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Edwin Stanley Wirtz (1914–1975), son of Camden policeman Stanley R. Wirtz and grandson of Camden fireman James McDade, was appointed to the Camden Fire Department in October 1943 and served 22 years, retiring in October 1965 as an inspector in the Fire Marshal's office.
Henry Houston "Harry" Franks served as Camden's Chief of Police from April 1, 1886 until his death on January 1, 1887. A Civil War veteran of the 25th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry and a tobacconist, he served as constable of the Third Ward before his appointment as chief.
Gloria LoPrete was born Gloria Troiano. She learned to bake fresh bread and rolls by hand while working alongside her father, who ran the Unique Bakery at 913 South 3rd Street in South Camden for many years.
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.
Augustus F. Werner was born around 1870. According to the 1920 Census, he was born in Texas to German-speaking parents who had emigrated from the Lorraine region, which was then part of France. He met and married his wife, Annie, around 1891.
Riley Street ran south from Washington Street for one block to Berkley Street, with ten two-story brick rowhouses. City directories list residents from 1875, and by 1947 only four houses remained.
Auburn Alley runs north and south from Washington Street, east of South 6th Street, behind the homes on Chambers Avenue. Today only a portion of the original alley is accessible, with residences encroaching on the Berkley Street side.
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.
Dr. Arthur L. Stone held the position of City Health Director in Camden from 1923 until his passing in 1945.
Fremont Avenue, also known as Fremont Street, runs southeast through East Camden from Garden Avenue to South 38th Street, parallel to Federal Street.
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.
Berkley Hall, built in 1895 at 601 Berkley Street in Camden, New Jersey, housed grocery stores including the A&P for decades and was later converted to apartments.
Berkley Street was originally spelled Berkeley Street, named for Lord Berkeley, who co-owned the colony of New Jersey from 1664 to 1674. East of Broadway it was known as Hamilton Street until 1882. This page covers occupants from the 200 block through the 3000 block.
Amanda Alloway, who was born in New Jersey in November 1843, had a notable life deeply intertwined with the historical tapestry of Camden, New Jersey.
CHARLES L." SHAD" ALCOTT was born in New Jersey around 1857. The Census indicates July of 1858. Sorting him out can be confusing as there was a Charles M. Alcott, born February of 1857, who lived in Camden at the same time.
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.
By Phil Cohen One Postcard, Two Destinations, Three Continents, Six People, and One Hundred and Two Years The Mystery The postcard above was mailed on October 5, 1910 from Camden, New Jersey to Miss Ella Kremo at the Tivoli Theater in Sydney, Australia.
By ALAN GUENTHER, Courier-Post Staff Two dozen Camden residents recently took a nighttime walk on the wild side, past rows of abandoned homes, through neighborhoods so infested with crime and drugs that the dark streets are illuminated at night only by flashes of gunfire.
Martin DiCarlo's Camden Courier-Post column on the Iannelli family: Camden firemen Frank Iannelli and his sons Leonard and Carmen all died of heart attacks on the job, in 1942, 1964 and 1975.
Camden Courier-Post, December 20, 1971: A Camden fireman was injured when his ladder ripped from its base at a general-alarm fire that destroyed the empty John R. Evans leather tanning plant in North Camden.
Mrs. Theodosia Conaghy, 82, who served 27 years as matron of the Camden County Jail, died at the Berkley Street home of a nephew, Eli E. Conaghy.
Obituary of Joseph T. Johnson, 88, retired Camden city fireman of 626 Berkley Street, who drove a horse-drawn steam pumper for Engine Company 7 from 1900 until 1932.
Juvenile authorities questioned two boys, 9 and 11, who set a debris fire with motor oil behind the abandoned Stevens School at 4th and Berkley streets; Detective Nicholas Pavlak investigated.
Public Safety Commissioner E. George Aaron promoted three hosemen to fire captain and announced six new firemen — including Henry J. Keating of 3316 Lemuel Avenue, transferred from the Police Department — and two new policemen. Camden Courier-Post, November 30, 1953.
Legal notice that Victor G. Anderson, trading as Vic's Cafe, applied to transfer his plenary retail consumption license from 852 Ferry Avenue to 751 Ferry Avenue, with the 1972 death notice of his father, Matthew Anderson.
Camden marriage license applications published September 15, 1951, including William D. Singleton of 408 Haddon Avenue and Irene Skipper of Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Albert Wallace of 316 South Third Street was held for grand jury action in Camden municipal court, charged with firing a shot through the door of a friend's home on Berkley Street.
