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Kaighn Avenue

Black-and-white photograph looking down a busy commercial Broadway with parked cars, shop signs and a tall building at left.

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Broadway

Broadway was Camden's main commercial thoroughfare, once known as the 'Mall of South Jersey,' running from the Delaware River bridge plaza south to Gloucester City and beyond.

May 24, 2021·73 min read

Rich Brodowicz as a young child

Historical Accounts

A Camden Story: Reflections and Memories of Richard Brodowicz

Richard Brodowicz's personal memoir of growing up in South Camden in the 1960s and 1970s, covering Polish family life, St. Joseph's Church and School, neighborhood games, and childhood memories on Tioga and Mechanic Streets.

August 1, 2007·66 min read

Wilson Adams Obituary

Camden Courier-Post - October 26, 2005 Age 69, of Camden. Died Friday, October 21, 2005, in Cooper Medical Center, Camden. ADAMS, WILSON EPHRAIM - Born in Camden, NJ, he has been a life long area resident.

October 26, 2005·2 min read

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My Camden Heritage

I am sitting in my den and close my eyes, I see the city as it was in my youth and recall the many people that crossed my path.

January 5, 2005·8 min read

Wite Cleaners - 2003-07-09

For Cleaners, 'Time Caught Up With Us'

Changes in clothing, economy lead brothers to close Camden business By JEANNE RIDGWAY, Courier-Post Staff CAMDEN — The dry cleaning business isn't what it used to be, and David White, 76, and his brother Benjamin, 75, are finally calling it quits.

July 9, 2003·4 min read

Camden honors heroics of firemen — Camden Courier-Post, October 13, 1979

Camden Honors Heroics of Firemen

Three Camden firefighters were cited for rescuing an 8-month-old girl from a burning bedroom at 1482 Kaighns Avenue; firefighter Michael Galasso revived the infant with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

October 13, 1979·1 min read

Legal notice of application to transfer a liquor license from the Colonial Cocktail Lounge at 801 Kaighn Avenue.

Notice of Application

A November 1972 legal notice of application to transfer Plenary Retail Consumption License No. C-102 from Mamie Tarter, trading as the Colonial Cocktail Lounge at 801 Kaighn Avenue, to Edmund Aristone for premises at 2007 Admiral Wilson Boulevard.

November 10, 1972·1 min read

Kaighns Ave. Cafe Gets New Owners

Kaighns Ave. Cafe Gets New Owners

Rabon Mosley, his wife Willa Mae and their son Rabon Jr. of 638 South 4th Street bought the Green Goose Cafe at 251½ Kaighns Avenue and renamed it Ray's Green Goose.

August 3, 1960·1 min read

Boston-Corbett-and-Edward-P.-Doherty-

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Mad Hatter - Boston Corbett

Bulletin of the Camden County Historical Society - February 1960 The Man who Shot the Man who Shot Lincoln by Arthur D. Pierce and Howard R. Kemble The year was 1870. The address was 308 Mechanic Street , Camden, New Jersey.

February 1, 1960·9 min read

Camden Courier-Post, November 11, 1958 — Kaighns Ave. Shop Looted, 1504 Baird Avenue

Kaighns Ave. Shop Looted of Tools

Copper piping and tools were stolen from Dan's Metal Products at 318 Kaighns Avenue, reported by proprietor Daniel Greenstein of 1504 Baird Avenue — Camden Courier-Post, November 11, 1958.

November 10, 1958·1 min read

Floodwater covering Kaighn Avenue with cars standing in it and people gathered on a sidewalk of awninged storefronts.

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Flood on Kaighn Avenue — August 11, 1958

On August 11, 1958, a major flood inundated Kaighn Avenue. Bob Bartosz documented the flooding with an extensive series of photographs from South 8th Street to Mt. Ephraim Avenue.

August 11, 1958·5 min read

2 Men Given 6 Months on Theft Counts - newspaper clipping

2 Men Given 6 Months on Theft Counts

Municipal Judge Marino gave six-month jail sentences to two men for theft of an auto battery and $5 of gasoline; Sgt. Earl Wright testified in the gasoline case.

December 18, 1957·2 min read

Two N. Camden Men Attacked by Thugs

Two N. Camden Men Attacked by Thugs

Two North Camden men, including Joseph Packer of 621 Grant Street, reported being attacked in separate street assaults in December 1957.

