Camden NJ History and Broader South Jersey Information

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People

• Interesting People

  A biographical look at Camden, NJ

Streets

• The Streets of Camden

  A history and photos of Camden streets!

Alcohol

Bars, Bottlers, and Beverage and Distributors

Bars

• Bars and Taverns

  The Bars, Taverns, and Clubs of Camden, NJ

Bottlers

• Camden Bottlers

  A look at Bottlers & Beer Distributors in Camden

• Camden Beer

  Lord Camden Ale — None Better

• New Jersey Bottling Company

• South Jersey Bottling Company

• Valeriani Bottling Company

Architects & Builders

Camden NJ Architects and Builders

Architects

• Arthur Truscott

  Camden, NJ Architect

• Stephen Decatur Button

  Camden, NJ Architect

Builders

• Lackey and Hettel

  1927 Catalogue

• S. Levy Co.

  Building Contractor

Camden Bakeries

Bakeries in Camden

Bakeries

• A & A Soft Pretzel Company

  110 N. 32nd Street

• The Seven Brothers Baking Company

  A Camden bakery whom introduced a new kind of bread to the world in 1936!

• Erlton Italian Bakery

  402 Marlton Avenue

• Lang's Bakery

  2752 Federal Street

Camden Banks

Banks in Camden

Banks

• American National Bank

• Broadway Trust

• Camden National Bank

• Central Trust Company

• East End Trust Company

• First Camden National Bank & Trust

• First National Bank

• Merchants Trust

• National State Bank

• Parkside Trust

• Parkside Trust

• Security Trust Building

  3rd & Market Streets

• South Camden Trust

• Third National Bank & Trust

General

• A History of Camden's Banks

Camden Buildings

Buildings in Camden

Buildings

• Camden Home for Friendless Children

  915 Haddon Avenue

• Morgan's Hall

• Republican Party Headquarters

  223-225 Broadway

Camden City Directories

Camden City and Phone Directories

Directories

• 1906 Camden City Directory

  Complete

• 1906 Camden Telephone Directory

  The Delaware & Atlantic Telephone & Telegraph Company

• 1910-1911 Camden City Directory

  Incomplete

• 1912-1913 Camden City Directory

  Partial

• 1918-1919 Camden City Directory

  Complete

• 1927 Camden City Directory

  Complete

• 1936 Camden, NJ Phone Directory

  Complete

• More Camden, NJ Directories

  Check out camdenhistory.com for more documents

Clubs & Frats

Clubs, Fraternaties, and Organizations

Clubs

• The Alpha Club

• The Aquinas Club

• Camden Chapter No. 59, Sojourners Club

• The Carteret Club

• Camden Elks Lodge 293

  Benevolent Protective Order of Elks

• Dooley Athletic Association

• Camden Home for Friendless Children

  The Camden Home for Children

• Independent Order of Odd Fellows

• Camden Aerie

  Fraternal Order of Eagles

• Knights of the Golden Eagle

• Hatch League No. 2

  Loyal Ladies League

• Loyal Order of Moose Camden Lodge 111

  Loyal Order of Moose

• Memorial Day in Camden and South Jersey - 1933

• Mummers: The Camden Clowns

• Rotary Club of Camden NJ

• Soroptimist Club

• United Spanish War Veterans

• VFW Memorial Post 274

• West Jersey Orphanage

• The Camden Wheelmen

  The Century Wheelmen & the Stockton Wheelmen

• The Woman's Club of Camden, N.J.

