People
Edward A. Preisendanz
Edward Adam Preisendanz was the son of Rudolph and Annie Preisendanz and was born in Camden, New Jersey, on November 14, 1883.
Tag
Delaware Avenue
Historical Accounts
Old Ferries - Annals of Camden NJ
Annals of Camden No 3 - Old Ferries - Camden NJ Download In this age of inventions, improvements and ever-changing modes of transportation, the ferry boat is still an important factor in carrying the traveller across that "goodly and noble" river which forms the boundary between the two Quaker Colonies of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
People
Cooper B. Hatch
Cooper Browning Hatch was a prominent citizen of Camden in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was born to Joseph and Mary Hatch in a farmhouse that now houses the Camden County Historical Society.
Historical Accounts
Old Cooper Street
Reprinted from the series of stories of Camden's earlier days, under the title Sixty Years in Camden County - Gosh! by Will Paul, appearing in The Community news, of Merchantville, NJ.
Historical Accounts
Camden Police's First Motorized Paddy Wagon
The Camden Police's first motorized Paddy Wagon sold by and parked in front of Camden's first car/truck dealership, NJ Auto & Supply Co, 38-46 Delaware Ave. Around 1915.
Streets
Arch Street
Arch Street ran from Delaware Avenue to North 5th Street between Federal and Market Streets in downtown Camden. Formerly known as Plum Street, it was home to Oetzel's Saloon, the Genova Cafe, the Collings Carriage Company, and the Camden Fire Department headquarters at 5th and Arch.
News Articles
Camden Fire Alarms
Fire alarm log for Camden, midnight Saturday to midnight Sunday, February 1, 1954, including a call at 1069 Diamond Street for a possible careless smoker.
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Veteran Fire Captain Honored At Retirement Ceremonies
Junior Fire Captain Eli Hunt of Engine Company No. 3, 1813 Broadway, retired March 1 for disability, took formal leave of his comrades as Battalion Chief Charles Erickson and Commissioner Mary W. Kobus praised his service since 1918.
News Articles
7 Held as Cops Raid Card Game in Home
Seven men were arrested last night when police raided a private home after receiving a “tip” that a card game was in progress.
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2 Suspects Identified as Gas Station Bandits
Tony Bercilo, 18, of 507 South Fourth Street and William Spragola, 21, of 420 Royden Street were identified as two of three men who robbed a gasoline station at Delaware Avenue and Arch Street.
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William M'Cauley Expires Suddenly
A Camden Post-Telegram report of January 3, 1917 on sudden deaths: William McCauley of 464 Liberty Street, three-year-old Mary Wopsuke of 1132 Kaighn Avenue, and John Prettyman, 25, of 811 Howard Street, found dead in his father's stable.
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Four Tossed from an Automobile
Camden Letter Carrier's Machine Ran Away and Its Occupants Were Cut and Bruised Harry Reir, a well known Camden letter carrier, with his wife, a small son and a sister, was thrown from an automobile at Delaware avenue and Market street , Camden, last night and all were more or less cut and bruised.
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Over in Camden
The Philadelphia Inquirer's Camden roundup of December 22, 1898: an incorporation, a missing boy, a burglary, a man charged with stealing overcoats and captured at the Federal Street Ferry, and city officials and policemen down with the grip.
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Knell of Doom for Cobbles in Camden
City Counsel Morgan found that a law allows Camden to issue $200,000 in bonds for repaving, and petitions circulated to lay sheet asphalt on Market, Federal, Kaighn, Broadway, Haddon and Cooper streets, with the Camden and Suburban Railway sharing the cost.
News Articles
Odds and Ends
Philadelphia Inquirer, June 19, 1891: local Camden items, including a burglary at J. Hermann's tailoring establishment at 1120 Broadway, the start of cars on the new Fourth street line, and Mayor Pratt holding William Kemble in $500 bail on a policy-writing charge.
Historical Accounts
The Year 1849 - Camden, NJ
The West Jersey Hotel at Delaware Avenue and Market Street was built by the West Jersey Ferry Company in 1849. The name was changed to new Camden Hotel in 1909.