December 15, 1957·1 min read

Newspaper clipping: S. Camden Man Hurt By Hit-Run Driver

S. Camden Man Hurt By Hit-Run Driver

Herman O'Neal, 41, of 139 Spruce Street was seriously injured on Kaighns Avenue near Locust Street by a hit-and-run driver; Det. Sgt. Joseph Hooven of the accident division described the car sought.

December 14, 1957·1 min read

Camden fire alarms clipping, Camden Courier-Post, September 20, 1957

Camden Fire Alarms

Camden fire alarms logged from midnight Wednesday to midnight Thursday, September 1957, including a fire at 35 Leonard Avenue and one at 215-21 Kaighn Avenue.

September 19, 1957·1 min read

Hospital Cases roundup, Camden Courier-Post, February 3, 1956

Hospital Cases

Cooper and West Jersey hospital admissions reported in the Camden Courier-Post of February 3, 1956, including Rita Procacci of 1125 South 3rd Street, treated for burns of the right hand.

February 3, 1956·1 min read

Headline: 5 Children Die in South Jersey Waters, Camden Courier-Post August 12, 1954

5 Children Die in South Jersey Waters

Three Drummond children of 912 Chestnut Street drowned in the Cooper River at Camden County Park while fishing; two more children died at Sea Isle City the same day. Camden firemen including Wesley Faust worked the recovery.

August 12, 1954·4 min read

City to Limit All Night Parking to Clean Streets

City to Limit All-Night Parking In Move to Clean Main Streets

By Ronald G. Van Tine Restrictions on nightlong parking on principal streets in the business district will be tried out early next year as a major step in a campaign to make Camden a cleaner city in which to live and work.

December 26, 1953·3 min read

Camden Courier-Post, November 23, 1953 — Five Fined in Raid at 703 Kaighns Ave.

Five Fined in Raid at 703 Kaighns Ave.

Five people, including Linwood Braxton of 2000 Kossuth Street, were fined after a police dice raid on a home at 703 Kaighns Avenue.

November 23, 1953·1 min read

Dominick Persiani Rites Arranged for Saturday - 1953-05-21

Dominick Persiani Rites Arranged for Saturday

Camden Courier-Post - May 21, 1953 High Mass for Dominick J. Persiani , 35, will be sung Saturday at 9 a.m. in the Sacred Heart R. C. Church . Relatives in the funeral home of Joseph A. Falco, 1020 S. 4th st. , where friends may call Friday night.

May 21, 1953·2 min read

Newspaper obituary "Mrs. Clara Kennedy Is Dead Here at 76," who died at 1482-B Kaighn ave.

Mrs. Clara Kennedy Is Dead Here at 76

Obituary of Mrs. Clara B. Kennedy, 76, who died at the home of her daughter, Miss Ethel C. Havens, 1482-B Kaighn Avenue. A former Coatesville, Pa., schoolteacher, she had lived in Camden since 1909.

April 3, 1953·1 min read

Newspaper clipping "Three Men Held Without Bail in Tavern Holdup," Camden Courier-Post, Jan. 12, 1953.

Three Men Held Without Bail in Tavern Holdup

Three men arrested in Atlantic City in the $2000 holdup of Lynch's Cafe at 3rd and Erie Streets were held without bail by Judge Dzick; the getaway car had been recovered on 7th Street between Liberty Street and Kaighn Avenue.

January 12, 1953·3 min read

Camden Courier-Post, July 24, 1941 — 7 Camden Women Pass State Tests

7 Camden Women Pass State Tests

Trenton, July 24.—Helen M. Redfield, 624 Royden street, Camden, scored first out of a list of seven women who passed the examination for information clerk in the Camden Welfare Department, the State C

July 24, 1941·1 min read

Newspaper clipping "Early Donor in Aluminum Drive Hopes 'Gift' Will Be Sent to Hitler," Camden Courier-Post, July 22, 1941.

Early Donor in Aluminum Drive Hopes 'Gift' Will Be Sent to Hitler

As Camden opened its World War II drive to collect old aluminum for national defense, an unidentified South Camden resident of German birth was among the first donors, carrying his old pots and pans to Engine Company No. 8's firehouse.

