Streets
Carteret Street
Carteret Street, in Camden's old Ninth Ward, ran just two blocks from Mickle Street to Newton Avenue. Built after 1891, the street fell victim to the construction of Interstate 676 in the 1970s.
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Newton Avenue
People
William E. Jaeckel
William E. "Pud" Jaeckel (1888–1961) joined the Camden Fire Department in 1920 and served over thirty years with Engine Company 9 at North 27th and Federal Streets in East Camden, retiring on pension in January 1951.
People
Arthur Stanley
Arthur Stanley (1845–1925), Camden police captain and Civil War veteran. Born in England, he came to America in 1853, served with Company G, 12th New Jersey Infantry at Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and Petersburg, and commanded the Second District of the Camden Police Department from 1898 until his retirement in 1916.
Streets
11th Street
Eleventh Street ran north from Market Street through to Pearl Street. Over time, North 11th Street was erased block by block, until only a short segment between Penn and Linden Streets survives. South 11th Street is a connecting road with no residential addresses.
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Burns Street
Burns Street was in Camden's Poet's Row neighborhood, named for Robert Burns. Three blocks of row homes built in the 1890s, all destroyed in the catastrophic Poet's Row fire of August 1972.
People
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.
People
Charles Hobart Corson
Charles Hobart Corson, commonly known as Hobart Corson , was born in Camden, New Jersey, on July 23, 1902, to W. Penn Corson and his wife, the former Catherine Kronenwetter.
Streets
Girard Place
Girard Place was a short, dead-end street running east from 916 St. John Street in Camden, NJ. First appearing in city directories in 1890 with eleven homes, it dwindled to a single occupied house at 570 Girard Place by 1980 before disappearing as a through street.
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Boyer Street
Boyer Street, also known as Boyer Court, was a half-block dead-end street running east from Nelson Street in South Camden. Eight brick homes on the north side were built in the early 1890s and demolished after World War II for industrial development.
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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.
Schools
Camden High School
Camden High School opened in 1918 at Park and Baird Boulevards in Camden, NJ, designed by architects Arthur Truscott and Paul A. Davis III.
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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.
Streets
Ramona Gonzalez Street
Division Street runs across South Camden. In 1997, a portion of the street was renamed Ramona Gonzalez Street to honor a community leader; the remainder continues to be known as Division Street.
Streets
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.
People
Eugene F. Alston
EUGENE F. ALSTON was born October 16, 1919 in Camden to Richard Alston and his wife, the former Dolly Robinson. His father had been born in 1891 in Henderson, North Carolina.
Streets
Berkley Street
Berkley Street was originally spelled Berkeley Street, named for Lord Berkeley, who co-owned the colony of New Jersey from 1664 to 1674. East of Broadway it was known as Hamilton Street until 1882. This page covers occupants from the 200 block through the 3000 block.
Streets
5th Street
Fifth Street was one of Camden's original streets, running south to north, with a few major interruptions, from Newton Avenue to just west of Pyne Point in North Camden.
News Articles
Judge Joseph M. Nardi Jr. Dead at 71
Camden Courier-Post - November 25, 2003 By KEVIN RIORDAN, Courier-Post Staff Retired state Superior Court Judge Joseph M. Nardi Jr. , a shoemaker's son who became an attorney, a mayor and a member of the state judiciary, is dead.
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Order Razing of 6 Buildings as Fire Hazard
Six Camden properties on Newton Avenue, Segal Street, Carpenter Street, 250 Burns Street, and Kaighn Avenue were ordered demolished as unfit for habitation and fire hazards.
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Dzick Frees 2 In Row Over Car Mishap
Municipal Judge Benjamin Dzick discharged Nicholas Persiano and Anthony Mona after Persiano recanted his charges over a crash into the Dial Shoe Store window at 1152 Broadway; police had called the case a "quarrel among thieves."
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Welfare Board Retirees
Nine retiring employees of the Camden County Welfare Board were honored at a dinner in February 1956, including board director Mrs. Etta C. Pfrommer of 1061 North 31st Street, who had served since 1941.
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Police Investigate 3 Fires in 4 Hours In One Section
Kaighn School Razed; Blazes Set in Church, Unoccupied House Police today are investigating the possibility that three fires Wednesday within a quarter-mile area inside of three hours and 46 minutes were the work of a firebug.
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Marriage Licenses
Three Camden marriage licenses, including Lorenzo C. Colangelo of Newton Avenue and Olga M. Di Ciano of 1343 Morton Street.
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Camden Draught Beer
Page 27 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: a Camden Draught Beer advertisement, advertisements for Vincent's Super Service at 936-8 Newton Avenue and Nardello at 2311 Federal St., around an installment of the parish history telling how Alfred Cramer developed East Camden after 1874 and how early Catholics there went to Mass.
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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.
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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.
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Billiard Room Owner Held in Gaming Raid
Frank Manfredi, proprietor of a billiard parlor at 1146 South Third Street and a former Camden prizefighter known as Freddie Mack, was fined $100 for operation of a gaming house after a dice-game raid.
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$100,000 Fire Sweeps Store of Antrim Co.
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.
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Movie Patrons Getting Fingerprinted
As part of the government's plan to index the fingerprints of all citizens, Camden police took prints of patrons of the Lyric Theatre at Broadway and Newton Avenue, with Sergeant Rox Saponare fingerprinting theatre manager Birk Binnard.
