People
Harold H. Pike
Harold Hadley Pike Jr. (1926–1998) served the Camden Fire Department for over 30 years, rising from ladderman to Fire Marshal and Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention.
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Marion Street
Streets
Kaighn Avenue
One of Camden's major east-west streets, running from Kaighn's Point at the Delaware River east to Admiral Wilson Boulevard and the Airport Circle in Pennsauken, with block-by-block address histories from the 1860s through the early 2000s.
Streets
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.
Historical Accounts
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.
News Articles
Marriage Licenses
Camden marriage licenses published March 13, 1956, including Margaret J. Land of 644 Ferry Avenue and Charles Williams of Philadelphia.
News Articles
Gangster Shot During Melee In Sixth Ward
Joseph Cimini, 31, declared by police to be a Philadelphia gangster, was killed in the Sixth Ward Republican Club, 908 Broadway; Joseph "Polack Joe" Deven, who fired the shot, was held on a murder charge, declaring he had fired in self-defense.
News Articles
New Jersey Real Estate
July 1896 Philadelphia Inquirer real-estate advertisement from Chas. S. Newkirk & Co., 615 Broadway, offering houses at 531 Berkeley Street, 539-41 Roberts Street and 1138 Marion Street.