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Herman G. Rohde Jr. (1921–1992), born in Camden and a former Camden police officer, became pro wrestling’s first televised star as Buddy “Nature Boy” Rogers — NWA World Champion and the first WWWF (WWE) World Champion.
Arlington Street in South Camden ran one block and virtually disappeared after demolition in 2004. The street was home to working-class families, the General Gas Mantle factory (which caused thorium contamination), and became an EPA Superfund site in 1996.
Jefferson Avenue, also called Jefferson Street, runs from the Delaware River east to South 10th Street in Camden, one block north of Chelton Avenue; construction of I-676 severed the street, wiping out all structures east of the railroad tracks to Master Street.
John "Chick" Binder recalls growing up at 2030 Arlington Street through the World War II years — the Rohde family across the street, air-raid drills, and V-J Day on a now-vanished block.
John Regl traces nearly fifty years of his family's history at 2054 Arlington Street, from his great-grandfather's arrival from Hungary in 1906 to the family's departure in 1958.
As crews demolished radiation-contaminated rowhomes on Arlington Street in February 2004, Waterfront South residents told officials they feared a redevelopment plan would drive them from their longtime homes.
Obituary for Thomas J. Driscoll, 72, of 2030 Arlington Street, Camden. Survived by his wife Virginia, one son, two daughters, two sisters, and five grandchildren. Funeral at Sacred Heart Church.
Obituary for Mrs. Julia A. Galm, 75, of 2032 Arlington Street. Survived by five sons, two daughters, three sisters, 20 grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. Requiem Mass at Sacred Heart Church.
Obituary for Mrs. Nellie Stenner, 73, of 2006 Arlington Street, a 55-year Camden resident. Survived by her husband Frank J., a son, three daughters, and ten grandchildren.
A two-alarm fire sweeps a grain pit at Camden Grain Co. on Kossuth Street. The blaze, discovered at 4 a.m. by night watchman Caspar Krispin of 2046 Arlington Street, spreads smoke and fumes over a mile-wide area.
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.
A Camden Courier-Post "Hospital Cases" column of July 31, 1941, listing emergency-room admissions to Cooper and West Jersey hospitals — among them Patricia Titus, 8, of 2005 Arlington Street.
Death notice of Herman G. Rohde of 2033 Arlington Street, who died December 5, 1939 — father of the professional wrestler Herman "Dutch" Rohde, better known as "Nature Boy" Buddy Rogers.
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.
A Camden Courier-Post report of August 1, 1936: four men, three of them brothers, were held without bail by Police Judge Lewis Liberman for a holdup that began at Jefferson and Arlington streets.
A Camden Courier-Post report of October 29, 1935: Sue Carroda of 2040 Arlington Street told Police Judge Lewis Liberman that Leon Lokaj was the father of her child, after earlier clearing another man.
Thomas L. Griffith of 2002 Arlington Street wrote to the Courier-Post's "Mail Bag" endorsing Walter Sekula, Republican candidate for Camden County freeholder from the Eighth Ward.
A Camden Courier-Post report of August 10, 1933: three masked, armed men robbed Stanley Wojciechowski's Rosemont Cafe at 2051 Arlington Street of $6.
Death notice for Joseph R. Ackley, 86, of 2012 Arlington Street. Funeral services June 16, 1932; interment at Old Camden Cemetery.
Frank J. McLaughlin, 32, of 2003 Arlington Street, a former amateur boxer, died June 2, 1932 after several years of ill health.
Frank Stenner, 18, of 2006 Arlington Street discovers a fire in a vacant house at 2025 Arlington Street while searching for a lost wallet.
A family of seven is driven from their home at 2010 Arlington Street after a fire breaks out at 5:30 a.m. A nine-year-old boy, John Moore, wakes his parents and brothers to safety; neighbors at 2006 and 2008 Arlington are also displaced.
A July 1916 Philadelphia Inquirer note reports a damage suit begun on behalf of Mrs. Mary McDonough of 2008 Arlington Street against the Public Service Railway Company.