Streets
of
Camden, NJ

Chestnut Street


CHESTNUT STREET is another of the "tree streets", running east from the river to Haddon Avenue, where it becomes Park Boulevard. For most of its length, the street runs between Mount Vernon and Sycamore Streets. 

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 Phil Cohen


100 Block of Chestnut Street
  101 Chestnut Street

1910s-1929 The Brody Family

  101 Chestnut Street

Private Jack Brody

  101 Chestnut Street

1933 Max Kleinfeld
Bar

109 Chestnut Street

1907
George O. Addison Sr. & Family
George O. & Emma V. Addison Sr.
John Turner Addison
Matilda Addison

Left: John Turner Addison
  109 Chestnut Street

1932 Hillman Bryant

  111 Chestnut Street

Harry Read

  121 Chestnut Street

1905
Charles Ford & Effie May Wagner
common-law wife
Casper Wagner aka Casper Ford
Henry Ford

121 Chestnut Street

1955
Robert Bryant

Camden Courier-Post
February 28, 1955

Mrs. Elsie Hudson
Leon Bryant

 

  123 Chestnut Street

1932 Thomas Watson

  125 Chestnut Street

1901
Charles Ford & Effie May Wagner
common-law wife
Casper Wagner aka Casper Ford
Henry Ford

139 Chestnut Street

1907 Bessie Heisler
1907 Emma Carll

Philadelphia Inquirer
July 15, 1907

Arthur Stanley
William Smith
Rev. H.G. Fithian
Rev. Dr. George B. Wight
Mrs. Hannah Wood
Chestnut Street - Washington Street
Clinton Street - Benson Street
7th Street
Cooper Hospital
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Second Presbyterian Church

  145 Chestnut Street

The Brody Family


Intersection of South 2nd Street & Chestnut Street
   
South 2nd Street from Chestnut Street to Mechanic Street - Circa 1930
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200 Block of Chestnut Street
  201 Chestnut Street

1903
Charles Ford & Effie May Wagner
common-law wife
Casper Wagner aka Casper Ford
Henry Ford

201 Chestnut Street

1933
McCormick's Express

Camden Courier-Post
June 8, 1933

  206 Chestnut Street

1878
Captain Thomas P. Walls & Family
Thomas & Jeanette "Nettie" Cooper Walls
Samuel Walls - Bertha Walls
George Walls - Evelyn Walls

 

208 Chestnut Street

1921
Allen Richelson

Camden Daily Courier
June 29, 1921

211 Chestnut Street

circa 1908

at right: Raymond Robert Curtis

Far left: a "first-class bathroom"

Photo courtesy of Bruce Jay Smith

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213 Chestnut Street

1914 William Weaver

Philadelphia Inquirer
September 13, 1914

Sidney Cohen
South 10th Street
Mechanic Street
John Brothers

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  215 Chestnut Street

Howard Elinor
1934

  217 Chestnut Street

1892
Henry Bunting & Family
Henry & Clara Taylor Bunting
Leroy Bunting - Ralph H. Bunting
Edna Bunting - Blanche Bunting

Zellie Ellis
realtor
1945

218 Chestnut Street

1915
Elmer Gerhard & Family
Edward & Eva Gerhard
Elmer Gerhard
Elton Gerhard
Elglen Gerhard

Philadelphia Inquirer
February 18, 1915

O. Glen Stackhouse

Intersection of Chestnut Street & Cresson Street
219 Chestnut Street

1886-1888
John A. "Gus" Dold
1920-1927
Joseph Green

220 Chestnut Street

1906-1909
Joseph Greenberg
grocery

Philadelphia Inquirer
April 1, 1906

Arthur Stanley
O. Glen Stackhouse
Morris A. Makarowski
Cresson Street
Chestnut Street

Upsetting a bowl of hot soup,  22 months-old Esther Greenberg, of 220 Chestnut Street, was badly scalded about the face and neck. She is in Cooper Hospital.

 

220 Chestnut Street

1906-1909
Joseph Greenberg
grocery

Philadelphia Inquirer
April 10, 1900

Walter O'Toole, 28 years old, of 226 Chestnut street fell down the stairway of the elevated railway, Philadelphia, yesterday. His collar bone was found to have been fractured when he was taken to the Homeopathic Hospital.

226 Chestnut Street

1915 Walter O'Toole

Philadelphia Inquirer
December 14, 1915

227 Chestnut Street

1887-1888
John A. Dold


232 Chestnut Street

1902-1932
Joseph J. Merrill & Family
Joseph J. & Margaret T. Wright Merrill

Camden Courier-Post
June 17, 1932

 

234 Chestnut Street

1880-1899 & 1903-1925
William Griffee & Family
Walter & Mary "Louise" Chew Griffee
Thomas Griffee

William Griffee, Charcoal Dealer, and his wife, Mary "Louise" Chew Griffee resided at 523 Benson Street June 1880.  From 1899 until January 1903 they resided at 234 Chestnut Street, but returned to 523 Benson Street where they lived until they both passed away with one of their children; Thomas, policeman,  and Mabel Mack.  He passed away in 1914, and she Jan 2, 1925.  She is listed in the city directories for all those years as a dealer in "notions, and such" (as she was related to the owner of Chew's Department Store). 
                                         Jim Powell, March 2103

234 Chestnut Street

1905
William H. Deith & Family
William H. & Marietta R. Deith

Camden Post-Telegram
September 14, 1904

  237 Chestnut Street

1901-1911
George M. & Isabel Shaw


237 Chestnut Street

1912-1937
George W. Stevenson & Family
George W, & Mary Elizabeth Stevenson
George W. Stevenson Jr.
Phoebe Stevenson
Jennie Stevenson

Camden Courier-Post
July 23, 1941

 

  238 Chestnut Street

1895-1897
Captain Thomas P. Walls & Family
Thomas & Jeanette "Nettie" Cooper Walls
Samuel Walls - Bertha Walls
George Walls - Evelyn Walls
Mrs. Percy J. Cooper

City Court Scene

Judge Dzick fined two men $10 each for assault and battery. Fined were John Tubman, 635 Locust Street, and James Jones, 238 Chestnut Street.

