Tag: Grand Theater
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Herbert Allen Sampson – Oral History
“Q- Where was the first home you remembered? “A- The first home that I can remember was at 12th, that I really remember, was on 12th and Penn streets in Camden. “Q- How old were you then? “A – I don’t know, 3 or 4 years old. “Q- Do you remember what the house looked…
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Roy R. Stewart
Roy R. Stewart was born in Quakake, PA, a small mining town, in 1887. During his youth, he worked as a breaker boy in the mines. After completing business college, he relocated to Camden in 1909 and secured employment at Hurley’s Department Store located at Broadway and Spruce Street. In 1912, he established his own…
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Grand Theater
The Grand Theater was located at 207 Broadway, just south of Mickle Street and adjacent to one-time Camden Mayor Roy R. Stewart‘s men’s wear store. The 1911 Camden City Directory shows Abram Greenberg operating a theater at this address. The Grand remained a popular spot into the early 1950s, when television and a lack of…