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WCAM Transmitter
Radio

Radio Station WCAM

Camden's First Radio Station Camden's oldest radio station dates back to September 1925 when it signed on as WFBI at 1270 AM under the ownership of Robert Galvin. The city government became involved soon afterward.

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Krystal Lounge bas, as seen from the rear Jerry and Jackie the Dancing Barmaid on duty
Bars and Clubs

Krystal Lounge

Krystal Lounge, a bar at 789 Chestnut Street in South Camden dating to before Prohibition, later renowned in the 1990s for live music and dungeness crabs.

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The Postcard
Phil Cohen

A Postcard's Story

By Phil Cohen One Postcard, Two Destinations, Three Continents, Six People, and One Hundred and Two Years The Mystery The postcard above was mailed on October 5, 1910 from Camden, New Jersey to Miss Ella Kremo at the Tivoli Theater in Sydney, Australia.

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John Fitzgerald (left) and Ron Blizard — Easter, 1956
Historical Accounts

East Camden Memories

Ron Blizard's recollections of growing up in East Camden in the 1950s and 1960s — Tony the Barber's shop on Westfield Avenue, Mrs. Molotsky at Garfield School, Brand's grocery on Dudley Street, a boy's life around Dudley Grange Park, and Mr. Motzer's Latin class at Davis Junior High School.

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Historical Accounts

A Polish Camden Kitchen

A personal memoir by Deborah Large Fox about the childhood hours she spent in her grandfather Watson Burdalski's produce store at 1545 Mount Ephraim Avenue, in Camden's Polish neighborhood — a recollection of the sights, sounds, and smells of the shop and his kitchen.

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Phil Cohen - May 23, 2008
News Articles

Site Honors Camco War Dead

By KRISTY DAVIES, Courier-Post Staff Second Lieutenant Warren Stafford Jr., of Haddon Heights, was in the Army Air Force when his entire B-17 Flying Fortress crew of 10 men was reported missing on Feb. 3, 1944 during World War II.

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Historical Accounts

The Year 1828 - Camden, NJ

On February 13, 1828 the Council and General Assembly passed "An act to incorporate a part of the Township of Newton in the County of Gloucester." This was the first charter of the City of Camden.

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