238 Chestnut Street

1954 James Jones

Camden Courier-Post
February 23, 1954

  240 Chestnut Street

1881
Captain Thomas P. Walls & Family
Thomas & Jeanette "Nettie" Cooper Walls
Samuel Walls - Bertha Walls
George Walls - Evelyn Walls

 

241 Chestnut Street

Private First Class
Rocco R. Macchia

 

  244 Chestnut Street
Intersection of Chestnut Street & Locust Street
  245 Chestnut Street

1887-1888 Charles C. Hess
grocery
1888-1889 Theodore Standhardt
butcher

1888-1889 George Groll
bakery

1890-1891 Charlie Wong
laundry

  245 Chestnut Street

1887-1888 Charles C. Hess
grocery
1888-1889 Theodore Standhardt
butcher

1888-1889 George Groll
bakery

1890-1891 Charlie Wong
laundry

A bar was at this address
beginning in the 1890s

1892-1893 John Delaney
1894-1897 George H. Jones
1898-1899 George T. Groll
1899-1900 Max Senger
1901 Charles Schaumberg

 

245 Chestnut Street

1902-1908 William Flynn

Camden Post-Telegram
August 27, 1908

Joseph Palese
Aleck Norman
Harry Halsey
O. Glen Stackhouse

  245 Chestnut Street

A bar was at this address
beginning in the 1890s

1914 Joseph M. Dole
1918-1928 Giovanni Di Paolo 

245 Chestnut Street

A bar was at this address
beginning in the 1890s

1932 Fiore Mascarusi

Camden Courier-Post
June 10, 1932

Austin H. Swackhammer
Walter Lynch
John Gannon
North 3rd Street

 

  245 Chestnut Street

A bar was at this address
beginining in the 1890s

1935 Dominic Guglielmi
1939-1940 Giovino Di Paolo
1947 Bowne's & Brownleafe

245 Chestnut Street

1956-1967
Joe's Little Click Cafe
(Florence Frankenstein

Camden Courier-Post
June 2, 1961

Arthur B. Jones - Sheila B. Bird
Mary C. Gibson - Rex J. Adams
Cresson Street - Line Street
Locust Street- Walnut Street

245 Chestnut Street

1956-1967
Joe's Little Click Cafe
 (Donald Kerr, John Crane, Donald Rose)

Camden Courier-Post
December 14, 1957

Arthur B. Jones - Sheila B. Bird
Mary C. Gibson - Rex J. Adams
Cresson Street - Line Street
Locust Street- Walnut Street

  245 Chestnut Street

1968-1976 Ford's Stardust Lounge

October 30, 1995 Vacant

  247 Chestnut Street

 

247 & 249
Chestnut Street

circa 2005

247, 249, 251, 253, 255 & 257
Chestnut Street

circa 2005

 

249 Chestnut Street

Private Francis D. Myers

 

  251 Chestnut Street

1883-1885
Captain Thomas P. Walls & Family
Thomas & Jeanette "Nettie" Cooper Walls
Samuel Walls - Bertha Walls
George Walls - Evelyn Walls

  251 Chestnut Street

1986 Abandoned

  253 Chestnut Street

1986 Abandoned

  254 Chestnut Street

George & Hazel Hall
1931

IAFF VALOR AWARDS

Captain Bryan Emenecker / Valor
Captain David Dilks / Meritorious Service
Captain Joseph Wooden / Meritorious Service
Firefighter Dwayne Dixon / Meritorious Service
Firefighter Philip Tally / Commendation

254 Chestnut Street

Fire
January 1, 2007

 

  255 Chestnut Street

1986 Abandoned

  256 Chestnut Street

1900
William Flynn & Family
William & Ellen Flynn
Patrick James Flynn
Daniel Flynn
Martin Flynn - WIlliam C. Flynn
Christina Flynn

  257 Chestnut Street

1893 
Mrs. Mary Hill

  257 Chestnut Street

1986 Abandoned

  259 Chestnut Street

1920s-1930s
John Panelli Family
John & Carmela Panelli
Philip Panelli
Michael Panelli
Charles N. Panelli
Camden Fire Department
Rose Panelli
Sadie Panelli
Theresa Panelli

  261 Chestnut Street

1986 Abandoned

CELLAR FIRE DISTURBS FAMILY AT NOON MEAL

The noonday meal at the home of Natale Perticari at 263 Chestnut Street was interrupted Saturday when fire engines drew up at the door.

Discarded newspapers stored in the cellar of the house had begun to smolder as the family sat in the kitchen. An unidentified passerby, who saw smoke pouring from the basement windows, sent in an alarm. No damage was reported.

263 Chestnut Street

1933 Natale Perticari

Camden Courier-Post
June 25, 1933

  2635 Chestnut Street

1986 Abandoned

265 Chestnut Street

1895-1897
Captain Thomas P. Walls & Family
Thomas & Jeanette "Nettie" Cooper Walls
Samuel Walls - Bertha Walls
George Walls - Evelyn Walls
Mrs. Percy J. Cooper

Philadelphia Inquirer
April 11, 1897

265 Chestnut Street

1969
John Hall & Family
John & Mary Ware Hall
Edward Hall
James Hall

Camden Courier-Post
November 8, 1969

268 Chestnut Street

1955
R. Pellegrino & Sons, Inc.
Scrap Iron & Metals

1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
Yellow Pages Ad

271 Chestnut Street

1940-1943
Joseph Guidotti & Family
Joseph & Sophie Balducci Guidotti
Felix Guidotti - Lena Guiodotti  
Joseph Guidotto - James Guidotti 
William Guidotti

Camden Courier-Post
October 15, 1940

Gene R. Mariano
Vernon Jones
George Weber

Felix Guiotti - Chestnut Street
Manual Lalrajo - Mt. Vernon Street
Frank Manfredi aka Freddie Mack
South 3rd Street
Leroy Smith - Boyer Court
Bert DiMatteo
John Bianchi - Emma Street
William DiBattista - Newton Avenue
James Abbott - Haddon Avenue
Anthony Manfredi

273 Chestnut Street

1915
John Boguzsesko & Family
John & Mary Boguzseko

Camden Courier-Post
June 8, 1915

  273 Chestnut Street

American Maid Bakers
1947

  280 Chestnut Street
Intersection of Chestnut Street & Emma Street
281 Chestnut Street

1911-1912
George O. Addison Sr. & Family
George O. & Emma V. Addison Sr.

