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It all begins in a little row house (they call them townhouses now) on Grant Street in Camden NJ. I remember my mother telling me once that she and my father paid $3,000 for that house somewhere around 1952, when they married.
By Thomas A. Bergbauer , Retired Courier-Post Editor Just 100 years ago Camden was a thriving, prosperous industrial metropolis and the future looked bright for this river city.
The C. Howard Hunt Pen Company of North Camden, NJ, maker of Speedball pens and the Boston pencil sharpener, operated there until 1958.
A directory of Camden's industries and manufacturers by trade, from abattoirs to yeast makers, totaling 349 industries and 39,362 employees.
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.
Philadelphia Inquirer - October 7, 1921 Circuit Court Judge Frank T. Lloyd yesterday accepted chairmanship of the Camden Chamber of Commerce Committee which is to study the unemployment question and make suggestions for remedial measures.