400 Block of <a>Federal Street</a>, circa 1890 - Postcard. M. S. Ervin's Grocery was at 428 Federal Street. Camden Carpet Cleaning Works was at 423 Federal Street.
Federal Street was originally called Joseph Cooper's Lane, and ran from the river to the old Haddonfield Road. In 1803 Joshua Cooper, who was an ardent Federalist, called it Federal Street. His father, Daniel Cooper, had, in 1764, built a large three-story brick house and established a ferry about the same time to Philadelphia. This lane was to provide the farmers in the area a way to get to the ferry.
When a new road was authorized between Mount Holly and Cooper's Creek (known today as the Cooper River), the act stated that it should end at the Delaware River. On Oct. 21, 1794, the route was laid out between Cooper's Creek and Joshua Cooper's Ferry.
Federal Street developed into one of the primary east-west streets in Camden. The intersection of Federal Street and Broadway is considered by most to be, in modern times, the "center of center city Camden." At this intersection in past times stood Camden Catholic High School, the Camden County Courthouse, and the Munger & Long Department Store building, later the home of a J.C. Penney Department Store branch. Federal Street between the Delaware River and the Cooper featured many shops, homes, and small businesses prior to being subjected to various urban renewal projects in the latter half of the 20th century.
Once built, Federal Street northeast of the Cooper River ran through Stockton Township (present-day East Camden), Merchantville, and Moorestown on its way to Mount Holly. In the 1800s a stage coach line was established that ran from Cooper's ferry to the Halfway Inn, which stood at 36th and Federal Streets, near the toll gate. The stage ran until the advent of horse cars, around 1890. George W. Loper was the last surviving stage driver, passing away in 1942. Stockton Township, which, in its last years, consisted of all of present-day Camden northeast of the Cooper, was finally annexed to Camden in 1899. Shortly thereafter, the City of Camden built a library, police station, and fire house at the intersection of Federal Street and Westfield Avenue. These buildings were still standing in 2003, and the fire house has been in continuous use as such since its erection. Also still in existence, although the exterior has been extensively altered, is the toll house at 36th and Federal Street.
In the first part of the 20th Century, as Camden experienced its boom years, Federal Street between the Cooper River and 20th Street became the home of several large commercial enterprises, including the Warren Webster & Company plant, which manufactured heating systems, and the DuBell Lumber Company. There also were several new car dealerships, and a busy retail district between Marlton Pike and 27th Street.
Federal Street passes in front of where stood the estate of Thomas H. Dudley. Known in modern times as Dudley Grange, and the site of a Camden County owned and operated park, the Dudley mansion served as the East Camden branch of Camden's public library system through the 1970s. Camden's third public high school, Woodrow Wilson High School, also lies on Federal Street, opposite Dudley Grange.
George Burtos Mechanic Street Minnie Aaron Jesse Pratt "Jimmy" Bundles Linden Street
97 Federal Street
97 Federal Street — Unit Block of Federal Street
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97 Federal Street
Units start water as cockloft and top floor lights up at Pennsylvania Railroad Building, Front & Federal Streets. Fourth Alarm occurred on 10-22-1975.
My Aunt, Evelyn Formosa Lloyd (my Mother’s sister) was a telephone/switchboard operator in the Pennsylvania Railroad Building from about 1925 to 1965! When I saw your posting of the fire the memory of going to work with her a couple of times came back to me. Her office had a small kitchen and a seating area. She would let me listen in on calls and introduce me to the callers as she knew most of them. For a 10 year old this was fun! However, the building was dark and scary when she was on the 3 to 11 shift! Fortunately, my Uncle Earl Lloyd would pick us up at the door. He worked for the same railroad but in Atlantic City. He was a mechanic on the locomotives. My Aunt took me to AC on the train and we would meet up with my Uncle and we would have dinner and go on the boardwalk. Of course, my Uncle had driven to work so we had a quick ride back to their home in West Collingswood where I would spend the night.
The Delaware & Atlantic Telephone & Telegraph Co. Camden District November, 1906 Directory
201 Federal Street — Veteran’s Restaurant
By Louis Anthony, March 2013
That picture was taken in the summer of 1967. My father’s name was Andrew Anthony and dog’s name was Gypsy. My father worked for a man named Mike Poulis, both Greek. My father died in 1968 and I believe the place closed shortly after that.
300 Block of Federal Street
300-302 Federal Street
300-302 Federal Street — 300 Block of Federal Street
year↕
name↕
1882–1886
Andrews & Brother Hats, Caps
1886–1897
L.E. Roberts, Hats and & Fine Furnishings Lewis E. Roberts
1886–1896
L.E. Roberts, Hats and & Fine Furnishings
1898–1899
Mrs. Elizabeth Sawyer widow of Charles Sawyer
1898–1899
John L. Megonigal
1902
Elias Kelly tailor
1902
Charles Bray & Family
1928
Main Meat Market Meyer Goldberg
Richard & William Andrews
Peter Stow "Colonel" John Beck
301 Federal Street
301 Federal Street — 300 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1955
Wiley Mission, Inc.
1955
New Jersey Bell Telephone
304 Federal Street
304 Federal Street — 300 Block of Federal Street
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1860s–1905
"Colonel" John Beck residence porter bottler & saloon at 306 Federal
306 Federal Street
306 Federal Street — 300 Block of Federal Street
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1860s–1905
"Colonel" John Beck porter bottler & saloon
1863–1878
John Beck Sr. & Family porter bottler John & Margaret Beck "Colonel" John Beck
George W. Fry - John P. "Jack" Scannell North 3rd Street - York Street Harry Bailey - Charles Fuchs Sylvan Street - Federal Street John Thompson - George Schu South 2nd Street - John Hagenbusher
Left: Joseph Manfredini
Clare Street - Locust Street - federal street South 2nd Street - Washington Street
louis stehr - Henry Butler - Edward Brown Marie Gibbs - Rhoda Montgomery Carrie Washington - Hazel Shipman
Neil Jensen
Frank Vari Louis Ucciferri Helen Ucciferri
Clair Revegno Alexandr Rovegno Ignatz Nori
Vincent Pasquarelli - Dolores Pasquarelli Ernest Nori - Norma Nori Caroline DiMarco John S. Piersanti
John Beck - Henry Garren William G. Zimmerman - Andrew Sheddlinger Charles B. Hale - John Hertlein Herman Kuhle - John Lock - Adam Rumpf Jacob Lawrence - William Gsand
Garden State Surplus Army & Navy Surplus camping equipment
1955–1969
Army & Navy Surplus
1955
New Jersey Bell Telephone
Third Alarm Fire on April 9, 1969 Firefighters were hampered by exploding munitions in the building. Fortunately, there
My family has deep roots in Camden, back at least to 1840. George W. Jobes was a tinner and tinsmith at 35 Fourth Street and by 1880 had a store at 328 Federal Street. The family lived above the shop for three generations until my grandparents moved to Audubon in 1930s. The business passed to sons Pancoast (Pank) Jobes and then to Everett for awhile.
George W. was the father of William Jobes, killed in the armory fire of 1906. The irony is that George W. served in Civil War with the Sixth Regiment.
My grandfather Everett played on a few different Camden baseball teams in the 1910s. I even have newspaper clippings and the scores from games that he recorded in his diaries. He was quite the star but he didn’t go to Camden High. He went to Pennington Academy.
George W. Jobes’ brother, Samuel B. Jobes, was Captain and hero of Bliss Farm at Gettysburg.
415 Federal Street — Social Security Administration Office Memory
This was the site of the Social Security Administration office where I worked from July 1, 1965 until May, 1968. Because it was the beginning of the Medicare program, all of the new hires were cross trained. I worked at the front desk, the new account number desk, typed from dictation for the disability unit and ironically helped out on the switchboard.
— Carol Segal Swanson, April 2020
500 Block of Federal Street
500 Federal Street
500 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
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1930s–late 1950s
Quality Food Market
1935
Hilda's Beauty Shop
500-504 Federal Street
500-504 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
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1930s–late 1950s
Quality Food Market
503 Federal Street
503 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
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1900
Michael Walsh
505 Federal Street
505 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
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1915
Norman Frank
1915
Robert Siruski
506 Federal Street
506 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
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1896–1902
John H. Riddle & Family (saloon)
1896–1902
John H. & Mary Riddle
1896–1902
Harry Riddle
1896–1902
Mabel Riddle
506-508 Federal Street
506-508 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
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1920s–1930s
National Industrial Finance Association Industrial Loans
William A. Moore - City Hotel Gertrude Gienger - Eugene Widmann Alvena Brass - Jules R. Schaaf Harry Rodenbach aka Harry Rodenbeck Andrew Travisco - Antonio Abbot Federal Street - North Front Street North 3rd Street - Spruce Street
552 Federal Street
552 Federal Street — 500 Block of Federal Street
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1883–1905
Thomas P. Curley Sr. & Family Thomas P. & Annie Curley Thomas P. Curley Jr. Anna May Curley John Curley
1914
Dr, Hubert MacGeorge
552 Federal Street
William Morrison Church of the Immaculate Conception Mickle Street
Thank you for letting me know that the store was on Federal Street rather than Broadway. I do recall that my friend Kathy and I went there and I purchased a 25th wedding anniversary dish as a gift for my parents. Their anniversary was February so it was probably late 1960 or early 1961. I am so happy to still have the dish.
Parick McConlogue 1887 William McConlogue Mrs. Margaret McConlogue
1887–1888
John Jeffrey
1887
Mrs. Emma Wood
1887
Parick McConlogue
1887
William McConlogue
1888
John Hyland 1888 John A. Hyland
1888
John Hyland
1888
John A. Hyland
Camden Courier-Post, January 12, 1953View transcription
Three Men Held
Without Bail in
Tavern Holdup
Trio Nabbed at Shore
Identified by Victim
Of $2000 Theft Here
Three men suspected of the $2000 robbery of a Camden woman tavern owner last Friday were held without bail for further hearing by Judge Dzick today.
Dzick acted in compliance with a request by Detectives Marshall Thompson and George Ellis, who said the investigation was not complete. The three were arrested Sunday in Atlantic City.
Booked on charges of armed robbery were Stanley Slagle, 22, of 1408 Broadway; James J. Lenahan, 24, of 1734 Broadway, and Robert Sharp, 26, of 19 N. Johnson blvd., Gloucester.
Identified as Boxer
Slagle was identified as a middleweight boxer, who started to fight last fall and appeared twice at a Philadelphia club.
Arrested at 2 a. m. Sunday the men were returned to Camden, where they were identified by Miss Mary Lynch, 44, who operates Lynch's Cafe at 3rd and Erie sts. Charles Clark, 33, of 538 N. Front st., a patron who was slugged on the head with a black-
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Suspects
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jack, was able to identify Lenahan and Sharp as participating in the daylight holdup, according to Detective Capt. Thomas Murphy.
Murphy said the men will be included in a police lineup Tuesday at 8 p. m. so that other victims of holdups in the area during the past year may view the suspects.
Atlantic City police said Patrolmen Adelmo Fidelli and Edward Shaw, acting on information from Camden detectives, nabbed Lenahan in the Nomad Club.
Fifteen minutes later, other officers took Sharp and Slagle into custody in the Jockey Club.
Shore police said they had been notified Camden authorities in a raid on an apartment in Camden had learned from a girl-friend of one of the men that she was to meet them in Atlantic City.
Some Money Recovered
Murphy said $600 of the stolen money was recovered on the men, in addition to $125 discovered in the apartment in the 1700 block on Broadway.
The detective captain said Detectives George Ellis and Marshall Thompson, who along with Detectives Harry Tracey and Sgt. William Kelly returned the suspects from the shore, had spent 43 hours without sleep on the trail of the bandits.
Murphy said the key to the capture was a license number obtained by Patrolman Oliver Morgan from an automobile seen near the scene of the holdup.
Car Was Stolen
The car, Murphy said, had been stolen from John J. Hegar, 640 Federal st., a certified public accountant, who was unaware of the theft until after the car was recovered Saturday on 7th st., between Liberty st. and Kaighn ave.
Later Saturday, Murphy related, Detective Harry Kyler and Detective Sgt. Vincent Conley obtained information linking Lenahan to the job and, still later, the apartment in Camden was raided.
Discovered in the apartment, Murphy said, were a .45-calibre automatic and the cash, found hidden under a chair cushion.
Murphy said Lenahan and Sharp, under questioning Sunday night in Camden, admitted their part in the holdup. Slagle, however, denied knowledge of the crime, Murphy added.
Discarded Weapons
Reconstructing the holdup and the trail of the gunmen, Murphy named Sharp as driver of the getaway car and said the men drove around the city and then later threw a shotgun and blackjack from the car.
The men went to Philadelphia, Murphy continued, where they purchased new clothes and wrist watches and other accessories and agreed to meet in Atlantic City.
Murphy said all have police records, Lenahan having been paroled in July from state prison after serving a term for grand larceny in Atlantic City. Sharp was released from state prison last year after serving a term for larceny of an automobile in Camden County and Slagle was released from the prison where he was sent for robbery, Murphy said.
Franklin Pierce Alloway and his wife, the former Sarah Lavinia Griffee resided at 645 Willard Street when their first child, my mother, was born on November 24, 1919. Her name was Sarah Lavinia Alloway. They resided at 815 Market Street when their second child, Eleanor Jennie Alloway, was born on December 10, 1921. They lived at 718 Federal Street when their third child, Florence Mae was born on February 23, 1923. They next resided at 513 South 6th Street when their fourth child, Franklin Charles “Bud” Alloway was born on November 7, 1924. They lived at 608 Carmen Street when their fifth child, William Robert Alloway was born, December 31, 1926. The family had moved to 436 Benson Street, when their sixth child, Anna Louse Alloway came on August 5, 1928. When the seventh and last child, Mary Elizabeth was born on August 30, 1930, the family was living at 422 Main Street. The reason given for the continual moving was because of the increase in the family size requiring larger accommodations.
