Historical Accounts
The Conley Family of Camden, NJ
A photographic record of the Conley family of Camden, New Jersey, who arrived in the late 1890s and were among the first families to move to Yorkship Village during World War I.
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Collings Road
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Alabama Road
Alabama Road runs from Yorkship Square southeast through the Fairview section of Camden, crossing Collings Road and continuing east through Crescent Gardens Apartments to Mount Ephraim Avenue.
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Tennessee Road
Tennessee Road is a short, one-block road from Collings Road south to Merrimac Road, across from Yorkship School, with no houses or businesses facing it. It is named for the battleship USS Tennessee.
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Erie Street
Erie Street in North Camden runs from Beach Avenue to 9th Street, crossing Delaware Avenue, Point, Front, Segal, and the numbered streets 2nd through 9th.
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Atlanta Road
Atlanta Road runs north to south through the Fairview section of Camden, from Olympia Road to Alabama Road, paralleling Mount Ephraim Avenue. The northern segment (North Atlanta Road) ends at Collings Road; the southern segment (South Atlanta Road) continues to Alabama Road.
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America Road
America Road is a street in two sections: one running from West Octagon Road east to Yorkship Square, the other running from the opposite side of Yorkship Square eastward, ending at East Octagon Road.
Bars and Clubs
Time and Place Lounge
1199 Chase Street The building at 1199 Chase Street , in the heart of what was the predominantly Polish Whitman Park section of Camden, was the home of a saloon as early as 1918.
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Nettor Avenue
Nettor Avenue is a one-way alley running east from Roanoke Road for one block in Camden's Fairview section, giving rear access to the Fairview Court Apartments and homes on North Collings and Alabama Roads.
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New Hampshire Road
New Hampshire Road runs from South Collings Road south until it dead ends, crossing South Merrimac Road in Camden's Fairview section. With New Jersey Road it connects Collings and Merrimac, with no addresses of its own.
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New Jersey Road
New Jersey Road runs from South Collings Road south until it ends opposite 1244 South Merrimac Road in Camden's Fairview section. With New Hampshire Road it connects Collings and Merrimac, with no addresses of its own.
People
Robert E. Allenbach
ROBERT E. ALLENBACH was the Chief of Police in Camden, New Jersey from 1998 through 2004.
People
C. Richard Allen
C. RICHARD ALLEN was a prominent attorney in Camden County during 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.
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Marriage Licenses
A marriage license notice for Francis J. Bleja, 20, of 1609 Collings Road, Camden, and Margaret Douglass of 223 Greenwood Avenue, Gloucester.
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Angie's Pizzeria & Steaks (Advertisement)
A 1981 advertisement for Angie's Pizzeria & Steaks, 1376 Collings Road, Fairview, promoting the Original Panzerotti, fresh dough made daily and delivery hours.
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Devlin
Death notice for Charles H. Devlin, 64, of 1675 Collings Road, Fairview, a retired Camden city fireman and member of the Hot Stovers Baseball Club, with funeral arrangements at the Myrtetus Funeral Home.
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Lichtman's Liquor Store (Advertisement)
A 1976 advertisement for Lichtman's Liquor Store at Collings and Alabama Roads, Fairview: "We Make House Calls."
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Joseph L. Myrtetus, Funeral Director (Advertisement)
A 1976 advertisement for Joseph L. Myrtetus, funeral director, 1530 Collings Road, Camden, New Jersey.
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Shorty's Newsstand: Denture Adhesive Prices (Advertisement)
A 1970 advertisement from Shorty's Newsstand, at the Black Horse Pike and Collings Road, listing sale prices on Fast Teeth denture adhesive powder and Fixodent denture adhesive cream.
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Kelly-Desrocher Engagement Announced
Announcement of the engagement of Miss Bonnie Kelly, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward V. Kelly of Collings Road, to Raymond J. Desrocher, son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Detwiler of 1150 North 18th Street, Camden.
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Frank Aceto
Obituary of Frank Aceto, 59, who owned and operated a barbershop at his home, 1402 Collings Road, for 28 years, with funeral arrangements at St. Joan of Arc Church.
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3 Firemen Grads Given Assignments
Three graduates of the Camden City Fire Training School received their company assignments in July 1964 — Truman Maples of 1024 North 35th Street, Ernest A. Fagan of 105 South 35th Street, and Spencer Smith 3d of 1523 Collings Road.
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Smiths Firemen To 3d Generation
Spencer Haines Smith 3d, 22, was sworn into the Camden fire department in June 1964, following his father, Spencer H. Smith Jr., and grandfather, Spencer H. Smith Sr.; an uncle, Earl A. Smith, was also a city fireman.
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School Custodian Fatally Stricken
Thomas A. Evans, 66, of Crescent Gardens, a Yorkship School custodian and retired New York Shipbuilding supervisor, collapsed and died at the school.
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James V. Paradise
Obituary of James V. Paradise, 65, of 1030 Collings Road, a member of the Camden police force until his retirement in 1943 and later a guard for Acme Stores Co.
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Suburban Motors (Advertisement)
A November 1955 advertisement for Suburban Motors, 1200 Collings Road, Fairview: motor overhauls as low as $79.50 with a written guarantee.
