Introduction
The Stanley Theater — 1926
The Stanley would be closed and gone the following year. In the days before cable television, major sporting events would be broadcast by closed circuit television to theaters. I saw Muhammad Ali fight on closed circuit at the old Cherry Hill Arena back in the 1960s.
The Stanley Theater at Broadway and Market Street, built and operated by the Stanley Corporation of America, and costing in excess of $1,000,000, was first opened to the public February 19, 1926. For years the most prestigious theater in Camden, the Stanley was razed in 1965 to make way for a Holiday Inn that was never built.
Besides movies, the Stanley was renowned for live entertainment. Philadelphia in those days had a ban on Sunday entertainment, and the Stanley would get top acts. Click here for a page about a typical Stanley live show.
The Stanley was torn down in the mid-1960s to make room for a Holiday Inn that was never built. The lot has stood vacant for many years.
1926 Advertisement
Stanley
COMPANY OF AMERICA
Jules E. Mastbaum, President
Congratulates two great municipalities upon the completion and inauguration of the world's longest Suspension Bridge.
Stanley Theatres everywhere create a bond of friendship, and that feeling has grown through the establishment of a new bond in the Bridge connecting Camden and Philadelphia.
Motion Pictures Music Vaudeville
Presented In the Finest and Most Modern Playhouses In the Country
Visit the Stanley Theatre at Broadway and Sixth Street
Other Stanley Houses Are Conveniently Located
Programs of the Highest Quality
Postcard
Postcard derived from the above 1926 photograph
Stanley Theatre Beautiful
Camden Courier-Post —
Stanley
Theatre Beautiful
B’way & Market
NOON TO 11 P. M. Showing Continuous
The Story of Women, Born for Love, and Their Gay Defenders — A Play of Life and Gayety
RICHARD DIX in The Gay Defender with THELMA TODD
ON STAGE: EL CLEVE — Mummer’s Parade
Clara Bow in ‘Get Your Man’
Camden Courier-Post —
CLARA BOW with CHARLES ROGERS in GET YOUR MAN
Stanley — Theatre Beautiful — NEXT WEEK
A SLOGAN FOR MISS 1928
SCALLA, Banjoist Supreme
OUR GANG PLAYING HOOKEY
ORCHESTRA PLAYS Selections From “Faust”
NO Man Is Safe! If every girl were to use Clara’s tactics — whoopee! “Get Your Man” will get you, man!
STANLEY NEWS
STANLEY CONCERT ORCHESTRA
Direction Stanley Company of America
Camden Courier-Post —
STANLEY
Theatre Beautiful
First S. Jersey Showing
Noon to 11 P.M.
ADOLPHE MENJOU
Serenade
On the STAGE
HELENA MARSH
Metropolitan Opera Co.
COMEDY SMITHS MODISTE SHOP
Stanley News
Va[?]! King of Sports
OVERTURE MORNING NOON & NIGHT
A CAMDEN INSTITUTION
Broadway & Pine
Keith Vaudeville
Stanley Photoplays
5 BIG KEITH ACTS
Headed by the Big Time Feature Act
BOBBY O’NEIL & CO.
In a miniature musical comedy in live scenes
GRAPE-JUICE
Extra Attraction—First South Jersey Screening. Feature Photoplay.
SILK LEGS
Extra! Extra!
TONIGHT IS GUEST NIGHT
Loads of Fun for All.
TOWERS
A CAMDEN INSTITUTION
Broadway & Pine
Keith Vaudeville
Stanley Photoplays
SPECIAL EXTRA ATTRACTION TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY, THURS., FRI., SAT.
Camden’s Most Beautiful Girl
WITH HER LATEST
SPORT MODEL FORD CAR
Guess Who She is and Receive a Free Gift
FORD CAR—COURTESY OF CRAMER & MYERS INC., FORD AGENCY, 780 WRIGHT AVE.
Continuous Noon to 11 P. M.
Broadway and Mickle; First South Jersey Screening.
OLIVE BORDEN
In a story of a girl who was indiscreet.
