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Wildwood Avenue runs through Camden's Parkside section from Haddon Avenue to Park Boulevard, west of Baird Avenue. Many prominent Camden citizens lived there, especially in the 1500 block near Camden High School and Forest Hill Park.
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.
Daniel M. Gallucci was born in Camden, New Jersey, on July 11, 1939, to Dominick J. Gallucci and Marietta A. Paradise.
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.
Linden Street runs east from the Delaware River to North 12th Street in Camden; large portions were demolished for the Benjamin Franklin Bridge, Rutgers University and the toll plaza.
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.
Belleview Avenue runs east from Baird Boulevard to Park Boulevard in Camden's Parkside neighborhood.
Camden High School opened in 1918 at Park and Baird Boulevards in Camden, NJ, designed by architects Arthur Truscott and Paul A. Davis III.
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.
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.
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.
Ellis Goodman (1898–1982) was a Camden realtor and Jewish community leader who ran his real estate business at 515 Market Street from 1926.
Camden Courier-Post - January 4, 2008 By Thomas A. Bergbauer , for the Courier-Post Our friend in Seminole, Fla., is at it again. Camden native Robert A. Stanton has published another book about his beloved city.
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.
Anderson Ames of Atlantic City was held without bail for the grand jury in the June 11 fatal shooting of Rudolph Brown, 57, of 1975 Park Boulevard, in the home of Herbert (Midnight) Johnson.
Police searched for two stocking-masked bandits who held up the night clerk of the Oasis Motel on Admiral Wilson Boulevard and fled toward Park Boulevard; Steve's Tavern on Fillmore Street was also burglarized.
George Shapiro, 58, of 1357 Park Boulevard, operator of a tavern at 402 Federal Street for many years, died in Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia; burial in Crescent Burial Park, Pennsauken.
Legal notice in the Camden Courier-Post, June 2, 1961: Martin Ginsburg, trading as Martin's, applies for a Plenary Retail Consumption License for 732 Morgan Blvd., Camden.
Three Engine Company 8 hosemen, including Clarence Hawkins of 1570 Park Boulevard, were sickened by fumes after police used a carbon tetrachloride extinguisher on a mattress fire on Walnut Street.
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.
Joseph Leff, 74, of 1605 Park Boulevard, founder of the Maxwell Cloak Co. at 502 Liberty Street, died at his home. He was survived by his wife, Anna, three sons and eight grandchildren.
Miss Marcia Ruttenberg, 19, of 1457 Park Boulevard, was treated at Cooper Hospital after a man who asked her for directions near Magnolia and Wildwood Avenues struck her with a lug wrench.
Obituary of Thomas P. Leach of 1360 Park Boulevard, a Philadelphia-born Girard College graduate, 40-year Camden resident and former Naval Reserve quartermaster who died in West Jersey Hospital.
Elmer C. Hutchinson of 1353 Park Boulevard, a veteran of more than 47 years in the postal service, was to retire July 31 as assistant superintendent of mails in charge of carriers.
Camden detectives returned about $4360 in stolen goods to burglary victims at City Hall in April 1952 and held parolee George Wilmer as the suspected daytime "phantom burglar."
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Klein of 1779 Park Boulevard announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Vivian Klein, to Norman Landsburg of Philadelphia, a Temple University law student.
Obituary of John T. Cleary, 59, of 1316 Park Boulevard — former assistant prosecutor and Camden police judge — who died at Philadelphia Naval Hospital after a long illness.
Maurice Hertz, 90, former Camden liquor dealer, founder of the Camden Bottling Co. and the Mt. Ephraim Sand Co., and oldest member of the Camden Lodge of Elks, died at his home at 1316 Park Boulevard.
Mrs. Francis E. Andriella of 1325 Park Boulevard and her daughter, Diane A. Lee Andriella, returned home after several weeks at Sea Isle City.
Bridal portrait of Mrs. Julius J. Smith, formerly Miss Eleanor Klein, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Klein of 1691 Park Boulevard. Dr. and Mrs. Smith were residing in Philadelphia.
Courier-Post photographs of Camden's first volunteer firemen receiving diplomas: a man descending a building on a rope, two men in asbestos suits, and a fireman in a helmet and gas mask.
Wescott Recalls Friendship with Poet at Ceremonies Here Marking 120th Anniversary of his birth; Donaldson Tells of Buggy Gift Acknowledged by the world as the poet of democracy, Camden's own Walt Whitman was acclaimed here yesterday on the 120th anniversary of his birth as the "prophet of a new internationalism." This interpretation of Whitman and his famous "Leaves of Grass," which introduced free verse to the world and the rugged liberty loving character of America so lustily praised in his songs, was offered by Ralph W. Wescott , of Haddonfield.
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 .
The Auxiliary to Thoirs Post of the American Legion gave a bon voyage party in Collingswood for Mrs. Anne D. Spooner before her Mediterranean cruise on the S. S. Excelsior.
Mrs. Stella Wilkinson and Harry Mattison, both of 1259 Park Boulevard, were arrested by Policeman Joseph Mardino for disturbing the peace, and each preferred slander charges against the other.
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 .
Mrs. Rose Paiano, 26, of 1522 Park Boulevard, was treated at Cooper Hospital for cuts suffered in an automobile collision at Seventh and Pine Streets.
Funeral notice for Miss Amelia Babnew of 1315 Park Boulevard, a Congoleum-Nairn Company employee who lived with her nephew, Adolph Vautier. Burial was in New Camden Cemetery.
Camden police Capt. A. Lincoln James and Detectives John Painter and Thomas M. Stanger were granted pensions, and Mrs. Rose Caputi of 1263 Park Boulevard, widow of Detective Joseph Caputi, received a widow's pension.
Mrs. Elizabeth Robinson, 70, mother of Elks exalted ruler Harry G. Robinson and widow of retired Camden fire captain Charles H. Robinson, died in Collingswood. The Robinsons were pioneer residents of Park Boulevard.
Alexander A. Lederer of 1528 Park Boulevard reported that someone broke into his automobile parked behind his home and stole $100 in merchandise. Detective Robert Ashenfelder investigated.
Singer Kathryn Hamilton of 1317 Park Boulevard and entertainer Walter Stanton were to lead the grand march and perform at the Ambassador Club's annual masked ball for 5000 mummers.
Thieves robbed William Thomas's restaurant at 1150 Mount Vernon Street, the home of William Ratener at 1325 Park Boulevard, and a gasoline station, and tried to rob a hardware store.
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.
Robert Baillie died after a three-week illness, survived by his wife, Margaret E. I. Baillie, a son and a daughter. Funeral services were set for his late residence, 1254 Park Boulevard.
Thomas D. Childrey Sr., Camden builder and longtime head of the sheet metal firm T. D. Childrey & Son, died at his home at Haddon Avenue and Park Boulevard at age 61.
Rudolph Romberg of 1316 Park Boulevard and his brother-in-law Walter Lechtner drowned in the surf at Sea Isle City, and Mrs. Romberg was closely watched by physicians and the Dominican Sisters after the tragedy.