Businesses
The Campbell Soup Company
The Campbell Soup Company has been a cornerstone of Camden, New Jersey's history since its founding in 1869 by Joseph Campbell and Abraham Anderson.
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John T. Dorrance
Historical Accounts
City Industry - Tracking History
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.
People
Arthur C. Dorrance
Arthur Calbraith Dorrance, born on December 21, 1873, in Bristol, Pennsylvania, was the younger brother of Dr. John T. Dorrance .
People
John T. Dorrance
Dr. John T. Dorrance, Ph.D., a renowned scientist, made a significant career shift by joining Joseph Campbell's struggling canning and preserving company in Camden in 1887.
Historical Accounts
The Cooper Hospital (via Camden County Medical Society)
Note: This content comes from the book Camden County Medical Society, 1846-1956 The founding of a hospital for the care of the sick and injured in the Camden area had long been a project in the mind of Dr. Richard M. Cooper, who practiced medicine in this vicinity for over thirty years.
News Articles
Cooper Hospital Open in City Since 1877
Camden Courier-Post - May 19, 1964 By C. William Duncan Cooper Hospital was incorporated the latter part of 1875, under the name of "The Camden Hospital," changed to The Cooper Hospital in 1877. The hospital actually opened August 11, 1887.
News Articles
CAMDEN - A Great City Growing Greater
Evening Courier - Centennial Anniversary Edition - February 13, 1928 Just one hundred years ago today, a little group of men went before the Legislature and asked that body to incorporate as a city the straggling and struggling village of Camden.