Trenton Avenue runs parallel to Haddon Avenue from 728 Washington Avenue southeast to across Newton Avenue to Line Street, lying to the west of Haddon Avenue. While I have nothing to document this, I’d bet a nickel that it was laid out at the same time as Carteret Street, which ran parallel to Haddon on the east side. Other than as a residential street, Trenton Avenue may be best remembered for the two bars that were at either end of the 500 block.
Phil Cohen
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1946 Map of Camden
Trenton Avenue runs diagonally northwest to southeast, west of Haddon Avenue, in the middle right side of the map.
A Trenton Avenue Question
This man operated a boardinghouse for deaf tenants on Trenton Avenue in the early 1930s. If anyone knows his name and/or the address where this was located, please comment at the bottom of the page. — Phil Cohen, September 2008
Intersection of Washington Street & Trenton Avenue
Looking east along Washington Street (top) and looking south down Trenton Avenue from Washington Street (bottom). December 1, 2005. Photos courtesy of Craig Campbell.
James Bowman Deibert; 1947 Dominick Cimini; 1962–present Joseph C. Sharper Jr. & Family
400 Block of Trenton Avenue — Street Photos
400 block of Trenton Avenue, December 1, 2005. Photos courtesy of Craig Campbell.
3 Hurt in Boulevard Accident Caused by Runaway Bakery Horse
Camden Courier-Post —
A runaway horse was the indirect cause of three persons being slightly injured last night at Admiral Wilson boulevard and Baird avenue.
According to Detective Thomas Murphy, the horse, which had broken loose from a tether in the yard of Ralph Marchione, operator of a bakery at 3939 Marlton pike, rammed into the rear of an automobile driven by Jack Silverman, of 506 Beideman avenue. Silverman was stopped on Baird avenue for the traffic light at the intersection.
Charles Bleyer, 57, of 905 Atlantic avenue, Atlantic City, was driving north on the boulevard when he saw the runaway horse. He stopped and got out to lead the horse from the highway.
He left Mrs. Lillian McNamara, 44, of 419 Trenton avenue, in his car when he got out. Another automobile, driven by Harold B. Ash, 20, of 982 North Twenty-third street, crashed into the rear of Bleyer’s car, police said.
Mrs. McNamara, Ash and John F. Dease, 20, of 109 North Sixth street, a passenger in Ash’s car, suffered lacerations. Ash and Mrs. McNamara were treated at Cooper Hospital for minor cuts, while Dease was treated by his physician. Police reported the horse also was hurt when he rammed Silverman’s car.
City Gardner Jacob Fish
Philadelphia Inquirer —
City Gardner Jacob Fish jocularly remarked to a crowd of men that he had just received $7000 on Wednesday night, and Friday morning he woke up to find that his house, at 421 Trenton avenue, had been ransacked from top to bottom by thieves, who had evidently been searching for the money. They overlooked $17 in cash and a $100 gold watch.
Edmund May Distinctive Printing — 429 Trenton Avenue
Edmund May Distinctive Printing, 429 Trenton Avenue. From the Tall Cedars of Lebanon, Camden Forest No. 5, 6th Annual Show Program, “The More The Merrier!” April 23–25, 1931.
430 Trenton Avenue — Alfred Hoffman & Family
430 Trenton Avenue. Alfred & Sarah Hoffman, 1890–1907; Ethel S. Hoffman. 1947: Anthony Angelino.
Ulysses R. Ackley, 80, died in his home, 448 Trenton avenue, today. He was widely known by members of the Camden YMCA, where he was employed 19 years until last July 1, when he retired. For 16 of those years he was night clerk and for the last three years night elevator operator.
Surviving are his widow, Laura M.; two daughters, Miss Elsie M. Ackley, Camden, and Mrs. Mildred A. Burdge, Collingswood; two sons, Albert K., Haddonfield, and Elton H., Camden; a brother, Kelso, Atlantic City; two sisters, Mrs. Harriet Wilson, Bridgeton, and Mrs. Lydia Bennett, Florida; and five grandchildren.
Services will be held at 11 a. m. Monday in the Murray funeral home, 408 Cooper street, where friends may call Sunday night. Burial will be in Harleigh cemetery.
Over in Camden
Philadelphia Inquirer —
By a fall on an icy pavement, Benjamin F. Pullen, of 449 Trenton avenue, broke his leg.