“Come to My House”
COMEDY “A FOOL AND HIS MONEY”
TRAVELOGUE KINOGRAMS
Chaliapin to Sing for Stanley Members
Camden Courier-Post —
Feodor Chaliapin, famous Russian basso, will sing this Sunday evening at the Stanley Music Club’s concert in the Stanley Theatre. As is his custom he will announce his offerings from the stage and will not sing any set program. His extensive repertory permits his selection of thoroughly enjoyable programs and it is assured that he will be heard at his best.
He will have as assisting artist, Max Rabinowitch, pianist. He will alternate with Chaliapin, playing the Liszt Sonetto 104 del Petrarca, Chopin’s Valse No. 2, the Schubert-Codowsky “Hedge Rose,” Godowsky’s Little Valse, and Moskowsky’s Etude in G flat.
Theatre Program — Week of November 5, 1928
THE STANLEY THEATRE
CAMDEN N. J.
Direction Stanley Company of America
CAMDEN SAFE DEPOSIT AND TRUST CO.
Main Office: 224 Federal Street
Central Office: N. E. Cor. 4th & Federal Sts.
Safe, Conservative, Liberal, Friendly Banking Service
SINCE 1873
HUPMOBILE 6's and 8's
SALES and SERVICE
Six of the CENTURY The CENTURY EIGHT
EVAUL BROTHERS
1388 HADDON AVENUE HADDON HEIGHTS, N. J.
Camden, N. J. Bell Phone: 3006 Bell Phone: Haddon Heights 650
The New 1928 and 1929 Majestic is Here
Come in and Hear This Wonderful Set
PRICES FROM $85.00 to $167.50
DEALERS IN MAJESTIC RADIO SETS
Storage Battery Charging
ANDERSON RADIO COMPANY
807 SOUTH FIFTH STREET
CAMDEN, N. J. Bell Phone 2571
Complete with Tubes $163.00
We Sell Speakers A & B Batteries Tubes
Stanley Theatre Beautiful
Direction Stanley Company of America
The Outstanding Achievement of The Modern Picture Art.
NEXT MON., TUES. WED.
SUNRISE!
George O'Brien and Janet Gaynor in "Sunrise"
CENTRAL PHARMACY
521 MARKET STREET
PRESCRIPTIONISTS
WALTER F. WEIDLER, P. D., Proprietor
Bell Phones: 4454-150 FREE DELIVERY
Learn to Swim — Camden Y. M. C. A.
Keep Physically Fit at the Camden Y. M. C. A.
Patrons Desiring Program Mailed Will Please Leave Their Name At The Box Office
SILVER LAKE INN
The Lobster Palace
ON THE WHITE HORSE PIKE
SHORE, LOBSTER, CHICKEN-WAFFLE and STEAK DINNERS—Orchestra Every Night
L. Springs 255 JOHN E. WEBER, Prop.
MR. MAN!
Time For Your NEW SOFT HAT
LIGHT IN WEIGHT.
$5.00 to $20.00
STETSONS SUNFAST
SIG. SCHOENAGLE
538 FEDERAL STREET
Open Friday and Saturday Evenings
SPRINGS, SECURITY MUFFLERS,
Dunlop Tires for all cars
PARTS For All Makes and Models of Cars & Trucks
Insist on General Auto Products
GENERAL AUTO SUPPLY CO.
Camden 7170-7171 1176 KAIGHN AVENUE
Set of Four $25 Small Additional Installation Charge
Keystone Camden 22931
Good Health Demands Exercise. Join the Camden Y. M. C. A.
Stanley
A Stanley Company Theatre
PROGRAM — WEEK OF NOVEMBER 5th, 1928.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
A.—OVERTURE: Harry Chazin's Stanley Theatre Concert Orchestra
B.—FOX MOVIETONE NEWS: See and Hear all the happenings of the world.
