ARCH STREET lays between Federal and Market Street in downtown Camden. At one the street ran from Delaware Avenue though to North 5th Street, and the street was a well known thoroughfare. Over the years various projects have encroached on Arch Street, if weren't looking, you would never know it was there... or ever had been. Arch Street at one time had the Collings Carriage Company, which became the Campbell Soup Company garage, Camden Commercial College, and several other businesses. There were three well known bars, Oetzel's Saloon, the Arch Cafe, and the Genova Cafe. The Cooperson Brothers auto body shop had one of their buildings on Arch Street as well. Probably the most notable building to sit on Arch Street was the old Camden Fire Department building at 5th and Arch Street. The Masonic Temple sat on 4th Street, just off of Arch for many years, until it was razed to make way for the Camden Fire Department's administration building. |
Do you have an Arch Street memory or picture. Let me know by e-mail so it can be included here. |
A lunch wagon stood for many years at the Arch Street "triangle". Read about it and other Camden memories from long-time Camden Courier-Post reporter and columnist Dan McConnell. |
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Camden Courier-Post June 7, 1939 |
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100 Block of Arch Street |
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100-124
Arch Street
1947 Campbell Soup Co. garage |
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101
Arch Street
1890s-1897 Philadelphia Inquirer Click on Image |
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101
Arch Street
1924 Jacob Maurer bar |
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107
Arch Street
1924 Lambert & Todd Machine Co. Camden Courier-Post Ad 1947 gone |
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Arch Street
1887 William Vansant Philadelphia Inquirer William Chew 1947 Gone |
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110-118
Arch Street
1930s-1940s William J. Myles, owner |
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120
Arch Street
1924 Camden Carpet Cleaning Works |
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123
Arch Street
1878 John Hertlein Camden Post John
Beck - Henry Garren |
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Arch Street
1880 |
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126
Arch Street
1913 Philadelphia Inquirer Wright
E. Cox |
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126
Arch Street
1913 Maggie O'Neill Philadelphia Inquirer |
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126
Arch Street
1924 Samuel Lawson |
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Arch Street
1924 Mrs. Katherine Foster |
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Arch Street
1924 Annie H. Hampton grocery |
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Arch Street
1924 Mrs. Margaret Davis |
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1924 Katherine Skillman |
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Arch Street
1915 Edward Engel Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Arch Street
1885-1888 John Geist |
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Arch Street
1892 rented lodgings at |
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Arch Street
1904 Andreas Ming |
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Arch Street
1936-1943 Cesar Capriotti 1947 gone |
200 Block of Arch Street | |
200 Arch Street
1924 Joeph Goldenberg 1947-1978 |
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201 Arch Street
1924 August A. Fuehren |
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205 Arch Street
1924 Mrs. Margaret McVey |
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206 Arch Street
1884 |
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206 Arch Street
1913-mid 1960s Joseph Genovese immigrated from Italy first residing in Mays Landing with his uncle. His wife Mary also immigrated. The photo is of him standing outside his barber shop holding his daughter Angie, circa 1917. Mary Genovese passed in the late 50s and he sold the house in mid 60s, buying buying a home in Merchantville. Joseph Genovese fathered 10 girls, never owned a car and in his later years worked as a security guard at Campbell Soup which was directly across the street from his barber shop and home. - Jim Wright, February 2019. |
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206 Arch Street
1913-mid 1960s Camden Courier-Post James D. Wright |
207 Arch Street
1878 1924 Mary E. Burkett |
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208 Arch Street
1924 George F. Barry |
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209 Arch Street
1924 Ivy Garwood |
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214 Arch Street
1924 Ivy Garwood |
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210-214 Arch Street 212 Arch Street 1910s-1920s Camden Courier-Post William Hurlock |
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210-216 Arch Street
1920s-1930s George's October 30, 1931 |
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210-216 Arch Street
1920s-1930s George's June 1 & June 9, 1932 |
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210-216 Arch Street
1920s-1930s George's February 4,1933
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210-216 Arch Street
1920s-1930s George's August 2, 1933 |
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210-216 Arch Street
1920s-1930s George's February 20, 1936 |
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210-216 Arch Street
