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Two firefighters exiting a two-story sided apartment building at 1016-1018 Sheridan Street

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Sheridan Street

Sheridan Street is a residential street in Camden, NJ named for Civil War General Philip Sheridan. It originally ran from Warsaw Street east to Davis Street, later extended to South 10th Street.

November 3, 2026·11 min read

Two-story red brick corner building at 1176 Mount Vernon Street with people seated at a table out front.

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Louis Street

Louis Street runs between Haddon Avenue and Mount Ephraim Avenue, from Mount Vernon Street south to Sheridan Street. Primarily residential with many corner businesses, it passes Whitman Park and was devastated by the crack epidemic of the 1980s.

October 26, 2026·18 min read

Portrait of Gustave Dziengowski

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Gustave Dziengowski

Private Gustave Dziengowski of 1476 Louis Street, Camden, served with the 469th Flying Training Squadron, U.S. Army Air Forces. A Camden High School athlete who worked twelve years for Public Service before his induction in April 1942, he was killed on January 6, 1943 when his B-24D broke up and crashed near White City, Kansas.

September 14, 2026·3 min read

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Walter Trynski

Walter Trynski of Camden, NJ served as a Technician 5th Class in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War II. He died on July 6, 1947, while still serving, and is buried at St. Joseph Cemetery in Gloucester Township, NJ.

July 18, 2026·1 min read

Coriell Institute for Medical Research on Davis Street, Camden

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Davis Street

Davis Street runs southeast from north of Sheridan Street to Ferry Avenue in the East Camden/Morgan Village area, named for Dr. Henry Hill Davis — Camden's first medical inspector and School Medical Inspector in New Jersey.

July 14, 2024·2 min read

Baring Street from Kaighn Ave - 2004-03-14

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Baring Street

Baring Street runs for one block in South Camden, from Chestnut Street south to Kaighn Avenue, between Marion Street and South 6th Street. The homes were built in 1888 by Wilson Ernst, one of Camden's most active builders of the 1880s.

October 8, 2021·1 min read

Courier-Post death notice for Gloria E. Ball of 1562 Louis Street, June 1992.

Ball

Death notice for Gloria E. Ball, 51, of 1562 Louis Street, Camden, who died June 1, 1992, with services at the Carl Miller Funeral Home and interment at Evergreen Cemetery.

June 5, 1992·1 min read

Courier-Post death notice for Mary Krawczyk, wife of the late William of 1544 Louis Street, January 1975.

Krawczyk

Death notice for Mary Krawczyk (nee Talkowski), widow of William Krawczyk of 1544 Louis Street, Camden, who died January 1, 1975; funeral from the Zembruski Funeral Home with Mass at St. Joseph's Church.

January 3, 1975·1 min read

Hospital Cases — Camden Courier-Post, November 8, 1958

Hospital Cases

Hospital cases from Camden on November 8, 1958, including Joseph Kelly of 67 South 28th Street (cut scalp) and Raymond Ross of 1223 North 28th Street (cut arm) treated at Cooper Hospital.

November 8, 1958·1 min read

Courier-Post clipping, December 19, 1957: City Court Scene, Judge Holds Engineer in Child Deaths (first crop).

City Court Scene: Judge Holds Engineer in Child Deaths

Municipal Judge Marino held PRSL engineer John C. Gillon for the grand jury in December 1957 on a manslaughter charge in the deaths of John and Karen Wawrzyniak on the trestle at Mechanic and Louis streets, along with a motorist in a separate death.

December 19, 1957·1 min read

Courier-Post clipping, December 12, 1957: Slate Hearing In Two Deaths On RR Trestle (first crop).

Slate Hearing In Two Deaths On RR Trestle

The PRSL engineer whose train killed John and Karen Wawrzyniak on the trestle at Louis and Mechanic streets was released in his own recognizance in December 1957 after a clerical error postponed his hearing.

December 12, 1957·1 min read

Courier-Post clipping, December 6, 1957: Rites Slated Tuesday for Train Victims (first crop).

Rites Slated Tuesday for Train Victims

A requiem high Mass at St. Joseph's Church was set for John Wawrzyniak Jr., 14, and his sister Karen, 9, killed in December 1957 by a train on the trestle over Louis and Mechanic streets near their Orchard Street home.

December 6, 1957·1 min read

Courier-Post front page clipping, December 5, 1957: Boy, Girl Struck on Trestle, with a photo of a child's glove.

Boy, Girl Struck on Trestle

John Wawrzyniak Jr., 14, and his sister Karen, 9, of 1121 Orchard Street were killed in December 1957 by a Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines train on the trestle over Mechanic and Louis streets; witnesses said the boy died trying to pull his sister off the tracks.

