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Joseph Carpani

North 10th and State Street - 2010-03-31

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10th Street

City directory records and newspaper accounts for 10th Street, one of Camden’s longest thoroughfares, running from State Street in North Camden through Cramer Hill and Whitman Park to Morgan Village, 1870s–1970s.

May 21, 2026·15 min read

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Linden Street

Linden Street runs east from the Delaware River to North 12th Street in Camden; large portions were demolished for the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, Rutgers University and the toll plaza.

October 8, 2024·10 min read

Camden Deputy Fire Chief Godfrey Patterson and Fire Marshal George Baxter at the foot of 36th Street, 1964

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36th Street

Thirty-Sixth Street runs from the Delaware River south, across River Road, to Federal Street, and forms Camden's northern border with Pennsauken Township at intervals along its length. It became part of Camden when Stockton Township was annexed in 1899, and had been known in Pennsauken as Cove Avenue into the 1890s.

March 24, 2024·17 min read

Aerial view looking west from North 26th Street and Howell Street

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26th Street

26th Street, originally called Union Street in the pre-annexation Pavonia section, runs through Cramer Hill and East Camden from the Delaware River to Bank and Mickle Streets. It was laid out before 1887 and renamed after Stockton Township was absorbed by Camden in 1899.

March 15, 2024·21 min read

Camden Man Seized In Gambling Raid

Camden Man Seized In Gambling Raid

Police arrested Roy Bond, 26, of 1238 North 26th Street, on numbers charges after a gambling raid turned up numbers slips.

December 16, 1955·1 min read

Newspaper clipping: Two Players Wounded As 2 Bandits Hold Up Card Game on Penn St., Camden Courier-Post, January 11, 1938

Two Players Wounded As 2 Bandits Hold Up Card Game on Penn St.

Two men were shot, one seriously, when two masked, armed bandits robbed a card game at 725 Penn Street, escaping with more than $600. Camden Courier-Post, January 11, 1938.

January 11, 1938·1 min read

Father Finds Daughter Victim of Gas Fumes

Camden Courier-Post - February 29, 1936 Miss Viola Kester, 32, was found dead by her father in the bathroom of her home at 1214 North Thirty-third Street at 11 :30 a. m. yesterday. Illuminating gas was flowing from a hose.

February 29, 1936·1 min read

Courier-Post front page and jump, January 4, 1936: Man Held in Robbery of Mrs. Shane, with portraits of Stanley Powell and Frank Gromacki

Man Held in Robbery of Mrs. Shane as Cops Plan 2 More Arrests

Stanley Powell, 28, of 1256 Whitman Avenue, was jailed without bail in connection with the $10,380.50 robbery of Mrs. Mary Shane on Broadway near Kaighn Avenue, while police questioned Frank Gromacki, 28, of 412 Broadway, in the same case.

January 4, 1936·4 min read

Bandit - Wanted Stock Photo

Store Bandits to be Quizzed in Chester on Feitz Murder

Material Witness Will View Suspects Caught by Camden Sleuths BRICKNER QUESTIONED BY COLSEY ON HOLDUP Police Order All Persons Arrested to Face 'Line Up' in Slaying Probe Seven men and women held by Camden as police as material witnesses in the murder of Detective William T. Feitz two weeks ago in an alleged South Camden disorderly house will look over two men arrested in Chester PA after a store holdup here.

September 14, 1934·3 min read

Broken Wine Decanter - AI Stock Photo

Wife Slain by Jagged Glass, Husband Held

Accident Hoax Broken by Cops after Grilling Family; Friend On Deathbed, She Orders 4 Children to Say She Fell on Stairs Command Arouses Concealed Detectives Woman Slashed by Broken Decanter; Man Faces Murder Charge Today A death-bed command of a South Camden mother to her four children to stick to their story failed of its motive last night and the woman's husband was arrested on suspicion of murder.

