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Carteret Street

Aerial photo of Carteret Street, 1961

Streets

Carteret Street

Carteret Street, in Camden's old Ninth Ward, ran just two blocks from Mickle Street to Newton Avenue. Built after 1891, the street fell victim to the construction of Interstate 676 in the 1970s.

October 31, 2026·9 min read

Hobart Corson - Sick Leave Record

People

Charles Hobart Corson

Charles Hobart Corson, commonly known as Hobart Corson , was born in Camden, New Jersey, on July 23, 1902, to W. Penn Corson and his wife, the former Catherine Kronenwetter.

September 23, 2024·2 min read

Frank B. Hanna - 1931

People

Frank B. Hanna

Frank B. Hanna was born in New Jersey in 1894. He married Rachel Thomason around 1914, and they had a daughter, Elizabeth, the following year. By January 1920, the Hannas were residing at 5315 Locust Street in Philadelphia.

July 12, 2024·1 min read

Second Convention Hall - Third Regiment Armory

Buildings

Convention Hall

Camden, NJ had two Convention Halls: the first on Memorial Avenue at Line Street, the second the former Third Regiment Armory on Mickle Street.

January 17, 2022·5 min read

Joseph A. Marks Jr. death notice, 1966

Joseph A. Marks Jr.

Obituary for Joseph A. Marks Jr., 27, of 320 Carteret Street, a carpenter electrocuted while installing a TV antenna in Allentown, Pa. Burial in New Camden Cemetery.

January 13, 1966·1 min read

Letter praising Del Grande Christmas party, 1964

Says Del Grande Party Was Tops

A letter to the editor from Frank Youker, an elevator operator at 344 Carteret Street, praising Peter DelGrande's Christmas open house at Camden City Hall.

December 30, 1964·1 min read

Mrs. Ida M. Garrison death notice, 1962

Mrs. Ida M. Garrison

Obituary for Mrs. Ida M. Garrison, 71, of 326 Carteret Street, who died in Cooper Hospital. Services at the Etherington Funeral Home, Gloucester City; burial in Cedar Grove Cemetery.

July 10, 1962·1 min read

John G. Cline death notice, 1960

John G. Cline

Obituary for John G. Cline, 40, of 332 Carteret Street, a private detective and 18-year Camden resident. Burial in the U.S. National Cemetery, Beverly.

March 25, 1960·1 min read

Leroy Snyder held for grand jury; Esther Edmonds mugging report, 1959

Leroy Snyder

Leroy Snyder, 28, was held for the grand jury after a police chase near Armor Park, where Charles Kelly and Esther Edmonds of 463 Carteret Street reported mugging attempts.

August 2, 1959·1 min read

Newspaper clipping: 3 Businesses, Homes Looted On Weekend, Camden Courier-Post, December 14, 1957

3 Businesses, Homes Looted On Weekend

Burglars broke into three Camden businesses, including the 705 Bar on Chestnut Street and Paramount Billiards at 16 S. Broadway, and three Pennsauken homes over a December 1957 weekend, netting nearly $600; two men were held for breaking into Martini's Service Station at 4th and Main streets.

December 14, 1957·1 min read

Notice of Application from the Ninth Ward Republican Association, Camden Courier-Post, June 10, 1957

Notice of Application

A June 1957 legal notice that the Ninth Ward Republican Association applied for a club liquor license at 536 Broadway, listing President Hobart Corson, Vice President John K. Voll and the association's other officers and directors, including Lester Beach of 702 Carman Street.

June 10, 1957·1 min read

William W. Dowdney death notice, 1955

William W. Dowdney

Obituary for William W. Dowdney, 64, of 414 Carteret Street, a World War I veteran and 23-year RCA Victor employee. Burial in Arlington Cemetery, Pennsauken.

February 27, 1955·1 min read

Joseph G. Barnett Plumbing & Heating Contractor advertisement, 1955

Joseph G. Barnett

A 1955 Yellow Pages listing for Joseph G. Barnett, plumbing and heating contractor, 422 Carteret Street, Camden.

January 1, 1955·1 min read

Capitol Heating Co. advertisement, 1955

Capitol Heating Co.

A 1955 Yellow Pages advertisement for Fluid Heat oil burners, listing Capitol Heating Co., 460 Carteret Street, Camden, and Egbert Service of Westmont as where to buy them.

January 1, 1955·1 min read

Ann G. Burke funeral notice, 1954

Ann G. Burke

Funeral notice for Ann G. Burke of 457 Carteret Street, who died June 9, 1954. Requiem Mass at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception; interment at Calvary Cemetery.

June 11, 1954·1 min read

John Francis McCabe funeral notice mentioning Stanton's Funeral Home, 1941

John Francis McCabe

Funeral notice for John Francis McCabe, husband of Ida McCabe (nee Hoyt), formerly of Camden, who died suddenly at Pittsburgh on July 20, 1941. The funeral was set for July 24 at Stanton's Funeral Home, 336 Carteret Street.

July 24, 1941·1 min read

Headline: Sleuth Battles Judge on 'Bookie', Camden Courier-Post, October 3, 1936 (first crop)

Sleuth Battles Judge on 'Bookie'

Police Judge Lewis Liberman freed Richard Everett of 460 Carteret Street, an alleged horse race bookmaker, for lack of evidence after repeated clashes between defense attorney Meyer L. Sakin and the detectives who raided his store.