December 5, 1957·1 min read

Hospital Cases, Camden Courier-Post, November 20, 1949, 1204 Van Hook Street

Hospital Cases

A Camden Courier-Post hospital admissions list of November 20, 1949, recording injuries treated at Cooper and West Jersey hospitals, including Mary Dickinson, 74, of 57 North Twenty-second Street, with an injured hip.

November 20, 1949·1 min read

Courier-Post obituary for Stanley Poduszczak, 55, of 1544 Louis Street, October 31, 1949.

Stanley Poduszczak

Obituary of Stanley Poduszczak, 55, an RCA toolmaker for 18 years, who died of a heart attack at his home at 1544 Louis Street, Camden, in October 1949.

October 31, 1949·1 min read

Paid death notice for Stanley Poduszczak of 1544 Louis Street, October 29, 1949.

Poduszczak

Paid death notice for Stanley Poduszczak, 55, of 1544 Louis Street, Camden, who died suddenly October 29, 1949, inviting RCA, union and Polish organization members to his funeral.

October 31, 1949·1 min read

Courier-Post obituary for Nicholas Kimakovich, 52, of 1543 Louis Street, September 9, 1949.

Nicholas Kimakovich

Obituary of Nicholas Kimakovich, 52, of 1543 Louis Street, a Camden resident of 25 years who worked for a Philadelphia tailoring firm, who died in September 1949 after a long illness.

September 9, 1949·1 min read

Courier-Post clipping, November 21, 1947: In Cafe Holdup, police search all night for thugs who took $1000 from Briggs Cafe.

In Cafe Holdup

Two armed bandits robbed Briggs Cafe at Lansdowne Avenue and Louis Street of about $1000 in November 1947, then took a car, cash and a watch from two men who chased them; Camden police held three men for questioning.

November 21, 1947·1 min read

St. Joseph's Church Keeps in Touch with Men and Women in Armed Forces; Four Sons Killed and Two Missing — Camden Courier-Post, 1944

St. Joseph's Church Keeps in Touch with Men and Women in Armed Forces

A 1944 Camden Courier-Post feature by Frank Sheridan on St. Joseph's Church (the Polish parish at Tenth and Mechanic Streets), whose 1,154 mothers gave sons and daughters to the war — four killed, two missing, one a prisoner — among them Joseph Piotrowski, lost when the cruiser Helena was sunk at Kula Gulf.

January 1, 1944·1 min read

Service flag unfurled by St. Joseph's Church, Tenth and Mechanic Streets, Camden, August 31, 1943

1150 Camden Poles In Service Honored

A service flag honoring 1,150 St. Joseph's Parish men and women in the armed forces was unfurled at Tenth and Mechanic Streets, where Mayor Brunner pinned gold stars on the mothers and a brother of parishioners killed or missing in World War II. Courier-Post, August 31, 1943.

August 30, 1943·5 min read

Funeral Tomorrow for Sgt. Dzingoski

A January 1943 Camden Courier-Post notice that Sgt. Gus Dzingoski — the first World War II casualty of St. Joseph's Catholic Church — would be buried with full military honors, with an American Legion ritual in his mother's home and a Solemn High Mass of Requiem at the church.

January 13, 1943·2 min read

Camden Man Killed with 10 in Air Crash

A January 1943 Camden Courier-Post report that Sgt. Gus Dzingoski, 31, of 1476 Louis Street was one of 11 army men killed when a bomber crashed at White City, Kansas, while returning to its base at Topeka.

January 8, 1943·2 min read

Torn 1942 Courier-Post clipping, Whitman Park Youths in Army and Navy, with six portraits of local servicemen.

Whitman Park Boys in U. S. Uniform

A torn 1942 Courier-Post clipping on six young men from around Louis Street and Whitman Avenue, boyhood friends from the Bonsall School, who joined the Army and Navy, with portraits of each.

January 1, 1942·1 min read

Newspaper photo of hundreds of Camden children waving beside a line of buses bound for Shibe Park, July 1941.

Connie's Athletics Get 1400 Child Rooters from Camden

Some 1400 Thirteenth Ward children boarded buses at Louis Street and Whitman Avenue in July 1941 for Republican committeeman Edward Garrity's annual outing to see the Athletics play the Chicago White Sox at Shibe Park.

July 30, 1941·1 min read

Newspaper clipping: Mrs. Kobus to Ask More Cops, Firemen for City Next Year

Mrs. Kobus to Ask More Cops, Firemen for City Next Year

Camden Public Safety Commissioner Mary W. Kobus announced in December 1940 that her appointment of 22 patrolmen and 10 firemen had restored the public safety department to 1938 strength, and said she would seek money for more officers because of defense needs; John Gryckiewicz of 810 North Front Street was among the fire appointees.

