Introduction
White Street is a one-block long street that runs parallel to and east of West Street in South Camden, between Beckett Street and Line Street. The street does not appear on the 1885 Sanborn Map of Camden, but the 1891 edition shows the street with 13 two-story brick row houses standing, numbered from 625 to 637. The 1891 map indicates that 637 was built as a store. It retained that function through at least 1950. In later years 625 White Street was converted into a corner grocery.
1891 Sanborn Map of Camden
White Street, 1891 Sanborn Map of Camden.
1906 Sanborn Map of Camden
White Street, 1906 Sanborn Map of Camden.
1946 Map of Camden
White Street area, 1946 Map of Camden. Note: White Street is mislabeled in this map as a two-block long street; the northern block is actually Avon Street.
600 Block of White Street — Occupants
City directory records, 1896–1957.
625 White Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No information available |
626 White Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
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| 1947 | No information available |
627 White Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No information available |
628 White Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No information available |
629 White Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1933 | Angelo Daccia |
| 1941 | Fiowandi Ummarino |
630 White Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No information available |
631 White Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1957 | Mrs. Maria Di Angelis |
632 White Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No information available |
633 White Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1896 | Mortimer Wilson, Camden Fire Dept Engine 3 (1890–1892) |
634 White Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No information available |
635 White Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No information available |
636 White Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1947 | No information available |
637 White Street
| Year ↕ | Name ↕ |
|---|---|
| 1930–1958 | Joseph F. & Henrietta Wood (candy store) |
Related: 625 White Street — photograph, September 2011.
Related: 4 Questions Palmer Ruling — 629 White Street, July 31, 1941.
Related: Mrs. Maria Di Angelis — 631 White Street, December 30, 1957.
Related: Armed Thugs Take $37 in 2 Robberies — 637 White Street, October 28, 1958.
625 White Street, September 2011
625 White Street, September 2011.
4 Questions Palmer Ruling
Camden Courier-Post —
To the Editor:
I am surprised at Judge Palmer to make such a decision as fraud of the Sixth, Eighth and Ninth precincts of the Seventh ward and of the Fifth precinct of the Fourth ward.
I sincerely believe that Ventorino Francesconi could win in the Fourth ward, not only because he was a good freeholder in his last term, but because he was a well-liked man before he ever thought of running for freeholder.
Could it not be possible that all the erased ballots were erased by voters themselves, who happened to put their “X” or check marks in the wrong block? I made the same mistake, but I knew I was entitled to another ballot, so I did not try to erase it.
I cannot possibly see how a fraud could be committed when there are as many men and women from one faction as there are in the other.
To my knowledge a marked ballot is void. So why void all good ballots cast by honest American citizens? I would like to hear from you citizens of the Seventh ward and of the Fourth ward who cast an honest vote which has been thrown out as though you were a criminal.
Fiowandi Ummarino.
629 White Street.
Mrs. Maria Di Angelis
Camden Courier-Post —
Mrs. Maria DiAngelis, 76, died Sunday in her home, 631 White st. Born in Italy, she lived in Camden 35 years. A former employe at Campbell Soup Co., she retired 10 years ago. She was a member of the St. Francis Society and the Mother of Sorrow Society of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Anna Abbatelli, of Camden; Mrs. Julie Navarra, of the Bronx, N. Y., and Mrs. Agnes DiMarco, of Camden; a son, Matthew Sarra; eleven grandchildren, twenty-two great-grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.
Solemn requiem high Mass will be sung in Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church at 10 a.m. Thursday. Relatives and friends will meet at 9 o’clock in the Palco Funeral Home, 1018 S. 4th st., where friends may call Wednesday night. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Delaware Township.
Armed Thugs Take $37 in 2 Robberies
Camden Courier-Post —
Armed holdup men netted $37 Monday night in robberies of a Chinese laundry at 530 Washington st. and a candy store at 637 White st.
Lum Sum, 61 of 809 Cherry st., Philadelphia, told Dets. John Houston and Joseph Hainsworth that he was alone in the laundry, owned by a cousin, Donald Lem, when a masked Negro entered about 7 p.m.
The intruder pushed Lum into another room and took about $35 in bills and change from the cash drawer. The amount was estimated by Lum, police said.
Shortly before 10:30 p.m., a masked gunman entered the store on White st., near 5th and Line sts., operated by Mrs. Retta Wood. She told Det. Ray Carson she was in her living quarters at the rear of the store when she heard someone in the store.
As she went into the store, she said, a youth, about 19, wearing a black silk scarf over his face and black gloves, asked her for money. She said she told him to leave the store, and as he went toward the cash register she attempted to stop him, only to be struck across the right arm with the gun, falling to the floor. She said he got away with two $1 bills she had left in the cash register.
She described the youth as lean, about 5 feet, 8 inches tall, and wearing a light colored car coat. She told police she could not state whether the man was White or Negro.