1920s-1930s George's Click on Image |
210-216 Arch Street
1947 Town Garage |
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210-216 Arch Street
1955 South Jersey Metal Inc. 1955 New Jersey
Bell Telephone |
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211-215
Arch Street
1885-1892 Camden Daily Telegram
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214 Arch Street
1898 |
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216 Arch Street
1904-1905 James Taylor died after an accident Philadelphia Inquirer
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Arch Street
1900 James Taylor died after an accident Camden Courier-Post |
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216
Arch Street
1906 Robert Crossin Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Arch Street
1924 John Conway harnessmaker |
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Arch Street
1888 |
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Arch Street
1888 Philaelphia Inquirer O. Glen Stackhouse |
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Arch Street
1907-1919 Camden Post-Telegram |
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Arch Street
1924-1952 Camden Courier-Post |
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Arch Street
1964 Camden Courier-Post |
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Arch Street
1902-1903
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220 Arch Street
1878-1888 |
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222 Arch Street |
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Arch Street
1924 Linwood Dunham |
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Arch Street
1893 Amos GAunt Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Arch Street
1924 Harry Hinchman carpenter |
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Arch Street
1878 |
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Arch Street
1886 Ferryboat BALTIC |
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Arch Street
1947 gone | |
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Arch Street
1924 Vacant |
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Arch Street
1924 Arch Street Garage |
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Arch Street
1906 Edward S. Angeroth Philadelphia Inquirer |
United States Post Office Northwest Corner of North 3rd & Arch Street 1875-1899 Photograph circa 1890 |
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WILSON
COAL & ICE Northwest Corner of North 3rd & Arch Street - 1901-1908 1906 City Directory Ad |
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300 Block of Arch Street |
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Northeast
Corner 3rd & Arch Street 1947 Railway Express Agency |
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302
& Arch Street
1880s |
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Arch Street
1915 Philaddelphia Inquirer |
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Arch Street
1915 Philadelphia Inquirer |
304
Arch Street
1919-1920 Homer C.
Keleher |
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Arch Street
1919 The Quality Press |
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304-306
Arch Street
1947-1973 Camden Courier-Post Leonard
A. Antonelli |
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Arch Street
1924 Vacant |
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Arch Street
1924 Lloyd O. Collins |
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312
Arch Street
1947 Leslie Hallowell |
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Arch Street
1924 James E. Kelter |
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Arch Street
1924 Mrs. Martha T. Randolph |
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Arch Street
1872 |
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Arch Street
1883-1885 |
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Arch Street
1924 Neal Taylor |
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Arch Street
1924 Mrs. Anna Swope |
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320
Arch Street
1880s
Joseph Moore Family Camden
Courier-Post |
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Arch Street
1924 William H. Swope 321 Arch Street was badly dameged by a fire on December 29, 1939 and subsequently razed. |
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Arch Street
1924 Robert W. Diament |
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GROCER PAYS $10 FINE AS NUMBERS WRITER Curt Shuster, 48, of 7521 Rudderow Avenue, Pennsauken, proprietor of a grocery at 7709 Park Avenue, was fined $50 and costs last night as a numbers writer by Recorder George E, Yost. He was arrested yesterday through a trap set by Police Inspector Thomas Thorpe, who in plain clothes, prevailed on a resident to go to Shuster's store and buy a number for him. Thorpe watched the transaction and nabbed Shuster. Thorpe did not identify his "go-between." Jack Press, 28, of 322 Arch Street Camden, was fined $25 and costs on a charge of malicious mischief preferred by Mrs. Mabel Durham, of Park avenue. Mrs. Durham charge that Press, during a visit to her home, went upstairs and cut up tw dresses and a coat. |
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Arch Street
1933 Jack Press Camden Courier-Post |
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Arch Street
1924 Mrs. Ruthanna D. Clements |
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Arch Street
1924 Gresimer Printing Company |
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324
Arch Street
1947-1955 |
324 Arch Street
