 Penn st., was admitted to West Jersey Hospital after a severe beating and that his car had been stolen. Less than half an hour afterwards, Fernando Reyes, 52, of 708 Carman st., stumbled into the office of Broadway Motors, 1444 Broadway, also badly battered. The clipping carries no printed publication name or date. Slivers of the neighboring column are visible at the right edge.

Black-and-white studio portrait of a balding man with a mustache, shown from the chest up and turned slightly to one side. He wears a tweed-textured jacket, a white collar and a dark bow tie against a plain, softly shaded backdrop. He is identified as Samuel C. Curriden of the Camden Fire Department, who lived at 845 Bridge Avenue. The photograph is undated.

Newspaper death notice announcing that Marie Caroline Trout, beloved wife of Mathias S. Hess, died on February 21, 1927, aged 53 years. It invites relatives and friends to the funeral services on Thursday afternoon at 2:30 from her late residence at 723 Carman Street, Camden, with interment at Harleigh Cemetery and friends welcome to call Wednesday evening after 7 o'clock.

Black-and-white head-and-shoulders portrait of an older man in a fire department uniform: a white-topped peaked cap with a badge, a dark jacket with a pin on each lapel, a white shirt and a dark tie. He faces the camera against a plain dark background. He is Harry J. Wagner Jr., chief of the Camden Fire Department. No lettering is legible anywhere in the photograph.

Short newspaper item headed "A Grave Charge." It reports that Lewis Sapp, of 727 Carmen street (the paper's spelling), was charged in the Police Court by his 17-year-old daughter, Lillie Sapp, with a serious assault on her, and was held in $1,000 bail for court. The archive places the clipping on its Carman Street page under 727 Carman Street, dated November 2, 1893.

Newspaper clipping headlined "Paper Packing Force Gets More Recruits." It reports that boilermaker Crawford Smith received a call from a "belled-up" namesake, Andy Smith, a leather worker, and that Policeman Ulie Andrews locked him up after he had put a brick through a front window of Crawford's home. Recorder Stackhouse sentenced him to two months at the paper picking plant. The publication and date are not printed on the cutting itself. The bottom edge is cropped, leaving only the tops of one further line of type.

Newspaper clipping headlined "4 Men, Woman Jailed on Disorderly Charges." It reports that four men and a woman, including Matthew Hess and George Wagner of 729 Carman street, were arraigned in police court and received suspended sentences from Judge Garfield Pancoast on charges of disorderly conduct after a reported riot at Tenth and Market streets. The newspaper name and date are not printed on the clipping; they come from the archive's caption (Camden Courier-Post, August 29, 1933). The crop ends mid-story, at "on the ground."

A short newspaper obituary for Mathias S. Hess, 71, a retired engineer at the Camden City pumping station at Morris Station, Delair, who died at his home at 729 Carman Street. It notes 35 years of employment at the plant, that he was a native of Tuckahoe, and that funeral services were to be held at the Schroeder funeral home on Cooper Street with burial in Harleigh Cemetery. The clipping prints no publication name or date.

A newspaper obituary for Mrs. Sue Gee Wagner, 72, of 729 Carman Street, a lifelong Camden resident. It names her husband Harry J. Wagner, a city water department employe, her sons including Fire Captain Harry J. Wagner, Jr., and her two brothers, and gives funeral arrangements at the B. C. Schroeder and Sons funeral home on Cooper Street. The clipping prints no publication name or date.

A World War I draft registration card (Form No. 1) filled out in ink for Crawford Miller Smith, giving his address as 736 Carman, Camden, N.J., his age as 36 and his birth date as Dec 24, 1880. It lists his occupation and his employer as Camden Iron Works at the foot of Line St, Camden, with his nearest relative as Lilian Smith of the same address, and carries his signature at the bottom.

A sepia, undated snapshot of a man standing full-length in front of a dark brick wall, wearing a light suit jacket, a striped tie and dark trousers and shoes. Windows with wooden sills sit above and below him in the wall, and the ground is paved with brick. A visible crease or scratch crosses the lower part of the print. The man is identified as John G. Brazier, 737 Carman Street.

Sepia-toned snapshot of a woman and a man standing side by side against a plain light wall. The woman wears a sleeveless patterned dress with a belt, a beaded necklace and a corsage; the man wears a white short-sleeved collared shirt and dark belted trousers. The photograph is undated and carries no lettering. It appears on the Carman Street page, labeled John G. Brazier, 737 Carman Street, in the 700 block of Carman Street.

Newspaper item reporting a double birthday party for William and Forrest Foster, held at their home at 755 Carman street on a Thursday evening, with music, games and a supper. It lists the guests, beginning with Mr. Crawford Smith and wife and children. The record's existing alt text and the archive's Carman Street page credit it to the Camden Post-Telegram of February 22, 1919 and associate it with 755 Carman Street.

Black-and-white full-length photograph of an older man with glasses and gray hair, wearing a dark three-piece suit with a pocket watch chain, standing outdoors with one hand on his hip and the other resting on the door of a dark early automobile. A running board and a spoked wheel are visible beside him. The archive's page for Carman Street presents it as part of a group of Carlin family photographs from 720 Carman Street, captioned "William H. Carlin and family, 720 Carman Street."

Black-and-white studio portrait of an older woman with short curled gray hair and wire-rimmed glasses, turned slightly to look off to one side. She wears earrings and a dark top decorated with beaded or sequined embroidery. It is part of a group of photographs of William H. Carlin and family from 720 Carman Street.

