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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.
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.
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.
The City of Camden scheduled a public auction of two Broadway landmarks it had taken over for non-payment of taxes, the Labor Temple at Broadway and Royden Street and the Eagles Home at 413-15-17 Broadway, with minimum bids of $10,000 each. The article describes both buildings in detail.