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Joint Alley, also known as Joint Street, was a one-block alley in South Camden running east from South 3rd to South 4th Street, between Spruce and Walnut Streets. It first appears in city directories in 1850; only six houses remained by 1947, and no buildings stand there today.
Most people associate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with Montgomery, Birmingham, Selma, and Washington, D.C.—the iconic stages of the Civil Rights Movement.
Coates Street is a one-block street in Camden's Bergen Square neighborhood, running from Spruce Street to Division Street.
Coates Alley is a short street in Camden that originally ran parallel to Broadway and South 5th Street from Cherry Street north across Spruce Street to Division Street. Today it is one block long, running from Spruce Street to Division Street.
Spring Street in South Camden dates to at least 1850 and was mapped by 1891 running north-south from Clinton Street, between Second and Front Streets; its planned extension south to Walnut Street was obstructed.
Ada Street ran from Cherry Street south to Walnut Street, one block east of South 9th Street, before being removed in the early 1970s when Interstate Highway I-676 was constructed through the heart of Camden.
Isaac J. Hibbs was born on March 25, 1848, in Pennsylvania. He was the son of Isaac G. Hibbs, a carpenter, and his wife Mary. At the time of the 1850 Census, he was the youngest of the seven living Hibbs children.
Erie Street in North Camden runs from Beach Avenue to 9th Street, crossing Delaware Avenue, Point, Front, Segal, and the numbered streets 2nd through 9th.
Frederick Himmelein Jr. was a native of Camden and a successful businessman in both Philadelphia and Camden for many years.
Beckett Street, named for Henry and Mary Beckett who owned land in South Camden around 1853, originally ran from Front Street to West Street. After 1947 the eastern portion was demolished for an industrial building; today it runs only from South 3rd Street to West Street.
Beideman Avenue runs through Camden's Cramer Hill and East Camden sections, east of North 32nd Street, from the Delaware River south to Cleveland Avenue and from Lemuel Avenue through what was Westfield Acres to Westfield Avenue. It was named for the Beideman family, who owned a great deal of land in northern Cramer Hill before its residential development.
Clay Street, in Camden's 5th Ward, ran west from the 900 block of South 2nd Street to South Front Street. It was a short residential street tied to the industrial growth of the 1890s, extinguished by the City of Camden in October 1974.
Sycamore Street is one of Camden's "tree" streets, originally running east from Front Street to Haddon Avenue; its intersections at 7th, 8th and Louis Streets were hubs for different ethnic and cultural communities.
Locust Street ran south from Beckett Street to Mechanic Street between South 2nd and South 3rd Streets in Camden; its 700 block was known as Oak Street until about 1883 and its 600 block as John Street in the 1870s. Homes and businesses disappeared block by block after World War II, and the last structure, at 1128 Locust, was razed after a fire in 2010.
Joint Street, formerly Joint Alley, was a one-block street in South Camden, NJ, running from South 3rd to South 4th Street; now devoid of buildings.
Haddon Avenue is one of Camden's oldest roads, dating to at least 1792 as a bridle path and incorporated as the Haddonfield & Camden Turnpike in 1839. It runs southeast from Federal Street to the city limits toward Collingswood, Haddon Township, and Haddonfield.
Fourth Street, one of Camden's original streets, ran with few interruptions from Chelton Avenue in South Camden north to Pyne Point in North Camden. City-directory records, photographs, advertisements and newspaper clippings for every block from the 2000 block of South 4th Street to the 1000 block of North 4th Street.
Thomas J. Daley (born 1889) was a civil engineer who joined Camden's engineering department in 1913 and was appointed City Engineer in 1925, serving during construction of the new City Hall and marine terminal.
Langham Avenue runs south through Parkside from Walnut Street to Baird Avenue; in the decades after World War I it was home to many prominent members of Camden's Jewish community.
Pine Street is one of Camden's "tree" streets and the only one that intersects Haddon Avenue. The page includes the 1891 Sanborn Map and a view of old row homes east of Broadway.
RAYMOND T. AMOS was born in Frankford, Delaware on December 28, 1905 to Albert and Catherine Amos. His father was a minister. The family had moved to Camden by the summer of 1910 and taken up residence at 1004 Central Avenue .
EUGENE F. ALSTON was born October 16, 1919 in Camden to Richard Alston and his wife, the former Dolly Robinson. His father had been born in 1891 in Henderson, North Carolina.
Historical record of Walnut Street, one of the streets of Camden, New Jersey, with its mapped route through the city.
Fifth Street was one of Camden's original streets, running south to north, with a few major interruptions, from Newton Avenue to just west of Pyne Point in North Camden.
Clement T. Branch (1869-1933), Camden physician and civil rights leader, was the first Black member of the city's Board of Education.
One man was critically injured in a two-alarm fire that destroyed a row house at 1143 Sheridan St. in Camden; the story also recounts other recent city fires, including a seven-alarm fire on Westfield Avenue.
