Tag: Webster Street

  • Holcaine Street

    Holcaine Street

    Holcaine Street, sometimes also known as Holcaine Avenue, is a small street running south from Webster Street to 420 Jackson Street. In 1924, it had eight homes. In September 1932, Courier-Post reporter E. Allen Hughes wrote a three-part series on Camden’s small streets, alleys, courts, and places, which included Holcaine Avenue. By 1947, only five…

  • Nicholas Scarduzio

    Nicholas Scarduzio

    According to Social Security records, Nicholas Scarduzio was born on June 16, 1899, although census records and newspaper accounts indicate him as a year younger. Born to Italian immigrant parents in Pennsylvania, the Scarduzio family migrated to Camden’s Eighth Ward by 1930. Members of the family became involved in politics, real estate, and law, occasionally…