C.—ON THE VITAPHONE:
D.—MARION HARRIS: "Blues Singer"
E.—FEATURE PHOTOPLAY: Adolph Zukor & Jesse L. Lasky Present
EMIL JANNINGS In an Ernest Lubitsch Production
"THE PATRIOT"
THE CAST: Czar Paul the First . . . Emil Jannings; Countess Ostermann . . . Florence Vidor; Count Jablen . . . Lewis Stone; Mlle. Lapoukhine . . . Vera Voronina; Crown Prince . . . Neil Hamilton; Stephen . . . Harry Cording
Thursday, Friday, Saturday
A.—OVERTURE: Stanley Theatre Concert Orchestra
B.—FOX MOVIETONE NEWS: The Big Events of the world in Sight and Sound
C.—ON THE VITAPHONE: WINNIE LIGHTNER in "The Sing A Minute Girl"
D.—EDDIE NELSON in "Stop and Go"
E.—FEATURE PHOTOPLAY: JOSEPH P. KENNEDY Presents
"THE PERFECT CRIME"
THE CAST: Benson . . . CLIVE BROOK; Stella . . . IRENE RICH; Mrs. Frisbie . . . Ethel Wales; Trevor . . . Carroll Nye; Mrs. Trevor . . . Gladys McConnell; Wilmot . . . Edmund Breese; Jones . . . James Parley; Butler . . . Phil Gastrock; Frisbie . . . Tully Marshall; Trevor Baby . . . Jane La Verne
Advertisements around the program: THE FASHION SHOP, 437 Kaighn Ave., Camden, N. J. ("Let's give thanks said mother for the smart dresses we can buy at any season of the year at"); HERITAGE picture framing, 424 Broadway, Camden; ROBERT TURNER, Sea Foods, 212-214 Federal Street, Camden, N. J., Established 1886, Camden 3411; OLD KING COAL, C. P. MOHRFELD, Camden Bell 1200, Collingswood Bell 1029; B. B. TODD, Inc., 1306 Arch St., Philadelphia, Orthophonic Victrolas, "Terms As Low As $1.50 Weekly"; OUTLET SHOE CO., 522 Federal St.; YELLOW CAB, Call CAMDEN 4100.
Sweat Out Body Poisons—Turkish Bath Department—Camden Y. M. C. A.
Exercise for All Ages — Camden Y. M. C. A.
Stanley — Joe E. Brown in “Fireman, Save My Child”
Camden Courier-Post —
STANLEY
The Howling Hit of the Century!
Rocking the City With Joy!
JOE E. BROWN
In First National’s Hilarious Hit
FIREMAN, SAVE MY CHILD
Evalyn Knapp—Lilian Bond
Stanley — “Sky Devils” and Warner Baxter
Camden Courier-Post —
STANLEY-WARNER CAMDEN THEATRES
STANLEY
Starts Tomorrow!
80 Riotous Minutes of Spectacular Thrills and Laughs!
SKY DEVILS
SPENCER TRACY, ANN DVORAK
25¢ TO 1 P.M.
Last Day! WARNER BAXTER “Man About Town” — EXTRA — Burns and Allen “Babbling Book”
ON OUR STAGE
EXTRA TONITE! Personal Appearance of LEADING Girls in “South Jersey’s Most Popular Girl Contest”
Stanley — “Sky Devils”
Camden Courier-Post —
Stanley-Warner Camden Theatres
STANLEY
Starts Today!
Thrills Never Before Revealed! LAUGHS Never to Be Equalled! ROMANCE You Will Love!
‘SKY DEVILS’
Spencer Tracy, Ann Dvorak
A Year and a Half in the Making!
25¢ TO 1 P.M.
EXTRA! S. S. Van Dine’s “Murder in the Pullman”
All Popularity Votes Cast Tomorrow to Count Double
Camden Courier-Post —
First Ten Candidates Virtually ‘Locked’ in Positions
Only 3 Changes Made in Standing
Contestants! Readers! Get set for the surprise news in the Courier-Post Retail Merchants’ Popularity Election!
