THE YEAR 1924

SPAN OF A CENTURY
1828-1928
100 YEARS IN THE HISTORY OF CAMDEN AS A CITY

COMPILED FROM NOTES ANDS DATA COLLECTED BY
CHARLES S. BOYER
PRESIDENT CAMDEN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY
PUBLISHED BY
CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY COMMITTEE
OF CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY
ADDITIONAL PHOTOS AND NOTES BY PHILLIP COHEN IN 2003

The Reading Terminal and Ferry Building, erected at a cost of $3,000,000, was opened to the public May 15, 1924.

Camden Courier-Post - July 5, 1926

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Reading Pennsylvania Sea Shore Line Ferry Postcard from late 1920s

The Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church and the Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church consolidated in June of 1924 under the name Centenary-Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church, using the edifice at 5th and Cooper Streets.

Centenary-Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church This building was dedicated in September of 1893

Calvary and First Presbyterian Church were united under the name of the latter, June 22, 1924. The Calvary building was sold. 

Beth El Synagogue on Park Boulevard between Baird Boulevard and Belleview Avenue, opposite Farnham Park, was dedicated on December 14, 1924. 

Painting By William M. Hoffman, Jr. Ligonier, PA Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University

The Young Women’s Christian association (YWCA) moved into its present new building on Stevens Street above Broadway on May 17, 1924 .

The YWCA Building at 565 Stevens Street  - Spring of 2003