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Camden Elks Lodge 293

John T. Rodan, 1931
People

John T. Rodan

Tuckahoe-born Camden politician who served as Twelfth Ward freeholder for 14 years and as president of the East Camden Building and Loan Association from 1925 to 1946. His last home was 61 South 27th Street.

·16 min read
People

Harry L. Leonard

Harry L. Leonard was a Camden-born funeral director and World War I veteran who opened his own funeral parlor at 120 South 27th Street in 1927, later moving to 2850 Federal Street, and ran for Camden County Coroner in 1936.

·7 min read
People

Dr. Henry H. Davis

Physician, pharmacist, and Camden's first Medical Inspector; later Health Director and chief school physician who shaped public-school health care in Camden for a generation.

·5 min read
City Workers on the 500 Block of Morgan Street - 1949
Streets

Morgan Street

Morgan Street runs from Broadway, opposite the old New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, to South 10th Street, crossing the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks and South 6th through 10th Streets. Part of the corridor has been renamed Holtec Boulevard.

·5 min read
Lewis Liberman, 1924
People

Lewis Liberman

Lewis Liberman (1894-1941) was a Camden, New Jersey attorney, World War I veteran, and Police Court judge who also served as assistant city solicitor.

·5 min read
Thomas J. Daley, Camden city engineer, portrait, c. 1931
People

Thomas J. Daley

Thomas J. Daley (born 1889) was a civil engineer who joined Camden's engineering department in 1913 and was appointed City Engineer in 1925, serving during construction of the new City Hall and marine terminal.

·4 min read
News Articles

Camden Men Back from World's Fair

John A. Burke of 516 Gordon Terrace and his grandson Hobart M. Luther, 17, of 807 Morgan Street, share their impressions of the 1933 Chicago World's Fair after a week at the exhibition.

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News Articles

Bott Chosen Head of Policemen, Firemen

Herbert Bott was re-elected president of the Camden Police and Firemen's Association on February 9, 1933, with William P. Spencer winning a three-cornered fight for vice president.

·1 min read
Philadelphia Inquirer clipping, May 14, 1900, Destructive Work of Flames in Camden - Taylor Avenue fire
News Articles

Destructive Work of Flames in Camden

The Philadelphia Inquirer's account of a destructive fire along Taylor Avenue in Camden, started by boys playing with matches, which drew Philadelphia engines across the river.

·4 min read