Historic Camden, NJ

Tag: Jesse W. Starr

  • Starr Avenue

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    Camden NJ History
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    Starr Avenue, later renamed Mt. Ephraim Avenue between 1914 and 1946, ran northeast from Border Street to Federal Street near the Cooper River and was named after Jesse W. and John F. Starr, founders of Camden Iron Works. The foundry’s former site has housed Campbell Soup’s corporate headquarters since the 1960s. Starr Avenue and Border…

  • Mystery Postcard: Who Was John Randolph Watson?

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    Phil Cohen
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    By Phil Cohen Over Memorial Day weekend of 2015, I received an e-mail from Carl Gainsborough containing the the two scanned images above. As you can see, the never mailed postcard is of a tavern in Standish Corner, and the rear shows the name and address of the sender. Carl called it a mystery… and…

  • 1890 Review of Camden, New Jersey – Part 2

    1890 Review of Camden, New Jersey – Part 2

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    Camden NJ History
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    J. B. VAN SCIVER & CO. This firm occupy a handsome building on the corner of Delaware avenue and Federal street. It is of mammoth proportions and is visible along the whole river front. Furniture of all descriptions, from the plain and substantial to the aesthetic, artistic and costly, are to be found in its…

  • INDUSTRIES QUICK TO APPRECIATE CAMDEN’S DESIRABILITIES

    INDUSTRIES QUICK TO APPRECIATE CAMDEN’S DESIRABILITIES

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    City’s Workshops turn out everything from pen points to the Superdreadnaught Battleships A seer once stated that Camden allegedly was a city of possibilities. And then industries started to crop up within the boundaries of the City. The first industry to enter our boundaries came into being when the Browning Brothers established a plant for…