Left Emma V. Addison
  284 Chestnut Street

1954-1955 Teven Williams

  286 Chestnut Street

Sylvester and Lulu Lester
Willa Mae Brown
1920s-1930s

  288 Chestnut Street

1938 Joseph Marino

289 Chestnut Street

Michele & Maria (Giordano) Paradiso
Family
Raymond J. Paradise
1920s-late 1940s

2 Wives Give Same Block Duplicate Murder Scares
And Two Hubbies on Warpath, Both Brandishing Knives,
Subdued by Same Cop; Will Tell It to Same Judge Today

Two wives, within two hours, excited the neighborhood of Chestnut Street in the 200 block by running into the street and calling "murder."        .

In both instances Motorcycle Patrolman Earl Wright was summoned to subdue ferocious husbands.

The first call came from 290 Chestnut Street. Wright used jujitsu to stop William Passio, 24, from breaking up the furniture and threatening his wife, Catherine, with a bread knife. The cop arrested Passio and confiscated one case or 48 half-pint bottles of alleged whiskey and a punchboard. Sergeant Truax and Policeman Devine assisted.

The second call came from 254 Chestnut Street. Wright and Sergeant Petit found George Hall, 28, at the back door with a carving knife up his sleeve.

His wife, Hazel, said he attempted to kill her. Wright drew his pistol- Hall handed over the knife.

Both men were given "suites" in the city jail pending arraignment today. Both were charged with "threats to kill.'

290 Chestnut Street

William & Catherine Passio
1931

290 Chestnut Street

Ponte's Food Market
1940s-1960s

Veterans Boxing Association
Ring No. 6
1959 Banquet Program Advertisement

292 Chestnut Street

1955
Guardian Industrial Supply Co.

1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
Yellow Pages Ad

294 Chestnut Street

1913-1932
Edward Babnew

Camden Courier-Post
December 21, 1932

295 Chestnut Street

1870s-1900s Charles S. Ayres

Camden Daily Telegram
March 21, 1893

296 Chestnut Street

1932 William Tenerelli

Camden Courier-Post
June 10, 1932

Edward V. Martino
Mickey Blair
Thomas Bonelli
Charles Parisi

298 Chestnut Street

1887 Joseph Engard

Philadelphia Inquirer
July 1, 1886

  298-1/2 
Chestnut Street

Intersection of South 3rd Street & Chestnut Street
   

300 Block of Chestnut Street
301 to 309 Chestnut Street
301 Chestnut Street

1931-1932
Frank Manfrieda
bar

Camden Courier-Post
June 4, 1932

302 Chestnut Street

1900s-1912
John S. Heard & Family
John S. & Mary M. Heard
Andrew Heard - Elmer Heard
Frederick Heard - William Heard

Philadelphia Inquirer
December 23, 1912

Andrew Heard

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  303 Chestnut Street
  304 Chestnut Street
  305 Chestnut Street

1878
Lewis F. Holl

  307 Chestnut Street
  309 Chestnut Street

Intersection of Chestnut Street & Sycamore Terrace
   

300 Block of Chestnut Street
  306 Chestnut Street
  308 Chestnut Street

Charles Darpino
1934

310 & 312
Chestnut Street

Photograph taken in 2013

317 Chestnut Street

1878-1879
James Kennedy

  317 Chestnut Street

1879-1885
Lewis F. Holl

322 Chestnut Street

1914-1916 George O. Addison Sr.
George W. Shields, Camden NJ Fire Department 322 Chestnut Street

George W. Shields
1887-1888

 

322 Chestnut Street

1904
Nathan Simpson

Camden Post-Telegram
September 12, 1904

John H. Dialogue & Son
Dr. Paul N. Litchfield

George W. Shields, Camden NJ Fire Department 329 Chestnut Street

Peter B. Carter
1890s-1900s

 

330 Chestnut Street

1909-1910 Theodore Allen

Philadelphia Inquirer
January 11, 1910

  332 Chestnut Street

1885-1887 Cornelius M. Brown

332 Chestnut Street

1903-1917
James Carey & Family
James & Mary Carey
Morton Carey (son)
Elizabeth Carey (daughter-in-law)
Howard Carey (grandson)
Philip Carey (father)

Camden Daily Courier
January 6, 1916

WOMAN KILLED, TRUCK DRIVER HAD NO LICENSE
Two Arrested in Fatal Accident at Eighth And Kaighn Avenue

A 44 year-old South Camden woman was fatally injured at Eighth and Kaighn Avenue last night by a loaded brick truck driven by an unlicensed driver. 

The woman was Mrs. Mollie Katz, of 1146 South Third Street. She died in West Jersey Homeopathic 
Hospital
of a fractured skull. 

The driver of the truck, Thelmer White, 32, colored, of 333 Chestnut Street, told police he was driving without a license but with the consent of his employer, Charles Moore, house-wrecking contractor, of 829 Kaighn Avenue.

White was held in $5000 bail on a technical charge of manslaughter, while Moore was arrested for allowing an unlicensed driver to operate his automobile, and held in $500 bail. Both will be given a hearing today.

According to White, Mrs. Katz stepped from the curb directly into the path of his truck and he could not avoid striking her. 

The Second District Patrol, en route to Eighth and Sycamore Streets on another call, was directly back of the truck at the time of the accident and took the woman to the hospital. 

