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July 24 1962 – Steps from pedestrian overpass over Rt. 130 at Federal Street Camden NJ, seem to lead right into the street area. The Penn Fruit sign on the right at top.
This toll-gate on the Haddonfield and Camden Turnpike was located next to what today is the recently closed Dominican Monastery of the Holy Rosary. The photo was taken from what is now a parking lot for Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center. The Haddonfield-Camden Turnpike is now called Haddon Avenue. It was established as a turnpike in 1839. The county took over ownership of the road in 1893.
[Philadelphia skyline from foot of Jackson St.
Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Line Passenger Cars. Watched this speed by many times while in the Pavonia Yard in East Camden.
Toll Toll House at 36th and Federal
The Toll House building is still there at 36th and Federal
“On July 6, 1939, the postal service placed an autogiro aircraft into use flying mail between the Central Airport at Camden, New Jersey to the roof of the main Philadelphia, Pennsylvania post office.” âThe autogyro was invented by the Spanish engineer Juan de la Cierva. Cierva’s aircraft resembled the fixed-wing aircraft of the day, with a front-mounted engine and propeller. De la Cierva’s autogyro used an airplane fuselage with a forward-mounted propeller and engine, a rotor mounted on a mast, and a horizontal and vertical stabilizer. The term Autogiro was a trademark of the Cierva Autogiro Company, and the term Gyrocopter was used by E. Burke Wilford who developed the Reiseler Kreiser feathering rotor equipped gyroplane in the first half of the twentieth century.â The National Postal Museum
When it came to paper money, the banks would be responsible backing the value of the paper money. The U.S. Mint would print the paper money for the banks. This certified proof’s are from the 1880’s and 1890’s the First National Bank of Camden . First Camden National Bank & Trust is located in Camden, Camden County, New Jersey, United States. The building was built in 1928 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 24, 1990. The bank that was headquartered here changed its name to South Jersey National Bank in the 1960s and to Heritage Bank in the 1970s. It later merged with Midlantic National Bank, which was ultimately acquired by PNC Bank.
Horn and Hardart and the Broadway Theatre in Camden
Camden Toll House on Haddon Avenue now the site of Lady of Lourdes Hospital
5th & Pine
Gaudio Bros. Nursery Mt Ephraim Ave[/caption]
Gaudio Bros. Nursery Mt Ephraim AveMinnie’s Go-Go Bar Photograph by George A. Tice 1975
Forest Hill Park at Cooper Creek (River) 1928 Motorcycle Police at City Hall
“On July 6, 1939, the postal service placed an autogiro aircraft into use flying mail between the Central Airport at Camden, New Jersey to the roof of the main Philadelphia, Pennsylvania post office.” âThe autogyro was invented by the Spanish engineer Juan de la Cierva. Cierva’s aircraft resembled the fixed-wing aircraft of the day, with a front-mounted engine and propeller. De la Cierva’s autogyro used an airplane fuselage with a forward-mounted propeller and engine, a rotor mounted on a mast, and a horizontal and vertical stabilizer. The term Autogiro was a trademark of the Cierva Autogiro Company, and the term Gyrocopter was used by E. Burke Wilford who developed the Reiseler Kreiser feathering rotor equipped gyroplane in the first half of the twentieth century.