  1894-1919

• YMCA

• YMCA - Hunton Branch South Camden YMCA

• Theosophical Society

• Victor Athletic Association

Free and Accepted Masons

• Ionic Lodge #94

  Free & Accepted Masons of the State of New Jersey

• Trimble Lodge #117

  Free & Accepted Masons of the State of New Jersey

Grand Army of the Republic

• Post #5 - Thomas M. K. Lee

  Grand Army of the Republic

• Post #37 - William B. Hatch

  Grand Army of the Republic

• Post #51 - William P. Robeson

  Grand Army of the Republic

• Post #102 - Gen. John A. Logan

  Grand Army of the Republic

Republicans

• Sixth Ward Republican Club

• Tenth Ward Republican Club

• Twelfth Ward Republican Club

  East End Republican Club

Socialists

• Young People's Socialist League

Crime

Crime in Camden, NJ

Unsolved

• Who Killed Margaret Day

  An Unsolved Crime - Who Killed Margaret Day - May 1974

• The Murder of Martin Baskow

  Martin W. Baskow owned and operated the Nine-Thirty-Nine Bar at 939 Market Street in Camden, NJ, until his murder on the morning of July 14, 1967 in his bar.

Education

Education in Camden, NJ

Schools

• Benjamin C. Beideman School

  Abraham Lincoln School

• Broadway Elementary School

• C. A. Bergen School

• Camden High School

• Camden Manual Training & High School

  The original Camden High School

• Camden Manual Training & High School

  Graduation Program, June 14, 1910

• Central School

• Charles K. Evered School

• Charles Sumner Elementary School

• Clara S. Burrough Jr. High School

  Junior High School No. 1

• Cooper B. Hatch Middle School

• The Cooper-Grant Schools

  Ulysses S. Grant School

• Cramer Elementary School

• E. A. Stevens School

• George Genge School

• George Washington Elementary School

• George Washington School

• H. B. Wilson School

• Harrison School

• Harry C. Sharp Elementary School

• Henry H. Davis Elementary School

• Henry L. Bonsall School

• Isaac S. Mulford School

• James A. Garfield School

• James G. Blaine School

• James M. Cassady School

• Jesse W. Starr School

• John S. Read School

• John W. Mickle School

• Kaighn Public School

• Liberty School

• Lincoln School

  Claudius W. Bradshaw School

• Linden School

• Mount Vernon Street School

  South Camden Alternative Middle School

• Northeast School

  North East School

• Octavius Catto Elementary School

• Parkside Elementary School

• Pyne Poynt Middle School

• Richard Fetters School

• St. Joseph High School Alumni

• Thomas H. Dudley Elementary School

• William F. Powell Elementary School

• William Joyce Sewell School

• William McKinley School

Yearbooks

• Purple & Gold Yearbook

  1919

• Purple & Gold Yearbook

  1923

• Purple & Gold Yearbook

  1926

• Purple & Gold Yearbook

  January 1928

• Purple & Gold Yearbook

  June 1929

• Purple & Gold Yearbook

  January 1930

• Purple & Gold Yearbook

  June 1930

• Purple & Gold Yearbook

  June 1931

• Purple & Gold Yearbook

  January 1932

• Purple & Gold Yearbook

  January 1937

• Purple & Gold Yearbook

  1942

• Purple & Gold Yearbook

  1953

• Purple & Gold Yearbook

  1955

• St. Joseph High School

  Class of 1968 website

Families of Camden

Prominent Families in Camden, NJ

Families

• A Polish Family - The Blachniaks

• Abramis & Abramson Family

• Casden & Cohen Family

• Connected Familes: Kelly, Griffee, Roles, Engel, Hyde, & McKenna

• Four Familes: The Hineline, Budd, Haines, & Wilson Families

• La Familia Sanabria

• Pustilnik Family

• THE WILLIAMSON-HORNEFF FAMILY 1913

• The Auerbach Family

• The Bass Family in Camden

• The Bunting Family of the Eighth Ward

• The Children of Becky Silverman: Denker - Levin - Ross - Zelnick

• The Conley Family: Fairview & South Camden

• The Coplein Family

• The Coskey Family of Parkside

• The Girgenti Family of Camden, New Jersey

• The Griffee & Alloway Family

• The Kaplan Family in Camden

• The Large, Magee, and Tracy Families of Camden

• The Linthicum Family of North Camden

• The Louis Okeson Family

• The Max Bush Family in Camden

• The Munion Family

• The Palumbos of Giuliano Teatino

• The Petrillo Family of Camden, New Jersey

• The Pigliacelli Family of Camden, New Jersey

• The Ross& Silverman Family

• The Rosselli Family of Camden, New Jersey: Jimmy Rosselli's story

• The Tarter Family of Camden NJ

• The Venella Family of Camden, New Jersey

• The Yates Family

• The Zippilli Family of Camden, New Jersey

Camden Fire Dept.

