Streets
of
Camden, NJ

Sylvan
Street


SYLVAN STREET runs west from South 10th Street for three and one-half blocks, ending a short distance west of South 7th Street, Sylvan Street lies one block south of Woodland Avenue, and three blocks north of Morgan Street.

Do you have an Sylvan Street memory or picture. Let me know by e-mail so it can be included here.

 Phil Cohen


600 Block of Sylvan Street

  675 Sylvan Street

1919-1947
George Koenig & Family
pipefitter
George & Mary Mannion Koenig
William Mannion (brother-in-law)
Hubert Mannion (brother-in-law)
Mary Koenig (neice) 

  675 Sylvan Street

1942-1947
Nathan Wine
policeman

  693 Sylvan Street

1918-1922
Mrs. Christina Keckle
aka Kealcher
widow of Charles Keckle
Charles Keckle
aka Kealcher
leatherworker

1947 

  697 Sylvan Street

1904 John Columbine
 
saloon

1908 Edward Sterling
 
saloon

  697 Sylvan Street

1909-1910 Charles Fuchs
saloon

697 Sylvan Street

1910-1921
Jacob Pfisterer
saloon
Jacob & Barbara Pfisterer

Camden Post-Telegram
October 1, 1910

George W. Fry - John P. "Jack" Scannell
North 3rd Street - York Street
Harry Bailey - Charles Fuchs
Sylvan Street - Federal Street
John Thompson - George Schu
South 2nd Street - John Hagenbusher

 

  697 Sylvan Street

1924 William Greenan
saloon

1926-1927 Peter Greenan

saloon

1928 Gabriel DiPaolo
saloon

1929-1931 Albert Garrity
saloon

697 Sylvan Street

1939-1940
Joseph A. Ragan  
saloon

  697 Sylvan Street

1943-1970
Village Cafe
Frank Bil & Family
Frank & Stella Bil
Geraldine Bil
Kenneth Bil

1977 Closed


Intersection of Sylvan Street & South 7th Street

   

700 Block of Sylvan Street

  700 Sylvan Street

1947 

  702 Sylvan Street

1902 Nicholas Romaine

700-702 Sylvan Street

1943
Angelo Louis & Family
Angelo & Mildred Loungo Louis
Albert Louis
Louis Loungo
Mabel Loungo

704 Sylvan Street

1930-1940
James Trotman & Family
James & Helen Trotman
Edith Trotman
James Trotman
  Edward Trotman

Camden Courier-Post
June 17, 1932

Walter Voytovich
Carl Dolente
Augustus "Gus" Rollo
Ferry Avenue
Broadway

  728 Sylvan Street

1947

728 Sylvan Street

September 5, 2013

728 Sylvan Street

September 5, 2013

728 Sylvan Street

September 5, 2013

728 Sylvan Street

September 5, 2013

728 Sylvan Street

September 5, 2013

  729 Sylvan Street

1940
Alfred Chapman & Family
Alfred & Winifred Chapman
George Chapman
Elizabeth Chapman
Winifred Chapman
Marjorie Chapman
Gladys Chapman

729 & 731 Sylvan Street

September 5, 2013

MAN MOTHER ACCUSES
SENTENCED IN THEFT

Accused by his mother of stealing two bracelets, Louis Hopper, 25, who said he has no home, was sentenced to 30 days in jail yesterday by Police Judge Garfield Pancoast in lieu of a $25 fine.

Mrs. Anna Hopper, 731 Sylvan Street, said her son came to her home last Saturday and took the bracelets. Hopper said he took them only for a "joke" and declared he returned them Tuesday.

731 Sylvan Street

1933 Mrs. Anna Hopper

Camden Courier-Post
June 8, 1933

731 Sylvan Street

Private Michael Yachus

Michael Yatzus was inducted into the Army under the name of Michael Yachus

  731 Sylvan Street

1940
Vincent Frank & Family
Vincent & Mary Frank

  733 Sylvan Street

1940
Charles Ireland & Family
Charles & Mildred Ireland
Betty Ireland

733 & 735 Sylvan Street

September 5, 2013

735 Sylvan Street

1940
Henry Straghan & Family
Henry & Rose Straghan

September 5, 2013

737 Sylvan Street

1940
Emil Bibbick & Family
Emil & Anna Bibbick
William Bibbick
Paul Bibbick

Photograph taken September 5, 2013

 

737 & 739 Sylvan Street

September 5, 2013

 

