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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.
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Mount Ephraim Avenue
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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.
People
Benjamin W. Dyl
Technical Sergeant Benjamin William Dyl of Woodlynne, New Jersey, who grew up at 1524 Mount Ephraim Avenue in Camden's Polish community, served with the 47th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division. Wounded and captured while leading a patrol in January 1945, he died in a German prisoner of war camp on February 5, 1945, after only ten months in the service.
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Alabama Road
Alabama Road runs from Yorkship Square southeast through the Fairview section of Camden, crossing Collings Road and continuing east through Crescent Gardens Apartments to Mount Ephraim Avenue.
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Michael Street
Michael Street is a one block alley-width street in Camden, running south from Jackson Street to Sheridan Street west of Mount Ephraim Avenue, with no buildings carrying Michael Street addresses.
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Starr Avenue
Starr Avenue ran northeast from Border Street to Federal Street near the Cooper River and was named for Jesse W. and John F. Starr, founders of Camden Iron Works. It was later renamed Mt. Ephraim Avenue.
People
George D. Haley
George Denniston Haley (1848-1923) was a Civil War veteran of the 116th New York Volunteers who lost an arm at Port Hudson and later settled in Camden, New Jersey.
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Van Hook Street
History and occupants of Van Hook Street (now Carl Miller Boulevard) in Camden, New Jersey, including the Bunting family at 515, Clement Coverall Company at 615, Booth's Flowers at 693, the Avalon Bar at 1176, and the eight houses builder S. Levy finished at 632–646 by January 1928.
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Browning Street
Browning Street in Camden was originally Evergreen Avenue. It was renamed in honor of Congressman William J. Browning, who died on March 4, 1920, while performing his duties at the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.
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Border Street
Border Street, renamed Mt. Ephraim Avenue in the 2000s, ran from Line Street and Haddon Avenue north along the railroad tracks to Newton Avenue. It remains a convenient shortcut between South Camden and East Camden.
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Alder Street
Alder Street, also known as Ann Street, was a small street in South Camden between South 9th and South 10th Streets. Both blocks were obliterated by the construction of Interstate Route I-676.
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Hallowell Lane
Hallowell Lane runs south from Sheridan Street to Ferry Avenue in Camden, NJ, named for Charles H. Hallowell's brickyard; though it borders New Camden Cemetery and the former Camden Municipal Hospital, no address has ever carried a Hallowell Lane number.
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Mount Ephraim Avenue
Mount Ephraim Avenue in Camden, NJ, dates to 1878 as the Mount Ephraim Turnpike toll road; part of it was known as Border Street until the 2000s.
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Saint Mihiel Street
Saint Mihiel Street in Camden, NJ, named for the World War I Battle of St. Mihiel, ran north from Line Street; later renamed St. Mihiel Avenue.
People
Edward N. Cohn
Edward N. Cohn was born in 1832. On the 1870 U.S. Census, he reported his birthplace as Bohemia, while in the 1880 Census he listed it as Germany. It is likely he was born in a region that is now part of the Czech Republic.
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Haddon Avenue
Haddon Avenue is one of Camden's oldest roads, dating to at least 1792 as a bridle path and incorporated as the Haddonfield & Camden Turnpike in 1839. It runs southeast from Federal Street to the city limits toward Collingswood, Haddon Township, and Haddonfield.
Banks
Broadway Trust
The Broadway Trust Company, a bank built before World War I at 938-944 Broadway in Camden, New Jersey, operated until shortly after the 1929 crash.
People
Amanda Alloway
Amanda Alloway, who was born in New Jersey in November 1843, had a notable life deeply intertwined with the historical tapestry of Camden, New Jersey.
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New name for Camden street near planned HQ
Camden Courier-Post - August 10, 2016 CAMDEN - Subaru of America isn't expected to move here until sometime next year, but the firm's already had a change of address.
Fire Department
Fire at 1227 North 28th Street
Camden Fire Department response to a fire at 1227 North 28th Street in Cramer Hill on September 19, 2011.
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.
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Fire Watch: In This Issue
The opening page of the inaugural issue of Fire Watch (Vol. 1 No. 1, Spring 1977), the magazine published by and for Camden firefighters, with its table of contents, a note on the cover photo of the 6 June 1976 Harris Terminal Complex fire at Mt. Ephraim Avenue and Fairview Street, and the department, union and staff directories.
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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.
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An interim report: 16,422 dinners to go
Alonzo Gristle's "Eating Out" column in the Camden Courier-Post, May 5, 1973, written as an open letter to Zenon Bubnoski, proprietor of Bruno's Cafe and Restaurant at 1421 Mt. Ephraim Avenue.
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Farland
Death notice for Frances Farland (nee Emerle), 29, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Emerle of 1131 Sheridan Street, who died March 23, 1968, with funeral arrangements at the Zembruski Funeral Home and St. Joseph's Church.
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Spearing Heads Ring 6 Again
Joe Spearing was to be installed for the second time as president of Ring 6, Veterans Boxers Association, in January 1966, at the association's clubhouse at 868 Mt. Ephraim Avenue.
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V. Raczykowski Dies at 78
Camden Courier-Post - January 1964 Vincent Raczykowski, 78, founder and owner of the Newport Bottling Works, 1101 Morton Street, died Wednesday in West Jersey Hospital.
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Motorist Is Robbed By Two Youths
Camden Courier-Post - December 3, 1956. Police are seeking two youths who allegedly robbed a motorist Saturday night while his car was halted for a red traffic light on Mt. Ephraim ave. at Line st.
