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The Camden Kiwanis Club is a Civic organization with activities centering about certain objectives, some of which are the underprivileged children, the promotion of an intelligent citizenship, the practice of the Golden Rule in business, the fostering of better relations between the employer and the employee, and between the farmer and the city resident.
South Jersey is noted for its Smoothly Paved Highways and Paving Firm has Supplied Fine Example of Cooperation Automobiles brought about the modern highways of today and no section of the country has responded to the demand for good roads more completely than has South Jersey.
Incorporated in 1828, the progress and possibilities of Camden have far exceeded the expectations of the Founders and Incorporators. The year 1928 witnessed the celebration of the one hundredth anniversary of the incorporation of Camden as a city.
By Mayor Winfield S. Price , Director of Public Affairs A CITY grows only as it is made to grow. Camden this year marked the centennial anniversary of its incorporation as a city. One hundred years ago our population was 1143.
By Commissioner T. Yorke Smith , Director of Revenue and Finance A municipal financial structure must be guided with diligence and efficiency, and guarded against extravagance and unreasonable expenditure.
By Commissioner David S. Rhone , Director Of Public Safety In one of his first public statements after taking office, President Coolidge gave utterance to the following "A city may be judged by its citizens.
A directory of Camden's industries and manufacturers by trade, from abattoirs to yeast makers, totaling 349 industries and 39,362 employees.
By Commissioner William D. Sayrs, Jr. , Director Of Public Works Streets and domestic water supply and sewage systems. Three basic elements in the existence of a modern city.
By Commissioner Clay W. Reesman , Director of Parks and Public Property CAMDEN has passed the stage where the promotion of park spaces and play grounds is listed as a luxury.
A city needs two things location and men." "Camden has both." Arthur Brisbane, noted publicist had this to say about Camden after he had studied the city and its potentialities.
Appearance of tall, lean man with flowing whiskers created no inkling of Walt Whitman's identity . Along in the springtime of 1873 there appeared in the streets of Camden a strange, tall, limping man, clad in a somber grey.
City's Workshops turn out everything from pen points to the Superdreadnaught Battleships A seer once stated that Camden allegedly was a city of possibilities. And then industries started to crop up within the boundaries of the City.
Proximity of City to Philadelphia was Handicap until Merchants Brought Shops to High Modern Standard. In no branch of business activity has the past ten years of growth and progress been more pronounced than in the Camden retail merchandising field.
Camden is proud of its public educational facilities entailing as they do all of the features which go to make up a modern system in keeping with those approved by leading educators of the Nation.
The Camden County Real Estate Board is an organization composed or Realtors operating in and around Camden County. Organized March 8, 1916, it was incorporated May 10, 1916, with eight charter members.
The Camden Chamber of Commerce is the clearing house of civic activities. The offices are in the Hotel Walt Whitman Annex on Cooper Street near Broadway . It is supported by the business, professional and civic interests of Camden.
World's Longest Suspension Span Linking Camden and Philadelphia Handles Twenty-five Thousand Machines Daily.
The "Buy in Camden" campaign was aimed at keeping in Camden, the great flow of business which goes "shopping.
Estimated Number of Residents is 140,000, an Increase Rate of Twenty Per Cent Over 1920 Figures. INTERESTING and important features are disclosed in an analysis of population for the City of Camden.
The cost of administering City Government in Camden is lower per capita than in any city its size in New Jersey.The manner in which the low per capita figure is continued year after year is another evidence of consistent economy.Yes!
Company's Growth from Tiny Shop in 1898 to Mammoth Plant Employing Thousands, has Placed Camden in Front Rank as Industrial City. No CITY in the United States is better known for its manufactured products than Camden.
Electrical Equipment for Mightiest Power Plants Combined with Ship Construction at Big Camden Industrial Plant. Camden for many years has been a center for the building of ships.
A list of the wide range of goods manufactured in Camden, from air washers and asbestos coverings to wire staples and wood-turning machinery.
[EDITOR'S NOTE: The South Jersey Port Commission was created by the New Jersey Legislature in 1926 for the purpose of promoting the interests of the Delaware River front in South Jersey.
[ EDITOR'S NOTE: The City of Camden and the South Jersey Port Commission, early in 1928, presented to the House Committee on Naval Affairs a brief setting forth reasons why the Camden channel of the Delaware should he widened.
Camden is Center for Manufacture of Steel Pen points and Glazed Shoe-upper Materials Camden has almost 400 industrial establishments. This total in itself is substantial testimony to the desirability of the city as a location.