EMERALD STREET runs east from South 4th Street for one block, ending at Broadway, between Jasper and Viola Streets. Emerald Street does not appear in the 1872 Camden City Directory, but is listed in the 1878 edition. in the late 1800s and early 20th century there were a number of shanties at the foot of Emerald Street, although Jasper Street had many more.
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Foot of Emerald Street |
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Philadelphia
Inquirer February 4, 1912 Winslow
Street - Jefferson Street - Line Ditch |
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Philadelphia
Inquirer March 23, 1914 Florence Graham |
Intersection of Ancona
Street & Emerald Street |
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Intersection of South
4th Street & Emerald Street |
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Philadelphia
Inquirer September 7, 1909 Anthony Scarduzio |
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Philadelphia
Inquirer September 7, 1909 John Duzik |
400 Block of
Emerald
Street |
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400
Block of Emerald Street
Philadelphia Inquirer |
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409
Emerald Street
1900-1903 Philadelphia Inquirer 1924 Gone |
409
Emerald Street
1924-1929 |
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410
Emerald Street
1924 Dominick Costello |
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411
Emerald Street 1880 |
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411
Emerald Street 1900 Mrs.
Mary McNormas |
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411
Emerald Street 1932 Roy W. Pike Camden Courier-Post |
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411
Emerald Street
1943 Raymond Gattone Camden Courier-Post |
411
Emerald Street 1947 Mrs. Dorothy L. Booth |
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412
Emerald Street
1924-1959 Joseph Salvatore |
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413
Emerald Street
1908 Joseph Jackson Philadelphia Inquirer |
413
Emerald Street
1919-1929 Anthony Sadowski |
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413-415
Emerald Street
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414
Emerald Street
1898 Mrs. Ellen Beck Philadelphia Inquirer |
414
Emerald Street
1924-1947 Christopher Narducci |
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414
Emerald Street
1959-1970s Left: John Rocco Cianfrani |
415
Emerald Street
1883-1885 |
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415
Emerald Street
1891 |
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415
Emerald Street
1894 Mr. Mary Miller Philadelphia Inquirer |
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415
Emerald Street
1897-1900 William Hurlburt Philadelphia
Inquirer |
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415
Emerald Street
1910 Samuel Pepler Philadelphia Inquirer |
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415
Emerald Street
1918 Stelly Tablonski Philadelphia
Inquirer |
415
Emerald Street
1924 Peter Thomas |
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416 Emerald Street
1924 John Narducci |
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417 Emerald Street 1900
William Berardi |
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417 Emerald Street 1903 Theresa Bell Philadelphia Inquirer |
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417 Emerald Street 1903 Salvatore Pipito Philadelphia Inquirer |
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417 Emerald Street 1903 Mrs. Elizabeth Marx Philadelphia Inquirer Alexander
Russell |
417 Emerald Street
1919-1924 |
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417 Emerald Street 1929 Louis Aruta |
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417 Emerald Street 1933-1960s |
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418 Emerald Street 1917-1918 |
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418 Emerald Street 1924
Giuseppe Carpone |
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419 Emerald Street 1906 Frederick Pipito Philadelphia Inquirer |
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420 Emerald Street 1919-1924 Clifford Del Rossi |
420 Emerald Street 1929
Anthony Pilla |
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421 Emerald Street 1900
Theodore Adams |
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421 Emerald Street 1913 Louis Spinella Philadelphia Inquirer Emily Spaide
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421 Emerald Street 1919-1947 |
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422 Emerald Street 1924
Michael Durr |
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423 Emerald Street 1924
Dario Zegrino |
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424
Emerald Street 1916-1929
Dominic Cristi |
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426 Emerald Street