Every dollar spent in the store of a co-operating merchant tomorrow will receive double votes—200 votes instead of 100—for the one day only. Double-vote day! This is your opportunity to help your favorite contestant two-fold in one day. This is the most valuable common service we have ever offered our contestants; it’s worth it if they ever worked before!
Well-known Camden singer and RKO artist, who will be master of ceremonies tonight at the Stanley Theater in introducing the contestants in the Courier-Post Retail Merchants’ Popularity Election. The winner of the contest will receive a 2 weeks’ vacation trip to Bermuda, and will be sent to Bermuda on a two-weeks vacation trip.
Merchants sponsoring the contest and giving out votes with every dollar of cash purchases or payments made on accounts are:
Charles Aceto, Drive-It-Yourself, 325 Arch street. Alice Beauty Shoppe, 512 Cooper street. Edmund S. Allen, Hotel Walt Whitman. Antrim Hardware Co., Twenty-sixth and Federal streets. Auburn Company of South Jersey, 413 Arch street. Auerbach’s Walk-Over Shoe Shop, 217 Broadway. Barrett Tire & Radio Co., 560 Carman street. Cecillia Baillie, 513 Market street. Baker-Flick Co., Third and Market streets. Virgil R. Beery, 2458 Forty-sixth street. Bell Drug Co., 1201 Haddon avenue. Ernest F. Birbeck, Plaza Hotel, Fifth and Cooper streets. Bon Ton Millinery, 709 Broadway. Camden Motors, 2201 Federal street.
Stanley — “Society Girl”
Camden Courier-Post —
STANLEY
WOW! WHAT A SHOW
Starts Today!!
What a Pair! What a Comedy!
SHE—Was Just a Society Dame,
HE—Was Just a Third-Rate Pug,
But How They Fell for LOVE.
BUT—(What-a-Guy) Tracy Was There, Always in the Middle!
JAMES DUNN, SPENCER TRACY in “SOCIETY GIRL”
PEGGY SHANNON
EXTRA ANDY CLYDE—“Boudoir Butler”
25¢ TO 1 P.M.
Stanley — Joe E. Brown in “Tenderfoot”
Camden Courier-Post —
Stanley-Warner Camden Theatres
STANLEY
THE FUNNIEST HIT HE HAS EVER MADE!
JOE E. BROWN
“TENDERFOOT”
With GINGER ROGERS
EXTRA
RUTH ETTING “A Mail Bride”
MILLS BROS. Singing “I Ain’t Got Nobody”
Movie Fans in Philadelphia Travel Free to Camden
Camden Courier-Post —
Hundreds of Philadelphians were attracted to Sunday movies here yesterday when Public Service double deck buses carried riders free between the two cities. Theatre interests chartered the buses.
The first bus left Philadelphia at 1:15 p.m. with 52 passengers for the Stanley Theatre. The driver reported he left 150 standing on the streets for the next bus. They were operated on 30-minute schedule and made 20 trips, according to Joseph E. Murdock, theatre manager.
“It was only an experiment and exceeded our expectations,” he said.
Stores Will Join in Bargain Period
Camden Courier-Post —
Merchants’ Association Announces Plans for Three-Day Event
A committee of the Merchants’ Cooperative Association, headed by Harry A. Moran, secretary and manager of the Hurley Store, has announced a three-day co-operative promotion which will be known as Camden’s Co-operation Days.
All merchants of this city have been invited to participate in the event which will be outlined in newspaper and radio announcements. City and store decorations and entertainment features which may include the personal appearances of stage, radio, sports and screen stars are being arranged.
The whole event has been arranged because of recent disclosures, resulting from investigation made by the local publishers proving that local industrial employment and business conditions have shown a decided upward trend in the city within the past several months.
The committee includes Charles Gates, Camden manager of Sears, Roebuck & Company; J. B. Van Sciver, Jr. of J. B. Van Sciver; C. A. McGrew, manager of J. C. Penney; Lester Abrahamson of Lester’s; S. Savage of Western Auto Supply; William Rothman of Barrett’s Tire Shop; Leonard R. Baker of Baker-Flick; Samuel Auerbach of Auerbach’s; N. Futernick of Futernick’s; Max Peck of the Fashion Shop; Simon Abrahamson of Simon’s; Michael LaSala of DiJulio-LaSala; Joseph Murdock, manager of the Stanley Theatre; W. L. Tushingham, business manager, and F. J. Kinsella, advertising director of the Courier-Post Newspapers.