Mrs. Mary E. Hesser
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Mrs. Mary E. Hesser, of 451 Trenton avenue, received a letter yesterday from Mayor Patterson, of Harrisburg, Pa., which strengthens the belief that the Edward Nutter murdered at Fort Smith, Ark., by George Erb, now in jail at Harrisburg, was her son.
Mrs. Blanche W. Weeks
Camden Courier-Post —
Mrs. Blanche W. Weeks, wife of the late Richard W. Weeks, who was a member of the firm of Howard I. Branson and Co., Philadelphia, died at her home, 452 Trenton ave., Thursday.
Born in Millville, Mrs. Weeks had lived most of her life in Camden where she was a member of the First Methodist Church.
Surviving are a daughter, Miss Ethel B. Weeks, of Camden; two grandsons, a sister, Mrs. Joseph Bradway, of Wildwood, and a brother, J. Earle Gates, of Camden.
Services will be held at 11 a. m. Saturday at the Murray Funeral Home, 408 Cooper st., where friends may call between 10 and 11 a. m. Burial will be in Harleigh Cemetery.
Louis A. B. Richardson
Camden Courier-Post —
Louis A. B. Richardson, 80, died in his home, 457 Trenton avenue, Wednesday. He was a retired employe of the city water department where he worked 21 years. He was a member of the Ninth Ward Republican club. Born in Camden, he was a lifelong resident. His widow, Dorothea E., survives.
Services will be held at 1 p. m. Saturday in the Murray funeral home, 408 Cooper street, where friends may call Friday night. Burial will be in Harleigh cemetery.
Earl Clark Birthday Party
Camden Courier-Post —
Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. Clark, of 461 Trenton avenue, are entertaining this evening in honor of the 8th birthday anniversary of their son, Earl Clark. Guests will be: Esther Issel, Esther Price, Martha Fish, Edith Simpson, Evelyn Jones, Doris Jane Clark, Robert Grenhart, Paul Skeggs, George Richterman, Leonard Mecca and Cincent [sic] D’Andrea, all of Camden.
William F. Moyer
Philadelphia Inquirer —
William F. Moyer, of 463 Trenton avenue, and Henry Moelie, of West Berlin, were admitted to the Cooper Hospital last night, suffering with frosted feet.
425 Trenton Avenue
425 Trenton Avenue, December 1, 2005. Photo courtesy of Craig Campbell. 1940–1947 James A. & Mary Clara Bordeau — James A. Bordeau was killed in the Hollingshead Fire on July 30, 1940.
Intersection of Trenton Avenue & Newton Avenue
South side of Newton Avenue at Trenton Avenue. Florence LaMaina with her sons outside of the family’s cafe at the intersection of Newton and Trenton Avenue. The house across the street with the side porch is 500 Trenton Avenue. U.S. Navy personnel at LaMaina’s. Visible in background is sign for shoe repair shop at 506 Newton Avenue, and in the distance, the meat market at 523 Newton Avenue. c. 1940.
Maria Coffey Saloon; 1920s–1956 Charles J. Welsh Cafe; 1959–1966 Trent Liquors; razed c. 1970 for highway construction
Levin J. English
Camden Courier-Post —
Funeral services for Levin J. English, 50, of 500 Trenton avenue, who died Friday, will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow in the Joseph H. Murray and Son funeral home, 408 Cooper street. Burial will be in Arlington Cemetery.
Mr. English was employed as a bus driver by Public Service Coordinated Transport. He was a member of Loyal Order of Moose, Lodge 111. His widow, Mrs. Edna Anderson English, survives.
John McGowan and Gee Hop
Philadelphia Inquirer —
John McGowan, who has just returned from a trip to his native Ireland, and Gee Hop, who anticipates a trip to China, both neighbors at Trenton and Newton avenue vied with one another last night in giving firecracker displays, one to celebrate his return, the other in anticipation of his trip.
La Maina’s Cafe, Newton and Trenton — Right Off Haddon Ave. Established 1906. Home of Original Jumbo Sandwich — Imitated But Never as Tasty.
The bar at Newton and Trenton Avenues was operated by the LaMaina family for many years. When Prohibition was repealed in 1933, Nick LaMaina procured a liquor license, and opened LaMaina’s Cafe, which was well known for its jumbo sandwiches.