June 26, 1933·3 min read

Courier-Post clipping, December 21, 1932: Recluse Kills Self After Worry Over Age and Infirmities

Recluse Kills Self After Worry Over Age and Infirmities

Edward Babnew, 73, who had lived alone for 35 years after his wife died, was found dead from gas inhalation in his home at 294 Chestnut Street. His daughter summoned Sergeant Frank Crawford and Detective Joseph Carpani.

December 21, 1932·2 min read

Camden Courier-Post, November 11, 1932 — 21 Stolen Coats Found

21 Stolen Coats Found; Man Is Held for Jury

Tony Cecero, 44, of Main street, West Collingswood, yesterday was held in $500 bail for the grand jury by Police Judge Pancoast, charged with possession of stolen goods.

November 11, 1932·1 min read

Courier-Post clipping, June 15, 1932: Two Camden Schools Ransacked by Thieves

Two Camden Schools Ransacked by Thieves

Vandals who entered and ransacked two South Camden schools, the H. B. Wilson School and the Fairview School, are being sought by the police. Camden Courier-Post, June 15, 1932.

June 15, 1932·1 min read

Camden Courier-Post clipping, June 6, 1932: 3 Held in Robbery of 2 Beer Hunters

3 Held in Robbery of 2 Beer Hunters

George Rumble, Al Dubowski and Frank Marcone were arrested at Broadway and Kaighn Avenue after Bernard Franz of Philadelphia accused them of robbing him and Robert Tully under pretense of showing them where to get beer.

June 6, 1932·1 min read

Camden Courier-Post, December 6, 1930

Widow's Home Robbed

Thieves entered the second-floor apartment of Mrs. Flora B. Scannell at 29 North Third Street and took $1000 in jewelry and $100 in cash hidden in a bureau drawer.

December 6, 1930·1 min read

Two Alleged Gangsters Trapped by Cops in Harleigh Cemetery — Camden Courier-Post, December 1, 1930

Two Alleged Gangsters Trapped by Cops in Harleigh Cemetery

A weekend crime sweep in Camden: two alleged Philadelphia gangsters were trapped in Harleigh Cemetery by Patrolman Howard Bean and others, while a South Camden grocer routed two holdup men — four suspects held for the Grand Jury.

December 1, 1930·5 min read

Doris Kin Held in Attempt to Rob Store Here newspaper clipping

Doris Kin Held in Attempt to Rob Store Here

George Doris, 23, of Philadelphia, was held without bail in June 1930 for breaking into a Broadway women's apparel shop; he was the younger brother of the gangster John Doris.

June 2, 1930·1 min read

Courier-Post clipping, April 29, 1929: Gangster Shot as Racketeers Open War Here, with John Doris portrait and scene photo

Gangster Shot as Racketeers Open War Here

John Doris, brother of the electrocuted Frank Doris, was arrested after Joseph Connors of Gloucester was shot in front of the American Restaurant, 506 Kaighn avenue, near Broadway; a police roundup netted 10 men held as material witnesses.

April 29, 1929·7 min read

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PA. Girl is Nabbed Here on Way to Get Married

Camden Courier-Post - February 20, 1928 Because she wanted to get married and have a home of her own, 16 year-old Ida Underwood, of Johnstown PA, ran away from home.

February 20, 1928·1 min read

2 Boys Nabbed Here for Carrying Pistols — Camden Courier-Post, February 16, 1928

2 Boys Nabbed Here for Carrying Pistols

Two boys were held by police and charged with carrying concealed .38 calibre revolvers after detectives found them loitering near the Sears-Roebuck Company on Bridge Entrance road.

February 16, 1928·1 min read

Police and Criminal Party - AI Stock Photo

Police Invite Bandits to Nice Shooting Party

Camden Courier-Post - February 4, 1928 But Yeggs Must Leave Gats at Home While Cops Practice With Camden's new Desperado Eliminators Wanted: Targets for Camden's new desperado eliminators.

February 4, 1928·2 min read