Tag: Market Street
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Clan Manufacturing Company
The Clan Manufacturing Company, a janitorial supply firm, was founded in Camden in 1921 by brothers John T. Clancy and James Clancy. The business originally operated at 565 Carman Street. By the late 1940s, the company had relocated to 310 Market Street, where it remained well into the 1960s. Eventually, it followed the broader trend…
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Old Ferries – Annals of Camden NJ
In this age of inventions, improvements and ever-changing modes of transportation, the ferry boat is still an important factor in carrying the traveller across that “goodly and noble” river which forms the boundary between the two Quaker Colonies of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, although founded several years after the first settlers had arrived in…
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Augustus F. Werner
Augustus F. Werner was born around 1870. According to the 1920 Census, he was born in Texas to German-speaking parents who had emigrated from the Lorraine region, which was then part of France. He met and married his wife, Annie, around 1891. While his obituary states that he first arrived in Camden in 1882, his…
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James J. Daly
James J. Daly was born in Camden around 1881 and spent nearly his entire life there. He was the son of James P. Daly and his wife. His father entered the bar business as early as 1906, operating Daly’s Café at 800 Linden Street. He ran the establishment until his passing at the age of…
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James F. “Soup” Campbell
James Francis “Soup” Campbell was born on December 24, 1897, in Homestead, Pennsylvania. He likely learned to play basketball at the Homestead YMCA under the guidance of Sandy Shields, a star of the 23rd Street Wanderers. Fellow Homestead natives Jackie Adams and Roy Steele were also trained by Shields, and together, they developed one of…
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Augustus E. Gondolf Sr.
Augustus Edwin “Gus” Gondolf Sr. was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 8, 1892. His father, Edward Gondolff, was the son of Peter Gondolff Sr., who immigrated to the United States from the Alsace-Lorraine region of France. The family initially settled in Pennsylvania. Over time, most of the Gondolff sons dropped the second “f” from…
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Cooper B. Hatch
Cooper Browning Hatch was a prominent citizen of Camden in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was born to Joseph and Mary Hatch in a farmhouse that now houses the Camden County Historical Society. His father, Joseph Hatch, owned extensive land in what is now East Camden, and Cooper grew up in the…
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Columbia Avenue
Columbia Avenue was a short street that extended east from North 5th Street, situated between Arch and Market Streets, ending at the George Genge School. This school was demolished in the late 1920s to clear the site for the current City Hall. By the 1930s, the remaining portion of Columbia Avenue, along with all other…
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Jesse D. Seybold
Jesse D. Seybold was born in New Jersey in February 1892 to Charles and Lizzie Seybold, though records vary on the exact date, listing February 2, 7, or 8. His grandfather, John D. Seybold, had settled in Camden before 1850 and ran a bakery at 303 Market Street until the 1880s, when the building was…
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Camden renames street for Larry Miles
Camden Courier-Post – March 5, 2024 Source: https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local/2024/03/05/larry-miles-camden-renamed-a-street-after-him/72804299007/ CAMDEN –- When Larry Miles came to Camden in the early 1970s, he wasn't sure how long he would stay. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, the Maryland native settled in Camden after active duty and continued his service in the Air Force and Army reserves.…
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1890 Review of Camden, New Jersey – Part 2
J. B. VAN SCIVER & CO. This firm occupy a handsome building on the corner of Delaware avenue and Federal street. It is of mammoth proportions and is visible along the whole river front. Furniture of all descriptions, from the plain and substantial to the aesthetic, artistic and costly, are to be found in its…
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Ferries Across the Delaware – Tracking History
The Fire on the Ferry New Jersey in 1856 By Thomas A. Bergbauer, Retired Courier-Post Editor A need to cross the Delaware River between Camden and Philadelphia was felt as early as the 17th Century and it was ferry service between Cooper's Point in Camden and Saxamaxon Street in the city of Brotherly Love that…
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Old Cooper Street
Reprinted from the series of stories of Camden’s earlier days, under the title Sixty Years in Camden County – Gosh! by Will Paul, appearing in The Community news, of Merchantville, NJ. In an earlier chapter I suggested that a young writer seeking a subject for a story could take any Camden street that leads to…
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Howard Carrow
Howard Carrow was born on September 30, 1860, in Camden, Kent County, Delaware, to Edward and Margaret Carrow. His ancestors, of Scotch-Irish and English descent, were primarily farmers who had lived in Maryland and Delaware for several generations. After the Civil War, his family moved to Bridgeton, New Jersey, before settling in Camden in 1873.…
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West Jersey Ferry (aka Market Street Ferry)
The West Jersey Ferry, also known as the Market Street Ferry, was more than just a means of transportation — it was a lifeline that connected the bustling cities of Camden, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Operating from the early 19th century until the mid-20th century, the ferry was a vital part of the region’s…