1100 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
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1900–1955
F.L. Hurley Company
1105 Federal Street
1105 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
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1928
Walter Malan
1955–1959
South Jersey Exterminating Co., Inc.
1107 Federal Street
1107 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1940
Harvey Goodwin
1111 Federal Street
1111 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
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1938
James Coulter & Family James & Katherine Coulter
1112 Federal Street
1112 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
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1929
Edward Devlin
1933
Robert Farland
1116 Federal Street
1116 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1878
George Schweitzer saloon
1878
George Schweitzer
1127 Federal Street
1127 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1918
John A. Mulligan
1128 Federal Street
1128 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1929
Adolph Checcetto & Family Adolph & Teresa Checcetto Alfred Checcetto - Chester Checcetto Philip Checcetto - Louise Checcetto MArie Checcetto - Catherine Checcetto Teresa Checcetto
1131 Federal Street
1131 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
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1917
John A. Mulligan
Federal Printing House
Commercial Motors & Parts Co. Inc. Stewart Trucks
1136 Federal Street
1136 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1933
Richard Wagner
1143 Federal Street
1143 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1910
Edward Mulligan & Family Edward & Ellen Mulligan James Mulligan - Edward Mulligan John A. Mulligan
1914
John C. Voll Sr. Frank Voll John C. Voll Jr.
1930
David Green & Family David & Sarah J. Dick Green
Harold S. Woodin
1145 Federal Street
1145 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1906
Edward Mulligan & Family Edward & Ellen Mulligan James Mulligan - Edward Mulligan John A. Mulligan
1147 Federal Street
1147 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1904–1916
Harry C. Anderson & Family Harry C. & Margaret Cummiskey Anderson
1149 Federal Street
1149 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1890
Louis Hack & Famiy saloonkeeper Louis & Catherine Hack Louis Hack Jr. - Harry Hack Augustus Hack - Louise Hack Emma Hack - Bertha Hack
1904
Benjamin Eppinger
1150 Federal Street
1150 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1940
Charles W. Wagner
1151 Federal Street
1151 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1940
Mrs. Sadie Carter
1153 Federal Street
1153 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1940
Vacant
1155 Federal Street
1155 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1940
Vacant
1157 Federal Street
1157 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
year↕
name↕
1891
Louis Hack & Famiy saloonkeeper Louis & Catherine Hack Louis Hack Jr. - Harry Hack Augustus Hack - Louise Hack Emma Hack - Bertha Hack
1940
Vacant
1159 Federal Street
1159 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1940
Frank O'Neill meats
1171 Federal Street
1171 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1940
Fuller Oil Company Inc.
1197 Federal Street
1197 Federal Street — 1100 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1880–1888
Exchange Hotel Christian Eckert
1902–1906
Charles Grossman saloon
1200 Block of Federal Street
North Side of Federal Street, 1906
North Side, 1200–1300 Block
North Side, 1200–1300 Block — 1200 Block of Federal Street
1600 Federal Street — 1600 Block of Federal Street
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About 1957
The railroad crossed Federal Street between Olga's Diner and the Soap Factory to the Warren Webster Factory
1601 Federal Street
1601 Federal Street — 1600 Block of Federal Street
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1920s–1960s
Warren Webster Company
These garages had belonged to Warren Webster Company
1625 Federal Street
1625 Federal Street — 1600 Block of Federal Street
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Felton-Sibley Paints
1698 Federal Street
1698 Federal Street — 1600 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1880s–1920s
Dobbins Soap Manufacturing Company
1920s–1940s
Iowa Soap Company
1955
Knolar Products Inc.
1955
New Jersey Bell Telephone
after 1959–late 2000s
Concord Chemical
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Building destroyed by fire June 19, 2011
Camden Courier-Post, April 27, 1948View transcription
FUNERAL ON FRIDAY FOR FIREMAN TOY
Fellow Members of City Department Will Act as Pallbearers
Funeral services for William Earl Toy, veteran Camden fireman who died Sunday of injuries received when the vehicle he was driving and a bus collided Saturday, will be held at 2 p. m. Friday at the residence, 607 West street.
Members of the Camden Fire Department will act as pallbearers and attend the viewing and funeral in a body. The pallbearers will be Deputy Chief William Herring, Captains Harry Wagner and Frank Oberman and Hosemen Morris Odell, Ervin Brennan and Christopher Moll.
Toy is survived by his widow, Margaret C., nee Voll, and a son William, Jr., a member of the Army Air Force stationed in Colorado, who is on his way home for the funeral.
He is survived also by his father, Lemuel, 86, who lived with his son and who was admitted to the hospital yesterday, suffering a heart ailment. His condition today was described as fair. He is unaware of his son's death.
Toy, 45 and a member of the department 17 years, was at the wheel of Acting Chief William Van Pfefferle's car when it collided with a west-bound Public Service bus at Sixteenth and Federal streets. Pfefferle escaped with severe cuts and bruises but Toy suffered fractures of the thigh, arm and wrist and internal injuries, the latter proving fatal. Both men were taken to Cooper hospital, where Pfefferle's condition today was described as good.
Joseph Seigle was my grandfather and is the taller gentleman on the right, my Uncle Marty (Martin Segal) is on the left. Since my great grandparents could not spell in English, each was given a different spelling at some point. My Uncle Marty and Aunt Helen lived above the tavern with their daughter Joyce before moving to a home on Baird Blvd. My Uncle Marty sold his share to my grandfather to pursue a career in politics and was Sheriff of Camden County for about 16 years.
— Karen Bender, April 2019
2000 Block of Federal Street
2000 Federal Street
2000 Federal Street — 2000 Block of Federal Street
Another car dealership, the building was Ford dealership briefly before becoming Garden State Motors Chrysler Plymouth in the 1930s. Michael Carbone brought his business, the Michael Carbone Printing Machinery has occupied the building as far back as the 1970s.
2046 Federal Street
2046 Federal Street — 2000 Block of Federal Street
2081 Federal Street — 2000 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1955
Barry's Clothes Inc.
1955
New Jersey Bell Telephone
Once the home of Samuel “Buddy” Leyman, who operated a sandwich shop here, before he was drafted and killed in action during WWII, this building was the home of Eva’s Beauty Salon for many years. It was put up for sale in 2004.
This store is/was across the alley from the Schmidt’s Beer distributor’ warehouse. Around 1958-59 we knew it as the “Grapevine Luncheonette”. My friends and I used to hang out there when I was 16, and I lived in the 1st floor apartment at 112 E. State Street at the end of the row. That was before the overpass was built and they had crossing gates and an attendant at the railroad tracks. A fellow named Vince owned the Grapevine…can’t remember his last name…
— Charles “Skeeter” Moy, March 2004
2100 Block of Federal Street
2101 Federal Street
2101 Federal Street — 2100 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1933
William Grams Wholesale Beer
2102 Federal Street
2102 Federal Street — 2100 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1902–1911
Chauncey B. Grumley & Family
1902–1911
Chauncey B. & Mary Ellen Grumley
1902–1911
William G. Grumley
1955–1964
PEARLMAN'S
1955
New Jersey Bell Telephone
2107 Federal Street
2107 Federal Street — 2100 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1932
O'Brien & Hoover Frank J. McHugh, manager
1955
New Jersey Bell Telephone
1955
Camden Automotive Inc
2113 Federal Street
2113 Federal Street — 2100 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1955
Household Construction Inc.
1955
New Jersey Bell Telephone
2121 Federal Street
2121 Federal Street — 2100 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1932–1941
Stanley's Auto Service
1955–2009
REM Auto Supply
1955
New Jersey Bell Telephone
The Mori family operated a car dealership in Vineland NJ. Eugene Mori developed Garden State Racetrack in the 1940s.
Stanley's Auto Service Morton Rose, president Isadore Morrow, secretary-treasurer
2182 Federal Street
2182 Federal Street — 2100 Block of Federal Street
The Shellow family was in business at 2315 Federal Street as early as 1936, selling cigars. Leon “Lee” & Ruth Shellow had a popular ice cream store here in the late 1940s. The family was still doing business here as late as the early 1980s. Pictured at left are Lee and Bill Shellow in 1980.
2400 Block of Federal Street
2400 Federal Street
2400 Federal Street — 2400 Block of Federal Street
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The East Side Cafe
2401 Federal Street
2401 Federal Street — 2400 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1940s–1960s
Dr. Leonard Rosen optometrist
2402 Federal Street
2402 Federal Street — 2400 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1898–1902
Nicholas Donohoe
1955
Goodyear Tire Service Stores
1955
New Jersey Bell Telephone
2011
Master Cuts & Styles
Birch Street - Michael Lynch - William Conroy
2402-2404 Federal Street
2402-2404 Federal Street — 2400 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1900–1902
Nicholas Donohoe
J. Roy McKay - James L. McKay McKay Gulf
2403 Federal Street
2403 Federal Street — 2400 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1946–1955
Kogan's Drug Store
1955
Kogan's Pharmacy
1955
New Jersey Bell Telephone
2404 Federal Street
2404 Federal Street — 2400 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1946
Sylvia Mae Millinery and Doll House (also 3401 Federal Street)
2405 Federal Street
2405 Federal Street — 2400 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1947
Hollander's Delicatessesn Samuel & Matilda Hollander
1955–1980s
Bucky's Shoe Fair
1955
New Jersey Bell Telephone
1994
H&K Electronics & Shoes 2004 Los Portales Restaurant
Max & Renee Marcus
Los Portales Restaurant
Photo from mid-1950s probably taken by Charles Wexlin proprietor of M & H Sweet Shop 2406 Federal Street
2406 Federal Street
2406 Federal Street — 2400 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1929–1940
Anthony Farsaci barber shop
1940s–1960
M & H Sweet Shop Charles Wexlin
Mrs. Sarah Finkelstein
Car used in a mid-1950s parade on Federal Street
Photo from mid-1950s probably taken by Charles Wexlin proprietor of M & H Sweet Shop 2406 Federal Street
View of a parade on Federal Street from 2406 Federal Street
2407 Federal Street
2407 Federal Street — 2400 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1892–1900
Stockton Hose Company No. 2
1903–1925
Donahoe's Hall Nicholas Donohoe & Family Ellen Donahoe (sister) restaurant
1955
Samuel Hollander caterer
1994
The Family Restaurant
Josiah Pedigree - George B. Johnson Mrs. Katie Conner Howell Street
Photo from mid-1950s probably taken by Charles Wexlin proprietor of M & H Sweet Shop 2406 Federal Street
Photo from 1994
2408 Federal Street
2408 Federal Street — 2400 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1934–1935
LaBelle Sandwich Shop
1940
Cumberland Cleaning Company
August 1933 Federal Seafood House
2409 Federal Street
2409 Federal Street — 2400 Block of Federal Street
year↕
name↕
1903–1913
Nicholas J. Donohoe restaurant
1917–1918
Huber's Family Theater Paul G. Huber, proprietor
1930
Morris Tomar & Family Morris & Katie Tomar Joseph Tomar Bessie Tomar William Tomar Julius Tomar
1940s
Lloyds Shoes Lewis Rosenberg
2413 Federal Street
2413 Federal Street — 2400 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1897
Charles Pile & Family
1897
Charles & Gertrude Johnson Pile
1946–1955
Little Folks Shop infants and childrens clothing
1946–1955
Little Folks Shop
Photo from mid-1950s probably taken by Charles Wexlin proprietor of M & H Sweet Shop 2406 Federal Street
2417 Federal Street
2417 Federal Street — 2400 Block of Federal Street
Fliegelman's Department Store Aaron Fliegelman Family Sidney Fliegleman aka Sid Mark
2418 Federal Street
2418 Federal Street — 2400 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1955
Kiddie Korner
Photo of road work on Federal Street from mid-1950s probably taken by Charles Wexlin proprietor of M & H Sweet Shop 2406 Federal Street
2421 Federal Street
2421 Federal Street — 2400 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1904
Frederick Wells pharmacist
1938
Standard Fruit & Produce Market
Stockton Hose Company No. 2, 2407 Federal Street
The Stockton Hose Company No. 2 was incorporated on December 14, 1892 by David Austermuhl, E.F. McMenimen, John F. Renner and George J. Swope. The company actually had been organized several months prior to its formal incorporation. Their apparatus was quartered in an old blacksmith shop at 2407 Federal Street; the shop had been altered to accommodate the company’s needs. This structure was razed and a new firehouse erected on the same site in 1897. In 1900 Elmer E. Stevens was Foreman; William H. Mershon, President; Martin J. Ryan, Vice-president; R. H. Plum, Recording Secretary; Samuel Wentz, Financial Secretary and Josiah Jones, Treasurer. The building was bought by Nicholas Donahoe shortly before the 1903 City Directory was compiled. He used the building as a cigar store, a restaurant, a hall, and as a residence until selling in 1925.
