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Howard Street
Howard Street ran for two blocks in North Camden, from State Street north to Erie Street, parallel to North Front and North 2nd Streets. It was already laid out and built up by 1887.
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Westfield Avenue
People
Henry L. Barroway
Henry L. "Harry" Barroway was a prominent Camden attorney and founding president of Congregation Beth El. Last a resident of 458 South 27th Street, he died in November 1965.
People
Walter P. Hubbs Sr.
Walter Page Hubbs Sr. (1871–after 1953) was a Camden, NJ police officer appointed in 1902 and dismissed in 1905 when Republicans returned to power. He later worked as a car repairer at the Pavonia railroad yards, living at 201 North 27th Street.
People
John H. Vickers
John H. Vickers (1863–1939) served with the Camden Fire Department from 1904, rising to Captain of Engine Company 9 in 1924, and lived with his family at 202 North 27th Street from 1920.
People
John C. Voll Jr.
John C. Voll Jr. (1900-1979) was born in Camden and served the Camden Fire Department for 40 years, entering the department on January 15, 1925 and retiring on December 1, 1965. He lived his later years at 2737 Garfield Avenue in the Cramer Hill section of Camden.
People
John J. Gorman
John J. Gorman (1922–1944) of 1040 North 19th Street in the Cramer Hill section of Camden served as a Corporal in Company C, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. He was killed October 2, 1944 during the siege of Aachen, Germany, and is buried at New St. Mary's Cemetery in Bellmawr, NJ.
Buildings
William Stanley Ablett Village
William Stanley Ablett Village is a 306-unit public housing project at River Road and State Street in the Cramer Hill section of Camden, built by the Housing Authority of the City of Camden during World War II and named for a Camden soldier killed in action in France during World War I.
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.
People
Alfred Cramer
Alfred Cramer was born in 1844 on a farm in Blackwood. He lived there until he was sixteen, at which poin the began working as a book salesman. This early sales experience would later prove to be a valuable foundation for his success in business.
Streets
Carman Street
Carman Street ran from Broadway to South 8th Street downtown and, across the Cooper River, from 15th Street through East Camden to Woodrow Wilson High School at 31st Street. It is apparently named for William Carman, whose home at Broadway and Federal Street stood until 1902.
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Hillside Avenue
Hillside Avenue is a street in East Camden, New Jersey, running from Fremont Street to 6348 Highland Avenue and passing Eva Street, Ella Street, and Waldorf Avenue.
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Howell Street
Howell Street runs through East Camden from 20th Street to 30th Street, parallel to the Pavonia railroad tracks. Homes were built by the 1880s, and several businesses operated here during Camden's industrial years, including Nick's Auto Parts and the Pavonia Ice & Coal Company. The first Catholic parish in East Camden, St. Joseph Church, stood at 25th and Howell Street.
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Marlton Avenue
Marlton Avenue in East Camden begins at Federal Street as an extension of State Street and runs east to the city limits; nearby houses were razed around 2006 for the new Thomas Dudley Elementary School.
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42nd Street
Forty-Second Street runs from Jersey Avenue to Camden Avenue in East Camden, crossing Westfield Avenue and High Street, then picks up again for one block between Federal Street and Fremont Street.
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41st Street
Forty-First Street runs from Jersey Avenue to Poplar Avenue in East Camden, crossing Westfield Avenue and High Street, then picks up again at Federal Street for one block to Myrtle Avenue.
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40th Street
Fortieth Street runs south from Poplar Avenue to Jersey Avenue in East Camden, crossing Westfield Avenue and High Street, then picks up again at Federal Street for one block to Myrtle Avenue.
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39th Street
Thirty-Ninth Street runs south from Jersey Avenue to Camden Avenue in East Camden, crossing Westfield Avenue and High Street. City directory and newspaper records document occupants of the 200, 300 and 400 blocks from 1924 to 1947.
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37th Street
Thirty-Seventh Street runs south from Jersey Avenue to Camden Avenue in East Camden, crossing Westfield Avenue and High Street. City directory and newspaper records document occupants of its 200, 300, and 400 blocks between 1900 and 1956.
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36th Street
Thirty-Sixth Street runs from the Delaware River south, across River Road, to Federal Street, and forms Camden's northern border with Pennsauken Township at intervals along its length. It became part of Camden when Stockton Township was annexed in 1899, and had been known in Pennsauken as Cove Avenue into the 1890s.
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35th Street
35th Street runs from the Delaware River south to River Avenue, then resumes east of the Pavonia railroad switching yard and again beyond Westfield Avenue, reaching Federal Street and continuing three blocks to Highland Avenue at the Pennsauken border. It is North 35th Street above Federal and South 35th below.
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34th Street
34th Street runs from the Delaware River south to Highland Avenue at the Pennsauken border. It is North 34th Street above Federal and South 34th below.
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33rd Street
33rd Street runs from the Delaware River south to Highland Avenue at the Pennsauken border, interrupted by the Pavonia railroad switching yard and by a rail line at Rosedale Avenue. It is North 33rd Street above Federal Street and South 33rd below.
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32nd Street
32nd Street runs from the Delaware River through Cramer Hill and East Camden to the city limits at Highland Avenue, with North and South addresses dividing at Federal Street. At Westfield Avenue an acre of cultivated land and an old house called the "Mansion" were razed for the Westfield Acres housing project, which was itself razed in 2000 and replaced by Baldwin's Run.
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30th Street
Thirtieth Street runs from the Delaware River south, across River Road to the Pavonia railroad switching yard, then to Westfield Avenue and on to Federal Street, and to the intersection of Line Street and Beacon Avenue, just above Waldorf Street. It is North 30th Street above Federal and South 30th below.