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Sgt. Wilkie Is Still Held in Jail, His Bail of $50,000 Unchanged
Camden Courier-Post, December 26, 1953: Police Sgt. John V. Wilkie remains in jail on $50,000 bail after admitting his "confession" to accidentally killing his son was invented to win Catholic burial rites for the youth.
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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.
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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.
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Three Children Rescued, Three Firemen Injured
A Camden Courier-Post account of a father who carried his three children from their smoke-filled apartment at 216 State Street, and of a Haddon Avenue gift-shop fire in which two firemen were injured.
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Man Is Killed Here When Keg of Beer Explodes in Club
John W. Kmicic, 56, a Pennsylvania Railroad machinist, was fatally injured when a beer keg exploded during a Christmas party at the Ninth Ward Republican club, 536 Broadway, on December 22, 1949.
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Police Seek 'Break' in Sadowski Death
Camden police and county detectives had no definite leads in the shotgun slaying of ex-convict Mitchell Sadowski outside the Camden Pottery plant, and were weighing vengeance by the Mickey Quinn mob or reprisal for an $1800 holdup as motives.
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Camden City Flier Now Listed Killed
A July 16, 1945 Camden Courier-Post report that Camden flier Lt. John H. Moses, earlier reported missing, was now listed as killed, and that Technical Sergeant Benjamin W. Dyl of Woodlynne had died of wounds on February 5 in a German prison camp, after being wounded and captured while leading a four-man reconnaissance patrol.
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De Sanctis Dies in Parked Car, Pal Wounded
Romeo DeSanctis, star witness against suspects in the Casablanca roadhouse holdup, was shot dead in a parked car on Mt. Ephraim Avenue near Kaighn hours after testifying before the grand jury; his companion Leon Grenkwicz was critically wounded.
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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.
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M. and H. Sweet Shop
Page 72 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for the M. and H. Sweet Shop at 2507 Federal Street, American Plumbing and Heating Supplies at 2304 Federal St., the New Jersey Bottling Co. at 524 Liberty St., Choice Liquors, Inc. at 3512 Westfield Ave., James Mulligan, the 12th Ward Democratic Club at 32 Church St., the Victoria Barber Shop at 2510 Federal Street, N. Saccomanno's tonsorial parlor at 3418 Federal Street, Koerner's pastries on N. 27th St., and Fitzpatrick's florist at 1539 Mt. Ephraim Ave.
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2 Bandits Get $20 From Gas Station
Two masked bandits, one armed, held up a gasoline station at Mt. Ephraim and Ferry Avenues and fled with $20. Attendant James Ritter, 21, of 531 Woodland Avenue, told police he was closing up when they appeared.
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City Schedules Sale of Garage Building
The City of Camden scheduled the sale of a one-story public garage building with 28 individual garages at 2626 Carman Street, acquired for unpaid taxes, along with seven other tax-delinquent properties including vacant land on Twenty-seventh Street south of Garfield Avenue. Camden Courier-Post, July 4, 1941.
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3 Friends Fail To Save Youth Drowned Here
Front-page Camden Courier-Post account of the June 1, 1938 drowning of 18-year-old Pasquale Barbalace of 1551 Norris Street in the Delaware River near Petty's Island, while three companions — among them Joseph Piotrowski of 1167 Chase Street — tried in vain to save him.
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Clayton Promoted to Chief Clerk in Police Department
Camden Courier-Post, September 1, 1937: Commissioner Mary W. Kobus promotes Patrolman George Clayton of 912 Mt. Ephraim Avenue to chief clerk of the Camden police department.
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Saloon Proprietor Held in $1,000 Bail
Waiving a police court hearing, Edward Markowitz, 38, proprietor of the Wall Street Club, 340 Federal Street, was held in $1000 bail for the Grand Jury yesterday by Police Judge Lewis Liberman.
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Liberman Discharges 2 Held in Ring Thefts
Charged with stealing seven diamond rings valued at $4000, two men were discharged by Police Judge Lewis Liberman yesterday when the complaining witness failed to appear in court.
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Klostermans Identified as Numbers Kings by 5 Witnesses
At the second trial of Fred and Joseph Klosterman on 12 lottery counts, five witnesses testified they had worked for the brothers' numbers bank, while five convicted numbers writers, among them Walter Hart of 1245 Thurman Street, were returned from state prison to testify.
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Chez La Joy
Chez La Joy advertisement in the Camden Courier-Post, May 1934, announcing a new all-star floor show of all-colored entertainers at Mt. Ephraim and Mechanic Street.
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Car Skids in Tracks, Hits Pole, Hurts Three
Three people were hurt when an Audubon motorist lost control on the trolley tracks on Mt. Ephraim Avenue near Decatur Street; among the injured was Miss Dorothy Conroy, 19, of 507 North Fourth Street.
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2 Men Sent to Jail in Theft of Auto
Herbert Cox, 25, of 1247 Van Hook Street, and Charles Casale, 26, of 1351 Van Hook Street, were each sentenced to six months in jail for stealing an automobile from Mt. Ephraim Avenue.
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Florist Shop Raid Traps Numbers Men
Detectives raided a florist shop at 1409 Mt. Ephraim Avenue used as a blind for a numbers lottery, seizing adding machines and slips and arresting Joseph Klosterman and three others, including Charles Selanski of 1286 Sheridan Street.
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Storm Snaps Heat Plague; 4 More Drown
Man and Woman Struck by Lightning; Mercury Tumbles A violent electric storm, which paralyzed a South Camden woman, accompanied by a driving rain tumbled the mercury last night and ended, temporarily, the six-day heat wave.