2500 Block of Federal Street
2500 Federal Street
2500 Federal Street — 2500 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1935–1940
FINKELSTEIN "King of Shoe Bargains" Morris Finkelstein
1938–1941
Hilda's Beauty Shoppe
East End Building
2501 Federal Street
2501 Federal Street — 2500 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1906–1922
Dr. Joseph W. Martindale & Family
1906–1922
Dr. Joseph W. & Charlotte Martindale
1906–1922
Gertrude Martindale
2501-2509 Federal Street
2501-2509 Federal Street — 2500 Block of Federal Street
name↕
The former kotlikoff's Store February 22, 2004
2502 Federal Street
2502 Federal Street — 2500 Block of Federal Street
year↕
name↕
1958–1959
American Finance Company
Thomas McGrory Edward J. Rowan
2503-2505 Federal Street
2503-2505 Federal Street — 2500 Block of Federal Street
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kotlikoff's October 8, 1936
The kotlikoff store later expanded to include 2501 Federal. The business remained open until early 1982.
2504 Federal Street
2504 Federal Street — 2500 Block of Federal Street
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1934
John Studinger
2508 Federal Street
2508 Federal Street — 2500 Block of Federal Street
2648 Federal Street — 2600 Block of Federal Street
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1902–1903
Isaac A. Stillings Sr. & Family
1902–1903
Isaac A. & Maggie Campbell Stillings
1902–1903
Isaac A. Stillings Jr.
1902–1903
Frank H. Stillings
Camden Courier-Post, July 7, 1950View transcription
4 COPS, 4 FIREMEN, WIDOW OF ONE WIN CITY PENSIONS
Johnson, Garrity, Crawford, Stahl Retire Aug. 31
Four police officers and four firemen applied for pensions under the mandatory 65-year-old retirement law today.
The applications, all approved by the police-firemen pension board, are in line with Commissioner Aaron's order in December, 1948, advising chiefs of the respective services that state law requires retirement of all personnel who have reached 65.
Police officers to be pensioned are Detective Capt. Samuel E. Johnson, 71, Capt. John T. Garrity, 65, Detective Frank Crawford, 69, and Patrolman Harry Stahl, 68.
Fire department members include Deputy Chief Clarence Madden, 67, and Firemen John Prucella, 75; Spencer Smith Sr., 68, and Frank L'Esperance, 66.
The eight men will retire Aug. 31, with each receiving one-half of the average annual salary of the last three years.
Also approved today was an application for a widow's pension by Mrs. Carrie Bean, 1103 North Twenty-sixth street. Her husband, Patrolman Howard Bean, died June 8, eight days after being pensioned. She will receive $1000 annually.
Captain Johnson, of 211 Elm street, is considered the dean of the police department, having served 40 years.
Johnson, who will receive $2019 annually, was appointed in April, 1910, and was made a detective 10 years later. He was elevated to sergeant in November, 1928, and to lieutenant in 1930.
One year after he was cited in
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1942 by former Public Safety Director Mary Kobus, Johnson was raised to captain. He served as acting police chief from December, 1947, to December, 1949.
Captain Garrity will receive $1601 annually. He served as commander in each of the three city districts. Garrity was appointed in January, 1920; made sergeant July, 1930; lieutenant in 1940, and captain on June 30, 1944. He lives at 2515 Morgan boulevard.
Following a "pep" meeting with city detectives Thursday, Aaron announced he had transferred Captain Garrity to his office for "special assignments." Sgt. William Schultz was named acting captain to head the third police district to replace Garrity.
Crawford, of 578 Chestnut street, will draw $1501. He was named to the force in 1912 and resigned eight years later. In 1931 he was reinstated and received a promotion to detective status in 1942. He was cited by former Chief John Golden.
Stahl Appointed in 1917
Stahl lives at 1513 Baird avenue. After his appointment in 1917, he saw service in most departments of the bureau. He will receive an annual pension of $1401.
Chief Madden, 2760 Mickle street, is serving as fire commander for the second fire district at Twenty-seventh and Federal streets. He was appointed July 1, 1910 and assigned to Engine Co. 5, Fifth and Arch streets.
In 1922 he was raised to lieutenant, and six years later became senior captain. Madden was named battalion chief Nov. 21, 1944 and deputy chief on Dec. 16, 1949.
Madden will receive about $2000, with the others drawing approximately $1358 annually.
Prucella, 919 Penn street, was sworn in on Nov. 1, 1911 and joined Engine Co. 5. Since 1933 he has been serving at No. 6 Engine Co., Front and Linden streets.
Smith was appointed May 1, 1914 and assigned to No. 1 Engine Co., Fourth and Pine streets. He has been attached to No. 10 Engine Co., Ninth street and Morgan boulevard, since 1920.
Frank L'Esperance, 604 Clinton street, is also a member of No. 10 Engine Co., where he has been attached since 1938. He was appointed June 6, 1918 and served with No. 5 and No. 3 engine companies.
2752 Federal Street — 2700 Block of Federal Street
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March 1, 1939 to June 1970 Lang's Bakery
John H. Lang preparing cakes early 1950s
2758 Federal Street
2758 Federal Street — 2700 Block of Federal Street
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1937
Mrs. Elizabeth Jones
2762 Federal Street
2762 Federal Street — 2700 Block of Federal Street
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1947–1960s
Joseph Petzitello & Family (barber shop)
1947–1960s
Joseph & Anna Petzitello
1947–1960s
Dominick J. Petzitello
2764 Federal Street
2764 Federal Street — 2700 Block of Federal Street
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1955
New Jersey Bell Telephone
2772 Federal Street
2772 Federal Street — 2700 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1955
New Jersey Bell Telephone
1962
Peter J. Catello
In the mid 1970s this building became the home of one of East Camden's first Hispanic-owned businesses, Elsie's Gift Shop. Around 1990 the business was sold, and operated until 2004 as the Fernandez Gift Shop.
After the war, 2748 Federal housed a business called Fair Variety, selling toys, trains and other hobby items. In 2003 the building was the home of Costa Verde Travel. By 2011 it was once again a barber shop as a new business, the VIP Barber Shop, had opened.
My grandparents (Joe and Ann Petzitello) lived at 2762 Federal where the shop was until approximately 1981. At age 81, my grandfather closed the shop, sold the house and moved to an apartment in Somerdale in 1981. I didn't know the year the barber shop was opened. My dad told me before they bought 2762, they rented a house and shop a few doors down on Federal - where Carl's Hardware was in the 1960's early 1970's.
— Roxann Briggs, February 15, 2012
2800 Block of Federal Street
2800 Federal Street
2800 Federal Street — 2800 Block of Federal Street
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1947–1955
Federal Cleaners & Dyers Angelo Macchia
2808-2810 Federal Street
2808-2810 Federal Street — 2800 Block of Federal Street
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The Former Home Of Post 705 Veterans of Foreign Wars July 2003 Burned down and razed December 29, 2005
Burned down and razed December 29, 2005
2848 Federal Street
2848 Federal Street — 2800 Block of Federal Street
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April 2004
2850 Federal Street
2850 Federal Street — 2800 Block of Federal Street
3221-3223 Federal Street — 3200 Block of Federal Street
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3221-3223 Federal Street
Floyd Miller in front of 3203 Federal Street. This was the home of the Bradley Funeral Home from the 1850s well past the late 1970s.
3203 Federal Street: This was the home of Fridolin and Mathilda Spuhler and family. His father, Frederick Spuhler, was born in Switzerland, and had come to what is now East Camden from Philadelphia around the beginning of 1862 and operated a grocery store near 27th and Thompson Streets, retiring around 1890. Fridolin Spuhler kept the business and operated with great success. It is likely that he had this house built for his family, possibly in the 1890s. The Spuhlers were living there by 1910.
The home remained in the family as late as 1947. By 1956 it had been sold to Mason Bradley, who operated a funeral parlor there into the 1980s.
3324 Federal Street — 3300 Block of Federal Street
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L.R. Hawk Paint & Wallpaper
Standard Supply & Construction Company
The Mason Bradley Funeral Home stood at 3303 Federal Street in the 1940s and early 1950s. He had moved his business to 3203 Federal Street by 1956.
3311 Federal Street: The empty lot was where the Mason Bradley Funeral Home was located. For many years 3311 Federal Street was the home of Daner Real Estate.
This is a photo of Charles Fean, Sr. (my father), Rosemary Fean (me) and my brother, Charles Fean Jr. It was taken at 3311 Federal Street, circa 1949, which was a home converted to an apartment house with four apartments which was owned by my Grandmother, Blanche Wallace.
— Rosemary Fean Detskas, December 6, 2011
3400 Block of Federal Street
3400 Federal Street
3400 Federal Street — 3400 Block of Federal Street
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Dr. Joseph Skyer, Physician 1947
3401 Federal Street
3401 Federal Street — 3400 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1941
Gray Service
1946
Sylvia Mae Millinery and Doll House (also 2404 Federal Street)
1946
Sylvia Mae Millinery
1955
Barron's Rug Mart
1955
New Jersey Bell Telephone
3402 Federal Street
3402 Federal Street — 3400 Block of Federal Street
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1950s–1960s
Rose's Beauty Shop aka Rose's for Beauty Rose Cangelosi Sweeten owner/operator
3404 Federal Street
3404 Federal Street — 3400 Block of Federal Street
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1947
Dr. Frank L. Reiter, Dentist
3405 Federal Street
3405 Federal Street — 3400 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
2000s–2011
Buddhist Temple
3406 Federal Street
3406 Federal Street — 3400 Block of Federal Street
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1955
Harris Department Store 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
1955
New Jersey Bell Telephone
Rosedale Department Store David G. Kotlikoff 1947
3408 Federal Street
3408 Federal Street — 3400 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1933
Mrs. Elizabeth Agnew Paul Agnew
1933
Mrs. Elizabeth Agnew
3410 Federal Street
3410 Federal Street — 3400 Block of Federal Street
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Private First Class Gustav A. Barricelli
3412 Federal Street
3412 Federal Street — 3400 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1947
Michael Barricelli Shoe Repair
1947
Michael Barricelli
3415 Federal Street
3415 Federal Street — 3400 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1921–1923
Oswin D. Kline & Family (real estate)
1921–1923
Oswin D. & Mary Kline
1921–1923
Albert Conover (stepson)
1921–1923
Marian Kline
1921–1923
William D. Conover (stepson)
3416 Federal Street
3416 Federal Street — 3400 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1939
Dr. Richard Cranmer
1955
Ed-Mar Flooring
1955
New Jersey Bell Telephone
Cramer School
3418-3420 Federal Street
3418-3420 Federal Street — 3400 Block of Federal Street
Irving Cartun later acquired the building and founded his hardware store there. He operated at this address through at least 1936. By 1947 he had moved his store across the street to 3514-3516 Federal, and also utilized 3512 in later years. This building was used as a warehouse for many years before it was demolished.
3513 Federal Street: Louis & Minnie Toll moved here from 326 Federal Street with sons Irvin and Herbert some time after April of 1930. The business is not listed in the 1970 NJ Bell Telephone Directory.
3600 Block of Federal Street
3600 Federal Street
3600 Federal Street — 3600 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1947
National Home Furnishings Company
3601 Federal Street
3601 Federal Street — 3600 Block of Federal Street
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The Rosedale Tavern
Rosedale Inn
The Rosedale Inn
3606 Federal Street
3606 Federal Street — 3600 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1962
Asa Sands & Family
1962
Bertha M. Sands
1962
Asa M. Sands
1962
Florence Sands
1962
Elsie Sands
3622 Federal Street
3622 Federal Street — 3600 Block of Federal Street
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Atlantic Service Station (gas station) 1947
7-11 Convenience Store 1970s-2011
3627 Federal Street
3627 Federal Street — 3600 Block of Federal Street
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name↕
1955
Kirby Distributing Corporation
3635 Federal Street
3635 Federal Street — 3600 Block of Federal Street
year↕
name↕
1933
Adele Garbarino
3652 Federal Street
3652 Federal Street — 3600 Block of Federal Street
Camden Courier-Post, April 4, 1928View transcription
PROMOTED FIREMEN TAKE POSTS TODAY
Lennox Deputy Chief; Eight Others Elevated as Captains Here
A new deputy chief, a battalion chief and eight new senior and junior captains will assume their posts today in the fire department. The men were promoted yesterday afternoon, along with the announcement of eleven new appointments of firemen, who will go into service April 15.
The new deputy chief, John H. Lennox, now is second in command when his platoon is on duty. He was acting deputy since the naming of Thomas Nicholas as chief two years ago.
The new battalion chief is Rollo Jones. Jones succeeds George B. Wade, who retired January 1.
Junior captains advanced to senior captains, with salaries increased to $2,400, are William H. Harring, Truck Company No. 1, Clarence Madden, Engine Company No. 6, and George Hunt, Engine Company No. 7. The new junior captains advanced from the ranks, with new salaries of $2,280 a year, are David Ellis, driver for Chief Nicholas for nine years, George Saunders, hoseman of Engine Company No. 9; Eli Hunt, driver of Engine Company No. 3, and William Van Pfefferle, hoseman, Engine Company No. 1.
All the promotions were from the civil service eligible list. The captains will be assigned tomorrow.
The new firemen, also civil service eligibles, will start with salaries of $1,500. Each year of service brings an increase, until five years in the department pays $2040 annually. The new men are Thomas F. Gibbons, Byron M. Davis, John S. Anderson, William H. Toy, Leo J. Tompkins, Horace T. Molan, Lawrence Bolton, George W. Garner, Felix E. Bendzyn, Harry H. Hess and Charles Jones.
Chief Lennox is one of the most popular firefighters in the organization. "Chappie" is the nickname by which he has been known for years. He was appointed a fireman January 1, 1908. He was promoted to a captainship October 1, 1915, and was assigned to Engine Company No. 8.
His promotion to deputy chief gives the department two men in that standing, one in command of each platoon on duty. His new salary will be $2,8[?]0 a year. He will be stationed at headquarters, Fifth and Arch streets. He lives at 633 Clinton street. William W. Patterson is the other deputy chief.