333 Chestnut Street

1933 Thelmer White

Camden Courier-Post
June 16, 1933

334 Chestnut Street

1938 John Spagnolo

Camden Courier-Post
February 19, 1938

HOSPITAL CASES
COOPER

Lewis Raupp, 53, 833 North 6th Street, dog bite of right index finger
Anna Veroline, 34, 318 Walnut Street, sprained ankle
Albert Passarella, 15, 433 Spruce Street, sprained ankle
Thomas J. Owens, 35, 420 Taylor Ave., bruised wrist and knee
Joseph Manfredi, 14, 335 Chestnut Street, infected palm.
Margaret Cramer, 9, 323 Erie Street, infected finger
Laurence Wiggle, 5, 505 South 6th Street, cut hand
Joseph Carbone, 18, 336 Walnut Street, cut chin
Thomas DiRenzo, 13, 522 Clinton St., splinter in left foot.
Cecelia Homan, 32, 511 Ray Avenue, foreign body in eye
Mary DiVincenzo, 10, 311 Beckett St., foreign body in eye

WEST JERSEY

Theresa Marolda, 59, 1713 South 4th Street, cut finger
Benjamin Druasowictz, 34, 1282 Van Hook St., cut finger
Charles Mangold, 52, 3 North 4th Street, cut finger
Stanley Kaminski, 25, 1119 Liberty Street, cut hand
Marie Birsch, 15, 697 Van Hook St., foreign particle in eye 
Willard Dickson, 3, 1739 Railroad Ave., puncture wound of thigh

335 Chestnut Street

1938 Joseph Manfredi

Camden Courier-Post
February 14, 1938

  337 Chestnut Street

1924
John J. Graham Family
John J. & Elizabeth Graham
Clair H. "Red" Graham
Robert Graham
John Graham

Camden Courier-Post
June 16, 1933

 
341 Chestnut Street

1897
Joseph Kronenwhther

Philadelphia Inquirer
January 10, 1897

342 Chestnut Street

1913 Mrs. Susie Martin

Philadelphia Inquirer
March 5, 1913

O. Glen Stackhouse - South 3rd Street
Charles W. Camp - Harry Martin

345 Chestnut Street

1910
Thomas Hines & Family

Philadelphia Inquirer

November 24, 1910

   

Intersection of South 4th Street & Chestnut Street

Southeast Corner
South 4th & Chestnut Street

1102-04 South 4th Street

1880s-1890s John J. Brown Saloon
                         William D. Brown
1917 Daniel Lamb
1926-1929 Anibale Corda was listed as the proprietor from 1926 through 1929
Luigi Corda 1929-1930s
Marsilio Daziani 1930s
Monte Carlo Cafe
1937-1964 Luigi Cinaglia & Family
                    Pete Cinaglia Pete's Cafe
1966 Joe's Cafe
1970s Baron's Lounge
1980s Phase 2
1990s Pauline's
1990s-100s Cotton Club

Photograph taken Fall of 2002
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Northeast Corner of South 4th & Chestnut Streets - August 16, 2011
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400 Block of Chestnut Street
408-414
Chestnut Street

1955
Ramode All-Aluminum Awnings

1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
Yellow Pages Ad

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2011-2012 Vacant, Abandoned

409 Chestnut Street

March 27, 2004

 

409 Chestnut Street

2011

 

409 & 411
Chestnut Street

2011

 

411 Chestnut Street

2011

 

411 Chestnut Street

Daniel A. Gottlieb & Family
1920s-1930s

March 27, 2004

Trying to board a moving trolley car, Henry Hunt, aged 39 years, of 411 Chestnut Street, fell and received injuries if the abdomen and arms. He was taken to Cooper Hospital.

411 Chestnut Street

1915 Henry Hunt

Philadelphia Inquirer
June 28, 1915

  413 Chestnut Street

Adam Schlorer
John A. Schlorer
1880s-1900s

413 Chestnut Street

1952 Dorothy V. Hambleton

Camden Courier-Post
April 2, 1952

415 Chestnut Street

1880s-1907
Edward Schlorer

Khaki Shirts of America
Frank Spinogatti
June 1933

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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415 & 417
Chestnut Street

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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416-420
Chestnut Street

1955
G.E. Lopez Company

1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
Yellow Pages Ad

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417 Chestnut Street

1935 John Ciccarelli

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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  419 Chestnut Street

Robert Bradshaw
1928
Samuel Goldstein & Sons
Morris Goldstein
Late 1920s-1930s

421 Chestnut Street

1880s-1907
Edward Schlorer

Khaki Shirts of America
Frank Spinogatti
June 1933

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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421 & 423
Chestnut Street

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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422 Chestnut Street

1906 Robert Milne

Camden Daily Telegram
March 21, 1893

423 Chestnut Street

1880s-1907
Edward Schlorer

Khaki Shirts of America
Frank Spinogatti
June 1933

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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  424 Chestnut Street
  425-427 Chestnut Street

1906 Gone

425-427 Chestnut Street

1930s-1960s
Chestnut Coal and Fuel Oil Co.
Antonio DiBartolomeo Sr.

Veterans Boxing Association Ring No. 6
1961 Banquet Program Ad

  425-427 Chestnut Street

2011 Gone

  426 Chestnut Street
  428 Chestnut Street

2011 Gone

  430 Chestnut Street

2011 Gone

  431 Chestnut Street

1906
1950 William B. Reeves
2011 Gone

432 Chestnut Street

1920
Mrs. Viola Spiegle

Woodbury Daily Times
April 8, 1920

Charles Whaland

432 Chestnut Street

2011 Gone

Illegal Burning of Rubbish
February 23,, 2012

433 Chestnut Street

1906

1910-1914 George Budd Jr.