739 Sylvan Street

1940
Peter Gedrys & Family
huckster
Peter & Anna Gedrys
Peter Gedrys Jr.
Robert Gedrys
Patricia Gedrys

Photograph taken September 5, 2013

741 Sylvan Street

1940-1942
Peter Babich & FAmily
coal dealer
Peter & Mary Babich
Peter Babich Jr.
Anna Loretta Babich

Photograph taken September 5, 2013

 

743 Sylvan Street

1918
Ole Carlsen & Family
rigger
Ole & Esther Carlsen

1940
Frank Shirley & Family
Frank & Florence Shirley
Alberta Shirley
Helen Shirley

Photograph taken September 5, 2013

743 Sylvan Street

1918
Ole Carlsen & Family
rigger
Ole & Esther Carlsen

September 5, 2013

 

744 Sylvan Street

1940
Charles Sperling & Family
Charles & Wally Malitre Sperling
Clara Sperling
Mrs. Augusta Malitre

Photo taken September 5, 2013

 

754 Sylvan Street

1940
James Wilson & Family
James & Theresa Wilson
James Wilson Jr.

Photo taken September 5, 2013

 

754 Sylvan Street

1955-1972
Frank C.H. Bobkowski & Family
Frank C.H. & Muriel Bobkowski (died 1966)
Elsie Bobkowski (mother, died 1963))
Josephine Bobkowski (sister, died 1969)
Anna N. Bobkowski (sister, died 1972)

Camden Courier-Post
February 24, 1955

YOU USUALLY win something when you don’t need it, but not so with Mrs. Muriel Bobkowski. She won third prize-$600- in the Courier-Post Lucky 31 Jackpot Puzzle Contest and received it just as her it husband returned from a hospital. Making payment here is Harold M. Snyder, Courier-Post. circulation manager.

 

754 Sylvan Street

1955-1972
Frank C.H. Bobkowski & Family
Frank C.H. & Muriel Bobkowski (died 1966)
Elsie Bobkowski (mother, died 1963))
Josephine Bobkowski (sister, died 1969)
Anna N. Bobkowski (sister, died 1972)

Camden Courier-Post
September 24, 1957

Click on Image to Read
the
Complete News Article

 

754 Sylvan Street

1955-1972
Frank C.H. Bobkowski & Family
Frank C.H. & Muriel Bobkowski (died 1966)
Elsie Bobkowski (mother, died 1963))
Josephine Bobkowski (sister, died 1969)
Anna N. Bobkowski (sister, died 1972)

Camden Courier-Post
January 25, 1972

St. George's Roman Catholic Church

 

Intersection of South 8th Street & Sylvan Street

 
Looking West on Sylvan Street from South 8th Street - September 5, 2013
Looking North on South 8th Street from Sylvan Street - September 5, 2013
Looking East on Sylvan Street from South 8th Street - September 5, 2013
Looking South on South 8th Street from Sylvan Street - September 5, 2013
Looking South on South 8th Street from Sylvan Street - September 5, 2013
   
   

800 Block of Sylvan Street

  800 Sylvan Street

1903-1920
Herman Laute & Family
Herman & Emma Laute

1947 

  804 Sylvan Street

1947 

  805 Sylvan Street

1940
Edwin Johnson & Family
Norman Johnson
Caroline Johnson

  806 Sylvan Street

1947

  807 Sylvan Street

1915-1940
Charles Larson & Family
Charles & Anna Larson
Charles G. Larson
William A. Larson
Elmer H. Larson
Jennie E. Larson
Stenographer

James McDowell & Family
James & Jennie Larson McDowell
James McDowell Jr.

808 Sylvan Street

1930-1942
Frank J. Wardden & Family
Frank & Katherine Warden
 
Elaine K. Warden

1974 James A. Williams

Camden Courier-Post
November 18, 1974

Click on Image for Complete Article

810 Sylvan Street

1918
George C. Anderson & Family
machinist
George C. & Mary Anderson

1947 

Photograph taken February 2, 2013

810 Sylvan Street

Photograph taken February 2, 2013

  812 Sylvan Street

1947 

  814 Sylvan Street

1930-1943
Walter S. Larsen & Family
policeman
Walter S. & Stella Larsen 

  816 Sylvan Street

1947

  818 Sylvan Street

1947

  820 Sylvan Street

1947

  822 Sylvan Street

1947

  824 Sylvan Street

1947

  826 Sylvan Street

1947 

  827 Sylvan Street

1940
Mrs. Margaret Reiff & Family
Henry Reiff 

  828 Sylvan Street

1947 

  829 Sylvan Street

1922
Walter Larson
Camden Police Department

1934 Frank DiPeto

1940
George Smith & Family
George & Alice Smith

  830 Sylvan Street

1947 

  831 Sylvan Street

1940-1942
Mrs. Mabel Lauck & Family
William 
Emma
Florence
Thelma
Virginia
Catherine
Rhoda Anne
 