Battalion Chief Jones will receive $2,520 a year. He has been in command of Engine Company No. 9, Twenty-seventh and Federal streets. He will be sent to command Engine Company No. 3, Broadway and Ferry avenue.
He was a former senior captain of Engine Company No. 4. For a number of years he was an instructor in fire school methods of life saving. He lives at 536 York street.
Camden Courier-Post, November 7, 1934View transcription
Taps Sound for Jack Airedale, Canine Mascot of Fire Laddies
By BOB COLLINS
Camden firemen and policemen paid their final respects to stout-hearted Jack Airedale yesterday.
The beloved mascot of Headquarters Fire Company, Fifth and Arch streets, whose life was crushed out under the wheels of truck No. 2, his own wagon, Monday, was accorded a hero's funeral. His body was interred in the cemetery at the rear of St. Paul's and the First Baptist churches, close by his fire station home, and taps were sounded at 5 p. m., just as the sun was setting in the west.
People from every station of life visited the fire station to pay homage to the doughty fire-fighter, who was killed answering his last call. Senator Albert S. Woodruff, City Commissioner Harold W. Bennett, Miss Florence Hughes, chairman of the Camden County Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals; Fire Chief John S. Lennox and Deputy Chief William Hearn were among the estimated throng of 3500 who passed his bire.
Letters and telegrams of sympathy poured into the headquarters company throughout the day. There were more than 10 offers of dogs to serve as mascots and take Jack's place. These were kindly but firmly rejected by members of the headquarters company. "There will only be one Jack," they said. "We appreciate all these offers, but we don't want another mascot right now.
The funeral rites for the dog [illegible] were impressive.
Active bearers included Raymond Stark, John K. Taylor and Everett Joslin, members of the Camden police department; William Spencer and John Strouss, of fire truck No. 1; John McKay, Lester Anderson and Chester Andrews, of truck No. 2.
The honorary members were Captain Van Phefferts, Russell Anderson, Harry Haines and Charles Edwards, of truck No. 1; Nelson Andrews, Christopher Moll, Arthur Batten, George Boone and Rox Abbott, of truck No. 2.
At the appointed hour a dummy alarm was sounded. Jack Airedale was carried to his favorite place on fire truck No. 2. The vehicle moved slowly along Fifth street to Federal, then to Fourth and back to Arch street. When it passed the fire station the bells in the tower tolled.
At the cemetery Jack was placed alongside his predecessors, Alva and Gimp, dogs, and Skibby and Old Black Bill, cats, who were at one time mascots at the fire station.
Camden Courier-Post, March 19, 1949View transcription
2 COURIER-POST, Camden, N.J., Saturday, March 19, 1949
Life Hereabouts
BY CHARLEY HUMES
DOWN MEMORY LANE with that Old Gang of Yours . . . in a few of the years when Our Town was as good a sport town as any in the land . . . from the time that Taylor and Gdnnis promoted fights through the years to Roxey Allen . . . Mickey Blair . . . Eddie Chaney . . . Shamus Maguire . . . Pee Wee Ross . . . Jackie Hindle . . . Watson Finch . . . Georgie Abner . . . Nick Nicholas . . . Dixie Allen . . .
The days when Camden was the Mecca for Philly fight fans . . . with champions like Mike O'Dowd . . . Benny Leonard . . . Pete Herman . . . Jimmy Wilde . . . Gene Tunney . . . fighting in the Armory on Haddon avenue . . . for One, Two and Three . . . tax included . . . the days of John Smith . . . whose son, Lee, became one of our great friends . . . the days when Philly came to Camden to see the best fighters in the land . . .
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AND THEN DOWN through the years with Lou McFarland . . . Higgins and Kaplan . . . Tommy James . . . the man named Doyle who always gave us a smile when we called him "Mister" because he was so kind . . . When Sergeant Ray Smith became a referee . . . "Pose" Robinson . . . the days of Willie Davis . . . Harry Smith . . . Jim Kelly . . .
Fights in the ball park at Twelfth and Federal streets . . . at the Fairview Ball Park . . . in the Temple Theatre . . . the Star Theatre . . . Newt Blanchard, the only promoter who gave us MORE money than we asked for . . . The Broadway Theatre . . . the early days of Convention Hall . . .
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THE TIME they opened the Plaza Hotel Gym and all the fine lads on the program . . . with the late Mayor Stewart in the audience . . . and many other dignitaries . . . and being "dared" into a match with Ray Smith, because his opponent failed to show . . . the same guy who fought Tunney . . . Mike Brennan . . . Gibbons . . . Martin . . . Dempsey . . . Loughran . . . and seeing the Sergeant's body covered with blood in the second round . . . our very own blood . . .
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THE YEARS when Gloucester city was the fightenest town in the nation . . .
The days of K. O. Joey O'Donnell . . . who fought them all. . . . Of Frankie Conway . . . who never took a backward step . . . and still has the same courage today. . . . Of Willie Spencer . . . who headlined show after show. . . . Charlie Daggert . . . now a referee in Philly. . . . Jimmy Rafferty . . . Eddie (Kid) Wagner . . . Young Sherlock . . . Abe Wustbond, later an instructor of boxing at Herman's gym in Philly . . . Eddie Forrest . . . and his brother, who fought Battling Nelson . . . the crowd-pleasing Willie Fuller . . . Joey O'Connor.
Back when "Chick" Hunt fought under the name of Eddie Melson . . . and later, in professional ranks, the night he fought Joe "Kid" Fisher at the Apollo theatre in Gloucester. . . . Chick is our friend today . . . but we don't believe he ever will forgive us for that night when we yelled at Joe to . . . well, we yelled at Joe . . . The days of Harry "Dick" Donohue, trainer and manager of Nick Nichols.
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AND THE BEST, learning the business under the incomparable Eddie Prince . . . who knows how to condition fighters . . . then and now . . . with the best in the nation. . . . The days when they called Mister Georgano "Lemons" . . . but affectionately . . . not because he was ever sour.
When Johnny Sapio . . . who only days ago was honored at a banquet at Weber's Hof Brau by so many people the walls bulged . . . fought under the name of Young Joe Grim.
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HOW MANY will remember when our own Eddie Garrity, now the sedate deputy director of public safety in Our Town, was a boxer . . . with plenty on the ball? . . . When George Murphy boxed around here . . . and the Tighe brothers, Eddie and Jimmy . . . Remember Richie Hoehner? . . . Jimmie Jordan? . . . Eddie Douglas? . . . Bobby Graham, then a soldier stationed in Gloucester? . . . Steve Jackson? . . . Frankie McLaughlin (whose brother Neil WAS on Retreat with us, Mrs. McLaughlin, and gave us much of this information)?
Recall Johnny "Homo" Bryan? . . . Duncan Carswell, Jimmy and Jack Dean, referees, all three? . . . Theo Ellick, the matchmaker. . . . And who could forget Joe Spearing, afraid of nobody then and now . . . he fought our boy Fisher three times to our knowledge . . . once in Atlantic City . . . another at one of the ball parks here and the third (the windup, no less) in Gloucester. . . . Who won . . . who cares?
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THE DAYS when a Cook was a promoter . . . and a Politician(?) got the gravy. . . . The time "Red" Haines fought Roxey Allen over top the old Standard movies at Second and Vine streets . . . amateur against a near-champ . . . and what a battle . . . when Everett Joslin and Johnny Taylor were on the First district wagon and backed it up to the door leading to the second floor, and all the people gathering around because they thought it was a raid . . . and all they came to see was a round or two of the fights.
Back when Joey Powell had an iron fist . . . and Soldier Freedman an iron jaw. . . . When Mayor Victor King was always in the front row at the bouts . . . when Augie Oswald "worked" the river in his boat for shad and other fish . . . when a dollar was a dollar and not 27 cents . . . when the downtown fight gym was operated by Charley Mack . . . whose brother Battling Mack was a great drawing card and a great fighter . . . and Charley was no softie, either.
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THE SUMMER BOUTS in the ball park when you could get a swell bleacher seat for half a buck—and be closer to the bouts than $50 seats at some of the big clubs now . . . and see better fights, too.
When Camden had growing pains . . . and its people started moving to the suburbs . . . when a guy who made 40 slugs a week was a "big executive." . . . When copy boys on the papers got $4 a week . . . and had enough left over from their salary to lend money to reporters who made the tremendous sum of $25 a week. . . . Great days, say you . . . great days, say us. . . . Nostalgia.
Philadelphia Inquirer, December 22, 1898View transcription
OVER IN CAMDEN
Articles of incorporation were filed yesterday by the American Metal Edge Box Company.
The police were notified yesterday that William Ilgenfritz, 14 years old, of 1121 Mickle street, was missing.
Jacob N. Wise, 65 years old, fell from a step at Delaware and Market streets yesterday and broke his hip. He was taken to the Cooper Hospital.
A number of church people have filed a remonstrance with the excise Commission against granting a liquor license to Charles Gorden, of Ninth street and Ferry avenue.
Mrs. Victor Kline, of 526 Vine street, discovered a burglar in the house early Tuesday morning, but the thief fled at her approach, leaving a lot of clothing and silverware which he had bundled up, ready to take away.
Charles E. Wilson was committed by Recorder Mowrey last night, charged with stealing two overcoats from the Camden Turning Mill, at Front and Arch streets. He was captured at the Federal Street Ferry by Policemen Hartman.
Bessie Hughes was held by Justice Schmitz yesterday for a further hearing on a charge of stealing household goods from the boarding house of Mrs. Marshall, at 121 Market street. Some of the missing goods were found at the defendant's home.
Among the latest victims of the grip in Camden are Mayor Hatch, Chief of Police Foster, City Clerk Harry Kramer, former City Counsel J. Willard Morgan, Charles R. Baron, New Jersey editor of the Philadelphia Record, and Policemen George Cooper, Harry Miller, James Ware and George Anderson.
Camden Courier-Post, November 6, 1953View transcription
Santa Gets Early Start:
Drop-a-Buck Club Organizes Drive To Aid Needy Families at Christmas
The first phase of the program to raise Christmas funds for needy families of the city through the Drop-a-Buck Club went into operation Thursday when a group of volunteers started distribution of collection containers to the taverns of the city.
The Drop-a-Buck Club, which has been caring for the Christmas needs of under-privileged families of the city since 1949, plans to distribute similar containers to business houses, factories and other public buildings in the area.
Distribution of the containers to the taverns has been backed by the Camden Beverage and Restaurant Association.
The association has volunteered to sponsor a dinner for officers and charter members of the Drop-a-Buck Club to form a kickoff for the 1953 fund campaign. The dinner will be held Dec. 1 at Kenney's Restaurant.
Everything Donated
Distribution of the containers is being carried out by a group of volunteers headed by Walter N.
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Needy
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Carley, Leon B. Niewinski, Jules Kornberger, Thomas Kenney Sr. and Albert Kornberger.
The jar containers, printing and decorations were all donated. Taking part in the donations were Police Capt. Anthony Skolski, Patrolman Joseph Lack, Carter Paper Co., Walter Heim and Samuel Payne.
Deputy Mayor Angelo Malandra, chairman of the Drop-a-Buck Club drive committee, announced today that William Rohrer, Chevrolet auto dealer and a member of the board of trustees for the club, has volunteered space for campaign headquarters. Rohrer has offered the club the use of a new showroom on Federal st. at 15th.
"This generous offer by Bill Rohrer," Malandra said, "is typical of the volunteer support given by citizens of the community from all walks of life to the Drop-a-Buck Club drive.
More Families in Need
"From all indications, this year will reveal more families in need of help for Christmas since the club started in 1949.
"We are prepared to do our job, but we need the entire support of the community."
Malandra said a special meeting of the officers and trustees of the club will be held at the drive headquarters next Friday to launch the fund drive.
Officers of the Drop-a-Buck Club for the 1953 campaign, in addition to Malandra, are Joseph J. McComb, chairman of the Central Labor Union, vice chairman, and Lawrence J. Wisely, of The Courier-Post, secretary-treasurer.
Frank H. Ryan, editor of The Courier-Post, is chairman of the board of trustees, which is composed of William A. Stretch, general manager and treasurer of The Courier-Post; Director of Public Safety Aaron, Deputy Director of Public Affairs Garrity, William Rohrer, mayor of Haddon Township; Edward Goldsmith, manager of Yellow Cab Co.; Welfare Director Logan, Police Inspector Willard Schriver, John McCloskey and Dominic Sasso, labor leaders; William J. Myles, Edward Brewer, Julian Masso and Thomas Kenney Sr.
Camden Courier-Post, October 14, 1969View transcription
4 Firemen Suspended By Melleby
Four veteran members of the Camden Fire Department have been suspended by Harold Melleby, public safety director, on charges stemming from a fight July 21 at Engine Company 9, 27th and Federal Streets.
John Kolessar, an acting captain who was involved in the fight with fireman Peter Carbone, has been suspended for 15 days. He is currently on a three-month leave of absence without pay.
Kolessar pleaded guilty during a departmental disciplinary hearing to charges of conduct unbecoming a public employe, disorderly conduct and assault. No charges were lodged against Carbone.
Deputy Chief Frank Deal, who was acting in the position of Chief Edward V. Michalak who was on vacation when the incident occurred, was suspended for four days, beginning tomorrow. He was cited for neglect of duty, failure to report the fight to Melleby and failure to suspend one or both of the men involved.
Battalion Chief John Giuliano, who was acting deputy chief the day of the fight, and Capt. Robert Briggs, who was acting battalion chief, each received one-day suspensions which end at midnight tonight. They were disciplined for failure to enforce the rules, regulations and orders of the department.
