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Division Street

Charles E. Watkin fire department personnel card, front
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Charles E. Watkin

Charles E. Watkin Jr. (1879-1954) was a Camden Fire Department captain who served over 34 years, from his appointment on January 1, 1915 until his retirement on May 1, 1949.

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Intersection of Dauphin Street and Division Street — July 10, 2004
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Dauphin Street

Dauphin Street runs south from Line Street across Pine Street to Division Street, between South 4th and South 5th Streets in South Camden. Originally called Kaighn Street, it was renamed in January 1882.

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Looking north on Coates Street from Spruce Street, March 19, 2014
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Coates Street

Coates Street is a one-block street in Camden's Bergen Square neighborhood, running from Spruce Street to Division Street.

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Coates Avenue (present-day Coates Alley) and Welsh Street — 1885 Sanborn Map
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Coates Alley

Coates Alley is a short street in Camden that originally ran parallel to Broadway and South 5th Street from Cherry Street north across Spruce Street to Division Street. Today it is one block long, running from Spruce Street to Division Street.

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George Frost

George Frost was the son of Andrew and Christiana Frost, both of whom were born in what is now Germany.

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Aerial photo of Carman Street, 1961
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Carman Street

Carman Street ran from Broadway through East Camden to Woodrow Wilson High School at South 31st Street, named for William Carman whose home stood at the corner of Broadway and Federal Street until 1902.

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832, 830, 753, 755 Bella Place
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Bella Place

Bella Place is an L-shaped court that once had nine houses running north from 751 Spruce Street, connecting via a narrow alley to 754 Division Street; as of 2004, the houses are gone.

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Baxter Street and Mount Ephraim Avenue
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Baxter Street

Baxter Street (formerly Newton Street and locally known as "Hog Alley") ran from South 7th Street to Mount Ephraim Avenue in South Camden, notorious for decades as a hub of illegal activity; largely demolished, the 700 block survives as an overgrown alley.

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1906 Sanborn map showing the Barton Street area
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Barton Street

Barton Street, also known as Barton Place, runs for half a block south from 774 Division Street in Camden, first appearing in city directories in 1890; satellite photos from the early 2000s show it providing access to a church parking lot.

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1946 map of Camden showing the Fairview section and Alabama Road
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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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North-29th-Street-looking-East-toward-Buren-Street
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29th Street

29th Street extends from the Delaware River through Cramer Hill and East Camden, running from River Road to Clinton Street. It is North 29th Street above Federal and South 29th below.

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Clare-Street-From-Division-Street-2012-03-19
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Clare Street

Clare Street is a one-block thoroughfare in South Camden, running from Pine Street to Division Street. Originally called Pine Avenue, it was renamed Clare Street between 1878 and 1890, then later renamed Jesthroe Hunt Sr. Lane in honor of a Camden firefighter who passed away in 2005.

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Map of Cramer Hill and East Camden, 1914
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17th Street

Seventeenth Street runs through two separate sections of Camden: North 17th Street extends from Harrison Avenue to River Avenue through the Cramer Hill neighborhood, while South 17th Street runs from Federal Street southward across Carman Street to Admiral Wilson Boulevard in East Camden.

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People

Isaac Merrick

Isaac Merrick, born around 1843, possibly in England, established residence in Camden by 1869, initially residing at 230 Division Street , followed by 424 Mt.

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Scene of Camden Bombing
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Ramona Gonzalez Street

Division Street runs across South Camden. In 1997, a portion of the street was renamed Ramona Gonzalez Street to honor a community leader; the remainder continues to be known as Division Street.

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Sports

Zuni Athletic Association

The Zuni Athletic Association sponsored semi-pro sports teams as early as the spring of 1930 and into the early 60s. It appears to have founded in that year.

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2nd Street, North of Elm Street
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2nd Street

2nd Street extends north-south between Front Street and 3rd Street, running parallel to the Delaware River until Mechanic Street. In the early 1970s, several buildings were cleared on the east side of North 2nd Street below Mickle Street to make way for the Royal Court townhomes and Mickle Tower senior citizens apartment building.

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Pine Street Camden NJ c1908
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Pine Street

One of Camden's original tree-named streets.

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People

Amanda Alloway

Amanda Alloway, who was born in New Jersey in November 1843, had a notable life deeply intertwined with the historical tapestry of Camden, New Jersey.

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Quaker Shipyard and Machine Company, Fifth and Byron Streets, Camden, 1945
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5th Street

Fifth Street was one of Camden's original streets, running south to north, with a few major interruptions, from Newton Avenue to just west of Pyne Point in North Camden.