Margaret Helen Lauck

  832 Sylvan Street

1918
Edward Conover & Family
Edward & Mary B. Conover

1938 Eugene C. Scranton

1947
 

  833 Sylvan Street

1947
 

  834 Sylvan Street

1947
 

  835 Sylvan Street

1947
 

  836 Sylvan Street

1947
 

837 Sylvan Street

1919-1920
Louis Schmidt
Louis & Laura Schmidt

  837 Sylvan Street

1930-1940
Nathan Wine
policeman

  837 Sylvan Street

1947 

839 Sylvan Street

1947 

  841 Sylvan Street

1947
 

  841 Sylvan Street

1947
Frank DiGiallionardo & Family
shoe repair
Frank & Mary Di Giallionardo

Julius DiGiallionardo & Family
clothes presser
Julius & Concetta DiGiallionardo
 

843 Sylvan Street

1953

Private Plane Crashed
In Front of 843 Sylvan Street
on
September 30, 1953

 

  843 Sylvan Street

1958-1959
John Darpino & Family
Deborah Darpino

843 Sylvan Street

1996
Alfonzo Cherry & Fanuly
Alfonzo & Sylvia Cherry
Anna Mae Cherry

Camden Courier-Post
May 24, 1996

  845 Sylvan Street

1947
 

  847 Sylvan Street

1947
 


Intersection of Sylvan Street & South 9th Street
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900 Block of Sylvan Streetl

  905 Sylvan Street

1919-1940s
Christian Emmel & Family
Christian & Anna Emmel
John Emmel
Edward Emmel
Catherine Emmel

905 Sylvan Street

1940s
John Emmel
Plumbing & Heating Contactor

  914 Sylvan Street

1919-1920
Michael Raab & Family
Michael & Ludmilla Raab

1947

924 Sylvan Street

1919-1932
August Kusch & Family
August & Frances Kusch

Camden Courier-Post
June 1, 1932

  930 Sylvan Street

1919-1920
Charles Solly & Family
Charles & Gertrude Solly
Doris Solly
Norma Solly

1947 Gone

  946 Sylvan Street

1947

961 Sylvan Street

1918-2014
George Jacob Stech & Family
brewer
George J. & Mary Stech
Louisa Stech
Carl Stech
George Stech
Franz (Frank) Stech
Christian Stech

Philadelphia Inquirer
March 20, 1918


961 Sylvan Street

1935-2013
Stech Transportation Company
Stech Group, Inc.

For over 70 years, The Stech Group has long been a family owned and operated company proud of their heritage and service in the community. Started in 1935, Frank Stech Sr. began this warehouse, transportation and distribution business as a local cartage company with one truck. Many of its first customers were the canning and food industries headquartered in nearby Camden, NJ. As the Stech Group's reputation for quality, honesty and value grew, so did its mission. Opening their first warehouse in 1955, they were quickly able to establish themselves as an integral part of their customers' supply chain.

In 1979, Frank Stech passed control on to his sons, William Stech and Frank Stech, Jr. With the growth of the business, Frank and Bill split company responsibilities with Bill heading the warehouse company (Standard Warehouse and Mid-Atlantic Distribution) and Frank heading the trucking and logistics companies (F&W Transportation, Mid-Atlantic Logistics and Stech Transportation).

  967 Sylvan Street

1947

975 Sylvan Street

1919-1930
James Huddell & Family
James & Mary E. Huddell
Mrs. Florence Huddell Tice
Howard Tice & Family

Camden Courier-Post
December 6, 1930

  977 Sylvan Street

1947

  979 Sylvan Street

1919-1920
Joseph J. Risley & Family
Joseph J. & Florence R. Steelwell Risley
George W. Steelwell

979 Sylvan Street

1928
Peter Gomocin

Camden Courier-Post
April 2, 1928

1947 Gone

 


Intersection of Sylvan Street & South 10th Street

   


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