People
Howard L. Gick
Howard Lambert Gick (1895–1968) joined the Camden Fire Department in 1923, served until his retirement as District Chief in 1956, and later worked as Fire Inspector at Garden State Racetrack.
Tag
Stevens Street
People
Albert A. Mungioli
Albert Arthur Mungioli lived at 314 Stevens Street and served as a Justice of the Peace in Camden during the early 1930s.
People
Benjamin D. Coley
Benjamin Coley was born in England on February 1, 1826, and immigrated to America as a child.
Streets
Carman Street
Carman Street ran from Broadway through East Camden to Woodrow Wilson High School at South 31st Street, named for William Carman whose home stood at the corner of Broadway and Federal Street until 1902.
People
Allen Palmer
Allen Palmer was born on April 20, 1891, in the Ellisburg section of Delaware Township (present-day Cherry Hill), New Jersey, to John and Ida Palmer. By 1900, the family had moved to 26 North 21st Street in East Camden.
People
William G. Hillman
William Grant Hillman was born on August 10, 1865, in Camden, NJ, the sixth of nine children of Edward Hillman and Margaret Grant.
Schools
Edwin A. Stevens School
The Edwin A. Stevens School at 430 South 4th Street in Camden was built in 1867-1868 on land donated by Edwin A. Stevens; it closed in 1954 and was razed in 1956.
Streets
Church Place
Church Place ran for a half block from Stevens Street north towards Mickle Street, west of Broadway in Camden, NJ. It was laid out between 1878 and 1885, alongside the German Evangelical Lutheran Church, and homes remained there into the 1940s. The church and Chapel Place were razed in July 2018.
Food and Drink
Litwin Brother's Market
Litwin Brothers Market, a family grocery at 801 Elm Street in North Camden founded by the Litwin family, served the neighborhood from 1941 into the 2000s.
Streets
Bridge Avenue
Bridge Avenue was one of Camden's most notable thoroughfares, lying between Federal and Mickle Streets. By 1947 only the block east of South 8th Street remained, and that too has long since vanished.
Streets
31st Street
31st Street spans from the Delaware River through Cramer Hill and East Camden, with no addresses outside Cramer Hill since the early 1920s. It is North 31st Street above Federal and South 31st below.
Historical Accounts
Old Cooper Street
Reprinted from the series of stories of Camden's earlier days, under the title Sixty Years in Camden County - Gosh! by Will Paul, appearing in The Community news, of Merchantville, NJ.
Streets
Judson Place
Judson Place ran for half a block north from 437 Stevens Street between West Street and South 5th Street in South Camden. Its two homes, at 439 and 441 Judson Place, were occupied as late as 1947 but have long since been razed.
Bakeries
A & A Soft Pretzel Baking Company
A&A Soft Pretzel Baking Company, run by the Panara family, moved to Camden, New Jersey in 1976 and has baked pretzels in Cramer Hill since 1985.
Streets
Arch Street
Arch Street ran from Delaware Avenue to North 5th Street between Federal and Market Streets in downtown Camden. Formerly known as Plum Street, it was home to Oetzel's Saloon, the Genova Cafe, the Collings Carriage Company, and the Camden Fire Department headquarters at 5th and Arch.
News Articles
West Jersey Hospital Opened in City in 1885
Camden Courier-Post - May 14, 165 The recorded history of West Jersey Hospital dates from the opening of a small hospital at the northeast corner of 4th and Arch Streets , Camden, in the spring of 1885.
News Articles
30 Minutes Rail Delay At River Rd.
Mrs. Fannie May, 72, of 1223 North 21st Street was critically injured when her car skidded into a Pennsylvania Railroad passenger train at River Avenue and Federal Street; she died that afternoon.
News Articles
Society Item — Newton–Troupe Marriage Announcement
A Camden Courier-Post society item announcing the marriage of Miss Emily Jean Newton, of 121 North 26th Street, to James Stewart Troupe, of 2826 Stevens Street, in Rosedale Baptist Church on March 21.
News Articles
Will of Mrs. Annie Peiper
The estate of Annie Peiper, formerly of 3161 Alabama Road, valued at $8,000. Probate complicated by a wartime bequest to a sister in Germany. Camden Courier-Post, January 10, 1942.
News Articles
MAGIN PROMOTES 3, REHIRES 3, FIRES 4
Temporary Laborers Dismissed, While Men Ousted by Hartmann Are Reinstated Three dismissals, three promotions and four reinstatements and two new hirings were announced yesterday by City Commissioner Henry Magin , director of public works.
News Articles
Motorist Cleared in Hit-Run Accident
Benjamin Mifflin of 594 Carman Street was found not guilty in the Camden County Criminal Court of assault and battery by automobile in a 1937 hit-run accident on Stevens Street.
News Articles
$100 in Gems Stolen from Apartment
Camden Courier-Post - February 7, 1938 Theft at 418 Broadway Reported to Police; other Homes Robbed Two garages and several homes were entered over the weekend by thieves who escaped with cash, jewelry, and other articles.
News Articles
Two Seized in Extortion Plot
Jobless Man, Girl Quizzed in Attempt to Obtain $5,000 Painter Nabbed as He Keeps Date to Meet Intended Victim, G-Men Say Case Linked to Holdup of Bank in Pennsgrove By WALTER N. CARLEY An unemployed Camden painter and his reputed sweetheart were taken in custody early today for questioning in the attempted extortion of a Carney's Point store keeper.
News Articles
Democrats Arrange for 'Maloney Day'
July 9 Set for Reception and Picnic to New Revenue Collector "Harry L. Maloney Day" will be celebrated by South Jersey Democrats, Sunday, July 9, when the newly-appointed collector of internal revenue will be guest of honor at a picnic at Silver Lake Park.
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2 Brothers Arrested on Suit Theft Charge
Alfred Scott, 18, of 839 Bridge Avenue, and his brother Norman were arrested on larceny charges after stealing a suit from Charles Parker of Stevens Street.
News Articles
Little Known City Streets Revealed as Safety Havens For Myriads of Children
A September 15, 1932 Camden Courier-Post feature by E. Allen Hughes on ten obscure Camden "places" — dead-end courts such as Judson, Girard, Bella and Rex Place that had quietly become safe play-spaces for neighborhood children.
News Articles
Political Paragraphs
An October 23, 1931 Camden Courier-Post political column noting, among other items, that the Polish-American Women's Citizens Club had endorsed David Baird for governor — the first endorsement in the club's six-year history.
News Articles
Guns Await Sniper in Suburban Towns
With orders to "shoot on sight" issued to suburban police hunting South Jersey's "phantom sniper," a man giving a fake name reported a 16th shooting that investigators could not verify, while a 15th victim came forward separately in Collingswood.
News Articles
14 Camden Firemen Overcome by Smoke
Fourteen firemen were overcome by smoke and roughly $20,000 in damage was done during a twelve-hour fire at the Frank G. Hitchner Wall Paper Manufacturing Company at Fifth and Mickle streets; water from the plant flooded nearby cellars, including John Orr's home at 441 Judson Street.
News Articles
Camden News Notes
Camden briefs for August 11, 1911, reporting that friends of Police Captain Stanley were arranging to go to New York to greet him on his return from a three months' trip abroad.