SEVENTEENTH STREET runs from Harrison Avenue to River Avenue in what was originally called the Pavonia section of what is now considered Cramer Hill. All addresses here are North 17th Street. There is also a South 17th Street that runs from Federal Street in East Camden south across Carman Street and onward to Admiral Wilson Boulevard. |
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Looking
West from over North 24th Street & Howell Street |
Intersection Harrison Avenue & North 17th Street |
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1100 Block of North 17th Street |
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1125
North 17th Street
1947 Clair W. Kline |
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1120 North
18th Street
1924 1930s-1947 |
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1117 North
17th Street
1920-1922 |
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1117 North
17th Street
1920-1958 |
1113 North
18th Street
1924 |
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1113 North
18th Street
1956-1959 |
1106 North
17th Street
1924 |
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1104 North
17th Street
1924 |
Intersection Wayne Avenue & North 17th Street |
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Intersection Federal Street & South 17th Street |
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Unit Block of South 17th Street | |
Intersection of 17th Street & Carman Street in East Camden | |
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1600
Block of Carman Street
as seen from the
Southeast corner of The brick factory on right belonged to the Iowa Soap Company in the 1930s and 1940s. |
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Left: A bar of Protex Toilet Soap, in original wrap & box. Protex Soap was made by Iowa Soap Company, who had factories in Burlington, Iowa & Camden, NJ. The box reads: "The Ideal Family Toilet Soap" and "Clean hands and a clean body are essential to good health. A daily bath with Protex will keep the body sweet, removing body odors and affording protection against the odor of perspiration from all sources. True cleanliness promotes and protects the Health!" |
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Carman
& South 17th Street Looking Northwest on The building was later acquired by Concord Chemical Corp. who moved their operations there from 205 South 2nd Street at some point after 1959. |
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Carman
& South 17th Street as seen from the
Northwest corner of |
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Carman
& South 17th Street 100 South 17th Street, once headquarters of Goodwill Industries of Southern New Jersey, presently John Allebach Food Service Inc. |
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Carman
Street
Looking |
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Carman
Street
Looking March 2004 Click on Image to Enlarge |
Intersection of Mickle Street & South 17th Street | |
Intersection of Admiral Wilson Boulevard & South 17th Street | |
Foot of South 17th Street | |
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"Cooper
Creek Boat Houses, Foot of 17th Street, About 1900 The powerhouse on the left side of the image was built in 1898 by the Camden Lighting and Heating Company, which was acquired by the South Jersey Gas, Electric & Traction Company in 1900 and in urn by the Public Service Corporation in 1903. It was a relatively short-lived power generating station that Public Service closed and razed after establishing the first real power distribution network in 1914. |
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Camden
Lighting and Heating Company power plant Philadelphia Inquirer John Mathis |
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Camden
Lighting and Heating Company power plant Philadelphia The Times Andrew J. Smith
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Camden
Lighting and Heating Company power plant Philadelphia The Times Andrew J. Smith |
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Camden
Lighting and Heating Company power plant Philadelphia Inquirer |