July 22, 1941·3 min read

Camden Courier-Post clipping: Mute Saved from Jail for Refusal to Speak

Mute Saved from Jail for 'Refusal' to Speak

Alexander Purzycki of 1267 Kaighn Avenue, arrested in Johnson Park by Policeman Raymond Stark, would not answer questions at headquarters or in police court. City Jailer William Michalak told Judge Gene R. Mariano the man was a deaf mute, and the charge was dismissed.

June 4, 1939·1 min read

Camden Courier-Post, February 23, 1938 — Henry Szczesniewski, Dance Chairman

Dance Chairman

Henry Szczesniewski of 1855 South Tenth Street, chairman of the St. George's Holy Name Society pre-Lenten dance at New Hall on Tenth Street and Kaighn Avenue, raising funds for a church organ.

February 23, 1938·1 min read

Man Gets 4 Months for Saloon Entry

John H. Fagen was sentenced to four months for breaking into a South Second Street saloon "just to buy a drink." In the same court session Policeman Earl Wright testified against Earl Bundy in a liquor case.

February 2, 1938·2 min read

18 Drivers Cleared Due to Icy Streets

Eighteen motorists arrested for minor traffic violations were shown clemency last night in traffic court by Judge Lewis Liberman because of the recent icy condition of the streets.

February 26, 1936·1 min read

NATHAN KATZ FINED, ESCAPES PRISON

Judge Neutze Influenced by Restitution, Poor Health in Suspending, Sentence Nathan U. Katz, 44, former Kaighn Avenue real estate dealer, pleaded non vult yesterday before Judge Frank F. Neutze in Criminal Court to a charge of embezzling a total of $4586.27 from four building and loan associations he represented.

February 17, 1936·2 min read

Meal Causes Arrest of ‘Tommy’ Moreland

Arrested early yesterday when he refused to pay a 50-cent check in a restaurant on Kaighn Avenue near Broadway, “Tommy” Moreland, of 1616 Broadway, was arraigned in police court and released with a suspended sentence.

February 11, 1936·1 min read

Newspaper clipping "12 Questioned, 2 Men Held in Murder Probe," Camden Evening Courier, Sept. 3, 1934.

12 Questioned, 2 Men Held in Murder Probe

Camden police under Chief Arthur Colsey opened a city-wide hunt for the bandits who shot Detective William T. Feitz four times in the back when he surprised a holdup of 20 persons in a house at 243 Sycamore Street.

September 3, 1934·11 min read

Newspaper clipping "Dismissed as Tipsy, Fireman Is Heard in Civil Service Plea," Camden Courier-Post, May 25, 1934.

Dismissed as Tipsy, Fireman Is Heard in Civil Service Plea

At the first Camden Civil Service hearing in two years, fellow firemen testified that dismissed fireman George W. Garner was found in a saloon at Sixth and Kaighn and was too drunk to be roused from a fire truck; the commissioner reserved decision.

May 24, 1934·2 min read

Jews Will Push Aid for Hitler Victims

Representatives of every Jewish organization in Camden were in attendance last night at an emergency meeting of the United Committee for relief of German Jews, held in Talmud Torah Hall, Kaighn Avenue near Seventh Street, when plans to complete a drive for $10,000 by July 3 were adopted.

June 28, 1933·1 min read

Colored Elks on Parade Here as Convention Opens

More than 2000 members of the I.B.P.E., Colored Elks, participated last night in a colorful parade here as climax to the opening day of the tenth annual state convention of the order.

June 28, 1933·2 min read

Jews End Campaign to Raise Charity Funds

The Federation of Jewish Charities concluded its campaign for funds Thursday night with a banquet attended by workers and directors of the organization, at the Talmud Torah, 621 Kaighn Avenue.

June 24, 1933·1 min read

Thieves Take cigars in Sons of Italy Hall

Camden Courier-Post - June 23, 1933 A black leather pocketbook containing $5.50, papers and house keys, was stolen Wednesday night from the parked automobile of Violet Byers, 413 Broadway , on Park Boulevard near Kaighn Avenue .