Former Mayor Alfred R. Pierce, counsel for Deal, Giuliano and Briggs, said they have 20 days to file an appeal through Civil Service.
Camden Courier-Post, February 27, 1928View transcription
A second attempt within ten days by thieves to steal whisky valued at several thousands of dollars from the drug store of George Beringer, Fifth and Federal streets, was frustrated over the week-end by the alertness of a night attendant at a garage at Fifth and Arch streets.
It was about 2 o'clock Sunday morning when James Robertson, night attendant at the garage of Herman Z. Cutler, Fifth and Arch streets, saw a man carrying a box up an alley almost directly opposite the garage. Robertson, suspicious, telephoned police headquarters at city hall.
"Come to Fifth and Arch streets right away," Robertson urged the police sergeant on duty. "A man is acting suspiciously in this neighborhood. He looks like a thief."
Policemen Joslin, Cattel, Reese, Jones, Petit and Carroll were dispatched to the scene. When they arrived, the mysterious stranger sighted by Robertson had disappeared.
Further search proving unavailing, the police sought the box the man had carried into the alleyway. They found it in the establishment at 503 Federal street, occupied by a washing machine company. The thief had entered the place by forcing a side window, and left the box, a case of whisky, inside.
Further investigation revealed that the thief and possible accomplices had entered the drug establishment by climbing a shed in the rear to the second floor. They then lifted themselves to the third floor. There they broke open a shutter on one of the windows and entered. Going to the cellar, the thieves broke open a closet where the whisky was stored. They apparently aimed to remove one case of liquor at a time.
Ten days ago both the Beringer establishment and the washing machine firm's headquarters adjoining were broken into and robbed.
Normal Middleton, 308 Penn street, manager of the place next to the Beringer store, said nothing was stolen from there in the weekend robbery. A check-up is being made by Beringer employees today to determine what was taken at that establishment.
Camden Daily Telegram, October 19, 1897View transcription
EXTRA!
TAYLOR SHOT TO KILL HIM
Sumner Derrickson Dangerously Wounded During a Row.
THEY FOUGHT OVER A WOMAN
The Participants All Had Their Guns and Knives Ready to Murder.
CAPTURED AFTER A HARD CHASE
The Man Who Did the Shooting Ran from Seventh and Sycamore Streets to the Federal Street Ferry With an Excited, Yelling Mob at His Heels—A Ferryboat Held Until the Police Arrived and Took the Fleeing Man Into Custody—The Wounded Man and His Brother Kuown as Bad Men.
Robert, alias Charles Taylor, colored, made a desperate attempt last night to murder Sumner Derrickson. Taylor is locked up at the City Hall and Derrickson is at the Cooper Hospital with a bullet wound in his abdomen. The doctors there say that Derrickson is resting easily to-day and that he is in no immediate danger of dying. Taylor claims that he shot Derrickson in self defense.
ROW OVER A WOMAN.
The shooting was the outcome of jealousy. Taylor and Charles Derrickson and the latter's brother, Sweeney Derrickson, were gambling in a house on Baxter street, between Ann and Seventh streets. A dispute arose and Taylor says that the Derricksons, who are known as bad men, chased him from the house. Sumner Derrickson, Taylor says, had a gun, and Sweeney Derrickson had a knife. At Seventh and Sycamore streets Taylor states that he found his pursuers were pressing him too closely. He turned as he rau and drawing his pistol fired at the two men. The bullet struck Sumner Derrickson in the abdomen and he fell to the ground with a groan. Sweeney stopped to look after his wounded brother and Taylor continued his flight.
SURGEONS FOUND THE BALL.
The wounded man was taken to the Cooper Hospital where the surgeons found the bullet had taken an upward course and lodged beneath the skin in Derrickson's chest. The ball was extracted and Derrickson was made as comfortable as possible for the night.
The news of the attempted murder spread rapidly and the police were notified at once. An alarm was sent throughout the city and every effort was exerted to capture Taylor who had fled from the scene of the shooting as fast as his legs would carry him. He ran down to Kaighn avenue with the evident intention of taking a ferryboat to Philadelphia where he lives. The crowd that followed him, however, prevented Taylor making his escape in that direction. Like a hunted animal he turned up Second street toward the northern section of the city. The crowd increased each moment and the excitement of the chase became intense.
EXCITEMENT WAS INTENSE.
Policeman Fitzsimmons joined the throng which by this time was yelling "Catch the murderer" and "Lynch him."
People who were retiring threw up their windows in alarm thinking that the police and the crowd were in pursuit of another man suspected of the double murder of Mrs. Zane and Mrs. Shaw of week ago.
The chase grew hot along Second street, but Taylor proved himself fleet of foot and reached the Federal street ferry in time to catch the 10.45 p. m. boat.
POLICE CAPTURE TAYLOR.
Collector Andrew Frazee had been notified of the attempted murder and recognized Taylor as the man wanted. He instructed Gateman William Barnard to hold the boat while he sent word to the police that Taylor was at the ferry. The patrol wagon was sent there in a hurry.
In the meantime Policemen Al. Myers and George Cable had arrived and Policeman Fitzsimmons arrived a second later almost winded by his long run. Two respectable colored porters were taken into custody at first, but the policemen soon discovered their mistake and found Taylor crouched up in one corner of the boat. Policeman Fitzsimmons recognized Taylor by a scar on his neck and quickly grabbed him by the throat. The fellow made no resistance and was taken to the waiting patrol wagon by the three officers. Here he was hustled into the vehicle and sent to the City Hall. When arrested the revolver with which the shooting was done was found in Taylor's pocket, but that individual had cutely reloaded the empty chambers as he ran so as to destroy what evidence there was against him.
Derrickson, brother of Sumner, was formerly of the firm of Reed & Derrickson who several years ago ran the notorious negro resort known as Olive Park where John Hill, a colored youth, shot Joseph Dodson, also colored. Hill afterwards was hanged for his crime and the police broke up the den where the tragedy occurred.
TAYLOR GIVEN A HEARING.
Taylor was given a hearing this morning by Mayor Westcott. The complaint was made by Lieutenant John Foster and accused Taylor of assaulting, shooting and attempting to kill Derrickson. Lawyer Jackson appeared for the defendant.
Edward Fortie, one of the men who was with Derrickson when the shooting occurred, stated that he did not see the first shot, but when the second and third shots were fired Taylor was starting down Kaighn avenue. Fortie and Jordon, with Derrickson, then started to run.
Ida Burton said she saw Taylor and Lawrence Anderson talking at Seventh and Baxter streets. Taylor went slowly toward Derrickson and suddenly pulled a revolver from his pocket and fired point blank at his victim. When questioned by the Mayor she said she saw all of the shots, but when cross-examined by Lawyer Jackson she denied having seen the firing of the first shot.
Aubrey Thompson, who was about fifteen yards distant, said he saw the first shot fired at some one setting back of the station at Seventh and Kaighn avenue. He then saw Taylor go down Kaighn avenue.
Several other witnesses were heard who said they saw the shots fired, but who were not positive as to whom they were directed at.
Policemen Al Myers and George Cable, who made the arrest, said they found the man on a Federal street ferryboat hiding behind an ash cart. Taylor said he had no revolver, but on the way to the City Hall Patrolman Golden found a 32-calibre revolver with three loaded chambers.
Mayor Westcott held Taylor to await the result of Derrickson's injuries.
Taylor hails from Washington, D. C., and it was stated on good authority that he is wanted in Philadelphia and his native city for misdemeanors.
Philadelphia Inquirer, April 15, 1893View transcription
NEW JERSEY NEWS
HILL FACED DEATH WITH FIRMNESS
The Youthful Colored Murderer Hanged in the Camden Jail.
Religion Braced His Nerves and He Felt No Fear.
A Quiet, Speedy Execution, and Death Was Quick and Apparently Painless—The Murder of Joseph Dodson Avenged Without the Usual Delay in Such Cases.
Camden county's new gallows scored its first victim to-day when John Hill was hanged for the murder of Joseph Dodson. The execution took place at the County Jail. It was successfully conducted and was devoid of sensational incidents.
The gallows had been erected in a room with a lofty ceiling in the southeast corner of the jail building. Tall windows looked out on Federal street and Broadway, but they were veiled with dark curtains, which gabe a sombre hue to the room. The instrument of death had been built on plans furnished by the Sheriff, modeled after the gallows used in the Philadelphia County Prison. There were two trap doors, which fell down when a lever was pulled, allowing the condemned man to fall about seven feet.
John Hill, the murderer, was a small, slender youth, in his 18th year. He had professed conversion after his conviction and walked firmly to the gallows, having overcome the terror of death by his religious faith.
AROUSED FROM HIS LAST SLEEP.
Hill was awakened from a sound slumber at 6.30 o'clock by Constable Renner, one of the death watch. He dressed himself in a new suit of black diagonal striped goods purchased by the Sheriff for the execution.
A gray mist hung like a veil before the jail windows, and Hill said he regretted this for he had hoped to see the sun shine once more before he died.
He displayed no fear of death, and when his lawyer, Frederick A. Rex, came at 8 o'clock to bid him good-bye the condemned lad said:
"I am not afraid to die, for I love Jesus."
Hill ate sparingly of the breakfast of beefsteak and potatoes sent in from a neighboring restaurant, and satisfied his longing for pie by eating a big piece of the pastry. Then he lit a cigar and paced up and down the corridor until the arrival of his spiritual adviser, Rev. J. H. Scott, a colored Methodist minister. The last hour preceding the execution was spent in prayer and reading the Bible.
WORE A ROSE TO THE GALLOWS.
Before going to the gallows Constable Hunt handed the lad a white rose, which he pinned on his coat. When Hill's body fell the rose broke from its stem.
At twenty minutes past 10 o'clock, County Clerk Barber called the roll of the Sheriff's jury in the jailor's office. They all responded and took the oath to see that the death penalty was carried into effect. Then the spectators were drawn up two by two, in a line at the left of the door from which the prisoner would emerge as he passed from the jail to the place of execution.
It was half-past 10 when these preparations were made and the condemned man sent for.
His hands had been secured behind his back with handcuffs and he walked with unfaltering steps down the iron stairways of the jail, through a dark passage way and into the corridor, where the Sheriff stood, with the black cap in his hand.
The minister walked by Hill's side. In front were Deputy Sheriff Sell and ex-Deputy Joseph Porter. Constables Hunt and Renner, the death watch, brought up the rear. There was a shuffling of feet in the line of spectators and the procession moved along the corridor and into the dimly-lighted room, where the gallows stood.
FACED DEATH WITHOUT FLINCHING.
Hill looked at the instrument of death without flinching. He constantly repeated, in a whisper, "Jesus, save me."
With firm tread he mounted the steps to the scaffold. The work of death was quickly done. There was no prayer or final speech. The minister whispered a last word of cheer and stepped back.
It took but a minute for the Sheriff to drop the noose over the lad's head, for ex-Deputy Porter to pull down the black cap, and then both men stepped back from the drop. Hill did not waver.
The Sheriff reached for the cord attached to the lever under the drop, gave a short, quick pull, and as the doors fell with a crash the murderer's body dropped, whirled once around, and then hung motionless.
A PAINLESS DEATH.
There were no convulsive movements of the body, although the legs were not pinioned. County Physician Iszard, assisted by Coroner's Physician Mattern, of Philadelphia, and Drs. Tomlinson, Jones and Levis, of Camden, timed the fleeting spark of life.
In four minutes and fourteen seconds the pulse stopped beating and at the end of six minutes and fifty-seven seconds the action of the heart ceased. The body had been shaken slightly by a few tremors, but there was no death struggle.
After the body had been hanging for twenty minutes the noose was unloosened and the corpse carried into a room adjoining the jailor's office. The eyes were closed and the face bore no evidence of a violent death.
The silent spectators formed a group around the corpse, while Rev. Mr. Scott read the Methodist service for the dead. Four hours later the physicians made an autopsy and late in the afternoon Coroner Jefferis conveyed the remains in his dead wagon to the New Camden Cemetery where they were interred in a grave paid for by the county.
SWIFT JERSEY JUSTICE.
Jersey justice has not been leaden-heeled in Hill's case. It is less than six months since he committed the crime for which the law took his life. At 1 o'clock on Sunday morning, October 16, 1892, John Hill, secreted in the bushes near Reed & Derrickson's saloon, at Seventh and Sycamore streets, fired a bullet into Joseph Dodson's brain.
The latter was a young colored man who had beaten Hill during a row, a few days previously, in the dance hall attached to the saloon. Hill had threatened to get even with Dodson. He took a revolver from a drawer in the saloon, drank liquor to nerve himself for the deed, and then fired the fatal shot.
At the trial, early in February last, Hill swore that Reed & Derrickson, the proprietors of the saloon, had hired him to kill Dodson. The two men were tried as accessories and acquitted. Three weeks ago Hill confessed that his charge against these two men was false.
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.
Philadelphia Inquirer - August 26, 1892 A 12-year-old son of Policeman Ripley was badly bitten by dogs. On complaint of his wife that he had removed shells from their child's grave, Samuel B. F. Alcott was held under bail yesterday by Justice Quinn.
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.
Ex-policeman Samuel Collins was held in $300 bail for throwing a brick through the window of Peter Murphy's hotel at Seventeenth and Federal Streets in Camden.
Real Estate Investment Co. advertises 122 Clay Street for rent — 4 rooms at $6.00 per month — along with other Camden properties. Camden Daily Telegram, October 9, 1895.