October 3, 1936·1 min read

Cops nab store owner in horse betting raid, 1936 (Benjamin Simon)

Cops Nab Store Owner in Horse Betting Raid

City detectives raided a cigar store at 460 Carteret Street, seizing alleged horse racing sheets and gambling paraphernalia. Proprietor Richard Everett, 59, was arrested.

October 1, 1936·1 min read

Courier-Post clipping, August 19, 1936: Two Men Jailed in Theft Plot Try to Involve G.O.P. Club Aide

Two Men Jailed in Theft Plot Try to Involve G.O.P. Club Aide

Michael Maloni and Dominick Vizzone, convicted of robbing Ninth Ward Republican Club employee Jacob Mutzer, claimed he had plotted with them to steal the club's slot machines at 536 Broadway; Judge Frank F. Neutze said their story "doesn't ring true" and sentenced them to four months.

August 19, 1936·2 min read

Third suspect seized in holdup at cemetery, 1936 (Clifford Carr)

Third Suspect Seized in Holdup at Cemetery

Chester Mignogna was arrested for complicity in the June 16 holdup of Jacob Mutzer, 62, of 417 Carteret Street, who was beaten and robbed at Evergreen Cemetery.

August 9, 1936·1 min read

Randolph W. Rudderow obituary, 1934

Randolph W. Rudderow

Obituary for Randolph W. Rudderow, 62, of 461 Carteret Street, a real estate man connected with the office of T. Yorke Smith and an officer of the Broadway M.E. Church.

September 10, 1934·1 min read

Joseph H. Mounce

Social note: Mr. and Mrs. Joseph H. Mounce of 306 Carteret Street entertained on Tuesday evening in honor of their daughter, Miss Vera H. Mounce.

June 23, 1933·1 min read

L.M. Pruyn

Social note: Mr. and Mrs. L.M. Pruyn and Mrs. Clara Gravenstein of 430 Carteret Street opened their Pitman cottage for the summer.

June 20, 1933·1 min read

A. Lincoln Ogden

Birth announcement: Mr. and Mrs. Harold G. Locke announced the birth of a daughter, Dorothy Virginia Locke. Mrs. Locke was formerly Miss Grace Ogden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Lincoln Ogden of 421 Carteret Street.

June 4, 1933·1 min read

Mrs. D.M. Stanton & Son, Funeral Directors directory listing, 1932

Funeral Directors

A classified Funeral Directors listing with A. Gustav Roedel & Son on North 27th Street, Frank J. Leonard on Broadway, and Mrs. D. M. Stanton & Son, Carroll J. Stanton, at 336 Carteret Street.

June 3, 1932·1 min read

Child Hit by Car

Walter Derengowski, 4, of Lansdowne Avenue, pushing his express wagon between a bus and a private car, was struck by a car driven by George Thompson of 450 Carteret Street at Haddon and Bradley avenues.

October 26, 1931·1 min read

Headline: Youth Given 10 Days for Emulating Sniper, Camden Courier-Post, February 25, 1928

Youth Given 10 Days for Emulating Sniper

Walter Anderson, 18, of Carteret Street near Wright Avenue, was sentenced to ten days in jail by Police Judge Bertman for imitating the "phantom sniper" near Newton Avenue and Carteret Street.

February 25, 1928·1 min read

Daniel M. Stanton, Funeral Director advertisement, 1927

Daniel M. Stanton, Funeral Director

Advertisement for Daniel M. Stanton, Funeral Director, a business continued by Mrs. Mary E. Stanton, established 20 years, at 336 Carteret Street, Camden, and 577 Haddon Avenue, Collingswood.

February 22, 1927·1 min read

Railway men investigate supposed attempt to dynamite train near Newton Ave. and Carteret St., 1917

Railway Men Investigate Supposed Attempt to Dynamite Train

John Daly reported a suspicious man at the elevated West Jersey and Seashore Railroad tracks at Newton Avenue and Carteret Street, where a bored hole was found; railway men investigated a supposed dynamite attempt.

April 12, 1917·1 min read

Portrait of Wilson Ashbridge

Murderer and Forger Escape Jail After Shooting Keepers, Killing One

Wilson Ashbridge, slayer of Mrs. Elizabeth Dunbar, and forger George E. Thompson shoot their way out of the Camden County Jail with a smuggled revolver, killing keeper Isaac Hibbs and wounding Joseph Ellis; a general jail delivery is averted by police summoned by the wounded men.

July 18, 1916·24 min read

Hannah Heisler found dead, 1915

Hannah Heisler Found Dead

Miss Hannah Heisler, a 50-year resident of Camden who once operated a hotel at Ocean City, was found dead at 308 Carteret Street, the home she shared with her sister, Mrs. Mary F. Hutchinson.

October 1, 1915·1 min read

William B. Slacum Perfect Thrift Building Association notice, 1902

Notice — Perfect Thrift Building Association No. 3

A public notice from William B. Slacum, secretary of the Perfect Thrift Building Association No. 3, of 417 Carteret Street, asking stockholders to bring in their passbooks.

October 27, 1902·1 min read

Rev. John H. Hutchinson death notice, 1901

Rev. John H. Hutchinson

Death and funeral notice for the Rev. John H. Hutchinson, 67, of 308 Carteret Street, a member of the New Jersey M.E. Conference, who died September 25, 1901.

September 26, 1901·1 min read