Tag
St. Joseph's Parish, the Polish Roman Catholic church of Camden's Whitman Park, began in 1891; its Baroque-style church at 10th and Mechanic Streets, designed by George I. Lovatt and consecrated in May 1914, is on the New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Sites.
The Camden County Polish American Republican Club was a Polish-American political organization active in Camden in the 1920s and beyond, meeting at Tenth and Liberty Streets, with Vincent Raczykowski serving as president.
The St. Joseph's Polish Athletic Association was a Camden athletic and social club affiliated with St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church at South 10th and Liberty Streets, sponsoring sports teams and social events in Camden's Polish community.
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.
Richard Brodowicz's personal memoir of growing up in South Camden in the 1960s and 1970s, covering Polish family life, St. Joseph's Church and School, neighborhood games, and childhood memories on Tioga and Mechanic Streets.
A June 1939 Camden Courier-Post account of Kobus Twilight League baseball, in which St. Joseph's Polish routed the Polish American Citizens Club, 13 to 1, at Broadway and Everett Street, and Campbell's Soup beat the Twelfth Ward.
A February 1938 Camden Courier-Post notice of a balloon and confetti dance held by the St. Joseph's Polish Athletic Association in the newly renovated parish hall at Tenth and Liberty Streets.
A February 1938 Camden Courier-Post account of the first annual Sports Dinner of the St. Joseph's Polish Athletic Association, with Villanova's “Clipper” Smith and several All-American footballers as guests.
A February 1938 Camden Courier-Post notice of the annual Sports Dinner of the St. Joseph's Polish Athletic Association in Whitman Park, featuring Villanova coach Maurice “Clipper” Smith.
A February 1936 Camden Courier-Post notice that the St. Joseph's Polish Athletic Association would hold its annual pre-Lenten dance at St. Joseph's Parish Hall, Tenth and Liberty Streets, featuring an exhibition dance by walkathon favorites Mary Jane and Art Mason and music by Walt Leopold's Orchestra.