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Avon Street is a one-block thoroughfare in South Camden running from Royden Street south to Line Street, between West Street and South 4th Street, intersected by Beckett Street. Six two-story brick homes lined the street by 1906.
Obituary for Giuseppe De Luca, 75, of 603 Avon Street, a native of Italy and 44-year Camden resident, retired RCA maintenance man and uncle of Camden County register of deeds Joseph De Luca.
Peter DiVito, convicted of the 1932 gangland killing of Giuseppe Pirelli of 603 Avon Street, is to be paroled after serving 28 years of a life sentence for bootlegging-related murder.
Death notice for Maria Darmela De Luca, wife of the late Carmine DeLuca, of 607 Avon Street; funeral at Bocco Funeral Home with Mass at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, burial at Calvary Cemetery.
Obituary for Vincenzo Pucci, 71, of 605 Avon Street, a native of Italy and 40-year Camden resident, retired employee of White Lamb Finlay Co.; survived by his wife Felicia and daughter Mrs. Mary Doto.
Death notice for Serafina DeLuca (née Serchia), 78, of 603 Avon Street, Camden. Funeral at Bocco Funeral Home, Mass at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel.
Death notice for Samuel Liberati, 88, of 606 Avon Street, husband of the late Anna; funeral at Troncone Funeral Home with Mass at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, burial at Calvary Cemetery.
A neighbor who ran several blocks Friday night when she saw smoke and flames brought firemen to rescue Samuel Liberetti, 88, of 606 Avon Street, near West and Beckett Streets. Captain Raymond T. Amos and Engine Co. 1 pulled Liberetti from his smoke-filled cellar.
Obituary for Mrs. Anna E. Sterrett of 604 Avon Street, who died at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. She had lived in Camden four years, survived by her husband James A. and a daughter.
Death notice for Aldo M. Pucci, 27, of 605 Avon Street, beloved son of Vincent and Felcia Garamone Pucci; funeral at the family home Monday with Mass at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel.
Obituary for Carmine DeLuca, of 607 Avon Street, a retired Pennsylvania Railroad employee and member of Italian mutual aid societies; survived by his widow Maria and four sons.
Joseph Troiano of 603 Avon Street and Vincent Zito of 209 Line Street are photographed playing "Upper" (Egg-Picking), the traditional South Jersey Easter game, for the Camden Courier-Post.
Charles Sapp, 48, of 607 Avon Street, was prostrated by heat while waiting for a train at the Pennsylvania Railroad terminal and taken to Cooper Hospital.
Hospital case log from Camden's Homeopathic Hospital, including Frank Jones, 3, of 607 Avon Street, who had a stone removed from his left nostril.
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.