1919 Camillo Delphidio 1947-1959 Camden Courier-Post Click on the Image to Read |
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427 Emerald Street 1896 |
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427 Emerald Street 1896 Philadelphia Inquirer |
427 Emerald Street 1900
Walter Glover |
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427 Emerald Street
1930-1933 |
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428
Emerald Street
1910-1911 Mrs. Mary Harker Philadelphia Inquirer |
428
Emerald Street
1924-1929 Lorenzo Mommicco |
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429 Emerald Street 1900
Adam Armitage |
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429 Emerald Street 1963
John D. Palazzese
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Saloon Raided A saloon operated by Helen Brass, 52, at 1067 Ferry Avenue, scene of an unsuccessful holdup attempt Friday, was next raided. Frank Dipeto, 42, of 829 Sylvan Street; Edward Podyezmek, 47, of 783 South 2nd Street; Joseph Orbin, 53, of 963 Florence Street; and Angelo Del Rossi, 70, of 430 Emerald Street, were arrested and held as frequenters. Mrs. Brass was charged with violating the closing ordinance. |
430 Emerald Street
1924-1934 Camden
Courier-Post |
430 Emerald
Street
1980 Dominic Del Rossi |
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431 Emerald
Street 1898 James
H. McCann |
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431 Emerald
Street 1905 Leopold Messic Philadelphia Inquirer |
431 Emerald
Street
1924 Italian-American Republican Club |
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434 Emerald
Street 1906 Edward Moore Philadelphia Inquirer |
434
Emerald Street
1924-1929 1929 |
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434
Emerald Street
1947 1980 Carmen Rodriguez |
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436 Emerald
Street
1919-1947 Nicholas Salamone |
Emerald
Street - 1920 Census |
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410, 411, 413, 417, 419, 421, 423, 427, 429, 436 |
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431 |
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421, 424, 426, 434 |
Camden Courier-Post - August 15, 1933 |
TWO MEN NABBED AS NUMBERS AIDES Nicholas Scarduzio, 32, of 427 Emerald Street, and Joseph Tavolieri, 33, of 421 Emerald street, were arrested yesterday afternoon by Detectives Clarence Arthur, Clifford Del Rossi and Benjamin Simon on charges of collecting numbers slips. Slips totaling $25 were found in Scarduzio's possession. Tavolieri had only a few. The arrests were made near Fourth Street and Ferry Avenue. They will be arraigned in police court today before Judge Garfield Pancoast. |
Camden Courier-Post - August 16, 1933 |
FORMER
COP IS FINED AS NUMBERS COLLECTOR Nicholas Scarduzio, 32, of 427 Emerald street, a former policeman, and Joseph Tavolieri, 31, of 4211 Emerald street, were fined $25 each by Police Judge Garfield Pancoast yesterday on charges of collecting numbers slips. They were arrested Monday afternoon near Fourth Street and Ferry Avenue by Detectives Clarence Arthur, Clifford Del Rossi and Benjamin Simon. Numbers slips were found on both. |
Lieutenant Walter Welch, new commander of the Second Police District, conducted an intensive cleanup of his bailiwick over Saturday and Sunday, raiding 25 alleged violators of liquor and gambling laws. Numbers Baron Nabbed Aided by Patrolmen William Marter and Carmin Fuscellaro Sr., Lieutenant Welch conducted a series of raids Saturday night and yesterday morning. The saloon of Mary Niewinski, at 400 Mechanic Street, was raided early yesterday and two customers arrested. Lieutenant Welch Leads Raiders Welch, who took over the duties Lieutenant Ralph Bakley when the latter was suspended by Mayor Stewart yesterday, declared he was seeking violators of the city’s Sunday closing ordinance, which states that places selling liquor must close “between the hours of 2:00 AM Sunday and 7:00 AM Monday.” Saloon Raided A saloon operated by Helen Brass, 52, at 1067 Ferry Avenue, scene of an unsuccessful holdup attempt Friday, was next raided. Frank Dipeto, 42, of 829 Sylvan Street; Edward Podyezmek, 47, of 783 South 2nd Street; Joseph Orbin, 53, of 963 Florence Street; and Angelo Del Rossi, 70, of 430 Emerald Street, were arrested and held as frequenters. Mrs. Brass was charged with violating the closing ordinance. |
Intersection
of Broadway &
Emerald Street |
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Looking
East on Emerald Street towards Broadway Photo taken 1990s
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Looking
Southwest on Emerald Street from Broadway Photo taken June 25, 2011
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Above:
EmeralD Street west of Broadway
- Photo taken June 25, 2011 Click on Image to Enlarge |
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Above: Broadway North of Emerald Street
- Photo taken June 25, 2011 Click on Image to Enlarge |
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