Camden Clowns
The Mummer’s Day Parade at New Year’s may be a Philadelphia tradition, but Camden has sent a few mummers units across the bridge over the years. The photo below was taken on January 1, 1928, at the Home for Friendless Children at 915 Haddon Avenue, a site occupied in recent times by the Salvation Army. The Clowns entertained the children there after returning from the Philadelphia parade.
Mummers Cut Capers for Gleeful Children
Camden Evening Courier —
Camden Clowns, descendants of King Momus, making merry at the home for friendless children, Haddon Avenue, January 1, 1928, after they had participated in the Mummer’s Day Parade in Philadelphia. In the foreground is a float depicting an “Ex-Sub Chaser.” Surrounding this are ‘navy’ men in small boats on which are painted the words “hard to catch with these small hooks.” This feature of the Camden parade was a “slam” of the Navy for its failure to rescue the S-4. In the background clowns are “strutting their stuff” to thrill the 70 children of the home.