â The National Postal MuseumThe Floating Church of the Redeemer. As seen on the Delaware in the late 1840’s early 1850’s. Built by Clement L. Dennington of New York for the Churchmen’s Missionary Association for Seamen of the Port of Philadelphia. The church would later be towed onto land in the City of Camden and be located at Broadway and Royden Street becoming St. Johnâs Episcopal Church. It was destroyed by a fire on Christmas morning in 1870. Patrick WardThe Floating Church of the Redeemer. As seen on the Delaware in the late 1840’s early 1850’s. Built by Clement L. Dennington of New York for the Churchmen’s Missionary Association for Seamen of the Port of Philadelphia. The church would later be towed onto land in the City of Camden and be located at Broadway and Royden Street becoming St. Johnâs Episcopal Church. It was destroyed by a fire on Christmas morning in 1870. Patrick WardWhat is now Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard (then called Mickle Street) in 1890. Walt Whitman’s two-story home is to the right of the wagon.Victor Talking Machine Company – Gene Haines (hatless man on left ) stands with three unidentified men outside the first office of the Victor Talking Machine Company in Camden New Jersey circa 1902. Temple University LibrariesSaint John’s Church in Camden about 1914Soldier’s Monument Near Haddon Avenue & Convention HallLight Ship Barnegat LV-79 is now docked at Pyne Poynt Marina in Camden. “The Barnegat was built in 1904 by the New York Shipbuilding Company in Camden. The vessel served from 1904 to 1924 as the lightship for Five Fathom Bank, which is located 15 miles (24 km) from the Cape May Lighthouse”M&H Sweet Shop 2406 FederalSeptember 16, 1887 on the Delaware between Camden and Philadelphia during the Constitutional Centennial. Photo by Horace Githens. http://www.dvrbs.com/people/CamdenPeople-HoraceGGithens.htmBroadway and Federal Street in 1961.Camden Retires Fire HorsesCamden Fire Department 1916Camden Cyclone Vine St W of 5th 04/02/1912Camden Cyclone Vine St 04/02/1912Camden Cyclone Sharpless Row 05/22/1908Camden Cyclone NE corner Vine 04/02/1912Camden Cyclone Elm St 02/04/1912Camden Cyclone Cedar St 04/02/1912Camden Cyclone 15th and Market 05/22/1908Camden Cyyclone 6th & VineCamden Cyclone 4th St 04/02/1912Camden Cyclone 04/02/1912
CAMDEN & TUCKERTON, NJ. IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN WORD WAR I WAR MEMORIAL. The Improved Order of Red Men,in memory of South Jersey members who died while serving with America’s armed forces during World War I. Nicola Berardo, a sculptor who lived in Camden, was commissioned to execute project. The monument was originally located on the Haddon Avenue side of Pulaski Park in Camden NJ. It was moved to Route 9 and Center Street in Tuckerton NJ, where it was rededicated on May 21, 1981.CAMDEN & TUCKERTON, NJ IMPROVED ORDER OF RED MEN WORD WAR I WAR MEMORIAL The Improved Order of Red Men,in memory of South Jersey members who died while serving with America’s armed forces during World War I. Nicola Berardo, a sculptor who lived in Camden, was commissioned to execute project. The monument was originally located on the Haddon Avenue side of Pulaski Park in Camden NJ. It was moved to Route 9 and Center Street in Tuckerton NJ, where it was rededicated on May 21, 1981.Old City Hall-Camden’s first city hall was built in 1876 at the corner of Benson Street and Haddon Avenue, where present day Cooper University Hospital (Kelemen Pavilion at 1 Cooper Plaza) is located. 1914Old City Hall-Camden’s first city hall was built in 1876 at the corner of Benson Street and Haddon Avenue, where present day Cooper University Hospital (Kelemen Pavilion at 1 Cooper Plaza) is located. 1914Another view of old City Hall in CamdenOne of several early Cooper houses in CamdenView of Old Cooper Hospital about 1910The 3rd Regiment Armory in Camden about 1910
Linden Street in Camden in the early 1900s
