Introduction
The Collins Clothing Store, where you could buy a suit on credit for a dollar down payment, was at 901 Broadway, the corner of Broadway and Spruce Street, from the 1930s through the 1960s. David Diamond managed the business in the 1930s, after World War II, Henry Laikin and Ray Rickards ran the business.
The Collins Store did not survive the 1960s. Declining economic conditions and the vandalism and looting that became known as the riot of 1967 made business impossible for many of the old Broadway merchants. By 1970 the business was no longer listed in the telephone book.
Photos
Collins Clothing Store Advertisement - Camden Courier-Post — January 22, 1938
Collins Clothing Store - Camden Courier-Post — October 3, 1936
Fourth Annual Shipyard Workers Ball — January 27, 1939 Banquet Program
Modernized Program Aids Broadway Store
Camden Courier-Post —
Modernized Program Aids Broadway Store - Camden Courier-Post — October 3, 1936
Broadway looking north at the intersection of Spruce Street, September 18, 1951.
The vertical HURLEY'S sign can be seen on left side of the street. Collins store is at far left. The “STERN” building was originally the H. Pinsky & Son Co.