Fire Department, Camden, NJ

Fire Dept.

• Camden, NJ Fire Department Roster

  Complete roster of uniformed fire personnel from 1869-1994

• Fires of Summer 2011

  The Fires of Summer - June 2011 - July 2011

Musical Artists of Camden, NJ

• Art Lund

• Billy Hays & his Orchestra

• Bob Eberly

• Dick Todd

• Doles Dickens

• Emilie Longacre

• Emma Janvier

• Eve Young - Karen Chandler

• The Four Blues

• Frank Richardson

  aka Frankie Richardson

• Frank Virtue

• Gaston Palmer

  Jongleur

• H. H. Holmes

  The Devil in the White City

• Harry F. Powers

  The West Virginia Bluebeard

• Harry Kahn

• Irish Billy Carroll

• Johnny B. & the Rock A Bops

• Julius Lande

• Savannah Churchill

• Sholom Secunda

  The Story of Bei Mir Bist du Schön

Postcards of Camden, NJ

• A Postcard's Story

  One Postcard. Two Destinations. Three Continents. Four People. 102 Years.

• A Postcard's Story Continues

• Mystery Postcard

  Who was John Randall Watson?

• Postcard Images

  Images of Historic Camden, NJ via Postcards

• The Walt Whitman House

  328 Mickle Street, Camden, NJ

Religion

Religion in Camden

Churches

• A Self-Guided Tour of Saint Joseph's Polish Church

• Another St. Joseph's Church web-page

• Asbury Methodist Episcopal Church

• Baptist Temple Church

• Bethany Methodist Episcopal Church

• Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church

• Bethel Church

• Bethel Methodist Episcopal Church

• Broadway Methodist Episcopal Church

• Calvalry Presbyterian Church

• Camden Rescue Mission

• Centenary Methodist Episcopal Church

  aka Centenary-Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church

• Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church

• Church of the Holy Name

• Church of the Immaculate Conception

  aka Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

• Church of the Immaculate Conception 50th Anniversary

  November 12th, 13th, and 14th, 1905

• Church of the Sacred Heart

• Congregation Beth El

• Congregation Beth El

  Moved to Cherry Hill - December 1967

• Congregation Beth El - Parkside

  1950s-1960s

• Congregation Beth Israel

• Convent of the Dominican Sisters of the Perpetual Rosary

• Eighth Street Methodist Episcopal Church

• Emanuel United Brethren Church

• Emmanuel Baptist Church

• Epiphany Evangelical Lutheran Church

• Fairview Methodist Episcopal Church

• Fairview Village Methodist Church

• Ferry Avenue Methodist Church

• First Baptist Church

• Hope Memorial Baptist Church

• Kaighn Avenue Baptist Church

• Kaighn Avenue Methodist Episcopal Church

• The Lichtenstein Shul

  on Liberty Street. Also known as Congregation B'nai Abraham

• Linden Baptist Church

• Macedonia African Methodist Episcopal Church

• Memorial Methodist Protestant Church

• North Baptist Church

• Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

  Roman Catholic Church School, 1953 Kindergaten Class

• Our Lady of Mt. Carmel

  Roman Catholic Church, 1903-1953 - 50th Anniversary Book

• Our Lady of Mt. Carmel & Fatima

  Roman Catholic Church

• Parkside Methodist Church

• Perpetual Rossary Shrine

• Resurrection of Christ Church

  Polish National Catholic Church

• Scott Methodist Episcopal Church

• Seventh Baptist Church