December 4, 1940·1 min read

Newspaper clipping: Mrs. Kobus Names 3 Cops, 4 Firemen

Mrs. Kobus Names 3 Cops, 4 Firemen

Commissioner Mary W. Kobus announced the appointment of three Camden policemen and four firemen in November 1940; among the new firefighters was John Gryckiewicz of 810 North Front Street.

November 16, 1940·2 min read

Courier-Post story from February 1940: a Russian and a Pole clash in Camden Police Court over Stalin.

War! Russian and Pole Clash As Mariano Fails as Arbiter

A twenty-year friendship between neighbors Pete Rademow and William Krawczyk of 1544 Louis Street ended in Camden Police Court in February 1940 over Russia's invasion of Poland; Judge Gene R. Mariano's call for an armistice failed.

February 28, 1940·2 min read

Courier-Post obituary notice for Frank Kasprzak, 32, of 1478 Louis Street, February 28, 1938.

Frank Kasprzak

Funeral notice for Frank Kasprzak, 32, of 1478 Louis Street, Camden, with services at St. Joseph's Polish Church and burial in Calvary Cemetery, February 1938.

February 28, 1938·1 min read

Woman and 2 Men Seized in Numbers

City detectives raided a house at 1039 Jackson Street in February 1938, seizing numbers slips representing $138 in play and arresting Joseph Orlowski, Mary Stanska and John Pawela of 1564 Louis Street.

February 25, 1938·1 min read

First Camden National Bank and Trust Co - Dec 2002

Tax Title Liens Net $112,311 in Month

Liquidation of tax title liens produced $112,311.70 for Camden's treasury during January, Mayor Brunner announced yesterday.

February 11, 1938·4 min read

Would-Be Suicide Sentenced for 'Cure'

Judge Gene R. Mariano sent Joseph Dadich of 1438 Louis Street to jail for 60 days in February 1938 after a suicide attempt, at his wife's request for a "cure," and suspended sentence for Joseph Grochowski of Mechanic Street.

February 8, 1938·1 min read

Pair Held for Jury in Theft of Liquor

Charged with possession of stolen goods, Leon Grenkwicz, 21, of 1213 Louis Street, and George Sanders, 22, of 307 Walnut street, Haddonfield, yesterday were held without bail for the grand jury by Police Judge Lewis Liberman.

October 29, 1935·1 min read

Courier-Post clipping, July 12, 1933: Beer Seller Is Fined for Lack of License.

Beer Seller Is Fined for Lack of License

Judge Pancoast fined Herbert Reuben $25 in July 1933 for selling beer without a license at 925 Liberty Street, but freed Frank Tomiczwicz of 1111 Louis Street with a warning after testimony that he was destitute.

July 12, 1933·1 min read

Courier-Post clipping, May 1, 1933: Camden man arrested for crashing a party

Camden Man Arrested for 'Crashing' Party

Edward Stone, 21, of 1024 Federal Street, was arrested after striking at the host of a party he tried to "crash"; Judge Pancoast suspended sentence and told him to go to parties only when invited.

May 1, 1933·1 min read

Camden Man Injured as Car Turns Turtle

Harry Katz, 25, of 1100 Baring Street suffered cuts to his legs and hands when his car turned over in a collision at Eighth Street and Atlantic Avenue.

February 1, 1933·1 min read

Courier-Post, June 9, 1932: Sheriffs Sale notice for 1242 Morton Street, Camden

Sheriff's Sale

Legal notice of a Sheriff's Sale on June 17, 1932, of 1242 Morton Street, seized from William J. Shepp, Pauline V. Shepp and Leonhard Mueller at the suit of the Kazimier Pulaski Building and Loan Association.

June 9, 1932·2 min read

Courier-Post clipping, June 6, 1932: Three Youths Arrested in Stolen Automobile, Haddon Township.

Three Youths Arrested in Stolen Automobile

Theodore Hyk, Charles Di Ciano of 1909 Kossuth Street and John Gaisor of 1047 Louis Street were held for the grand jury in June 1932 after a Haddon Township police sergeant stopped the stolen car they were riding in on Crescent Boulevard.

June 6, 1932·1 min read

Democrats to Stage Meetings Tonight

Camden Courier-Post - October 20, 1931 Six meetings, three in the city and three in the county, will be conducted by Democrats tonight in the interest of A. Harry Moore, gubernatorial candidate, and local candidates on the Democratic ticket.