Haddon Ave and Pine StreetCooper Street around 1912Cooper St from 2nd St in CamdenCooper Hospital From Old City Hall circa 1893Cooper Branch Public LibraryCamden YMCA circa 1910 on Federal St Camden New JerseyBroadway and Walnut St Camden, NJView of Lake & Bridge at Farnum Park Camden, NJBroadway from the Bridge Entrance – Walt Whitman Hotel – City HallAn early view of Pyne Point in CamdenDamage from the 1912 cyclone Camden, NJ2nd Street in Camden during the winter in early circa 1910Vine St and 4th St Camden New-Jersey Apr 2, 1912 Storm damageAdmiral Wilson Blvd westbound near Baird Blvd Camden, New Jersey 1960sAdmiral Wilson Boulevard 1950s. The building behind the Esso station became the Oasis Motel.Oasis Motel Camden, NJ featured in the movie 12 MonkeysWiggins Park Construction circa 1981NORTH AND SOUTH COMMONS, YORKSHIP VILLAGE A Housing-Development -1918Historic Homes Camden, New JerseyCooper Plaza Historic Homes Camden, New JerseyCooper Plaza Historic Homes Camden, New JerseyMonastery of the Dominican Nuns of the Perpetual Rosary on Haddon Avenue Camden, New JerseyM.E. Church near 5th & Cooper, Camden, New-JerseyCooper Plaza Historic Homes Camden, NJBroadway and Spruce Camden, NJ 1951Blessed Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Camden, NJBell Telephone Co.-Workers strike outside the Camden plant in 1952Bell Telephone Co.-Workers strike outside the Camden plant in 1952Westfield Acres 1940 CAMDEN,NEW JERSEYWestfield Acres 1938 CAMDEN,NEW JERSEYDr. Henry Genet Taylor House, 305 Cooper Street Camden New Jersey It was built in 1884 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 12, 1971.Motorcycle Police in front of City Hall Camden njFairview Terminal, better known as Shorty’s Camden, New JerseyCooper Creek Boat Houses Foot of 17th St circa 1900 Camden, New JerseyWestfield Acres Camden, New JerseyWestfield Acres Camden, New JerseyShellow’s Luncheonette Camden, NJ with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street BandBruce Springsteen and the E Street BandShellow’s Luncheonette Camden, NJ with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street BandShellow’s Luncheonette Camden, NJ with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street BandShellows Luncheonette with Bill Shellow Camden, New JerseyLee & Bill Shellow 1980 Shellows Luncheonette Camden, New JerseyBruce Springsteen and the E Street Band at Apollo Bar 1978 East Camden NJMarbett’s Restaurant Admiral Wilson Blvd & BairdNew Recruits of the Camden Police force in 1981The old Camden County Court House Camden, New JerseyRiver Rd at Cambridge & 27th St, Cramer Hill section of Camden NJCamden Free Library ( old Dudley Grange) Camden, New JerseyC Jackel Flowers 27th St Camden NJParkade Building in front of Camden City HallConstruction of Camden City HallAdmiral Wilson Blvd ( US Route 30 ) between Baird Blvd and the Airport Circle circa 1960s Camden, New Jersey. This photo was used in a 1960s article in MAD Magazine about “America The Beautiful”.Co.-7 City of Camden Fire Department July 1, 1910 on Kaigh AveOld Courthouse Demolition Broadway & Federal St Camden, New JerseyEngine Company #9 Fire House 27th & Federal Camden, New JerseyFarnum Park – Pavilion-on-Ice , Kaighn Ave Camden, New JerseyMayor Primas – Wayne Bryant & other politicians Camden, New JerseyTheaters on Broadway Camden NJ – Stanley and Savar Camden, New JerseyVictrola – Victor Talking Machine CoVictrola – Victor Talking Machine CoVictrola – Victor Talking Machine CoView along Arch Street circa 1908 Camden, New Jersey2600 Block of River Road Camden, New JerseyCamden Free Library Dudley Grange Camden, New JerseyVictoria Theater 26th and Federal Camden NJCampbell’s Field Camden, New JerseyRCA Victrola Camden NJMayors Arnold Webster, Randy Primas, Gwendolyn Faison ( first 3 named, 4th not a mayor ) Camden, New JerseyRCA Strike July, 1936 with woman holding sign upside down Camden, New Jersey.Camden Beer Scoreboard Camden, New JerseyRCA Nipper Camden, New Jersey3rd and Arch St circa 1975 Camden, New Jersey (There a somewhat restored photo further down)Lit Brothers Broadway & Market St Camden, New Jersey3rd & Arch St Camden, New JerseyHope Memorial Baptist Camden, New JerseyFederal St at 27th St & Baird Blvd Camden, New Jersey 1950sOld Jordan Homestead 1173 Chestnut St. Camden, New Jersey – Erected 1747Geraldine Ferraro at Camden, NJ City HallJ.B. Van Sciver Co.J.B. Van Sciver Co.East Side Cafe at 24th & Federal Camden, NJRCA Nipper Building Camden, NJ
