Hillside Avenue

Intersection of Eva Street and Hillside Avenue

Street signs at Eva Street and Hillside Avenue, East Camden

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HILLSIDE EVA St

Looking down Eva Street from Hillside Avenue — photograph taken July 7, 2006.

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The 300 block of Hillside Avenue is in East Camden. The records below are drawn from Camden city directories, 1927–1969, supplemented by photographs and newspaper clippings.

Hillside Market — 306 Hillside Avenue

The Hillside Market — "Quality Meats and Groceries" — operated at 306 Hillside Avenue, run by Irvin Lang. The advertisement below appeared in the Camden High School Yearbook in February 1940.

Hillside Market

Camden High School Yearbook, February 1940

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Hillside Market Quality Meats and Groceries 306 Hillside Avenue Irvin Lang

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318 Hillside Avenue — Twelfth Ward Women's Republican Club

In October 1935, the Twelfth Ward Women's Republican Club was organized at 318 Hillside Avenue.

347 Hillside Avenue — George H. Bradbury

George H. Bradbury lived at 347 Hillside Avenue. In April 1928 he was the driver in one of two collisions at the same intersection, reported in Crash Follows Crash at Same Intersection.

Crash Follows Crash at Same Intersection

Camden Courier-Post, April 6, 1928

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CRASH FOLLOWS CRASH AT SAME INTERSECTION Two automobile accidents at the same intersection within a few minutes yesterday afternoon caused slight injuries to three persons. Dr. A. Lincoln Sherk, 41, of 2647 Westfield avenue, was cut on the head when his automobile overturned after colliding with that of Miss Florence Kauffman, 23, of 1063 North Thirty-second street, at Twenty-eighth and Mitchell streets. A few minutes later, Anna Adams, 10, of 414 North Twenty-seventh street, ran into the path of a machine driven by George Bradbury, of 347 Hillside avenue. She was treated at Cooper Hospital for cuts and bruises.

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348 Hillside Avenue — Rae B. Keene

Rae B. Keene lived at 348 Hillside Avenue. His 1957 obituary appeared in the Camden Courier-Post.

Rae B. Keene

Camden Courier-Post, March 26, 1957

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RAE B. KEENE Services for Rae B. Keene, 71, who died Saturday in the General Hospital, Lakeland, will be held Tuesday at 8 p. m. in the Eichel Funeral Home, 60 S. 27th st., where friends may call at 7 p. m. Private burial will be in Fairlawn Cemetery, Dalton, Pa. Keene formerly lived at 348 Hillside ave. He was a retired janitor and a member of the Calvary Bible Protestant Church. Surviving are his wife, Maud W.; a son, Thaddeus B., of New Milford, Pa.; a daughter, Mrs. Alberta Schwindt, of Astoria, L. I., a brother, W. G. Keene, of Lenola, and six grandchildren.

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Photos — 300 Block of Hillside Avenue

305 Hillside Avenue, circa 2000.

306–308 Hillside Avenue, July 7, 2006.

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Intersection of Ella Street and Hillside Avenue

Street signs at Ella Street and Hillside Avenue, East Camden

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ELLA ST. HILLSIDE AVE.

Looking down Ella Street from Hillside Avenue, East Camden, July 7, 2006

Looking down Ella Street from Hillside Avenue — photographs taken July 7, 2006.

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ELLA [illegible] HILLSIDE [illegible]

The 400 block of Hillside Avenue is in East Camden. The records below are drawn from Camden city directories, 1929–1969, with photographs of 420 Hillside Avenue, home of Alfred R. Pierce, who served as Mayor of Camden.

420 Hillside Avenue — Alfred R. Pierce

Alfred R. Pierce, Mayor of Camden, lived at 420 Hillside Avenue from the late 1950s through the 1960s.

Alfred R. Pierce, 420 Hillside Avenue, late 1950s–1960s.

420 Hillside Avenue, 2009.