Black-and-white close-up portrait of two women posed cheek to cheek, both looking toward the camera. One has dark, waved hair and a broad smile and wears a dark floral-print dress; the other has short, lighter graying hair and round wire-rimmed glasses and wears a light, patterned blouse. The record names them as Bertha and Ida Carlin; the archive groups the photograph with its pictures of William H. Carlin and family at 720 Carman Street, Camden. The photograph is undated.

Two Suspects Held in Bail of $25,000 Each

Camden Courier-Post, December 19, 1957

Bell & Evans, Inc., 1610-1644 Carman Street, 1936

Camden Poultry, 1610–1618 Carman Street, 1936

1986–1996 Carman Street

A newspaper clipping headed "Mrs. Lillian Wisdom Services on Tuesday". It announces funeral services for the 53-year-old Mrs. Wisdom at the Clarence J. Eichel funeral home, with burial in Locustwood Memorial Park, and notes that she lived with her sister at 1989 Carman St. and died in Cooper Hospital. The clipping carries no printed publication name or date.

A pair of attached brick rowhouses on a city street. The one at the left is boarded up, with plywood over its windows and large multicolored graffiti tags across its ground floor. The neighboring house at the right has a red front, a white-railed porch and a lit window. A white sedan is parked at the curb in the foreground, in front of a short flight of steps and a worn sidewalk.

A two-story brick rowhouse with boarded-up windows and a cornice in need of repair, its ground floor covered in large multicolored graffiti lettering. A red house with a white porch stands beside it, and a tan vinyl-sided house and a higher apartment building appear to the left and behind. A white sedan is parked at the curb in the foreground. The view is dated 1994-1996.

A freestanding two-story brick building with boarded-up windows beside a grassy vacant lot, its ground floor covered in large white, teal and black graffiti lettering with smaller tags above and below. A stone stoop with steps runs along the front, a tan vinyl-sided house stands to the left, and taller apartment buildings rise in the background. The view is dated 1996.

A two-story brick rowhouse on Carman Street with boarded-up windows, a weathered painted side wall, and large graffiti tags across the ground floor. A green street sign on a pole with a stop sign stands in the foreground, and bare trees and an adjoining house with metal siding are visible behind. The archive captions the photograph "1986–1996 Carman Street."

2222 Carman Street, Camden Post-Telegram, September 13, 1923

2304 Carman Street, Camden Post-Telegram, November 3, 1906

2400–2600 block of Carman Street, June 2006

2600–2400 block of Carman Street, June 2006

A closer view of the same stretch of Carman Street on a sunny day. A white building with a graffiti mural stands at the left edge, a silver car is stopped on the road ahead, and utility poles with overhead wires line the street. A round red-and-white sign is mounted on a pole at the right.

A color photograph looking down a narrow Carman Street, with a silver sedan driving toward the camera on the asphalt roadway. A white painted building with a pale graffiti mural at its edge and a small porch-like entry stands beside the street, trees and overhead utility wires line the block, and a red DO NOT ENTER sign is mounted on a utility pole at the right edge. The view is dated June 30, 2006.

2815 Carman Street, 1932

2814 Carman Street, 1966

Haggerty Missed Kellmann’s Fate

Camden Post-Telegram, October 15, 1912

2916 Carman Street, 2011

2929–2931 Carman Street, March 2008

3000 block of Carman Street, March 2008

Close view of a row of attached and neighboring houses on the 3000 block of Carman Street, Camden, photographed on a sunny winter day with bare trees against a blue sky. In the center is a two-story house of dark gray brick with a pale siding upper section and a white-sided enclosed front porch with a satellite dish nearby. On the left is a white house with a front door reached by a red-painted brick stoop with a metal railing, and on the right is a brick house with a wooden deck. A trash can with a bag on top stands on the sidewalk, and the front of a parked vehicle is just visible at the right edge. No signs or other lettering are legible.

Wider street view of the 3000 block of Carman Street, Camden, taken on a sunny winter day with leafless trees and overhead wires. On the left are a gray brick house with a white-sided front porch and a red brick stoop with a metal railing, followed by a brown brick house with a wooden deck and a covered front porch with columns. A silver SUV and a dark pickup truck are parked along the curb, with another car at the right edge, and a sidewalk with a trash can runs along the left foreground. The license plates and the back of a street sign at the right are too small and blurred to read.

A two-story brick rowhouse-style building with a shingled hip roof and a columned front porch, photographed from the street on a clear day. A raised wooden deck, a pair of satellite dishes and a window air conditioner are visible on the buildings, and a silver sport utility vehicle and a second dark vehicle are parked at the curb in front. Bare trees and overhead wires fill the sky. The archive captions the photo as part of the 3000 block of Carman Street, March 8, 2008.

Fourteen Caught in Saloon Round-Up

Philadelphia Inquirer, June 26, 1900

Midway Theatre Opened by Mayor

Camden Courier-Post, January 29, 1951

Notice of Application

Camden Courier-Post, June 21, 1958

City Schedules Sale of Garage Building

Camden Courier-Post, July 4, 1941

Motorist Is Fined $25 for Passing Red Light

Camden Courier-Post, June 2, 1932

Paper Packing Force Gets More Recruits

Camden Post-Telegram, November 30, 1910

‘Santa’ Pays Fines of Numbers Pawns

Camden Courier-Post, January 19, 1935

Burglar Hunt at Early Hour

Camden Post-Telegram, July 24, 1907

Notice of Application

Camden Courier-Post, June 10, 1957

Mrs. Marie E. Simon Dies at 68; Beloved 'Mayor of Fogarty Ave.'

Camden Courier-Post, February 25, 1959