Protests Boost In Sunday Theatre Prices
Camden Courier-Post —
To the Editor: Sir,
It didn’t take long for the Stanley Theatre to break faith with the people. The second Sunday on which they were permitted to open they added five acts of cheap vaudeville and raised the price of admission from 40 cents to 60 cents. It would be interesting to know if they raised the salary of their employees proportionately.
The Courier-Post Newspapers cajoled the people of this community into voting for an open Sunday. Now see if they’ll editorialize on keeping the admission the same as on weekdays. If I remember aright, one of the highlights in your vigorous campaign for Sunday movies was a touching appeal on behalf of the people who worked six days and were without amusement on the seventh.
— James P. Lynch
Merchant Leaders Promoting Camden’s “Co-operation Days” Sale
Camden Courier-Post —
The above business leaders welcomed State Senator Emerson L. Richards to Camden yesterday when he sounded the keynote for the opening of the biggest merchandise sale in Camden in 20 years.
Left to right, back row: Cutler A. McGrew, manager of the J. C. Penney Company; Frank J. Kinsella, advertising director, Courier-Post Newspapers; Edward Callow, district manager Stanley-Warner Theatres; Joseph Murdock, manager Stanley Theatre.
Middle row: W. L. Tushingham, business manager, Courier-Post Newspapers; Samuel Auerbach; Russell Gibbons, Baker-Flick Company; William Rothman, Barrett’s Tire Shops; Joseph Kobus.
Front row: M. Futernick; Harry A. Moran, chairman Merchants Committee; S. Lester; J. Price Myers, and S. Abrahamson. At right, Senator Richards is shown addressing merchants at the court house plaza.
Checked and Double Checked
Camden Courier-Post —
By Jiminy
Deputy U. S. Marshal George Winner told Don Basenfelder who in turn relayed to us the fact that there is an amusing sign in front of the Camden Stanley Theatre advertising the current photoplay … In large letters one reads “Hell Below” … In smaller type on the wooden frame is the theatre’s legend: “Always Comfortable and Cool” …
TOBY WING
Camden Courier-Post — 1930s
Young attractive moving picture star is scheduled to make a personal appearance at the Stanley tomorrow and offer a variety of song and dance numbers.
Toby is 5 feet, 4½ inches tall, weighs 118 pounds, has blue eyes, blonde hair and was tennis champion at Beverly Hills High School, California.
W.C. Fields in ‘Poppy’
Camden Courier-Post —
STANLEY
"Scientifically Air Conditioned"
BROADWAY AND MARKET
NOW ON SCREEN
The Greatest Laff Show On Earth!
W. C. FIELDS in "POPPY" With ROCHELLE HUDSON
ON STAGE SUNDAY IN PERSON
Famous Hal Roach Comedy Star CHARLIE CHASE
HEADING GALA STAGE SHOW
The Bride Walks Out
Camden Courier-Post —
STANLEY — BROADWAY and MARKET — Starts TOMORROW
When Five Grand Stars Try to Solve the Newlyweds’ Problem of Life on a Budget . . IT’S A RIOT OF FUN and ROMANCE!