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A-1 Quality Cleaners & Tailors (Yellow Pages)
A 1955 New Jersey Bell Yellow Pages advertisement for A-1 Quality Cleaners and Tailors, established 1933, at Collings Avenue and Alabama Road, Camden, and 201 N. Broadway, Gloucester.
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Gunsmith Shoots Self Inspecting Pistol
Fairview gunsmith Edward Drzewucki, 24, was admitted to West Jersey Hospital with a leg wound after a .25 calibre pistol he was testing in his basement shop at 1439 Collings Road accidentally discharged.
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Marriage Licenses
Marriage licenses issued in Camden on August 12, 1950, including Robert E. Vohringer of 28 North 30th Street and Bertha M. Selah of 332 North Second Street.
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3 Hurt in Collision
Two women and a child were injured when two cars collided at Sixth and Pine Streets; one car was driven by Carl P. Deyhle Jr. of 1594 Collings Road. All were treated at Cooper Hospital.
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Military Funeral For A. V. Spinelli
Military rites at Beverly National Cemetery were announced for Navy Gunners Mate Albert V. Spinelli of 1118 Collings Road, who died aboard the minesweeper Minyet on December 29, 1945.
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Leon T. Elwell
Page 31 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for Leon T. Elwell, watchmaker and jeweler at 2770 Federal St., Chubby's Cafe and Cocktail Bar and Shorty's Newsstand, around an installment of the parish history telling how the St. Joseph's Catholic Church Corporation resolved in 1893 to build a church on lots purchased of Alfred Cramer.
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Andrew Ebert's Sons
Page 52 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for Andrew Ebert's Sons funeral directors at 851 Haddon Ave., Clementon Lake Park, Joseph F. Bittner plumbing and heating contractor at 134 N. Twenty-Seventh Street, and Blake & Myrtetus funeral directors at 1530 Collings Road, Fairview.
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Mrs. Harriet L. Carlson
Funeral notice for Mrs. Harriet Letitia Carlson, 62, of 548 Woodland Avenue, with services at the Blake and Myrtetus Funeral Home on Collings Road and burial in New Camden Cemetery. She was survived by her husband, Edwin W.
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City Property Sale Authorized
Acting City Counsel John J. Crean was authorized to hold a public sale of 11 city-owned tax title lien properties and lots, including 325 Mickle Street and a lot at Ninth and Everett Streets. Camden Courier-Post, July 25, 1941.
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Mrs. Charles H. Lott (Miss June Bennington)
A July 1941 newspaper portrait of Mrs. Charles H. Lott, who before her July 19 marriage in South Carolina was Miss June Bennington, daughter of Mrs. Walter Bennington of 1515 Collings Road.
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Miriam Beauty Salon (Advertisement)
A 1940 advertisement for Miriam Beauty Salon, 1376 Collings Road, offering permanent waving and manicuring.
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Fairview Legion Plans Amateur Boxing Meeting
Competition to be Held In Camden for Three Nights in May Blanks to Enter Are Now Ready Fairview Post No. 71, American Legion, will stage what promises to be the biggest amateur boxing tournament ever held in New Jersey on the nights of May 12, 13 and 16, at Convention Hall .
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3 Passengers Shaken in Bus-Truck Crash
Three bus passengers were shaken when a Public Service bus driven by Thomas Britt collided with a truck driven by Ralph Ratando of 1114 Collings Road at Monmouth and Sussex Streets, Gloucester. Camden Courier-Post, October 29, 1935.
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Babies Born in April Get B. & L. Stock Shares
Kearsarge Building and Loan Association offers stock shares to parents of babies born in Camden's Fourteenth Ward in April, including Jean Marie Fanslow of 1659 Alabama Road and William Richard Hook of 1577 Alabama Road. Camden Courier-Post, June 10, 1933.
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Legion Auxiliaries Plan June Events
Camden Courier-Post - June 7, 1933 Both the Fairview and Mt. Ephraim American Legion Auxiliaries have scheduled events for this week.
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Truck Injures Camden Man
Harvey Bryan, 28, of 3049 Mt. Ephraim Avenue, was struck at Collings Avenue and Alabama Road; driver Harry Cohen, 19, of 1134 Locust Street, took him to West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital.
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$33,000 Damages Awarded in Suits Over Truck Crash
A Circuit Court jury awarded $33,000 against the Scott-Powell Dairies to two boys hurt in a 1929 truck collision in Gloucester, among them William Kennedy Jr. of 1503 Collings Road, Fairview; former state policeman Anton Olsen won $8743.95 in a separate suit.
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Driver of Truck Held After Beer Is Seized
John Grost of 1603 Norris Street was jailed on a federal beer-transport charge after police stopped his truck at Collings Road and the Black Horse Pike; Bruno Skalowski, 16, of 1057 Everett Street was held as a material witness. Camden Courier-Post, October 21, 1931.
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Fairview Legion Post Installs Officers
Camden Courier-Post - January 13, 1928 C. Richard Allen , commander and other new officers of Fairview Post No. 71, American Legion were installed last night in the Legion home, 1392 Collings Road .
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Blames Chauffeur for Death of Ten
Coroner David Bentley blamed jitney driver Vincenzo Strattoni of 332 Viola Street for the Camden grade-crossing wreck in which a Pennsylvania Railroad express struck his motor bus, killing ten and injuring five; Mayor Ellis ordered an investigation.