An 1897 Camden Post-Telegram report of the malt-drink licenses granted and refused by the Court of Common Pleas, including Henry Garren at 27 South 4th Street.
Philadelphia Inquirer - October 18, 1897 William Lore was arrested in Stockton late Saturday night, charged with threatening to Shoot Israel Adams , proprietor of a saloon on Federal street .
Robert Taylor shoots Sumner Derrickson in a gambling dispute on Baxter Street; Derrickson taken to Cooper Hospital, Taylor arrested at the Federal Street ferry.
The Philadelphia Inquirer's Camden roundup of December 22, 1898: an incorporation, a missing boy, a burglary, a man charged with stealing overcoats and captured at the Federal Street Ferry, and city officials and policemen down with the grip.
Successful Raid on an Alleged Pool Room in Camden Seven Men Captured Keefer, Who Says He Spent His Employers' Money in the Place, Identifies the Prisoners The Camden police yesterday raided the alleged poolroom at 25 South Third street, where Walter H. Keefer, former manager of the Merchantville Light and Power Company, claims he lost $254, belonging to his employers.
Sad and Sudden Death of Mrs. Beulah Abbott Last Evening This community will be shocked to know of the death of Mrs. Beulah Abbott, wife of Benjamin Abbott, and mother of Town Clerk William S. Abbott and Chief Robert Abbott .
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.
Jennie A. Craig of 206 South Thirty-second Street was attacked on Federal Street in January 1904, knocked down a six-foot embankment and choked; her assailant fled when her screams continued, and her brother's search led police to a clue.
Elsie M. Fisher and William B. Craig of East Camden were married in June 1904 at the bride's home, 3024 Federal Street, by the Rev. George T. Harris of the Asbury M. E. Church.
The Fire Committee of Camden City Council appointed a slate of new firemen — among them Martin Carrigan — ahead of the completion of the new fire house at Twelfth and Federal streets.
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.
Philadelphia Inquirer - March 1, 1905 Attacked at Third and Mickle street s, Camden, late Monday night by a man, Mrs. Bessie O. Day, of Seventh and Clinton streets , had her clothing cut in strips.
William Cooper of 27 North Twenty-first Street died of laudanum poisoning at Cooper Hospital; police sought the writer of a mysterious note found in his pocket after he sat unnoticed for hours in a Federal Street saloon.
Philadelphia Inquirer - August 13, 1906 ** The flag poles on all the fire houses need painting. ** City Hall . Cooper. Pyne Point and Forest Kill parks were thronged yesterday. ** Open-air services were held by several of the churches yesterday.
Local notes from East Camden: Nicholas Donahue elected to Board of Trade; Harry Lake ill at home; Ezra Wallace of 38th Street and Westfield Avenue confined to home with sickness; James N. Lloyd of 2831 Concord Avenue seriously ill with pneumonia.
Camden briefs for March 11, 1907, including Captain Stanley's raid on an alleged speak-easy kept by James La Moeno at 812 South Third Street, where beer, wine and whiskey were confiscated.
Five applications for transfers of retail liquor licenses, including George W. Fry's at 29 North Third Street, were listed for hearing before Camden's Excise Commission in October 1910.
Mrs. Charles Conner of 2407 Howell Street was injured while alighting from a trolley car at Twenty-fourth and Federal Streets, tripping over a suit case left standing in the aisle. Policemen Pedigree and Johnston carried her into a nearby restaurant.
Mrs. Charles Conner of 2407 Howell Street was painfully injured tripping over a suitcase while alighting from a trolley at 24th and Federal streets in November 1910.
William M. May, a young Indian living behind 1819 Federal Street, slashed his chest with a penknife after Elsie Staley, 14, refused his marriage proposal for a second time at Christmas.
William May was discharged from Cooper Hospital days after slashing his breast over Elsie Staley's refusal to marry him; no charge of attempted suicide was brought against him.
William May was locked up in the county jail on a charge of threatening the lives of Elsie Staley and William Rose after he found her in Rose's company.
Cooper Hospital cases reported July 19, 1911, including William May, 21, of 1819 Federal Street, treated for an incised wound of the lips cut by a piece of bottle.
Nicholas Small was taken into custody by Special Officer Troncone on suspicion of maltreating Elsie Staley, the girl whose refusal had led William May to attempt suicide.
Thomas Armitage and Kelly Parker of 526 South Third Street, electricians at the Pennsylvania Railroad power house at the foot of Federal Street, were burned about the eyes, hands and face when a wire short-circuited.
Fred Coursey and Harry Duffield collapse in Police Court as Detective John Painter recounts the robbery killing of 18-year-old Karl Kellmann at Twenty-seventh and Sherman streets; Linnans Staley is committed as a principal.
Recorder Stackhouse heard a Decoration Day array of offenders in Camden Police Court — among them Elizabeth Evans, Michael Walsh, and a fracas between Andrew McCready and Harry Ivins of 210 North Twelfth Street. (Camden Post-Telegram, May 31, 1913.)
Answering an alarm for a fire at Allan Palmer's home at 2205 Sewell Avenue, the East Side truck company collided with a team at Twenty-fourth and Federal Streets.
Harold S. Woodin, 15, of 632 Clinton Street was accidentally shot in the side in September 1914 by 14-year-old John C. Voll of 1143 Federal Street, while the two boys played with a revolver in the cellar of the Woodin home.
Mrs. Margaret Williams, aged 41, of 125 Birch Street, was so severely shaken up when trolley cars bumped at the Federal Street ferry that she was taken to Cooper Hospital.
With the body mounted on the auto supply wagon, the funeral of Fireman Harry C, Anderson, who died in Cooper Hospital from injuries received in being thrown from the auto truck in responding to an alarm of fire a couple of weeks ago, took place yesterday from his home at 1147 Federal street, Camden.
Firemen connected with the Twenty-seventh and Federal streets engine house, Camden, were taken by some surprise when one of their number, Israel Adams announced he had been promoted a captain, and ordered them to get ready to accompany him to another house.
Constable William Cramer died of gunshot wounds sustained while serving a writ of attachment at Tuckahoe; vaudeville actor Harry Batchelder was arrested at Audubon by Captain of Detectives William Schregler and Detective Fiore Troncone.
Charles E. Hemphill, a former asylum inmate, confesses to abducting three-year-old Carl Carlin of East Camden; Captain Schregler moves to have him adjudged insane and returned to the asylum.
Cases treated at the Homeopathic Hospital in Camden on October 28, 1922, including William May, 48, of 2110 Berwick Street, treated for lacerations of the elbow.
The family of Richard Cox at 117 North Twenty-first Street was roused at 5 a.m. by smoke from a chimney fire; the roof briefly caught flame but damage was limited to $50.
Firemen from the station at 27th and Federal Streets were called to extinguish a chimney fire caused by soft coal soot at 401 North 41st Street on the evening of March 17, 1923 (the Saturday before this Monday, March 19 report); no damage resulted.
Robert Black, driver of a Cramer Hill bus, was twice sent to police headquarters in one day by Traffic Officer Raymond Stark at Twenty-sixth and Federal streets for failing to produce a jitney bus driver's license.
Raymond R. Snape of 2826 Cramer Street carried his baby to safety and summoned firefighters after unattended burning meat filled the house with smoke. No real damage was done beyond the smoke.
A column of East Camden notes for November 9, 1923: lodge and V.F.W. meetings at William Penn Hall and Red Men's Hall, and word that Mrs. William L. Adams of 414 North 27th Street was recovering from a serious illness.
A 1926 retrospective recalling William Cooper's 1906 laudanum suicide in Cole's barroom on Federal Street — 20 years after he sat dead in a chair for six hours while a pinochle game continued around him.
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.
Two Camden men missed by relatives and friends were found dead of heart disease. Patrolman Raymond Stark broke down the door at 907 Federal Street to find barber Thomas Green; John Curran was found in the yard of 286 Liberty Street.
Two Gloucester men and two young Camden girls arrested in a Federal Street apartment house were found guilty of disorderly conduct before Judge Bernard Bertman. Policemen Walter Patton and Raymond Stark were summoned by the building's owner.
A night attendant at Herman Z. Cutler's garage at Fifth and Arch streets saw a man carrying a box up an alley and called police, frustrating a second attempt within ten days by thieves to steal whisky from George Beringer's drug store at Fifth and Federal streets.
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.
Former Maine Ringster Wins Four Rounds, Loses Three, Splits One in 8-Round Fuss A chorus of 1500 enraged voices, raised in a discordant unison, greeted the announcement of a draw decision handed down by Referee Ray Smith at the conclusion of eight rounds of legal assault between Roxie Allen and Emory Cabana at Twelfth and Federal streets last night.
Tony Bercilo, 18, of 507 South Fourth Street and William Spragola, 21, of 420 Royden Street were identified as two of three men who robbed a gasoline station at Delaware Avenue and Arch Street.
Camden Courier-Post - February 10, 1930 A parade is being planned by the Patriotic Order of Sons of America for Washington's Birthday, when a flag will be presented to the new Woodrow Wilson Junior High School by Camp No. 25.
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.
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.
Sergeant Horner Recalls Days When Horse-Drawn Patrol Toted Woozy Celebrants From Moist Recreation Centers to City Hall East Camden used to have three parks "in the old days" — and to hear a veteran like Police Sergeant William C. Horner tell it — they certainly kept the police force "on its toes." Sergeant Horner, who has seen more than a quarter century of service on the police force in East Camden and is now head of the city missing persons bureau, often tells of those days.
Ben Courter's 1931 Camden Courier-Post reminiscence of four leading South Jersey physicians — Drs. Godfrey, Iszard, Davis and Gross — recalling how Dr. H. H. Davis transformed health care for Camden's schoolchildren.
After a March 1932 collision near Leonard Avenue and Federal Street, Basil P. Cook of 449 North Fifth Street and James Fenton of 834 North Sixth Street were arrested on charges including assault, threat to kill, and reckless driving, on complaint of C. N. Morrow of 7 North Twenty-eighth Street.
An amnesia-claiming prisoner known only as "Mr. X" tried to leap from a window in February 1933 while being taken to the Bertillon room; Detectives William Boettcher, Clifford Del Rossi and Clarence Arthur subdued him.
Joseph H. Fisher, 81, a lifelong Camden resident and former farmer of the Stockton section, died at the home of his son-in-law Albert Reed at 103 North 33rd Street. He had farmed land at 30th and Federal and the future site of Central Airport.
Stanley Powell of 1256 Whitman Avenue, released in connection with the Camden Radio Condenser Company holdup, was rearrested and held in $3000 bail for robbing Marty's Olde Tappe Room at 1990 Federal Street in East Camden.
Camden fireman John C. Voll of 1230 North Nineteenth Street was involved in two successive accidents that injured four people near River Road in June 1933.
A bee-stung Scott Powell dairy horse ran away on South 24th Street near Federal Street in June 1933, striking two automobiles before Policeman Walter Christy seized it at 25th and Federal after being dragged several feet.
Vice Chancellor Orders Transport Corporation to Pay Girl $10,000 Damages Agreeing with the contention that transfer of the Public Service Cab Company to Public Service Coordinated Transport was fraudulent, Vice Chancellor Francis B. Davis late yesterday ordered the latter to pay $10,000 in damages to Ralph M. Chorpenning for injuries suffered by his daughter, Ida M., when she was struck by a taxicab.
Camden Courier-Post - June 29, 1933 Louis Fox, 23, of 2406 Federal Street , whose unsuccessful attempt at suicide landed him in Cooper Hospital suffering from inhaling gas fumes, is out of danger.
Group Gaining Weight in Vermont Mountains as They Clear Timber to Make Way for Jam, And Sleep Under Heavy Blankets Forty-three Camden city and county men with Company 2204, Citizens' Conservation Corps, are now located at Knapp Andrew Camp, Montpelier, Vt., word received here yesterday disclosed.
Camden firemen and policemen gave Jack, the Airedale mascot of the Headquarters Fire Company at Fifth and Arch Streets, a hero's funeral in November 1934 after he was crushed under the wheels of his own truck. An estimated 3500 people passed his bier, and taps were sounded over his grave at sunset; Arthur Batten was among the honorary bearers.
Camden Courier-Post - December 15, 1934 Injured when his car overturned after a collision at Third and State streets yesterday, William Russell, Jr. , 907 York street , is in Cooper Hospital with a fractured skull.
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 .
Waiving a police court hearing, Edward Markowitz, 38, proprietor of the Wall Street Club, 340 Federal Street, was held in $1000 bail for the Grand Jury yesterday by Police Judge Lewis Liberman.
Alcohol Control Board Issues Order After Horse Race Sheets Are Found Joseph Manfredini , saloon operator of 306 Federal Street , must close the doors of his place for the next fifteen days by order of the Municipal Alcoholic Beverage Control.
One of six divorces recommended before Advisory Masters William J. Kraft and William B. Knight on May 15, 1936 — among them that of Charles Piper of 910 North 33rd Street, whose wife left him after 31 years of marriage.
Assault charges against Police Inspector John V. Wilkie, stemming from the July 1936 RCA strike riot, were dismissed after the complainant failed to appear for the eleventh time. Patrolman Earl Wright had made the original arrest.
Camden police Chief Arthur Colsey's "Secret Six" squad raided a cigar store at 217 Market Street, arresting Oscar Bendler of 310 Erie Street on gambling charges and seizing horse racing sheets and $114.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Corporal Mathews-Purnell Post No. 518, V.F.W., marked its sixteenth anniversary with a banquet at O'Donnell's Restaurant in February 1938; Mrs. Carrie R. Bean was among the guests.
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.