Camden Courier-Post
February 21, 1938

2011 Gone

434 Chestnut Street

Photograph Taken March 16, 2012

Scheduled for Demolition in March of 2012

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434 Chestnut Street

Photograph Taken March 16, 2012

Scheduled for Demolition in March of 2012

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434 Chestnut Street

Photograph Taken March 16, 2012

Scheduled for Demolition in March of 2012

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434 Chestnut Street

Photograph Taken March 16, 2012

Scheduled for Demolition in March of 2012

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434 Chestnut Street

Photograph Taken March 16, 2012

Scheduled for Demolition in March of 2012

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434 Chestnut Street

Photograph Taken March 16, 2012

Scheduled for Demolition in March of 2012

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434 Chestnut Street

Photograph Taken March 16, 2012

Scheduled for Demolition in March of 2012

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434 Chestnut Street

Photograph Taken March 16, 2012

Scheduled for Demolition in March of 2012

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435 Chestnut Street

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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435 & 437
Chestnut Street

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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437 Chestnut Street

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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500 Block of Chestnut Street
500-518 Chestnut Street

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501 Chestnut Street

1953
Charles F. Denof

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

501 & 503
Chestnut Street

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

503 Chestnut Street

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

  505 Chestnut Street
506 Chestnut Street

1911-1918
Godfrey Spaeth & Family
Godfrey & Bertha Spaeth
Helena Spaeth
Walter Spaeth

Philadelphia Inquirer
September 27, 1914

  506 Chestnut Street

1923 Mrs. Sarah Hoffman

1929-1930
Simon Sosenko & Family
Simon & Rebecca Sosenko
Jacob Jerome "Jay Jerome" Sosenko
Anna Sosenko
Ruth Sosenko

 

506 Chestnut Street

1929-1953
Sixth Ward Republican Club

Camden Courier-Post
May 6, 1950

Chester J. Andrus

 

507 Chestnut Street

1904 Howard Christman

Philadelphia Inquirer
July 3, 1904

George Cramer
Albert Shaw
Dr. Rowland I. Haines

  507 Chestnut Street
  509 Chestnut Street
510-516
Chestnut Street
Actual address was 512-1/2 Chestnut

1911
Godfrey F. Spaeth
Practical Sheet Metal Worker

1911 Camden City Directory Ad

510-516
Chestnut Street

1940s-1969
Camden Roofers Supplies

1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
Yellow Pages Ads

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510-512-514-516
Chestnut Street

1940s-1977
Camden Roofers Supplies, Inc.

Camden Courier-Post
June 11, 1990

  511 Chestnut Street

1888-1893
Oliver S. Guthrie & Family
Oliver S. &  Matilda Guthrie
Oliver S. Guthrie Jr.
Theodore Guthrie
Mary D. Guthrie
Frank F. Guthrie
Samuel F.B. Guthrie


512 Chestnut Street

1885-1887
Oliver S. Guthrie & Family
Oliver S. &  Matilda Guthrie
Oliver S. Guthrie Jr.
Theodore Guthrie
Mary D. Guthrie
Frank F. Guthrie
Samuel F.B. Guthrie

Camden Daily Courier
September 21, 1887
&
Camden Daily Courier
September 23, 1887

512 Chestnut Street

1888-1894
William Deno

  512 Chestnut Street

1903-1910
Godfrey Spaeth & Family
Godfrey & Bertha Spaeth
Helena Spaeth
Walter Spaeth

513 Chestnut Street

1930s
George C. Wade & Family
George C. & Adelaide Wade
George B. Wade III

  513 Chestnut Street

1934
Lionel J. Crevier
bar

513 Chestnut Street

July 1934-1975
Chestnut Grill
Mrs. A. Mabel Duffield (died 1940)
Mrs. Mary E. Duffield Liebert

Camden Courier-Post
May 29, 1969

513 Chestnut Street

1930s
George C. Wade & Family
George C. & Adelaide Wade
George B. Wade III

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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Destroyed by Fire, October 2011

513 Chestnut Street

Photograph Taken October 11, 2011

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Destroyed by Fire, October 2011

513 Chestnut Street

Photograph Taken October 11, 2011

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Destroyed by Fire, October 2011

513 Chestnut Street

Photograph Taken October 11, 2011

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Destroyed by Fire, October 2011

513 Chestnut Street

Photograph Taken October 11, 2011

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Destroyed by Fire, October 2011

  518 Chestnut Street

Intersection of Broadway & Chestnut Street
Southwest Corner
Broadway & Chestnut Street
January 14, 1964

Engine Company 8 with deckpipe from hose wagon, operates master stream into top floor of commercial building during Third Alarm at Walmart Clothing at Broadway & Chestnut Streets. Captain Leonard Iannelli of Ladder Company 2 died in the line of duty while fighting this blaze.4.

Engine Company 1  Engine Company 8 Ladder Company 2


500 Block of Chestnut Street
551-576 Chestnut Street

551 Chestnut Street

1940-1941
Joseph Klein

Camden Courier-Post
July 29, 1941

Clay W. Reesman
Edward G. Hunt
Sycamore Street
George H. Ewing
Liberty Street
William Bovell
Clinton Street

  551 Chestnut Street

Henry Klein
Umbrella repair
1947

553 Chestnut Street

Mrs. Wilhelmina Bornheimer
1947

553 Chestnut Street is at left
Photographed May 2004
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555 Chestnut Street

Second Police District
Headquarters

1890s-1950s

Photographed May 2004
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  562 Chestnut Street

Eli Kogan
Tailor
1947

563 Chestnut Street

Butcher-Young Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
October 1931
Veterans Hall Post 1297
Veterans of Foreign Wars
1947

563 Chestnut Street

1922 John McCaffery
1922 City of Camden

Camden Courier-Post
July 28, 1928

George Smith - James McDade
Elwood Martz - Harold Lambdon
William Scholl - George Quimby
Elmer Burkett - John Plum

  563 Chestnut Street

October 1931
Butcher-Young Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars

1947
Veterans Hall Post 1297
Veterans of Foreign Wars

  564 Chestnut Street

Roxy Colantuono
Confectioner
1947

565 Chestnut Street

1947

Photograph Taken August 16, 2011

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  567 Chestnut Street

Denbo's Furniture Store
1947

2011 Gone

569 Chestnut Street

 1947 Vacant Store
1965 Denbo's Furniture Store

Camden Courier-Post Advertisements
November 30, 1965







570 Chestnut Street

1929 - December 6, 1959
Theodore F. Guthrie & Family
Frank F. Guthrie (brother)
Samuel F.B. Guthrie (brother)

Camden Courier-Post
October 12, 1948
&
Camden Courier-Post
October 18, 1948






572 Chestnut Street

1910-1914
William Heineman & Family
William & Dora Heineman
Dora Heineman
Lloyd Heineman

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  572 Chestnut Street

William H. Green
1910s-1936
Thomas Bearn
1947

  574 Chestnut Street

1910
Richard J. Richardson & Family
Herbert Richardson
1947

  576 Chestnut Street

Solomon Cohen
1936
Building was gone by 1947

  576 Chestnut Street

Frank Crawford
1936-1960s

  576 Chestnut Street

1900s-1930s Benjamin Baker Family
1900s-1910s Herman J. Baker
1947 GONE

578 Chestnut Street

1890-1917 Bertha Van Horn

Philadelphia Inquirer
February 29, 1912

MRS. MARIA MONROE

Funeral services for Mrs. Maria Monroe, 82, of 578 Chestnut street, who died Saturday, will be held at 2 p. m. Thursday at 1451 Broadway. Burial will be in Arlington cemetery. Mrs. Monroe was the widow of James T. Monroe.