“The BRIDE WALKS OUT” — R. K. O. Picture with BARBARA STANWYCK, GENE RAYMOND, ROBERT YOUNG, Helen BRODERICK, Ned SPARKS
ON STAGE SUNDAY IN PERSON! The World Famous DUNCAN SISTERS — Direct From Hollywood
Radio’s Famous Character LAZY DAN
THE 12 ARISTOCRATS—12 Hollywood’s Dancing Sweethearts In a Gala Stage Revue
Last Day! Clark Gable • Jeanette MacDonald In “SAN FRANCISCO”
A Yank at Oxford
Camden Courier-Post —
WARNER BROTHERS STANLEY — BROADWAY and MARKET — Starts TOMORROW
A TWO FISTED YANK ABROAD! Tender, Powerful Dynamic Love Drama
ROBERT TAYLOR in A YANK at OXFORD with Lionel BARRYMORE, MAUREEN O’SULLIVAN, VIVIEN LEIGH, EDMOND GWENN, GRIFFITH JONES
ON THE STAGE SUNDAY — In Person BENNY GOODMAN And His SWING ORCHESTRA — Year’s Greatest Stage Show
LAST DAY Joan CRAWFORD, Spencer TRACY “MANNEQUIN”
‘Proudest’ Boy Mourns Terrier Killed by Hit-Run Auto Driver
Camden Courier-Post —
‘Toby’, Chosen in Theatre Contest as Image of ‘Mr. Smith’, Aristocrat of Movie Dogdom, Leaves Gap in Life of Bobby Atherholt
Last November 11-year-old Bobby Atherholt was the proudest youngster in the state. Today sorrow and despair have filled his eyes with tears.
His proudest possession, “Toby,” a four-year-old wire-haired terrier, was struck yesterday by a hit-run automobile driver and left to die on the street.
The corner in the living room of his home at 1817 Forty-fourth street, Pennsauken township, where “Toby” took special delight in scampering, holds no gladness now.
The happy walks to school with Toby by his side have ended for Bobby, who must walk alone. His chums pass his house calling to him to join them, but his ears, still waiting the caressing push of Toby’s wet nose, hear no words.
Bobby will always remember the “red letter day” when he rushed home to tell his family his dog had been judged the “double” of “Mr. Smith,” the aristocrat of movie dogdom. That was last November, when the Stanley Theatre held a contest for dogowners of all South Jersey, offering a prize of a pass for the screen attraction to the owner of such a dog. Bobby’s dog won the honor.
Some time this week Bobby again will use a pass given to him last night by Joseph Murdock, manager of the theatre, as an offer of sincere condolence. But when the boy walks into the foyer of the movie house, his mind will not be thinking of the coming show but of the heartlessness of an automobile driver who struck his dog and left him on the street.
Probably Bobby feels no resentment against the driver because he is a “young man.” But the driver, whoever he is, has caused the loss of the proudest possession an 11-year-old boy could have, a carefree wire-haired terrier.
Stanley Theater — 1930s
The Stanley Theater — 1930s
Stanley Sponsors Contest for Girls
Camden Courier-Post —
Invites Them to Imagine Selves in Situation With Cary Grant
What would another girl do if she were stranded in a lonely South American port with Cary Grant? That is the situation in which Jean Arthur finds herself in Columbia’s spectacular “Only Angels Have Wings,” which opens with a carnival of fun and midnight Hollywood opening at the Stanley Theatre on Thursday, July 6.
In the picture Jean Arthur’s situation is complicated by the arrival of alluring Rita Hayworth, Grant’s ex-girl friend, and there is a battle-royal of the sexes for the affections of Cary.
Here is a chance to have all the fun, thrills and romance of imagining yourself spending lonely evenings with Cary Grant, in addition to winning prizes for the best imagination.
The Stanley Theatre management is sponsoring a contest for the best letter of not more than 100 words from any girl in Camden or South Jersey, telling what she would do if she were placed in the same situation as Jean Arthur in “Only Angels Have Wings.” The first prize will be a complete beach ensemble, consisting of bathing suit, cap, beach robe and beach sandals. The next 20 best letter writers each will receive two complimentary tickets to “Only Angels Have Wings.”
Letters may be serious or comic. Perhaps you would immediately fall deeply in love with Cary Grant. Or would you spurn his advances? Or would you telegraph to your mother? These are just a few suggestions, but let your own imagination run riot.
Letters should be mailed to Contest Manager, Stanley Theatre, Camden, and they must be postmarked not later than midnight July 5.
