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.
Page 77 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for Joe's Barber Shop at 2748 Federal Street, Vogt's Bakery, Lee's Millinery Shop, Tilo Roofing Co., Standard Markets, R. T. Jermyn, Martin's, Dr. Rosen, the Morris Tomar Department Store, Earles Shoes at 1136 Broadway, the DiJulio-LaSala Co. at 812 Broadway, Lewis Variety Store, C. Roselli, Gray Service, Bill Shoeffling, McCrory's at Broadway and Kaighn Avenue, Mohawk Market, Charles' Credit Jeweler, the Peerless Restaurant and Fliegelman's.
A three-alarm fire swept the wholesale store of the Antrim Hardware Company at 1514 and 1516 Federal Street, damaging $100,000 in stock, injuring several firemen and menacing nearby homes and the Standard Oil plant across the street.