MONROE—On February 12, 1938, Maria, beloved wife of the late James T. Monroe (nee Hoff linger) of 578 Chestnut St., Camden. age 82 years.
Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral services on Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the funeral home of Frank J. Leonard, 1451 Broadway, Camden. Interment at Arlington Cemetery. 
Friends may call Wednesday evening
578 Chestnut Street

1938
Mrs. Maria Monroe

Camden Courier-Post
February 15, 1938

  580 Chestnut Street

1906

 


Intersection of Marion Street & Chestnut Street
   

Intersection of Baring Street & Chestnut Street
Baring Street
Looking South
from
Chestnut Street
May 14, 2004

These homes were built in 1888 by developer Wilson Ernst.


Intersection of South 6th Street & Chestnut Street
   
Left: rear of 1100 and 1102
Baring Street

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Southwest Corner of South 6th Street & Chestnut Street - August 16, 2011
Northwest Corner of South 6th Street & Chestnut Street - August 16, 2011
   
   

600 Block of Chestnut Street
600 Chestnut Street

1914 Simon Ruttenberg

Philadelphia Inquirer
September 14, 1914

1929
2011 Gone

601 Chestnut Street

1887
William O. Castor & Family

Camden Daily Courier
March 31, 1887

William Stevenson - Isaac Major
G.B. Cooper - Louis Gould
Mr. Golden

601 Chestnut Street

1891
Josiah Jones
Albert Beck

Philadelphia Inquirer
October 24, 1891

Diamond Street
William S. Avis
George S. Jordon
South 6th Street
Mount Vernon Street

602 Chestnut Street

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602 & 602-1/2
Chestnut Street

2011 Vacant

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602-1/2 Chestnut Street

2011 Gone

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  603 Chestnut Street

1906
Thomas McLaughlin

2011 Gone

604 Chestnut Street

Lewis H. Stehr Jr.
1890s-1900s

604 Chestnut Street

2011 Vacant

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  605 Chestnut Street

1929
2011 Gone

606 Chestnut Street

1955
Camden Rag & Paper Company

1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
Yellow Pages Ads

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  607 Chestnut Street

1947
Sixth Ward
Colored Democratic Club

2011 Gone

  608 Chestnut Street

1929
2011 Gone

  609 Chestnut Street

1929
2011 Gone

  610 Chestnut Street

1929
2011 Gone

611 Chestnut Street

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  612 Chestnut Street

1929
2011 Gone

  613 Chestnut Street

1929 Mrs. Anna M. Simmons
Anna Dezenhall

613 Chestnut Street

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613 & 615 Chestnut Street

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725 Chestnut Street

1938
Samuel Yaffa

Camden Courier-Post
February 21, 1938

RAIDERS ARREST THREE, 
SEIZE WASH BOILER STILL

Second District police seized a "wash boiler" still and arrested three persons last night when they raided a dwelling at 954 South Ninth Street.

 Arrested were George Young, 29; his wife, Ethel, 19, and Anna Fussel, 37, of 614 Chestnut Street. Police also took along the Young's three­ year-old son, Julian, and lodged him in the detention room under the care of a police matron until his parents obtain bail.

The raid was staged by Sergeant Walter Mattison and District Detectives Vernon Jones and Thomas Cheeseman.

Young was held as proprietor and the others as material witnesses. He will be given a hearing today.

614 Chestnut Street

1933 Anna Fussel
1947 Gone

Camden Courier-Post

June 2, 1933

 

Judge Pancoast Proves to 2I
That Honesty Is Best Policy

If there’s anything Police Judge Pancoast doesn’t like it's to have people trying to fool him, he said. So yesterday Pancoast sent two alleged speakeasy inmates to jail for 60 days and gave the confessed proprietor only 50 days.

Emil Hatter, 35, of 829 Carpenter Street, was arrested for violating the ordinance prohibiting congregation of disorder1y persons on the premises by Lieutenant Herbert Anderson Thursday. Hatter told the court that he was proprietor and was in the illegal liquor business to provide for his two children.

"That's no excuse," said the judge, "you should provide for them without breaking the law."

He fined Hatter $50 and sentenced him to 50 days when he was unable to pay. The judge then turned to Edward Mackay, 38, of 531 Ray Street, and Alfred Brooks, 45, of 700 Pearl Street [wrong address - PMC], who, Andersen said, were drunk in Hatter's establishment.

Both men admitted having a few drinks, elsewhere, but insisted they were sober and that they did not buy the drinks from Hatter.

"I'm good and tired of having peop1e trying to fool me," said Pancoast. "I don't know what they take me for. I'm going to end it, though, by giving each of you 60 days."

Unable to pay a fine of $100, George Young, 29, colored, 954 South Ninth Street, was sentenced to 100 days when he pleaded guilty to operating a "wash­boiler" still in violation of the city speakeasy ordinance. His wife, Ethel, 19, and Annie Fussel, 37, of 614 Chestnut Street, alleged inmates, were given 30 days each in default of $25 fines. 

