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Park Boulevard

Henry L. Barroway, 314 Carteret Street
People

Henry L. Barroway

Henry L. "Harry" Barroway was a prominent Camden attorney and founding president of Congregation Beth El. Last a resident of 458 South 27th Street, he died in November 1965.

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Kaigns Point Ferry Terminal
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.

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Daniel M Gallucci Fire Card 1
People

Daniel M. Gallucci

Daniel M. Gallucci was born in Camden, New Jersey, on July 11, 1939, to Dominick J. Gallucci and Marietta A. Paradise.

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Cooper B. Hatch
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.

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Robert A Stanton - 1940
People

Robert A. Stanton

Robert A. Stanton, known as Bob to his friends, grew up on Park Boulevard in Camden's Parkside section and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in 1940.

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1445-1447 Belleview Avenue, 1920s
Streets

Belleview Avenue

Belleview Avenue runs east from Baird Boulevard to Park Boulevard in Camden's Parkside neighborhood.

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Camden-High-School-Postcard
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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Baird Boulevard at Federal Street - 2004-02-26
Streets

Baird Boulevard

Baird Boulevard (originally Baird Avenue) runs diagonally through the Parkside and East Camden neighborhoods, named for Camden businessman and U.S. Senator David Baird Sr. It begins at Kaighn Avenue, crosses the Cooper River and Admiral Wilson Boulevard, and terminates at the intersection of Federal Street and 27th Street in East Camden.

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Haddon Avenue and Federal Street - SW Corner - Circa 1905
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.

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1109 Langham Avenue, 2008
Streets

Langham Avenue

Langham Avenue runs south through Parkside from Walnut Street to Baird Avenue; in the decades after World War I it was home to many prominent members of Camden's Jewish community.

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Historical Accounts

My Camden Heritage

By Dr. Samuel Zuckerman As published in the Jewish Community Voice , January 5, 2005. 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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Public Safety Director for Nine Years
News Articles

E. George Aaron, Ex-Camden Aide, Attorney, Is Dead

Camden Courier-Post - May 13, 1960 Public Safety Director for Nine Years E. George Aaron , former public safety director and an attorney active in Camden's public, civic and philanthropic affairs more than 30 years, is dead.

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News Articles

Thieves Take cigars in Sons of Italy Hall

Camden Courier-Post - June 23, 1933 A black leather pocketbook containing $5.50, papers and house keys, was stolen Wednesday night from the parked automobile of Violet Byers, 413 Broadway , on Park Boulevard near Kaighn Avenue .

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Hewbrew-School-Marks-Graduation-1933-06-15
News Articles

Hebrew School Marks Graduation

Camden Courier-Post - June 15, 1933 Three Graduated With High Honors at Beth El School Three students were graduated last night at commencement exercises of Beth El School of the Congregation Beth El , Park Boulevard and Belleview Avenue .

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Camden Centennial will Start Feb 13. Week of Celebration at City's Convention Hall to Mark Anniversary
News Articles

Camden Centennial Will Start Feb. 13

Camden Courier-Post - January 28, 1928 Week of Celebration at City's Convention Hall to Mark Anniversary Camden's centennial will be observed during the week of February 13.

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