Introduction
Now known as Charley’s Place, the building at 1445 Haddon Avenue has a history as a bar that goes back before World War I. The bar was, in those days, called Emil Muckensturm’s Saloon. Emil Muckensturm died in 1925.
When Prohibition was repealed, the bar opened back up. The bar was initially operated by Emil Muckensturm’s wife Ruth. Her granddaughter Dorothy and her husband, Alfred Chapman, operated it through the late 1970s. In these times the bar was known as Chapman’s Cafe. The bar has been known as Charley’s Place since the 1990s.
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Services for Mrs. Ruth E. Muckensturm, who died Saturday after an illness of 10 days, will be held Wednesday at the funeral home of Frank J. Leonard, 1451 Broadway. Burial will be in Harleigh cemetery.
Mrs. Muckensturm was owner of a taproom at 1445 Haddon Avenue. She was the widow of Emil Muckensturm, a Camden saloonkeeper for many years. He died in 1925.
Mrs. Muckensturm is survived by a grandson, Elmer Hann, and a granddaughter, Mrs. Dorothy Chapman.
Emil Muckensturm’s Saloon.
Charley’s Place, 1445 Haddon Avenue, March 16, 2003.