614 Chestnut Street

1933 Anna Fussel
1947 Gone

Camden Courier-Post

June 3, 1933

 

615 Chestnut Street

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  616 Chestnut Street

1929
2011 Gone


618 Chestnut Street

S. Yaffa Sons
scrapyard

Camden Courier-Post Advertisements
November 30, 1965


619 Chestnut Street

1920s-1930s
Samuel Yaffa & Family

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620 Chestnut Street

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621 Chestnut Street

Lewis H. Stehr Jr.
1900s-1930

2011 Gone

  622 Chestnut Street

1929
2011 Gone

  623 Chestnut Street

1929

MONROE— On October 26, 1935, George E., beloved son of the late Daniel and Elizabeth Monroe (nee Price), of 623 Chestnut St., Camden, N. J. Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral services on Wednesday afternoon, at 2 o'clock, at the parlors of Frank J. Leonard, 1451 Broadway, Camden, N. J, Interment at New Camden Cemetery. Friends may call Tuesday evening. 

623 Chestnut Street

1935 George E. Monroe

Camden Courier-Post
October 29, 1935

  623 Chestnut Street

2011 Gone

  624 Chestnut Street

1929
2011 Gone

  625 Chestnut Street

1929
2011 Gone

626 Chestnut Street

William D. Sayrs Jr.
1870s-1880s

2011 Gone

627 Chestnut Street

1897 Samuel Wise

Philadelphia inquirer
July 25, 1897

  627 Chestnut Street

1929-1947
Perry Honey & Family
Perry & Annie Honey
Ida Honey - Fred Honey
Harvey Honey - Mary Honey
Grace Honey - Albert Honey
Alice Honey - Perry Honey
Annie Honey -
Lester E. Honey
Florence Honey

2011 Gone

628 Chestnut Street

1882-1883
Smith Moore

1929 Gone
2011 Gone

  629 Chestnut Street

1878
William Deno

629 Chestnut Street

1882
Smith Moore

2011 Gone

  630 Chestnut Street

1880
Smith Moore

2011 Gone

  631 Chestnut Street

1929
2011 Gone

  632 Chestnut Street

1929
2011 Gone

  633 Chestnut Street

1929
2011 Gone

  634 Chestnut Street

1929
2011 Gone

635 Chestnut Street

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635 Chestnut Street

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  636 Chestnut Street

1878
Smith Moore

636 Chestnut Street

1902-1903
William Martin & Family
William & Effie Martin

Philadelphia Inquirer
August 26, 1902

  636 Chestnut Street

1929 Vacant
2011 Gone

637 Chestnut Street

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  638 Chestnut Street

1929
2011 Gone

  639 Chestnut Street

1929
2011 Gone

  640 Chestnut Street

1929
2011 Gone

  641 Chestnut Street

1929
2011 Gone

  642 Chestnut Street

1929
2011 Gone

  644 Chestnut Street

1929
2011 Gone


Intersection of South 7th & Chestnut Street
The former Gustav Schwoeri Sr. businesses

Photographs taken June 24, 2003

701, 703-705, & 707 Chestnut Street

701, 703-705, & 707 Chestnut Street

703-705 Chestnut Street was built in 1898. After the liquor store opened across the street at 700 Chestnut, the bar remained open, and was called The Original Schwoeri's. It was later known as The Chestnut Bar. A bar later opened at 707 Chestnut Street. Known as Deggy's and The Hole In The Wall, it remained open into the mid-1990s.

703-705, & 707 Chestnut Street 700 Chestnut Street,
now known as Eddie's Liquors
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Intersection of South 7th Street and Chestnut Street
Camden water main springs leak

A 16-inch water main in the vicinity of 7th and Chestnut streets sprung a leak and water company workers installed a plate on Wednesday as a precaution.

United Water will begin repairing the leak Monday, city officials said.

The repairs may result in some customers losing service and noticing discolored water from their taps.

If residents loose water service or see discoloration, they should call (856) 488-2041 immediately, said Patrick Keating, director of public works.

Camden Courier-Post

November 23, 2006


700 Block of Chestnut Street
700 Chestnut Street

Eddie's Liquors
Eddy Azcona
June 25, 2003

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700 Chestnut Street

Eddy's Liquors
1991 Advertisement

701 Chestnut Street

701, 703-705, & 707 Chestnut Street

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701 Chestnut Street

1955-1961
Jacob Denbo & Son

1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
Yellow Pages Ad

701 Chestnut Street

1961-1961
Jacob Denbo & Son

Veterans Boxing Association Ring No. 6
1961 Banquet Program Ad

  701 Chestnut Street

1955 Robert Lowber

  702 Chestnut Street

1910-1911
Martin A. Belton & Family
Martin A. & Madeline Belton
William Belton
Madeline M. Belton

703-705 Chestnut Street

June 25, 2003

Gustav Schwoeri Sr.

Brewery at 707

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704 Chestnut Street

Stewards Mate First Class
Ralph Francis Adams

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705 Chestnut Street

1885-1887
Daniel F. Hurley & Family
saloon
Daniel F. & Mary Hurley
Daniel F.Hurley Jr.
Barbara Hurley
Mary Hurley

The Hurley's moved to 700 Mt. Vernon Street prior to compilation of 1888-1889 Camden City Directory.

Philadelphia inquirer
August 15, 1885

  706 Chestnut Street
707 Chestnut Street

1906
Gustav Schwoeri Sr. Brewery at 707

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  709 Chestnut Street

Jacob Silver
1890s-1900s

719 Chestnut Street

1893 Frank Jones

Philadelphia inquirer
August 7, 1900

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of Complete Article

720-722 Chestnut Street

Union American Methodist Church
1868-2006

"Erected 1880 - Finished 1888"

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720-722 Chestnut Street

Union American Methodist Church

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724 Chestnut Street

1915 James Reese

Philadelphia inquirer
March 21, 1915

725 Chestnut Street

1938
Thomas Bentley & Family
Thomas & Castina Braxton Bentley

Camden Courier-Post
February 19, 1938

727 Chestnut Street

1901 Thomas Briscoe

Philadelphia inquirer
August 11, 1901

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729 Chestnut Street

1884
Robert S. Miller
& Family
Robert & ANnie Miller
Robert Miller
Annie Miller - William Miller

 

729 Chestnut Street

1893 Francis Crossley

Philadelphia inquirer
July 29, 1893

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  729 Chestnut Street

1939-1959
Rev. Robert B. Frazier & Family
Rev. Robert B. & Roberta Frazier
Barbara Frazier