October 20, 1931·1 min read

2 Bandits Face Death As Manager of Store Dies of Holdup Wound — Camden Courier-Post, December 1, 1930

2 Bandits Face Death As Manager of Store Dies of Holdup Wound

John Cullen, manager of the American Store at 1201 Lansdowne Avenue, died December 1, 1930 of a bullet wound suffered in a holdup; two Camden youths faced murder charges in his death.

December 1, 1930·6 min read

Courier-Post clipping, Nov. 27, 1930: youth killed as three boys skip school to hunt in Pennsauken Township

Youth Is Killed As Three 'Skip' School to Hunt

Theodore Jakucki, 14, of 1207 Whitman Avenue, was killed in Pennsauken Township when Meyer Albert, 16, of 1186 Kaighn Avenue, fired a shotgun at a rising quail during a hunting trip the boys took instead of going to school; Leon Grenkwicz, 15, was with them.

November 27, 1930·3 min read

Clipping: City Policeman Drowns in Lake at Blackwood

City Policeman Drowns in Lake at Blackwood

Camden motorcycle policeman Joseph G. Ward, 34, of 1572 Louis Street, drowned in Blackwood lake in May 1930 when his canoe overturned after a Moonlight Social Club outing; Gloucester Township police opened an investigation.

May 5, 1930·5 min read

Courier-Post clipping, December 21, 1928: Player-Piano Looting Lands Youths in Jail.

Player-Piano Looting Lands Youths in Jail

Stanley Powell and Anthony Sarstick, both 20, were jailed for four months in December 1928 after pleading guilty to looting a player-piano in a pool room at Louis and Mt. Vernon streets.

December 21, 1928·1 min read

Courier-Post story, April 20, 1928: Rough 3 A.M. Visits Land Romeos in Toils, three youths break a door at 1541 Louis Street.

Rough 3 A. M. Visits Land Romeos in Toils

Three 18-year-old youths were arrested in April 1928 on their third attempt at 3 a.m. to break into a house at 1541 Louis Street after a girl living there broke an engagement; Police Judge Bertman released them when they promised to pay for the door.

April 20, 1928·1 min read

Courier-Post clipping, February 27, 1928: Eight Boys Are Held, Colored Fagin Sought.

Eight Boys Are Held, Colored Fagin Sought

Eight Camden boys, including Edward and Jess Luczkiewicz of 1051 Louis Street, were committed to the detention home in February 1928 for stealing copper wire and battery plates; police sought the junk dealer said to have bought the goods.

February 27, 1928·1 min read

Courier-Post clipping, January 2, 1928, on three Camden men jailed or fined after New Year's celebrations

Overflowing ‘Bowl’ Put 3 Here in Jail

Three Camden men paid for their New Year's celebrating in 1928: one jailed for beating his wife, one fined after motorcycle officer George Frost arrested him outside the Stanley Theatre at Broadway and Market streets, and one jailed for tipping over chairs and tables in a restaurant.

January 2, 1928·2 min read

Camden Daily Courier column, June 11, 1922: Camden Is Warned Against Fireworks, plus local news items.

Camden Is Warned Against Fireworks

Mayor Van Hart's June 1922 proclamation for a safe and sane Fourth of July, with Camden news of the ferryboat Millville, a Masonic funeral for William P. Weiser, and a divorce advised for Mrs. Margaret Jenkins of 1418 Louis Street.

June 11, 1922·3 min read

Newspaper clipping: "Suit Over Fallen Boiler", Philadelphia Inquirer, April 30, 1922

Suit Over Fallen Boiler

Mrs. Frances Waters sued Jacob Barag, a grocer at 1121 Louis Street, Camden, for $10,000 in April 1922 over head injuries from a boiler that fell from a hook; her husband William sued for $5000.

April 30, 1922·1 min read

Burns Mail in Letter Box, Philadelphia Inquirer, October 27, 1916

Burns Mail in Letter Box

Frank Thompson, 15, of 1140 Lansdowne Avenue, was committed to jail in October 1916 after confessing to Detective Brothers that he set fire to the letters in a mail box at Louis and Everett streets "just for fun."

October 27, 1916·1 min read

530–544 Fairview Street

Building Inspector Day issued permits for eight dwellings by T.G. Coulter from 530 to 544 Fairview Street, and for six dwellings by Martin Bergen Stone from 1486 to 1498 Louis Street.

March 27, 1915·1 min read

Philadelphia Inquirer clipping, August 3, 1913: Camden Gang Fighters Are Held for Trial after a riot at Louis and Sycamore.

Camden Gang Fighters Are Held for Trial

A fight between rival gangs at Louis and Sycamore streets in August 1913 drew about fifty participants; several men were held in bail or jailed for disorderly conduct, and Policeman Cornog lost his badge in the melee.

August 3, 1913·1 min read