Three women and two men injured in automobile accidents over the weekend. Walter H. Holler of 884 Beideman Avenue was involved in a collision near Haddon Avenue and Line Street; two others were hurt at Ferry Avenue and Charles Street.
Carl Barker was sentenced to state prison for 1½ to four years, while Adolph Lemm Jr. of 221 Burns Street received 60 days in county jail for the larceny of paint from a Federal Street store.
A fire of unknown origin destroyed the three-story home of Mrs. Edith Saunders at 744 North 24th Street in February 1939, narrowly injuring fireman Walter Eastlack when the rear roof collapsed.
Camden Public Safety Commissioner Mary W. Kobus announced in December 1940 that her appointment of 22 patrolmen and 10 firemen had restored the public safety department to 1938 strength, and said she would seek money for more officers because of defense needs; John Gryckiewicz of 810 North Front Street was among the fire appointees.
Services for Mrs. Florence C. Baragwanath, 80, of 53 North 33rd Street, who died after a months-long illness. A member of St. George's Methodist Church for 30 years and the Frances Willard Chapter of the WCTU. Burial in Bethel Memorial Park.
Mrs. Anna E. McDermott, 80, wife of retired city fireman James H. McDermott of 23 North Twenty-eighth Street, died Tuesday after a long illness. Funeral at Harry Leonard Funeral Home; solemn requiem mass at St. Joseph's Church.
Lt. Edward C. Hahn, a 22-year veteran of the Camden police department, collapsed and died of a heart attack outside a drugstore near his Third District station house on April 2, 1944.
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.
George W. Spicks, 85, who retired as a Camden hotel keeper in 1923, died at his home, 52 South Twenty-eighth Street. He had owned a hotel at Twenty-first and Federal Streets for 40 years. Survived by two daughters and one granddaughter.
Camden Courier-Post notice of the solemn requiem Mass for Corporal John J. Gorman of 1040 North Nineteenth Street, killed at Aachen, Germany, held at St. Anthony of Padua Church in November 1947.
Funeral services for veteran Camden fireman William Earl Toy, fatally injured when the car of Acting Chief William Van Pfefferle he was driving collided with a bus at Sixteenth and Federal streets, were set for Friday at his home, 607 West Street, with fellow firemen as pallbearers.
Charley Humes's "Life Hereabouts" column of March 19, 1949, recalling Camden and Gloucester City's fight days — bouts at the Armory on Haddon Avenue and the ball park at Twelfth and Federal Streets — and the boxers, promoters and referees of the era.
William L. Adams Sr., 61, of 553 North 28th Street, died at home. Born in South Camden, he was a longtime East Camden resident, former Standard Oil employee, and Holy Name Society member. Survived by widow Mary C., two sons, five daughters.
Obituary of Mrs. Mary D. McMillan, 80, of 105 North Twenty-first Street, who died at Lakeland Hospital after two years of illness; requiem Mass celebrated at St. Joseph's R.C. Church.
Camden Courier-Post - April 28, 1950 Arthur Allen , 55, who was a member of the first American Tank Corps formed in War I, died Thursday night in his home, 3167 Merriell [sic] avenue, after an illness of a year.
Four Camden police officers and four firemen retired under the mandatory 65-year age law in 1950; also approved was a widow's pension for Mrs. Carrie Bean, whose husband Patrolman Howard Bean had died June 8.
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.
Sarah V. Atkins (née Truitt), wife of the late Frank W. Atkins, of 221 South 33rd Street, age 77, died May 13, 1952. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. at Mason E. Bradley Funeral Home, 3303 Federal Street. Interment at Arlington Cemetery.
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.
Raymond H. "Mike" Stark Sr., 59, of 141 North 32nd Street, a retired Camden city policeman appointed in 1917 and pensioned in 1944, died of a heart condition in Cooper Hospital. He organized the Camden Bridge police force during a 1926 leave of absence and was a charter member and secretary of the Retired Police and Firemen's Association of Camden County.
The Drop-a-Buck Club began distributing collection containers to Camden taverns to raise Christmas funds for needy families, and Chevrolet dealer William Rohrer offered a new showroom on Federal Street at 15th as campaign headquarters. Camden Courier-Post, November 6, 1953.
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.
Judge Benjamin Dzick ordered a passenger who refused a $3.95 cab fare to pay driver James Garber of 26 South 35th Street $5 — the fare plus the $1.05 tip — before he was released.
A March 1954 Quaranta & Bloom classified advertisement offering new all-brick homes with stone fronts at 32nd and Mickle in East Camden for $9,850 with FHA and VA financing.
Obituary for Louis G. Engel, Jr., 27, a Drexel-trained mechanical engineer and former Camden-area resident killed in a private plane crash near Akron, Ohio, in September 1955. Camden Courier-Post, September 29, 1955.
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.
Mrs. Fannie May, 72, of 1223 North 21st Street was critically injured when her car skidded into a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train at River Avenue and Federal Street; she died that afternoon.
Funeral for Mrs. Fannie L. May of 1223 North 21st Street was delayed because her husband John was hospitalized from injuries in the automobile-train collision that killed her.
Camden fire alarm log for the 24-hour period ending midnight Tuesday, February 14, 1956, including a grass fire at 31st and Pleasant Streets and a rubbish fire at 1245 Mechanic Street.
Obituary of Samuel B. Harring, 64, of 973 North 23rd Street, a lifelong Camden resident and RCA truck driver; burial at Eglington Cemetery, Clarksboro.
A two-alarm fire tore through the Cartun Hardware Store warehouse at 14 South 35th Street on the night of December 21, 1961, fed by an estimated 10,000 to 12,000 gallons of paint. One Engine Company 11 hoseman was hurt, and the alarm was sounded by a teenager who spotted the smoke while listening to Christmas carols outdoors.
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.
Funeral services were announced for Paul J. Daly of 3620 Fremont Avenue, a retired Camden assistant city assessor who died at Cooper Hospital in January 1966 at age 61.
Obituary for John G. Brazier Sr. of 2824 Cramer Street, Camden, who died July 18, 1967 at age 60. Funeral services were held at Harry Leonard Funeral Home, 2850 Federal Street.
Funeral services for two rookie Camden policemen gunned down in a senseless killing early last Saturday morning, July 5, were held for one Wednesday and the other will be held today.
Public Safety Director Harold Melleby suspended four veteran Camden firemen over a July 21 fight at Engine Company 9, 27th and Federal Streets, including acting captain John Kolessar and Deputy Chief Frank Deal. Camden Courier-Post, October 14, 1969.
Funeral services for Harry Mailahn, 44, a Camden fireman for 21 years, were set for Friday at the Harry Leonard Funeral Home, with burial in New Camden Cemetery.
Paid death notice for Camden fireman Harry Mailahn, 44, of 2924 Royden Street, who died February 1, 1971, listing his survivors and funeral arrangements.
Two firebombings struck Camden within 16 minutes of each other on December 22, 1971. The first was at 333 Arch Street, housing several businesses including the Puerto Rico Labor Department office. The second struck the Third National Bank of New Jersey at 27th and Federal Streets. Police impounded a red Volkswagen matching witness descriptions. There were no injuries.
Bowman L. Hargis, 82, a retired Campbell Soup electrician of 114 South 32nd Street, died April 18, 1972. Services were held at the Bradley Funeral Home on Federal Street with Masonic rites by Trimble Lodge #117.
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.
A three-alarm fire starting at an abandoned rowhouse at 63 South 24th Street destroyed eight houses on the block between Mickle Street and Carman Street in May 1996; one firefighter was hospitalized with smoke inhalation.
By Kevin Callahan Although he would rise to the pinnacle of college football just four years later by winning the Heisman Trophy, Mike Rozier 's last play for Woodrow Wilson High School was spent looking down in the dirt on the field that would later bear his name.
Benjamin Dugdale, son-in-law of James Kaighn, established a tannery on Cooper Street below Front, on the site of what became the Esterbrook Pen Company. In 1845 the place was used as a livery stable by Joseph Myers.
The Camden Cemetery, known in modern times as Old Camden Cemetery, adjoining the Newton Friends' burying grounds, through an action of a town meeting of the Township of Camden, was founded on March 10, 1836.
City Council authorized the construction of a market house on Market Street at the intersection of Third Street on March 13, 1837. This market house containing 8 stalls was erected at a cost of $250, and was ready for use December 28, 1837.
The West Jersey Hotel at Delaware Avenue and Market Street was built by the West Jersey Ferry Company in 1849. The name was changed to new Camden Hotel in 1909.
The drug store at Fifth and Federal Streets , which was still in existence in 1928, was opened by Dr. T.G. Rowand in 1851. This store was owned successively by A.P. Brown and Dr. George M. Beringer .
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.
My father, Biagio Acquaro , had a self-owned business at 2713 Federal Street in East Camden , from the 1940's through the late 1960's. His establishment was called "Federal Hat Cleaning.
Ron Blizard's recollections of growing up in East Camden in the 1950s and 1960s — Tony the Barber's shop on Westfield Avenue, Mrs. Molotsky at Garfield School, Brand's grocery on Dudley Street, a boy's life around Dudley Grange Park, and Mr. Motzer's Latin class at Davis Junior High School.
My father, Joseph A. Alcorn , had a used car dealership on the corner of 15th and Federal Streets . He started the business with Skip Gardner as his partner in the late 40's and bought Skip out during that same period.
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.
Southwest Corner of 5th and Federal Street In September of 2005, workmen employed by the FFC Construction Company of Gloucester City NJ were instructed to erect a fence at the southwest corner of Fifth and Federal as a safety precaution for pedestrians, as the recently installed River Line light rail tracks pass by the intersection.
Annals of Camden No 3 - Old Ferries - Camden NJ Download In this age of inventions, improvements and ever-changing modes of transportation, the ferry boat is still an important factor in carrying the traveller across that "goodly and noble" river which forms the boundary between the two Quaker Colonies of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
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.
Abraham Lincoln James, commonly known as A. L. James or A. Lincoln James, was a career officer with the Camden Police Department, serving for 40 years.
Allen Palmer was born on April 20, 1891, in the Ellisburg section of Delaware Township (present-day Cherry Hill), New Jersey, to John and Ida Palmer. By 1900, the family had moved to 26 North 21st Street in East Camden.
Camden Fire Department Battalion Chief who served the City of Camden for 38 years, rising from firefighter to battalion chief; a 1957 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School.
Private Anthony J. Flemming (1913–1944) of Camden, NJ, served in Company E, 47th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, and was killed in action on November 25, 1944, during the assault on the Siegfried Line in Germany. He was awarded the Purple Heart.
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.
BIAGIO 'BENNY' ACQUARO was born in Philadelphia PA on March 22, 1906. His mother Nunziata passed away at the age 45 when Benny was only two years old, on August 22, 1908. His father Giuseppe took him and his two sisters, Mary and Catherine, to Italy.
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 H. Lawyer (1924–1994) served with the Camden Fire Department from 1948 to 1974. Appointed on March 2, 1948 to Engine Company 9 in East Camden, he was promoted to Captain on April 1, 1956 and spent most of his career with Engine Company 6 at Front and Linden Streets. He grew up on North 35th Street in Cramer Hill and later lived at 1032 North 22nd Street.
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.
Cooper Browning Hatch was a prominent citizen of Camden in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was born to Joseph and Mary Hatch in a farmhouse that now houses the Camden County Historical Society.
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.
Edward C. Hahn served in the Camden Police Department from 1922, rising to the rank of Lieutenant. He died of a heart attack while on duty on April 2, 1944.
Frank F. Neutze Sr., born on December 22, 1894, in Camden, New Jersey, to Harry and Mary Neutze, was part of the Ferdinand Neutze family, known for their diverse professional involvements in Camden during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Staff Sergeant Frank J. Blair (1921–1944) of 987 North 23rd Street in Cramer Hill was a June 1940 graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School who served as a B-24 crewman with the 374th Bomber Squadron, 308th Bomber Group, based at Kunming, China. He was killed in action on July 13, 1944, and is listed on the Tablets of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
HARRY C. ANDERSON was born in April of 1873 to Isaac Anderson and his wife, the former Sarah Madison. The family was living at 810 Kimber Street in North Camden when the census was taken in 1880.
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.
Howard Lambert Gick (1895–1968) joined the Camden Fire Department in 1923, served until his retirement as District Chief in 1956, and later worked as Fire Inspector at Garden State Racetrack.
John Anthony Smith worked part-time at Mister Meat, a butcher shop at Federal Street and Route 130 , for many years. Known locally as a kind man with a serious drinking problem, he had no permanent address.
John C. Voll Jr. (1900-1979) was born in Camden and served the Camden Fire Department for 40 years, entering the department on January 15, 1925 and retiring on December 1, 1965. He lived his later years at 2737 Garfield Avenue in the Cramer Hill section of Camden.
John H. Vickers (1863–1939) served with the Camden Fire Department from 1904, rising to Captain of Engine Company 9 in 1924, and lived with his family at 202 North 27th Street from 1920.
Sergeant John Joseph Clynes Jr. (1894–1919) of 60 North 32nd Street in East Camden was a Victor Talking Machine Company pressman drafted in 1918 and assigned to the 153rd Depot Brigade at Camp Dix. He contracted tuberculosis in service and died at Base Hospital No. 8 in Otisville, New York on June 24, 1919, aged 25.
Tuckahoe-born Camden politician who served as Twelfth Ward freeholder for 14 years and as president of the East Camden Building and Loan Association from 1925 to 1946. His last home was 61 South 27th Street.
Joseph A. Alcorn (1919-1958) was a Camden, New Jersey native and US Marine Corps veteran who founded Alcorn Motor Sales on Federal Street in East Camden.