• St. George's Methodist Episcopal Church

• St. John's Episcopal Church

• St. Joseph's Polish Church

  Newsletters from World War II

• St. Joseph's Pro Cathedral

  The East Camden Parish

• St. Michael's Ukrainian Catholic Church

• St. Paul's Episcopal Church

• St. Peter's and St. Paul's German Catholic Church

• St. Wilfrid's Church

• State Street Methodist Episcopal Church

• Tabernacle Baptist Church

• Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church

• Talmud Torah School / Masonic Center

• The Broadway Baptist Church

• The Centennial Celebration of Camden Methodism

• The Church of Our Saviour

• The First Presbyterian Church

• The Home for the Aged and Infirm of the Methodist Episcopal Church

• The Presbyterian Mission

• The Second Baptist Church

• The Second Presbyterian Church

• The Third Presbyterian Church

• Third Baptist Church

• Third Street Methodist Episcopal Church

• Trinity Baptist Church

  The Victor Talking Machine Recording Studio

• Trinity German Evangelical Lutheran Church

• Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church

  aka Fillmore Street Methodist Episcopal Church

• Ukrainian Baptist Church

• Union American Methodist Church

• Union Methodist Episcopal Church

• Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church

• Wiley Methodist Episcopal Church

• Wynn Memorial Baptist Chapel

• Zion Church

General

• Early History of the Catholic Church in South Jersey

• Religious History of Camden

  From George Reeser Prowell's History of Camden County, New Jersey, Published 1886

Entertainers

Entertainers and Sportsmen in Camden

Baseball

• The Camden Braves

  North Camden Baseball Club

• 12th Ward Athletic Association

• Garrett Cowls

  Grandfather of baseball in Camden

• Vincent Ariel Tydeman

  Camden, NJ, Professional Baseball Player

• Neil Deighan

• Weston D. 'Wes' Fisler

• Rocco 'Rox' Gimello

• William 'Kid' Gleason

• Ed 'Eggie' Lennox

• Charley Smith

• Cy Perkins

• Grover Wearshing

• Elwood Bearint

• Eddie Novak

• Joe Hyde

• Vincent A. Tydeman

• Paul Bearint

• The Camden Braves

• William Ferguson

• Lou Schaub

• Rocco Nasuti

• Al Bass

• Joe Snyder

• Fred Heimach

• Sig Jakucki

• 'Ott' Laxton

• Nathan F. Cowan

• Morris 'Farmer' Steelman

• Sam Croge

• Isaac S. 'Ike' Toy

• Walt Bubien

• Chuck Bearint

• Danny Green

• Lou Bobo

• Zuni A.A.

• Walt Stanton

• Neil Deighan

• Bad Bill Eagan

• Bob Winters

• Mark J. 'Marty' Devine Jr.

• George Clayton

• Harry Gleason

• Mike Hallahan

Basketball

• Professional Basketball in Camden

  The Early Years

• The Camden Bullets

  Professional Basketball Team

• Edward A. 'Dick' Malan

• Jimmy 'Soup' Campbell

• William 'Billy' Morgenweck

• Eddie Ferat

• Neil Deighan

• Frank 'Pop' Morgenweck

• Dr. Charles B. Helm

• Andrew J. McMahon

• Bill Smothers

• Samuel Lennox

• Ron 'Itchy' Smith

• Ronald 'Fang' Mitchell

• Valerie Renee Still

• Tony Alfano

• Clarence Turner

• Rich Deighan

• Charles O'Neil

• Bartholomew A. Sheehan

• Grover Wearshing

• Alfred Geddes

• Joe Hyde

• Valerie Still

• Roy Steele

• Lenny Hall

• Al Bass

• 'Ott' Laxton

• Eddie Dolin

• Bill Culbertson

• Ed Biehler

• Horace B. Parker Jr.