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Troncone (death notice)
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Troncone (death notice)

Death notice for Carmella Troncone (nee Mecca), 94, widow of Fiore Troncone of 815 South 4th Street, whose funeral was held from the Troncone Funeral Home at 819 South 4th Street.

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Camden Courier-Post, July 24, 1941 — 7 Camden Women Pass State Tests
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7 Camden Women Pass State Tests

Trenton, July 24.—Helen M. Redfield, 624 Royden street, Camden, scored first out of a list of seven women who passed the examination for information clerk in the Camden Welfare Department, the State C

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Hospital Cases

Hospital cases treated at West Jersey and Cooper hospitals on February 15, 1938, including residents of 757 and 507 Division Street.

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Hospital Cases

Hospital cases reported in Camden on February 14, 1938, including Ralph Williams of 413 North 29th Street treated at West Jersey Hospital for a laceration of the knee.

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JOE MONTANA WED TO MISS PALLADINO
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Joe Montana Wet to Miss Palladino

Camden Wrestler and Bridge Are Given Dinner Attended by Notables Miss Emma Palladino , one of the fairest daughters of Camden's "Little Italy" yesterday became the bride of Joseph Montana , heavyweight wrestler, at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church , Fourth and Division street s. Idol of Italian youth in this city Montana was hailed by hundreds of them outside the church.

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Vice Squad Raids Nine Disorderly Houses, Camden Courier-Post, February 7, 1927
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Vice Squad Raids Nine Disorderly Houses

The Camden vice squad raided nine alleged disorderly houses in South Camden in February 1927. The largest raid hit the home of former prize fighter Walter 'Kentucky Rosebud' Edgerton; Unity Hall at 318 Joint Alley was among the places raided.

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Firemen pour water on burning tire warehouse, Division Street, Camden, July 27, 1925
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Four Firemen Are Trapped in Collapse of Brick Wall

A Camden Evening Courier report of July 27, 1925 on a spectacular fire at the Bantivoglio & Son junk warehouse at 252 Division Street, in which a collapsing brick wall buried four firemen of Engine Company No. 7, including Captain Watkin.

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Seven Raids Disturb Camden Churchgoers newspaper clipping, page 1
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Seven Raids Disturb Camden Churchgoers

Camden police made seven simultaneous raids in the Tenderloin district on a Sunday morning, arresting twenty-three persons accused of selling liquor without a license. The raids were directed by Police Captain Arthur Stanley.

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News of a Day in the City of Camden
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News of a Day in the City of Camden

Considerable surprise was manifested in Camden yesterday when it was announced that Anna Turner, the sixteen-year-old daughter of Frank Turner, a prominent builder and contractor, has been marred since January 21 to Louis Voegtlin, formerly of Camden, but now of Trenton.

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Fined for Selling on Sunday newspaper clipping
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Fined for Selling on Sunday

Richard Schroeder, a groceryman at Ninth and Division Streets, was accused by Police Captain Stanley of selling all day Sunday. He refused to pay the $16.30 fine and was locked up, paying it later that night.

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Camden News Notes — Thomas Croker, 831 Dauphin Street — Philadelphia Inquirer, July 2, 1905
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Camden News Notes

News column covering South Camden incidents including the assault of Thomas Croker at 831 Dauphin Street by Edward Roosevelt, and the disappearance of Bessie Hickey of 761 Division Street.

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Four Killed When Fireworks Blew Up newspaper clipping, page 1
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Four Killed When Fireworks Blew Up

An explosion of mysterious origin wrecked the Independent Fireworks Company plant at Ferry and Cooper avenues in Camden, killing four workmen and injuring others; officers of the company were arrested on manslaughter charges.

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Cleaning Out a Colored Dive newspaper clipping
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Cleaning Out a Colored Dive

Euceria Manor, who ran a house at Locust and Division Streets, was committed in default of $1000 bail on a charge of harbouring minors for immoral purposes after a raid conducted by Captain Stanley.

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Big Wall Blown Down — Philadelphia Inquirer, January 6, 1897
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Big Wall Blown Down

A section of a three-and-a-half-story wall at the Camden Lighting and Heating Company's new boiler house on Cooper's Creek was blown down by a gust of wind, injuring night watchman John Mathis of Division Street.

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Petition

Residents and property owners of Camden's Fourth and Sixth wards petition City Council for an under-drainage culvert running from the Line Street culvert at Broadway out to Sixth Street and north to Sixth and Royden. Arthur Stanley, then of 929 Newton Avenue, signed among the petitioners.

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