Tag: Stanley Theatre
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Herbert Allen Sampson – Oral History
“Q- Where was the first home you remembered? “A- The first home that I can remember was at 12th, that I really remember, was on 12th and Penn streets in Camden. “Q- How old were you then? “A – I don’t know, 3 or 4 years old. “Q- Do you remember what the house looked…
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Hotel Walt Whitman
The Walt Whitman Hotel was a venture championed by the Greater Camden Movement, a coalition of business and civic leaders that began to coalesce shortly before and during World War I. They had proven highly effective in raising county-wide funds to support the American war effort. Post-war, their ambitious vision to invigorate economic recovery and…
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Stores Will Join In Bargain Period
Camden Courier-Post – June 9, 1933 Merchant’s Association Announces Plans for Three-Day Event A committee of the Merchants’ Cooperative Association, headed by Harry A. Moran, secretary and manager of the the Hurley Store, has announced a three-day co-operative promotion which will be known as Camden’s Co-operation Days. All merchants of this city have been invited…
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Popularity Race Puts on Speed, Leader Passes 100,000 Mark
Camden Courier-Post – June 6, 1932 Charley Aceto Puts Up Silver Cup as Eighth Prize COMPETITION PUTS CITY VS. SUBURBS Sales of Several Cars Swell Ballot Totals Who are the contestants in the Courier-Post Retail Merchants’ Popularity Election? Who are you to vote for? Readers of the Courier-Post newspapers who have asked themselves these questions…