• Rasheer Fleming

Bicycle Racing

• Arthur A. Zimmerman

Boxing

• Camden, NJ Boxing

  Camden and the Fight Game

• History of Boxing in Camden, NJ

  Through 1955

• Philly Boxing History

  John DiSanto's site honoring Philadelphia and Camden Boxers

• Veteran's Boxing Association

  Ring #6 — 13th Annual Banquet

• Frankie Conway as “Man of the Year” — 1961

  Sunday Evening Courier — May 7, 1961

• 'Sgt. Ray' Smith

• Tommy Skymer

• Leon Lucas

• Joseph Borsa aka Joe Moran

• Dwight Braxton aka Dwight Muhammed Qawi

• Philip J. Carlin aka Johnny Toomey

• Jackie Hindle

• Frankie Blair

• Pee Wee Ross

• Joey Straiges

• Jersey Joe Walcott

• Lew Skymer

• Mickey Blair

• Johnny Lucas

• Joe Reno

• Nick Nichols

• Daria Hill

• Roxie Allen

• Black Bill

• Dan Flynn

• Joey Powell

• Patsy Mozier

• Forrest 'Dutch' Eisenhart

• Frankie Carlin

• Max Alexander

• F. George Delker

• Dawn Quinton

• McCoy Jones

• Eddie Chaney

• Dan McConnell

• Al Barge

• Al Daley

• Chick Hunt

• Tip Gorman

• Frankie Conway

• Watson Finch

• Frank McLaughlin

• Walter West

• Prince Badi Ajamu

• Kentucky Rosebud

• Bobby 'Buzz-Saw' Zimmerman

• Charlie Mack

• Battling Mack

• Vince 'Duke' Lauria

• Joey Allen

• Tommy Ricco

• Anthony Georgette

• Joe Spearing

Dog Show

• Mrs. William MacFarland

• Far Land Thundergust

Football

• South Camden Lions Midget Football

• Zuni Indians

  Zuni Athletic Association

• Charley Rogers

• Mike Rozier

• Art Still

• George Almon Munger

• Bill Seitzinger

• Walt Bubien

• Zuni A.A.

• Derrick Ramsey

• Donovin Darius

• Vince Zizak

• George Savitsky

• Benjamin 'Sonny' Morell

• Patti & the Emblems

• Lola Falana

• Cindy Birdsong

• Jesse P. Johnson

• The Ebonys

• Executive Suite

• Ann Pennington

• Don Traveline

• Frank M. Traveline Jr.

• Richard 'Groove' Holmes

• Vincent A. Tydeman

• Tydeman & Dooley

• Robert Rogers Dooley

• Johnny Dooley

• William Dooley

• Gordon Dooley

• Ray Dooley

• Dorothy Short

• Martin Portnoy

• Leon Huff

• William F. Carroll

• Carla L. Benson

• Antoinette Tisa

• James Cardwell

• Charles 'Buster' Williams

• T. Hank Cook

• The Mel-Tones

• Russ Columbo

• Bernice Massi

• Martin Sherman

• Joe Lang

• Don Langford

• Joe Hamilton

• Joe Seddon Jr.

• William Parke

• Kay Hamilton

• Jay Jerome

• Lawrence Fotine

• Clarence Fuhrman

• Frank Tiberi

• John F. 'Scotty' Friedel

• Ann Pennington

• Martin Portnoy

• Walter J.A. Stanton Jr.

• Sam Yellin

• Chauncey Olcott

• Len Antonelli

• Albert Berul

• Johnny B. and the Rock A Bops

• Albert Bedell aka 'Dino the Clown'

• 'Irish Billy' Carroll

• Joseph Jennings

• Jennings' Band

• TRU

• Eddie Nichols

• Jimmy Conlin

• Steve Rico

Running

• John Glazer

• Camden County Sports Hall of Fame and Sports Legends

Wrestling

• Vince Zizak

• Nature Boy Buddy Rogers

• Joe Montana

• Sgt. Roy Haldeman