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Get Fingerprinted Gratis at Theatre
Lyric Theatre manager Birk Binnard arranged for Camden police to fingerprint citizens free of charge in the theatre's lobby, in conjunction with the FBI's nationwide registration drive and the showing of "Under Cover Doctor."
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Woman Shouts Murder and Police Raid House
Mrs. Elizabeth Holmes of 519 Newton Avenue was fined $25 for allowing disorderly persons to congregate after a woman screamed murder at 3 AM, drawing police to the house.
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Tillie's Beauty Shoppe
A Camden Courier-Post advertisement of June 16, 1933 for Tillie's Beauty Shoppe, 1014 Broadway, 2d floor, opposite the Lyric Theatre, offering steam oil permanents, a Frederic Vita Tonic permanent special, and shampoo and finger wave.
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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.
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Meter Tappers Jailed
Three men who pleaded guilty to stealing gas or electricity from Public Service were sentenced to 30 days in county jail. Among them: John Waldner of 814 North 34th Street, who tapped the main gas line while his wife was ill and their meter was shut off for nonpayment.
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2 Towns to Pay Fees And Keep 164 Pupils On Camden High List
Less than 24 hours after the Camden Board of Education had warned school officials of Pennsauken township and Woodlynne borough that 164 pupils from those towns faced dismissal from Camden Senior High School, officials of both communities last night promised that money owed the local board would be transmitted today.
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James Lennox Rites to Be Held Tomorrow
Funeral services were set for James Lennox, 82, a retired Pennsylvania Railroad man and father of acting Camden fire chief John H. Lennox, who died at his home at 517 Newton Avenue while his son was called away to fight a blaze at 27 Broadway.
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Motorist Is Fined $25 for Passing Red Light
Benjamin Rosner, 35, of 1443 Mt. Ephraim Avenue, paid $25 in police court for passing a red light, telling Judge Garfield Pancoast he did not stop when chased by Detectives Richard Donnelly and Louis Schlamm because he thought they were holdup men.
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West Street Boy Injured
Albert Mickilli, 12, of 530 West street, was cut on the face and hands when struck by an automobile at Newton avenue near Pine street; the driver, Wilfred P. Jarvis, 21, of 706 Carman street, took him to Cooper Hospital.
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Wife Stabs Husband as He Strikes Her
In June 1930 Mrs. Helen Edwards, 36, confessed to police that she stabbed her husband John W. Edwards, a gasoline station manager, during a quarrel over a meal; he died at Cooper Hospital.
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Youth Given 10 Days for Emulating Sniper
Walter Anderson, 18, of Carteret Street near Wright Avenue, was sentenced to ten days in jail by Police Judge Bertman for imitating the "phantom sniper" near Newton Avenue and Carteret Street.
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'Victims' of Sniper Held for Explosion
The Camden Courier-Post of February 13, 1928 reports that George Zimmerman and John Connors, who had claimed they were wounded by the "phantom sniper" near the Federal street bridge, were held for the grand jury on charges of having explosives after City Detective McGrath testified to a mysterious blast at Zimmerman's home.
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Camden Councilman Beaten and Robbed
Councilman Charles H. Greer, superintendent of the Philadelphia and Camden Ferry Company, was badly beaten while trying to stop three men from stealing his automobile outside the Helena apartments at Third and Cooper streets.
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Railway Men Investigate Supposed Attempt to Dynamite Train
John Daly reported a suspicious man at the elevated West Jersey and Seashore Railroad tracks at Newton Avenue and Carteret Street, where a bored hole was found; railway men investigated a supposed dynamite attempt.
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Street Improvements Started
Street Commissioner Sayers began work on improving nearly a score of Camden streets, starting with Spruce Street from Broadway to Sixth Street, with Trenton Avenue from Newton Avenue to Line Street to be repaved next. Philadelphia Inquirer, June 17, 1915.
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Camden News Notes — February 14, 1910
Camden briefs for February 14, 1910, including efforts to bring Dr. Nachman Heller of Harrisburg to a Camden synagogue as rabbi, a new padded cell in the city jail, and Mary Jones of 911 North Second Street bruised by a trolley car at Broadway and Newton Avenue.
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Fragments of Cannon Crashed Into Bedroom
Captain Stanley traced a mysterious New Year's Eve explosion that sent iron fragments through the shutters of G. C. Burkett's Newton Avenue bedroom to a hotelkeeper whose celebratory cannon had burst.
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Police Disperse Socialist Crowd
An open-air meeting of the Camden branch of the Socialist party at Broadway, Newton Avenue and Mt. Vernon Street was stopped by order of Mayor Hatch. Chief Foster, Captain Stanley and twenty-five patrolmen dispersed the crowd.
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Police Win Again
The Camden and Suburban Railway Company's ruse to slip a work gang onto Haddon Avenue failed when a watchful police line intercepted them. Captain Stanley — "the doughty little captain" — ordered the men to disperse, and Mayor Hatch had the street cleared.
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The Logue Assault
The Quarter Sessions Court trial of John F. Stratton and Henry Mellon, charged with the May 6, 1888 knife and blackjack attack on Joseph Logue near Starr's crossing, Tenth and Line streets, with testimony from Logue, Miss Sarah Lewine, Christopher Smith, Dr. Henry Jarrett, Charles R. Locke and Knight Haines.
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Petition
Residents and property owners of Camden's Fourth and Sixth wards petition City Council for an under-drainage culvert running from the Line Street culvert at Broadway out to Sixth Street and north to Sixth and Royden. Arthur Stanley, then of 929 Newton Avenue, signed among the petitioners.