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29th Street
29th Street runs from the Delaware River south across River Road to the Pavonia railroad yards, then from Pleasant Street to Westfield Avenue and from Federal Street to Clinton Street. It is North 29th Street above Federal and South 29th below.
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28th Street
28th Street runs from the Delaware River south, across River Road to the Pavonia railroad switching yard, then to Westfield Avenue, Federal Street and Washington Street. It is North 28th Street above Federal and South 28th below.
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26th Street
26th Street, originally called Union Street in the pre-annexation Pavonia section, runs through Cramer Hill and East Camden from the Delaware River to Bank and Mickle Streets. It was laid out before 1887 and renamed after Stockton Township was absorbed by Camden in 1899.
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Westfield Avenue
Westfield Avenue, once the Westfield and Camden Turnpike toll road, runs through East Camden; home to Westfield Acres, the city's first public housing.
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State Street
State Street, established in 1856, runs from the Delaware River to the Cooper River in North Camden. Citizens petitioned for it to shorten the trip to markets and the ferry.
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Cramer Street
Cramer Street runs east through the Cramer Hill and East Camden neighborhoods of Camden, NJ. Named for real estate developer Alfred Cramer, who sold more than 5,000 building lots in the area by 1897, it stretches from the 2600 to 3400 blocks.
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38th Street
Thirty-Eighth Street runs south from Jersey Avenue to Camden Avenue in East Camden, crossing Westfield Avenue and High Street, then picks up again for one block between Federal Street and Fremont Street.
People
Leon E. Todd, Sr.
Leon Edgar Todd Sr. was born in Camden NJ on November 22, 1893. He operated his real estate agency for many years in Camden at 2623 Westfield Avenue , a building designed by the Camden architectural firm of Lackey & Hettel .
Historical Accounts
Camden First - 1925
These pages show the many varieties of beautiful "Air-Lite" and "Air-Wa" homes on the outskirts of Camden. These pictures tell there own story of attractiveness, coziness, and unique fittings.
Streets
Leonard Avenue
Leonard Avenue runs one block from Federal Street to Westfield Avenue in East Camden, built in 1915 on land that had been part of St. Patrick's Cemetery.
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27th Street
27th Street runs from the Delaware River through Cramer Hill and East Camden to Marlton Avenue. Originally called Fulton Street before the 1899 annexation of Stockton Township, it was one of the main thoroughfares of the neighborhood and home to football star Mike Rozier.
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Federal Street
Federal Street, originally called Joseph Cooper's Lane, is one of the primary east-west streets in Camden, running from the Delaware River waterfront through Stockton Township to Mount Holly. The intersection of Federal Street and Broadway is considered by most to be the center of center city Camden.
People
William E. Albert
WILLIAM E. ALBERT was born in New Jersey around 1870. He was the son of Ernest and Hannah Albert. Ernest Albert had emigrated to America from Wurttemburg in what is now Germany.
Fire Department
Fire at 1227 North 28th Street
Camden Fire Department response to a fire at 1227 North 28th Street in Cramer Hill on September 19, 2011.
Historical Accounts
East Camden Memories
Ron Blizard's recollections of growing up in East Camden in the 1950s and 1960s — Tony the Barber's shop on Westfield Avenue, Mrs. Molotsky at Garfield School, Brand's grocery on Dudley Street, a boy's life around Dudley Grange Park, and Mr. Motzer's Latin class at Davis Junior High School.
Historical Accounts
East Camden Memories
Jill Petris Lamparella's memoir of growing up in East Camden in the 1950s — 139 North 32nd Street, Roles Court Apartments, Dudley Grange Park, the Henry H. Davis School, and the shops of 27th Street.
News Articles
Man injured, home destroyed in city fire
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.
News Articles
From the Rule Book
A page from the Spring 1977 Fire Watch Magazine reprinting excerpts of Camden Fire Department General Order #76-1 on fire radio communications procedures, with an "Our Patrons" advertisement grid including Euler's Floor Coverings at 1801 Haddon Avenue.
News Articles
William R. Chalmers Sr.
Death notice for William R. Chalmers Sr., 55, of 341 North 40th Street, Camden, who died June 24, 1972, published in the Camden Courier-Post.
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Camden Bank, Business Bldg. Targets of Two Firebombings
Two firebombings struck Camden within 16 minutes of each other on December 22, 1971. The first was at 333 Arch Street, housing several businesses including the Puerto Rico Labor Department office. The second struck the Third National Bank of New Jersey at 27th and Federal Streets. Police impounded a red Volkswagen matching witness descriptions. There were no injuries.
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Harry R. Smith
Obituary for Harry R. Smith, 59, of 406 North 40th Street, who died June 3, 1966 in Cooper Hospital after retiring from RCA Camden in 1959.
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9 Firemen Graduate In City Test
Nine of Camden's newest firemen, including Wayne Kraft of 1052 North 35th Street, graduated at fire headquarters at 3rd and Arch Streets and received their company assignments.
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Signal Award Presented to Police Hero
Patrolman Peter Yecco received the Camden Police Department's Distinguished Service Award for a Delaware River rescue; among 16 officers commended was Sergeant Earl Wright.
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Lydia Smith
Obituary for Mrs. Lydia Smith, 60, of 412 North 40th Street, who died July 24, 1960 after 39 years with the Bell Telephone Co. of Pennsylvania.
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Three Suffer Hurts As Car Hits Pole
William Corbett of 2513 Howell Street was among three people injured when a car struck a pole at 18th and Federal streets in June 1959.
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Boxing Show Slated to Aid Drop-A-Buck
More than 500 boys club and Little League members will be guests at an amateur boxing show at Convention Hall to benefit the Frank H. Ryan Drop-A-Buck Club, with sponsors solicited by a committee headed by Police Insp. Anthony Skolski.