Death notice for Angelo Caruso, husband of Mamie (nee Longano) of 18 Leonard Avenue, Camden, March 1968.
Death notice for Filomena Coccia (nee Altieri), 67, of 55 South Dudley Street, Camden, who died April 30, 1967; Requiem high Mass at St. Joseph Procathedral. Camden Courier-Post, May 2, 1967.
Obituary of Frank Aceto, 59, who owned and operated a barbershop at his home, 1402 Collings Road, for 28 years, with funeral arrangements at St. Joan of Arc Church.
Obituary of Francesco Blasi, 71, of 454 Royden Street, a retired Camden County maintenance employee and World War I veteran, from the Camden Courier-Post of November 19, 1964.
James Walker pleaded guilty to the fatal shooting of Herbert L. Abbott of 1243 South 3rd Street, killed during an argument over a dice game at 211 Line Street in May 1961.
Three Engine Company 8 hosemen, including Clarence Hawkins of 1570 Park Boulevard, were sickened by fumes after police used a carbon tetrachloride extinguisher on a mattress fire on Walnut Street.
Rabon Mosley and his wife, Willa Mae, of 811 Walnut Street, and their son, Rabon Jr., of 638 South 4th Street, formed Arel Inc. and bought the Green Goose Cafe at 251½ Kaighns Avenue from Diane Braff; they will run it as Ray's Green Goose.
Obituary for Vincenzo Pucci, 71, of 605 Avon Street, a native of Italy and 40-year Camden resident, former employee of White Lamb Finlay Co.; survived by his wife Felicia, daughter Mrs. Mary Doto and brother Dominic.
Hospital cases from Camden on November 8, 1958, including Joseph Kelly of 67 South 28th Street (cut scalp) and Raymond Ross of 1223 North 28th Street (cut arm) treated at Cooper Hospital.
Death notice for Serafina DeLuca (née Serchia), 78, of 603 Avon Street, Camden. Funeral at Bocco Funeral Home, Mass at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel.
Obituary of James V. Paradise, 65, of 1030 Collings Road, a member of the Camden police force until his retirement in 1943 and later a guard for Acme Stores Co.
Cooper and West Jersey hospital cases reported in the Camden Courier-Post of February 3, 1956, including Rita Procacci of 1125 South 3rd Street, treated for burns of the right hand.
Camden Courier-Post - December 30, 1955 Thirteen new firemen were sworn in today by Safety Director E. George Aaron in ceremonies at City Hall .
Banker Alfred L. Sayres, 86, founder of the Parkside Trust Co., suffered a stroke while visiting Vincent Raczykowski at the Newport Bottling Works, 1101 Morton Street, and was taken to West Jersey Hospital in critical condition.
Joseph Johnson of 313 North 11th Street and Miss Shirley Ann Kee of South 8th Street to wed at Masonic Temple, 761 Walnut Street, with Rev. Lloyd A. Burrus officiating.
Woodley Rex Snyder, 26, of 737 Kaighn Avenue, was held by Camden police on a charge of atrocious assault and battery with intent to kill in the near fatal beating of Mrs. Rachel Weiner in her candy store at 763 Kaighn Avenue on October 1, 1952.
More than 30 children of World War II veterans and Gold Star Wives were given a Christmas party by South Jersey Unit 26, Military Order of the Purple Heart Auxiliary, at 565 Walnut Street; guests included Mrs. Jennie Mlynarczyk of 1333 Princess Avenue. Camden Courier-Post, December 24, 1951.
Three Camden marriage licenses, including Lorenzo C. Colangelo of Newton Avenue and Olga M. Di Ciano of 1343 Morton Street.
Camden Courier-Post - August 12, 1950 "TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME" was the theme song of 1500 girls and boys who were guests of Deputy Public Affairs Director Edward C. Garrity at the Phillies-Giants game today.
Camden Courier-Post - August 12, 1950 Five recently-appointed policemen and four firemen were sworn in today by Public Safety Commissioner Aaron in his City Hall office.
Camden Courier-Post - August 1, 1950 Replacements Listed For 8 on Pensions, One Resignation Director of Public Safety Aaron this afternoon announced the appointment of five new patrolmen and four new firemen. All are War II veterans.
Camden Courier-Post, December 16, 1949: an 18-year-old South Camden youth is questioned in the garrote slaying of churchworker Richard H. Thompson after his arrest for attempting to strangle a 16-year-old girl.
Charley Humes's "Life Hereabouts" column of May 14, 1949, recalling the Broadway Cycle-Union basketball team that won the South Jersey semi-pro championship on April 11, 1924, and announcing the first reunion of its players, later the First Ward Club, that night at Kenney's Restaurant, with Ott Laxton among those named.
A July 1941 Camden Courier-Post advertisement for 3 Bros. Markets, listing four store locations — 7th & Vine and 3rd & Birch in North Camden, 9th & Pine and 6th & Walnut in South Camden — with weekend meat specials.