501 Trenton Avenue was known as Stanley’s Tavern in the mid 1950s, and Petro’s Cafe by 1959. During the mid-1960s and early 1970 it was called Syl’s Tavern. After standing vacant through most of the 1980s and 1990s, the bar was razed.
Top: Julia, Roger & David Haines in Voorhees, 1910s. Bottom: Arabella & Julia Haines on Park Boulevard, Camden, c. 1920. Mrs. Arabella Kincade Haines, 504 Trenton Avenue, 1926–1931.
Philip J. Large — 519 Trenton Avenue
Philip J. Large, 519 Trenton Avenue, 1959. The Large family lived at 519 Trenton Avenue 1956–1959.
J. G. Pollitt — 526 Trenton Avenue
Camden Courier-Post —
Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Pollitt and Grant Porter, of Trenton Avenue, are enroute by motor to the Century of Progress Exposition, Chicago.
Truck Robbed Here of Big Cake of Cheese
Camden Courier-Post —
A thief who showed an unmistakable love of cheese robbed George B. Walker, 526 Trenton avenue, last night.
Walker left a giant slab of cheese, worth in all $10, in a truck parked outside his home last night. When he awoke this morning the cheese was gone.
535 Trenton Avenue — Walter S. Lewis & Family
535 Trenton Avenue, 1897–1906 home of Walter S. & Isabella Lewis. Photographed for the Philadelphia Inquirer, December 6, 1903.
Camden Man Dies of Injuries at Shore
Camden Courier-Post — July 25 &
Atlantic City, July 24.—George Thompson, 40, of 535 Trenton avenue, Camden, died tonight in Atlantic City Hospital of injuries he suffered July 17 in an automobile accident. Thompson was a passenger in a car allegedly driven by Edward Timmon, 29, of 1427 Kenwood avenue, Camden, when it crashed through a guard rail on Albany avenue, boulevard, between Pleasantville and Atlantic City. Five other occupants of the car were uninjured.
Funeral services for George Thompson, 40, of 535 Trenton avenue, who died in the Atlantic City Hospital Thursday of accident injuries received July 19, will be held at 1 p. m. tomorrow at the funeral home of Joseph H. Murray & Son, 408 Cooper street. Burial will be in Harleigh Cemetery. Mr. Thompson suffered a brain concussion when a car he was riding in with five other persons, overturned on Albany boulevard, Atlantic City. He was the only person seriously injured. Mr. Thompson was the husband of Catherine Burns Thompson. Other survivors are two brothers, James D. and Tarry Thompson, of Camden, and two sisters, Mrs. Frank B. Hanna, wife of Surrogate Hanna, and Mrs. Robert Russell, of Trenton.
Henry C. Twoes
Philadelphia Inquirer —
Henry C. Twoes, a tailor, whose home is on Trenton avenue, was operated upon at the Homeopathic Hospital yesterday for kidney trouble.
Arley H. Dean
Camden Courier-Post —
Arley H. Dean of 547 Trenton ave. died Monday. Born in Nebraska, he was a resident of Camden 40 years. He was a retired hoisting engineer for the Wyatt Machinery Co., Camden, and was a member of Pomegranate Lodge 110, F&AM, Ashland, Neb.
Surviving are his wife, Marie; one brother, E. W. Dean of Ashville, N.Y.; three sisters, Mrs. E. Mitchell of Monterey Park, Calif., Mrs. D. Moyers of Denver, Colo., and Mrs. C. Sullivan of Allison Park, Pa.
Services will be Saturday at 10 a.m. in the Murray Funeral Home, 408 Cooper st., where friends may call tomorrow night. Burial will be in Harleigh Cemetery.
Engagement Announced
Camden Courier-Post —
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ginsberg, of 561 Trenton avenue, Camden, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Sydney Sarah Ginsberg, to Benjamin Miller, of Philadelphia, at a bridge supper in Philadelphia Tuesday evening. About 40 guests attended.
575 Trenton Avenue
The bar at 575 Trenton Avenue began as the Maria Coffey Saloon (1918–1920s), then became the Charles J. Welsh Cafe (1920s–1956), and later Trent Liquors (1959–1966). It was razed around 1970 for highway construction. Trent Liquors moved to 938 Kaighn Avenue.