The Camden Housing Authority names engineer William T. Harker to begin surveys for a new low-rent housing project of 800 homes, and approves a newspaper stand at Ablett Village for blind resident Cora Gideon of 588 Berkley Street.
Marriage licenses published in the Camden Courier-Post, November 17, 1949, including Russell E. Mattson of 333 North 38th Street and Ruth M. MacDonald of 46 North 33rd Street.
World War II draft registration card for Michael A. Comanda, age 48, of 230 Berkley Street, Camden, born in Italy on December 5, 1893, whose employer was Samuel Yellin, metal worker, of Arch Street, Philadelphia.
Fires caused slight damage at the home of Percy DeRoche, 2937 Berkley Street, where Capt. Daniel Smith's Engine Co. 9 responded, and at the home of Etta Adams, 819 Locust Street, where an oil stove ignited a couch.
A June 1939 Camden Courier-Post report on the Municipal Alcohol Beverage Control Board's ruling that even giving away liquor on Sunday breaks the law, in a hearing that reviewed several licensees including the Polish-American Citizens Club.
Henry R. Elliott Jr., 72, a Spanish-American War veteran who had lived at 640 Berkley Street, died at the Soldiers' Home in Vineland on February 13, 1938 after two years of illness.
Marriage license notices from Camden and vicinity for February 1938, including George Albert Leary of 650 Berkley Street and Ellen Jane Frame of 525 North 6th Street.
Democratic Assembly nominees Henry Lodge, Bartholomew Sheehan and Harry Roye were to speak at Roosevelt rallies in Magnolia and Camden's First and Ninth wards on October 26, 1936, among many other ward and borough rallies.
The Camden Housing Advisory Committee recommended that the city clear 20 blocks of sub-standard properties, 895 dwellings in two areas, to save on municipal service costs; Mayor Frederick von Nieda favored eliminating the areas but opposed spending city money without assurance of a return.
Charged with stealing seven diamond rings valued at $4000, two men were discharged by Police Judge Lewis Liberman yesterday when the complaining witness failed to appear in court.
Scores of children on their way to school were endangered when two horses hitched to a bakery wagon ran away in South Camden streets, ignoring red traffic lights and shouts of pedestrians and motorists.
Ernest Tinney, 17, was sentenced to 100 days in jail for throwing stones through train windows at Haddon avenue and Line street; three youths arrested with him received suspended sentences.
Camden Courier-Post advertisement, March 28, 1932, for Richard O'Neill, 6th and Berkley Streets, offering houses to rent for $15 to $35.
The campaign for A. Harry Moore, gubernatorial candidate, and local Democratic candidates, will be carried into six wards of the city and in seven communities of the county tonight.
Camden city officials and delegates of the South Jersey Port Commission and Chamber of Commerce leave for Washington to attend a Rivers and Harbors Committee hearing on deepening the Delaware River channel for the planned $2,000,000 marine terminal. Camden Courier-Post, February 15, 1928.
Thieves looted an East Camden chain store and three North Camden residences of more than $400 in cash and jewelry worth nearly $500 during the night.
Philadelphia Inquirer, March 5, 1916: a $10,000 railroad crossing suit, a bankruptcy ruling, the sudden death of Mrs. Elizabeth Bibber of 1132 Dupont Street, and the 58th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Peacock of 533 Berkley Street.
Local briefs from Camden including Julius Narshinski, 40, of 214 Burns Street treated at Cooper Hospital for heat exhaustion, a drowning in the Delaware, and a fatal accident at the Gibbstown powder plant.
Advertisement for the Broadway Garage, C. B. Richardson, Manager, at Broadway and Washington Streets, Camden, from a 1915 Patriotic Sons of America ad booklet.
Robert A. Pierson, a veteran railroad man, died at his Berkeley Street home in Camden hours after his wife's burial, unaware of her death.
Harry Bowen of Philadelphia and William Peters of Fifth and Berkley streets, Camden, were held under $1000 bail for obtaining a barrel of chickens from a Salem farmer under false pretenses; Detective Brothers arrested them at the Camden terminal.
The Bridgeton Evening News describes the funeral of Camden Policeman Isaac "Ike" Toy, held from his home at 604 South Third Street and attended by Mayor Charles H. Ellis, Chief of Police Elisha A. Gravenor and fifty officers, with interment in Harleigh Cemetery. During the procession Policeman Alonzo Dyer collapsed at Broadway and Berkley Street.
Considerable surprise was manifested in Camden yesterday when it was announced that Anna Turner, the sixteen-year-old daughter of Frank Turner, a prominent builder and contractor, has been marred since January 21 to Louis Voegtlin, formerly of Camden, but now of Trenton.