Campbell Soup complex 1909
Camden may be a PRR Station near Haddon Avenue Camden, NJ.Ready to open Rte 676 1980 Camden, njWest Street Camden, NJ circa 1989Battleship USS New Jersey BB-62 on her final journey to her home port in Camden New Jersey.Camden towards PhiladelphiaBattleship USS New Jersey BB-62 at her final resting place in Camden New Jersey.Federal Street Bridge Camden, NjFederal Street Bridge 1912Entrance to Campbells Fieldcamden county court house circa 1904RCA NipperSinclair Station on Cooper St. Later it was a Trailways Bus StationCooper StreetC. Jackel FlowersCamden Police horse drawn patrol wagon 1890
Haddon Ave
Chief Jim Howell Electrical Bureau Camden, NJDudley Grange Camden, NJ 8-21-1980 fireOld Courthouse Demolition Camden, NJPhiladelphia Skyline from Camden, New Jersey with RCA Nipper BuildingRCA and City Hall Camden, NJGrace Baptist Church Camden, NJCamden New JerseyBroadway and Federal St Camden, NJ City Electrical Bureau Repairing Traffic Light 1962Fire at 3rd & Cooper St Camden, NJBen Franklin BridgeBen Franklin Bridge with view of downtown Camden, NJPolice Ceremony with Randy PrimasPolice Ceremony with Randy Primas 1981Entrance to Forest Hill Park and Boulevard, Camden, NJCamden Republican Club circa 1910Old Cooper HospitalBroadway Station 100 block S. Broadway looking north from Stevens St shortly after the tracks were elevated through Camden.Broadway Station of Pennsylvania Rail Road Camden, NJFire destroys Elgin Diner Camden NJCamden Carnival Celebrating the opening of the Carnegie Library October-1-1904Elgin Diner Camden New JerseyCooper’s Ferry – Camden New Jersey 1773 Boat traffic across the Delaware River.Chubbys Hearth matchbooksElgin DinerCamden New Jersey
The Blizzard of 1958 February 17 Federal Street Between Broadway and 7thPenn St West Of 4th StFairview Circle (1951), Intersection of Rt. 130 and Mt. Ephraim Avenue
“You are at Mt. Ephraim Avenue and Collings Road. The large building at the top left of the picture is Crane Company which sold bath tubs and sinks. If you looked more to the left, you would see Daly’s Tavern. You would be looking towards Camden.” Mike Daly (April 24, 2007)
Courtesy Kevin Friel, Fairview Village Historical Society
“Look to the left side for the Esso sign. Just to the right of that sign is a building clearly marked ‘White Tower.’ Behind it is the Chrysler-Plymouth dealership. Across the intersection is the Tydol building which the caption states was torn down along with the house behind it for the new intersection. Behind those buildings would be where the trailer park is now. So the road bending to the left is Mt. Ephraim Avenue, heading towards Mt. Ephraim. The road bending towards the right is Rt. 130 heading towards Brooklawn. The mass of cars stopped at the intersection are actually heading south on Rt. 130 just past the rear of where the Crescent movie was.” Michael Costello (April 25, 2007) Courtesy Courier-Post Kevin RiordanCampbell Soup Company 1935 On a good day Jersey truck farmers could have brought in 300,000 baskets of tomatoesCampbell Soup 1935Campbell Soup Company making tomato soup in 1935Packing the round TV tubes at RCA in Camden 1946Kogan’s Drug Store Circa 1950 Kogan’s Drug Store – East Camden, NJ circa 1950. Eastern European immigrants, Mildred and Joseph Kogan. Joseph earned a degree as a pharmacist from Temple University and after one year moved his family across the Delaware River to Camden, New Jersey, where he set up a pharmacy that lasted for 40 years and became a neighborhood icon. Benjamin Cooper House built in 1734.Camden Beer CoasterF.W. Woolworth & Co. 5 and 10 Cent Store Old Front Wheel Drive Fire Engine with snow chainsRCA records 1905This toll-gate on the Haddonfield and Camden Turnpike was located next to what today is the recently closed Dominican Monastery of the Holy Rosary. The photo was taken from what is now a parking lot for Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center.