October 1939 — Street Advertising
The photo was taken by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration. My best guess is that this was taken around South 2nd Street, below Mickle Street.
They Met in Bombay
Camden Courier-Post —
STANLEY — BROADWAY AND MARKET — TOMORROW — Scientifically Air-Conditioned
Gay Partners in Crime . . . But They Manage to Take Time Out for Romance
Clark GABLE · Rosalind RUSSELL in CLARENCE BROWN’S Production “THEY MET IN BOMBAY” with PETER LORRE · JESSIE RALPH, REGINALD OWEN, MATTHEW BOULTON, plus Screen Play by Edwin Justus Mayer, Anita Loos and Leon Gordon, Based on a Story by Hans Kafka — Directed by CLARENCE BROWN — Produced by HUNT STROMBERG — Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Picture
Last Times TODAY “A Woman’s Face”
One Night in Lisbon
Camden Courier-Post —
STANLEY — Broadway • Market — Starts TOMORROW — SCIENTIFICALLY AIR-CONDITIONED
TEXAS COWBOY (Fred MacMurray) LOVEBLITZES WORLD’S MOST BEAUTIFUL BLONDE (Madeleine Carroll)!
FRED MacMURRAY · MADELEINE CARROLL in “ONE NIGHT IN LISBON”
LAST TIMES TODAY “THEY MET IN BOMBAY”
‘The Man Who Came to Dinner’
Camden Courier-Post —
STANLEY B'DW'Y and MARKET • NOW
Davis — Sheridan — Wooley In
"The Man Who Came to Dinner"
Starts Friday
MICKEY ROONEY JUDY GARLAND
"Babes on Broadway"
The Storm of January 1943
Camden Courier-Post —
Even more effectively than the OPA ban on nonessential driving, Dame Nature cleared the streets of traffic today, as the upper photograph shows. Taken from the court house, it reveals the important intersection of Broadway and Federal street shortly before noon, totally devoid of traffic and virtually of pedestrians, too, as the freezing rainfall continued. Below are shown Camden city employees cindering Market Street to prevent skidding.
Memories
I graduated in 1940 from Merchantville High and when my husband and I were dating went to Camden almost every night. Skated first at 4th & Federal and then at 7th and Cooper, then for movies Friday at the Grand, Saturday night at the Savar and Sunday at the Stanley for the stage show. Saw many of the big bands there—it was a wonderful time to be young.
— June Styron Formont, January 2004
The Stanley Theater, the Camden Trust, and the Savar Theater — 1952
The Stanley Theater, the Camden Trust, and the Savar Theater — 1952
The Stanley Theater — 1955
Note that air conditioning had been installed after the 1952 picture had been taken.
The Stanley Theater — May 1964
Camden Courier-Post —
Free Smoking Section • Free Parking After 6
DOORS OPEN 11.45 A.M. • CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCES
STANLEY WARNER STANLEY
BROADWAY & MARKET • WO 3-4081
STARTS TOMORROW
SEAN FLYNN as THE SON OF CAPTAIN BLOOD
TECHNICOLOR
CO-FEATURE
LAW OF THE LAWLESS
An A. C. LYLES Production
TECHNICOLOR • TECHNISCOPE
A PARAMOUNT RELEASE
LAST DAY
'THE EMPTY CANVAS' Also "PICNIC" In Color
Tickets on Sale for Closed Circuit T.V. Indianapolis "500" Mile Race Saturday, May 30th. Admission $4.00 Tax Included
Free Smoking Section • Free Parking After 6
DOORS OPEN 11.45 A.M. • CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCES
STANLEY WARNER STANLEY
BROADWAY & MARKET • WO 3-4081
LIVE! ON CLOSED CIRCUIT TV
INDIANAPOLIS 500 MILE RACE
MEMORIAL DAY, SAT. MAY 30th
Will NOT be shown on home TV
ALL SEATS $4.00 Including Taxes
TICKETS NOW ON SALE at BOX OFFICE
The Stanley Theater — 1964
The Stanley Theater — 1964
“Get Yourself A College Girl”