1947-1955 1955 New Jersey
Bell Telephone |
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325 Arch Street |
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Arch Street
Camden Courier-Post |
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Arch Street
1930s |
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326 Arch Street
1888 Moses Gaunt |
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326 Arch Street
1947 Camden
Commercial School |
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Arch Street
1924 John Clements |
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329
Arch Street
1878 Adam Rumpf Camden Post John
Beck - Henry Garren |
329
Arch Street
1924 Garden State Chickery |
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325-329
Arch Street
Cooperson Auto Body Building #2 2003 This building has been used by Cooperson's since the 1940s Click on Image to Enlarge |
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330 Arch
Street
1924 Walter T. Moore |
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331 Arch
Street
1895 Camden Daily Telegram |
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331 Arch
Street
1900 Rival Saw Manufacturing Company |
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331 Arch
Street
1898-1906 Philadelphia Inquirer |
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331 Arch
Street
1924 Acme Awnings & Tent Works |
331 Arch
Street
1931-1947 Sage Brothers awnings Tall Cedars of
Lebanon |
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332 Arch
Street
1924 John Hose locksmith |
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332-334
Arch Street
1947 Courtney-Jensen Mfg Co. Inc. textile consultants |
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333 Arch
Street
October 3, 2003 1924 vacant |
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333 Arch Street
1955 1955 New Jersey
Bell Telephone |
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333 Arch Street
1971 |
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334 Arch
Street
1924 Emma Maines |
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336-338 Arch
Street
1872 |
336-338
Arch Street
1890s-1920s |
Arch Street from 4th Street - October 3, 2003 | |
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Looking Southwest on Arch from 4th Streets | Looking Northwest on Arch from 4th Streets |
400 Block of Arch Street Click on Images to Enlarge |
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400 Arch Street
1890-early 1900s William Cox |
400 Arch Street
1924
George G, Hand & Son 1947 Gone |
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401 Arch Street Camden Homeopathic Hospital & Dispensary Association 1885-1890 |
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402 Arch Street
1860s-1870s J. Kelly Brown 1878-1888 William Cox |
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403 Arch Street
1896-1897 Philadelphia
Inquirer John Quirk |
403 Arch Street
1924
Joseph Osippi |
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405 Arch Street
1878-1881 John H. Fine |
405 Arch Street
1924
Joshua Boyd |
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407 Arch Street
Early
1880s Dr. Onan B. Gross |
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407 Arch Street
1947-1961 Veterans Boxing Association |
410 Arch Street
1924
Frank U. Taylor |
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411 Arch Street
1899 1924 |
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411 Arch Street
Greenwood
Motor Company |
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411 Arch Street
Cutler
Auto Body Service Camden
Courier-Post |
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411 Arch Street
1947-1956 1955
New Jersey Bell Telephone 1959 S. Moffitt &
Company |
412 Arch Street
1895-1896 1924
James M. Murray |
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413 Arch Street
1924
Vacant |
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413 Arch Street
1924
Vacant 1955 1955
New Jersey Bell Telephone
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416 Arch Street
1914 Philadelphia
Inquirer Dr. David F.
Bentley |
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413-421 Arch Street aka 417 Arch Street 1952 Photo 1952-1955
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417 Arch Street
1952-1955 1955 New jersey
Bell Telephone |
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413-421 Arch Street aka 417 Arch Street John
Lecroy & Sons 1952 photo |
414 Arch Street
1924
Mrs. E.D. Urban |
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416 Arch Street
Camden Daily Telegram Real Estate Investment
Company Line Street -
Arch Street |
416 Arch Street
1924
Mrs. P. Walker |
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417 Arch Street
1894
Rueben S. & Eleanor Cross |
417 Arch Street
1924 Gone |
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418 Arch Street
1924
R.J. Greenwood |
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419 Arch Street
1924
Vacant |
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420 Arch Street
1924 Julian McLaughlin |
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420 Arch Street
1947 |
421 Arch Street
1924
Fred G. Wacker |
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422 Arch Street
1917-1932 Camden
Courier-Post |
422 Arch Street
1947
William H. Wright |
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423 Arch Street
1880-1891 New York Herald Tribune Click on Image to Enlarge |
423 Arch Street
1924 Miller Building 1924 Camden Magneto |
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423 Arch Street
E.D.