The Haddonfield-Camden Turnpike is now called Haddon Avenue. It was established as a turnpike in 1839. The county took over ownership of the road in 1893.The Esterbrook Pen Company 1858 to 1964 at 10 Cooper Street. Richard Esterbrook renamed his company the Esterbrook Steel Pen Manufacturing Company when he relocated to Camden, New Jersey
The Esterbrook Pens Co. plant stood at Cooper Street and Delaware Avenue in Camden for several decades. Founded in 1858 in Camden by Richard Esterbrook, the plant was moved to Cherry Hill in 1964. In 1967, it became the Venus- Esterbrook company and by 1969, it closed its Cherry Hill plant. Photo circa 1920.Panzarotti By Tarantini Marlton & Berkley St, Camdem, NJErlton Italian Bakery – Marlton and Berkley credit Dundy RoqueCamden High School, The Castle On The HillOlga’s Diner on Federal St,Camden Camden’s Engine Company No 6 in its heydayRestored Fire HouseCamden’s Engine Company No 6Newton near HaddonMarket St at 3rdBroadway North from Royden Federal-St-Center-City-Camden-NJ-1970sSkateland 1715 Mt Ephraim AveAdmiral Wilson Blvd Kaighn Ave West of BroadwayCampbell Soup WagonSears & Roebucks 2500 Block of Federal StBlanton Dunn CompanyAirport MotorsCooper StBerglund Motors AdDe Simone CadillacTemplin MotorsAirport PontiacAirport PontiacIngram Oldsmobile East CamdenPetty’s Island 1924January 1931 – Camden Free Public LibraryTYDEMAN & DOOLEY were a pair of comedic acrobats who starred on the B.F. Keith vaudeville circuit in the 1900s and 1910s. VINCENT TYDEMAN was born in Camden, New Jersey on August 24,1883. He was a superb athlete, excelling at acrobatics, track and field, and baseball. He had a successful career in vaudeville and professional baseball in the 1900s and 1910s. He was of a generation of North Camden children who went on to become notable stage performers.Petty’s Island view over Camden 1909Howland Croft Sons Co – Broadway-JeffersonCartun Hardware 36th & FederalCamden Bargain DaysCarvel Marlton & Bank StWHIZ – RM Hollingshead Fire 1940Walt-Whitman House in-Camden605 Cooper St The large house in the foreground of was built in 1887 by William Scull Camden Library Broadway & Line Street April-1967RCA VIctor Nipper Panel TruckRoute 5 Trolly Federal Street LoopSouth Camden Bakery Moved from 4th and Division Streets to Decatur StreetRoneys Restaurant Haddon Avenue Route 130Looking west from City Hall Camden October 13, 1964 (2)Cooper St West of 5thThe Grand Theatre 207 South Broadway – Opened in 1915 and closed circa 1950Stanley Theater Broadway MarketNorth Theater Elm & Main Street Also known as The StinkoArlo Theatre 26th Hundred Block of WestfieldArlo Theatre 26th Hundred Block of WestfieldCamdens’ own Cindy Birdsong on the left visits Camden High with Diana-RossOlgas DinerOlgas Diner in Camden on-December 13,1981 – 1600 Federal StreetFederal and BroadwayBroadway and Spruce 1951Taylor Bros Grain Elevator Coopers PointCamden Ferry Boat 1913Childs Grocery store on Haddon Avenue pictured here circa 1910-1920. Samuel Canning Childs merged his stores with 5 other independent grocery store owners to form the American Stores Company later Acme Markets (from the Facebook of the Haddon Township Historical Society)At American Cigar Company located 1300 S. Sixth Street circa 1927 Thanks to Oni Nirvana Tru for location.Kaighn Ave Flooding 1958Kaighn Ave Flooding 1958Kaighn Ave at Mt Ephriam AveKotlikoff’s 25th & FederalCamden Convention HallCampbell SoupCampbell Soup CompanyCourier-PostYorkship SquareState Street BridgeMerchants Trust Company
Gateway Project Admiral Wilson Blvd
Walt Whitman
Slim At River and Federal Knox Gelatine – North Camden on Erie StreetSanta arrives at Gaudios in CamdenJ.S. READ School at 5th & York St
July 24 1962 – Steps from pedestrian overpass over Rt. 130 at Federal Street Camden NJ, seem to lead right into the street area. The Penn Fruit sign on the right at top.
This toll-gate on the Haddonfield and Camden Turnpike was located next to what today is the recently closed Dominican Monastery of the Holy Rosary. The photo was taken from what is now a parking lot for Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center.
Philadelphia skyline from foot of Jackson St.
