Tag: Parkside Trust Bank
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A history of banking in Camden, NJ
Camden Banking The Farmers and Mechanics Bank was organized with a capital of $300,000 on March 31, 1855. The banking house at the southeast corner of Front and Market Streets was built at the cost of $18,000. This institution was conducted as a State Bank until September 1, 1864 when it became a National Bank…
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Bernard A. Ahlberg Biography
BERNARD ABRAHAM AHLBERG, former captain of industry, of Camden, New Jersey, and leader in all its departments of life, was born September 18, 1858, in Sweden, and died May 24, 1925. His parents were Abraham and Inga (Friedberg) Ahlberg. His father was of Scotch and his mother, of German descent. His father, who was a…
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Albert S. Woodruff
Albert Smith Woodruff Jr., born in 1886 in Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, New Jersey, was a notable figure in Camden’s legal and political circles. As a prominent lawyer, he established his practice in the Woodruff Building at 328 Market Street in Camden. He resided in Merchantville with his wife Isabel at 101 Browning Road. In…
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Walter Staats Quits As Victor Vice President
Camden Courier-Post – January 9, 1928 Gives Up Charge of Export Department to Enter Insurance Firm IN EMPLOY OF COMPANY DURING PAST 21 YEARS No Successor is Named; Was One of Johnson’s Aides in 1901 Formal announcement of the resignation of Walter J. Staats as vice president of the Victor Talking Machine Company, in charge…