Brewer & Son Photo taken Occupants
of building |
424 Arch Street
1924-1947
Thomas A. Mullin |
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424 Arch Street | |
430 Arch Street
1924
Mrs. Hannah Keating |
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432 Arch Street
1924
Thomas I. Rich |
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434 Arch Street
1879-1880 |
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434 Arch Street
Camden Daily Telegram Real Estate Investment
Company Line Street -
Arch Street |
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438 Arch Street
1889-1922 Oetzel's
Saloon |
Oetzel's
Saloon at 438 Arch Street |
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Oetzel's
Saloon
438 Arch Street About 1910 Click on Image |
At the Northwest Corner of 5th & Arch Streets |
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Headquarters,
Camden Fire Department 5th and Arch Streets - circa 1908 |
Headquarters,
Camden Fire Department 5th and Arch Streets - 1918 |
501-529 Block of Arch Street | |
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501 Arch Street
1901 Philadelphia Inquirer St. Alban's Lodge No. 10 F. & A.M. |
501 Arch Street
1924 Joseph D'Andrea barber shop |
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503 Arch
Street
1896 Philadelphia
Inquirer |
503 Arch Street
1924 Carl Cutler machinst |
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509 Arch Street
1915-1930 |
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507 Arch Street
1900 Thomas E. Mason Philadelphia Inquirer Billy
Sand - Arthur Stanley |
509
Arch Street
1895-1896 |
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509
Arch Street
1918 1918-1919 City Directory Ad |
513 Arch Street
1924 vacant |
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515 Arch
Street
1924 John Soffe real estate |
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517 Arch Street
1896
John A. VanSciver Philadelphia
Inquirer |
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517 Arch Street
1906-1921 William Curliss, a former Camden firefighter, lived at this address and operated a saloon from the early 1900s until his death in 1921. |
517 Arch Street
1924
Frank M. Toppin |
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519 Arch Street
1924 Board of Charities |
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521 Arch Street
1909-1924 Camden
Daily Courier |
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523-525 Arch Street
1919-1924 |
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523-1/2 Arch Street
1914
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525 Arch Street
1874 |
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525 Arch Street
1883-1887
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529 Arch Street
1924 Camden Safety Storage Company |
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531 Arch Street
1924 Stahl's Dining Room |
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533 Arch Street
1876-1890 By
1891 the Krips family had moved to 537 Arch |
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533 Arch Street
1915 Camden
Daily Courier |
533 Arch Street
1924 F.J. Saylor Co. vaccum
cleaners |
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535 Arch Street
1876 Excerpt from Camden
Daily Courier |
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535 Arch Street
1877
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535 Arch Street
1898-1899 Thomas Fragan Philadelphia Inquirer |
535 Arch Street
1924 Mrs. Kate Eggman |
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537 Arch Street
Philadelphia Inquirer Raymond L. Warren |
537 Arch Street
1881-1911
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537 Arch Street
1924
Camden Real Estate Search Co. |
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539 Arch Street
1924
Harry C. Lounsberry |
Federal
Street & Arch
Street circa 1930 |
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Mid
1920s Advertisement
505-509 The entire block was razed in the early 1930s to make way for Roosevelt Plaza Park. The Parkade Building was built on the site in the late 1950s. Click on Image to Enlarge |
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"Federal and Arch
Streets, from Broadway & Federal Street, Camden NJ"
These postcards date from about 1905. Arch Street is the right fork, visible in the background of the two postcards. On the left, in both cards, the Munger & Long Department Store, known as J.C. Penney's from the 1930ds through the 1960s. To the right, the Camden County Courthouse, which stood from 1904 through the early 1950s. |
Thanks to Sharon R. Berenato for her help with this page. |