June 23, 1933·1 min read

Mrs. Michael Shapiro Heads Hebrew Charities

Mrs. Michael Shapiro has been installed as president of the Camden Hebrew Ladies’ Charities with headquarters at the Talmud Torah, 621 Kaighn Avenue, for the coming year.

June 15, 1933·1 min read

Three Men Arrested for Street Holdup

Three Camden residents were arrested after an Ardmore man was robbed of his watch and $25 near Second and Pine streets, including Viola Lewis of 315 Division Street.

June 12, 1933·1 min read

License of Driver Freed, Is Revoked

A South Camden man, convicted in police court of drunken driving, but acquitted on his appeal to Judge Samuel Shay, will seek reinstatement of his driver's license which was revoked officially today by Motor Vehicle Commissioner Harold G. Hoffman.

May 11, 1933·1 min read

Man Hurt in Car-Bus Crash — George W. Garner

Man Hurt in Car-Bus Crash

A December 1932 Camden Courier-Post report on a head-on collision between a bus and an automobile at Eighth Street and Kaighn Avenue; city fireman George W. Garner suffered a fractured arm, and the bus was driven by J. S. Harrison of 311 North 38th Street.

December 11, 1932·1 min read

Camden Courier-Post, June 8, 1932 — Bad Luck Story Fails as Court Fines Man

Bad Luck Story Fails as Court Fines Man

Restaurant proprietor Gus Seletos of 1221 South Tenth Street was fined $100 by Judge Swackhamer for passing worthless checks, despite pleading a broken leg and seven children to support.

June 8, 1932·1 min read

Camden Courier-Post, June 6, 1932 — Three Youths Arrested in Stolen Automobile

Three Youths Arrested in Stolen Automobile

Charles Di Ciano of 1909 Kossuth Street and two companions were arrested by Haddon Township police in an automobile reported stolen from Broadway.

June 6, 1932·1 min read

635 and 601-605 South 3rd Street: Wiley Will Open More Rooms for Homeless Men, Camden Courier-Post, June 6, 1932

Wiley Will Open More Rooms for Homeless Men

Wiley M. E. Church opened another ten-cent rooming house at 741 Kaighn Avenue in June 1932, with 25 beds, alongside the 65 at its Wiley Haven for Homeless Men at 601-605 South Third Street.

June 6, 1932·1 min read

Camden Courier-Post article "Jewish Charity Bazaar to Be Held June 14" about the Camden Federation of Jewish Charities

Jewish Charity Bazaar to Be Held June 14

At a meeting of the Camden Federation of Jewish Charities in Talmud Torah Hall plans for a bazaar to be held June 14 were discussed and S. S. Lewis named as general chairman.

June 2, 1932·1 min read

2 Men Pay Fines for Interference

Two men were fined $25 each for interfering with Motorcycle Policeman Earl Wright's investigation of a 2:20 a.m. auto accident at Ninth Street and Kaighn Avenue.

March 19, 1932·2 min read

Cooper Hospital Cases — Camden Courier-Post, December 28, 1931

Cooper Hospital Cases

Emergency room cases at Cooper Hospital on December 28, 1931, including William May, 48, of 2118 Berwick Street, treated for bruises of chest and ribs after falling down stairs.

December 28, 1931·1 min read

Baird to Address Hebrew League

David Baird, Jr., Republican nominee for governor, will make his final appearance in the current election campaign Monday night, in his "own home town," when he will address a monster rally at the Hebrew Republican League, at the Talmud Torah, 621 Kaighn Avenue.

October 29, 1931·1 min read

Democrats to Hold Meetings Tonight

The campaign for A. Harry Moore, gubernatorial candidate, and local Democratic candidates, will be carried into six wards of the city and in seven communities of the county tonight.

October 29, 1931·2 min read

Four Prominent Physicians

Ben Courter's 1931 Camden Courier-Post reminiscence of four leading South Jersey physicians — Drs. Godfrey, Iszard, Davis and Gross — recalling how Dr. H. H. Davis transformed health care for Camden's schoolchildren.

October 26, 1931·5 min read

Charity Solicitor Gets 50-Day Term

William W. Jones, arrested by Motorcycle Policeman Earl Wright for soliciting "charity" funds on a Philadelphia permit, was sentenced to 50 days in jail by Police Judge Pancoast.

October 26, 1931·2 min read