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.
Raymond H. "Mike" Stark Sr. served 27 years in the Camden Police Department, appointed April 11, 1917 and retired on pension May 15, 1944, serving as traffic officer, district detective, patrolman and sergeant, and as a sergeant of the Camden Bridge police during a 1926 leave of absence (his 1953 obituary says he organized that force).
Robert Hartmann (1876–1967), son of cigar manufacturer Frank J. Hartmann Sr., grew up in Camden's labor movement and was elected the first president of the Camden County Central Labor Union when it was formed in 1908. The 1920 Census found him and his family at 16 North 23rd Street in East Camden.
Russell J. Anderson (1897–1958) served with the Camden Fire Department for over 27 years, from December 1930 until his death in June 1958, assigned to Ladder Company 1 and later the Electrical Bureau.
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 .
Walter Page Hubbs Sr. (1871–after 1953) was a Camden, NJ police officer appointed in 1902 and dismissed in 1905 when Republicans returned to power. He later worked as a car repairer at the Pavonia railroad yards, living at 201 North 27th Street.
William M. May (1888–1935), known as "Indian Bill," lived in East Camden for more than two decades. He first came to public attention in December 1910 after a suicide attempt following Elsie Staley's rejection of his marriage proposal, and remained a recurring figure in Camden newspaper reports for the next 25 years.
William E. Hinch II (1941–1976) was a Camden firefighter. Born in Camden and living at 1113 North 18th Street in Cramer Hill, he was appointed to the Camden Fire Department in 1969 and served with Engine Company 7 on Kaighn Avenue and later Engine Company 9 in East Camden. He died on April 26, 1976 of injuries sustained in an automobile accident.
William E. "Pud" Jaeckel (1888–1961) joined the Camden Fire Department in 1920 and served over thirty years with Engine Company 9 at North 27th and Federal Streets in East Camden, retiring on pension in January 1951.
WILSON EPHRAIM ADAMS was well-known to many in and out of Camden for his many letters to the Courier-Post . He worked at the Police Administration building on Federal Street for several years prior to his retirement.
Eleventh Street ran north from Market Street through to Pearl Street. Over time, North 11th Street was erased block by block, until only a short segment between Penn and Linden Streets survives. South 11th Street is a connecting road with no residential addresses.
Camden has two separate 12th Streets: North Twelfth, which once ran from Federal Street to the Cooper River before being largely erased by highway construction, and South Twelfth, which runs from Fairview Street to Lakeshore Drive and is lined with post-World War II rowhouses.
Seventeenth Street runs through two separate sections of Camden: North 17th Street extends from Harrison Avenue to River Avenue through the Cramer Hill neighborhood, while South 17th Street runs from Federal Street southward across Carman Street to Admiral Wilson Boulevard in East Camden.
Eighteenth Street runs from River Avenue north to just beyond Harrison Avenue in the Cramer Hill section of Camden, New Jersey. Originally called Dayton Avenue, it was renamed shortly after the 1900 Census.
Nineteenth Street runs from the Pavonia railroad switching yards across River Avenue north to Harrison Avenue in the Cramer Hill section of Camden, New Jersey.
Twentieth Street runs through Cramer Hill and East Camden, from Harrison Avenue to Bank Street, established by the 1887–1888 Camden City Directory. In 1954, fourteen homes with South 20th Street addresses were added when McGuire Gardens public housing was built; they were demolished and redeveloped in the 1990s.
Twenty-First Street runs through Cramer Hill and into East Camden, extending from Harrison Avenue to Federal Street, established by the 1887–1888 Camden City Directory.
22nd Street spans the former Pavonia section — now Cramer Hill — and extends south to Federal Street in East Camden, already laid out by the time the 1887–1888 Camden City Directory was published.
23rd Street originates in the former Pavonia section — now Cramer Hill — and extends south to Federal Street in East Camden, noted in the 1887–1888 Camden City Directory. The James G. Blaine School stood at the southeast corner of 23rd Street and Wayne Avenue.
26th Street, originally called Union Street in the pre-annexation Pavonia section, runs through Cramer Hill and East Camden from the Delaware River to Bank and Mickle Streets. It was laid out before 1887 and renamed after Stockton Township was absorbed by Camden in 1899.
27th Street runs from the Delaware River through Cramer Hill and East Camden to Marlton Avenue. Originally called Fulton Street before the 1899 annexation of Stockton Township, it was one of the main thoroughfares of the neighborhood and home to football star Mike Rozier.
28th Street runs from the Delaware River south, across River Road to the Pavonia railroad switching yard, then to Westfield Avenue, Federal Street and Washington Street. It is North 28th Street above Federal and South 28th below.
29th Street extends from the Delaware River through Cramer Hill and East Camden, running from River Road to Clinton Street. It is North 29th Street above Federal and South 29th below.
2nd Street extends north-south between Front Street and 3rd Street, running parallel to the Delaware River until Mechanic Street. In the early 1970s, several buildings were cleared on the east side of North 2nd Street below Mickle Street to make way for the Royal Court townhomes and Mickle Tower senior citizens apartment building.
Thirtieth Street runs from the Delaware River south, across River Road to the Pavonia railroad switching yard, then to Westfield Avenue and on to Federal Street, and to the intersection of Line Street and Beacon Avenue, just above Waldorf Street. It is North 30th Street above Federal and South 30th below.
31st Street spans from the Delaware River through Cramer Hill and East Camden, with no addresses outside Cramer Hill since the early 1920s. It is North 31st Street above Federal and South 31st below.
32nd Street runs from the Delaware River through Cramer Hill and East Camden to the city limits at Highland Avenue, with North and South addresses dividing at Federal Street. At Westfield Avenue an acre of cultivated land and an old house called the "Mansion" were razed for the Westfield Acres housing project, which was itself razed in 2000 and replaced by Baldwin's Run.
33rd Street runs from the Delaware River south to Highland Avenue at the Pennsauken border, interrupted by the Pavonia railroad switching yard and by a rail line at Rosedale Avenue. It is North 33rd Street above Federal Street and South 33rd below.
34th Street runs from the Delaware River south to Highland Avenue at the Pennsauken border. It is North 34th Street above Federal and South 34th below.
35th Street runs from the Delaware River south to River Avenue, then resumes east of the Pavonia railroad switching yard and again beyond Westfield Avenue, reaching Federal Street and continuing three blocks to Highland Avenue at the Pennsauken border. It is North 35th Street above Federal and South 35th below.
Thirty-Sixth Street runs from the Delaware River south, across River Road, to Federal Street, and forms Camden's northern border with Pennsauken Township at intervals along its length. It became part of Camden when Stockton Township was annexed in 1899, and had been known in Pennsauken as Cove Avenue into the 1890s.
Thirty-Eighth Street runs south from Jersey Avenue to Camden Avenue in East Camden, crossing Westfield Avenue and High Street, then picks up again for one block between Federal Street and Fremont Street.
Thirty-Ninth Street runs south from Jersey Avenue to Camden Avenue in East Camden, crossing Westfield Avenue and High Street. City directory and newspaper records document occupants of the 200, 300 and 400 blocks from 1924 to 1947.
Fortieth Street runs south from Poplar Avenue to Jersey Avenue in East Camden, crossing Westfield Avenue and High Street, then picks up again at Federal Street for one block to Myrtle Avenue.
Forty-First Street runs from Jersey Avenue to Poplar Avenue in East Camden, crossing Westfield Avenue and High Street, then picks up again at Federal Street for one block to Myrtle Avenue.
Forty-Second Street runs from Jersey Avenue to Camden Avenue in East Camden, crossing Westfield Avenue and High Street, then picks up again for one block between Federal Street and Fremont Street.
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.
Admiral Wilson Boulevard (US Route 30) runs from the Benjamin Franklin Bridge to Airport Circle, named after World War I naval hero Admiral Henry Braid Wilson Jr. of Camden — originally designated as Bridge Boulevard when it opened.
Arch Street ran from Delaware Avenue to North 5th Street between Federal and Market Streets in downtown Camden. Formerly known as Plum Street, it was home to Oetzel's Saloon, the Genova Cafe, the Collings Carriage Company, and the Camden Fire Department headquarters at 5th and Arch.
Bailey Street appears to be named for real estate developer William T. Bailey, who was responsible for building rows of homes between North 5th and North 6th Streets on State, Grant, Bailey and York Streets.
Baird Boulevard (originally Baird Avenue) runs diagonally through the Parkside and East Camden neighborhoods, named for Camden businessman and U.S. Senator David Baird Sr. It begins at Kaighn Avenue, crosses the Cooper River and Admiral Wilson Boulevard, and terminates at the intersection of Federal Street and 27th Street in East Camden.
Beideman Avenue runs through Camden's Cramer Hill and East Camden sections, east of North 32nd Street, from the Delaware River south to Cleveland Avenue and from Lemuel Avenue through what was Westfield Acres to Westfield Avenue. Named for the Beideman family, notable landowners in northern Cramer Hill before its residential development.
Birch Street once ran from Front Street through Ninth Street in North Camden. Over the years, the Delaware River Bridge, the Port Authority, and the Northgate Apartment Buildings took most of the street off the map.
Boyd Street runs through East Camden parallel to Marlton Avenue, from Carman Street to the Pennsauken city limits. Originally named Pfeiffer Street before 1924, it gained notoriety in the late 1980s and 1990s as part of the open-air drug market known as "the Alley."
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.
Burns Street was in Camden's Poet's Row neighborhood, named for Robert Burns. Three blocks of row homes built in the 1890s, all destroyed in the catastrophic Poet's Row fire of August 1972.
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.
Carpenter Street was a narrow residential street in North Camden, running from North 8th Street to Cooper Street. Most of it was destroyed in the 1940 Hollingshead Factory fire and later razed for Interstate 676; today only the 800 block remains.
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.
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.
Cramer Street runs east through the Cramer Hill and East Camden neighborhoods of Camden, NJ. Named for real estate developer Alfred Cramer, who sold more than 5,000 building lots in the area by 1897, it stretches from the 2600 to 3400 blocks.
Crescent Boulevard is the street name assigned to US Route 130, which passes through Camden at four points: in East Camden, just south of the Cooper River, from south of the railroad tracks toward Haddon Township, and from Mount Ephraim Avenue to Newton Creek at Camden's extreme southern end.
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.
Ferry Avenue, originally called Ferry Road, was opened in 1820 and runs from Kaighnton in South Camden through Stockton Township to Mount Ephraim Avenue. It was converted to a toll road in 1859 and reverted to the city around 1875.
Haddon Avenue is one of Camden's oldest roads, dating to at least 1792 as a bridle path and incorporated as the Haddonfield & Camden Turnpike in 1839. It runs southeast from Federal Street to the city limits toward Collingswood, Haddon Township, and Haddonfield.
Henrietta Terrace is an alley in East Camden, New Jersey, running behind the 2600 block of Baird Boulevard from Federal Street to Mickle Street. No houses or buildings carry a Henrietta Terrace address.
Howell Street runs through East Camden from 20th Street to 30th Street, parallel to the Pavonia railroad tracks. Homes were built by the 1880s, and several businesses operated here during Camden's industrial years, including Nick's Auto Parts and the Pavonia Ice & Coal Company. The first Catholic parish in East Camden, St. Joseph Church, stood at 25th and Howell Street.
Leonard Avenue runs one block from Federal Street to Westfield Avenue in East Camden, built in 1915 on land that had been part of St. Patrick's Cemetery.
Linden Street runs east from the Delaware River to North 12th Street in Camden; large portions were demolished for the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, Rutgers University and the toll plaza.
Marlton Avenue in East Camden begins at Federal Street as an extension of State Street and runs east to the city limits; nearby houses were razed around 2006 for the new Thomas Dudley Elementary School.
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.
Starr Avenue ran northeast from Border Street to Federal Street near the Cooper River and was named for Jesse W. and John F. Starr, founders of Camden Iron Works. It was later renamed Mt. Ephraim Avenue.
State Street, established in 1856, runs from the Delaware River to the Cooper River in North Camden. Citizens petitioned for it to shorten the trip to markets and the ferry.
Sycamore Street is one of Camden's "tree" streets, originally running east from Front Street to Haddon Avenue; its intersections at 7th, 8th and Louis Streets were hubs for different ethnic and cultural communities.
A Post Office was established in Camden in 1803 and called Cooper's Ferry Post Office, under which name it continued until 1829 when it was changed to Camden.
St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, the first Catholic parish in East Camden, was founded in 1893 at 25th and Howell Street and celebrated its Golden Anniversary in 1943. A new church built in 1952 at 2907 Federal Street became St. Joseph's Pro-Cathedral.
Engine Company 9 was organized as Hose Company 1 on March 1, 1900 at the new firehouse at North 27th and Federal Street in East Camden, reorganized as Hose and Chemical Company 1 in 1914 and as Engine Company 9 in 1922, and has remained continuously at 27th and Federal Street, sharing quarters with Ladder Company 3.
The gas station, on the southwest corner of 18th and Federal , was razed sometime in the 1970s. The Dimedio Lime Company, which is across Federal Street , bought the property and erected a new building on the site. Oscar Gibbs' Sinclair Gas Station
25th & Federal Street, Camden, NJ Louis Jacob Kotlikoff was born in Kiev, Russia, in 1879. After immigrating to America, he married Clara Hager, another Jewish immigrant, around the turn of the 20th century.
Woodrow Wilson High School at 3100 Federal Street in East Camden, New Jersey, opened as a junior high in 1930 and became a high school in 1933; now Eastside High.