1939-1959
Frazier's Beauty Shop
Mrs. Roberta Frazier

730 Chestnut Street

Diplomat Arms Apartments

Burned and razed in 1996

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730 Chestnut Street

Diplomat Arms Apartments

Burned and razed in 1996

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730 Chestnut Street

Diplomat Arms Apartments

Burned and razed in 1996

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730 Chestnut Street

Diplomat Arms Apartments

Burned and razed in 1996

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Intersection of Chestnut Street & Maurice Street
  732
Chestnut Street

 

  733
Chestnut Street

1878
William Deno

734 Chestnut Street

1900 Zeke Benson & Cora Pinken

Philadelphia Inquirer
August 27, 1906

Ella Hill - Arthur StanleyEdward S. Hyde

  734 Chestnut Street

1900s-1928
James H. "Uncle Jim" Young
James H. & Emma Young

734 Chestnut Street

1920-1931
Alfred J. Fisher & Family
Alfred J. & Sarah Fisher

Camden Post-Telegram
September 10, 1921

A number of colored citizens met at the home of Mrs. Mary Colding, 736 Chestnut Street, and arranged for the establishment of a Baptist Church for colored people in Camden. The first public service was held in a blacksmith shop at 6th and Kaighn Avenue. The meeting place was destroyed by fire in 1858. Services were then held in private houses until the meeting house at 7th & Kaighn Avenue was built in 1864. This was called the Mt. Zion Baptist Church. In 1873 the Seventh Baptist Church was dedicated. The old church property, which had been enlarged in 1884, was sold in 1905. On May 1, 1906, the cornerstone for the new church was laid and the building completed June of 1907. This new church was located at 9th and Kaighn Avenue and was dedicated as the Kaighn Avenue Baptist Church.

736 Chestnut Street

Mrs. Mary Colding
1856

 

736 Chestnut Street

1880-1913
Philip T. Colding

Philadelphia Inquirer
February 15, 1887

 

736
Chestnut Street

Mrs. Julia P. Parham
real estate
1947

737 Chestnut Street

1878-1887
John Clarkin & Family
dry goods, cigars
John & Jane Clarkin
William Clarkin

Philadelphia Inquirer
February 8, 1886

Theodore Lambert - Dr. George W. Henry
Joseph Blair

  737 Chestnut Street

1947
Ware's Confectionary
Carol B. Ware

737 Chestnut Street

1951
Julius Snyder

Camden Courier-Post
October 23, 1951

Leroy Snyder - Benjamin Dzick
Cherry Street
Grace Henefer - Patricia Duddy
Jacqueline Fisher
Pine Street

  738
Chestnut Street

Gus Davis
Roy Thomas
1947

  739
Chestnut Street

Mrs. Estella Raynor
1947

Photo by Phil Cohen - November 10, 2003 740 Chestnut Street

John G. Whittier School
1911-2011

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740 Chestnut Street

John G. Whittier School
1911-2011

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  741 Chestnut Street

1947 James B. Miller

741 Chestnut Street

1952
William Armstead Bowers & Family
William Armstead & Helen Clark Bowers
Ronald Nelson Bowers
Vivian Bowers

Left: Ronald Nelson Bowers

1952 Camden High School
Purple & Gold Yearbook Photos

743-745 Chestnut Street

Franklin T. Walker
funeral director
1926-1960s

Camden Courier-Post Advertisement
December 11, 1956

 

743-745 Chestnut Street

Franklin T. Walker
funeral director
1926-1960s

Camden Courier-Post Advertisement
July 17, 1967

745 Chestnut Street

1892-1893
William Ripley
policeman

Samuel B.F. Alcott
James Cullen
Charles Ricker

  745 Chestnut Street

1947
Madison Morton

Intersection of Chestnut Street & Anne Street
751 & 753
Chestnut Street

June 30, 2006

  751 Chestnut Street

Naden's Furniture Warehouse
1947

  753 Chestnut Street

Knights of Pythias Hall
1947

  757 Chestnut Street

Razed in February of 1938

758 Chestnut Street

1903 George H. Purnell

Philadelphia Inquirer
February 1, 1903

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  759 Chestnut Street

1905
Herbert Hibbs

759 Chestnut Street

William C. Clark
1928

  759 Chestnut Street

Razed in February of 1938

761 Chestnut Street

1912
Jamees J. Richardson & Family
James J. & Mary

Philadelphia Inquirer
February 23, 1912

Church of the Sacred Heart

  761 Chestnut Street

1938 Mary Carter

DRILL THIEF JAILED; BUYER IS FINED $50

A youth was given three months in jail by Police Judge Pancoast yesterday on charges of stealing an electric drill from a South Camden garage. A man charged with buying the instrument from him was fined $50.

George Brown, 18, colored, of 1411 South Fourth Street was arrested Wednesday night on complaint of Isadore Mesrau, of 1411 Broadway, and confessed that he stole the drill because Mesrau owed him $1. He told Detective Frank Crawford that he sold the drill to John Casto, of 763 Chestnut Street.

Casto when arraigned yesterday denied that he bought the drill but was found guilty and was fined.

763 Chestnut Street

John Casto
1933

Camden Courier-Post
June 2, 1933

 

  765 Chestnut Street

Private Henry Grier

767 Chestnut Street

1914 Samuel Fields
1914 Maggie Green

Philadelphia Inquirer
December 23, 1914

Dr. S.G. Bushey

 

 

767 Chestnut Street

1975 James Green

775 Chestnut Street

1951
Samuel Mitchjell & Family
Mildred Mitchell
Altanese Mitchell

Camden Courier-Post
September 26, 1951

 

779 Chestnut Street

Judson Gaines
1947

781 Chestnut Street

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781 & 783
Chestnut Street

Photograph Taken August 24, 2011

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783 Chestnut Street

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785 Chestnut Street

Mrs. Clara Redd

George Spearman
1947

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785 & 787
Chestnut Street

Photograph Taken August 24, 2011

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787 Chestnut Street

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789 Chestnut Street

Philip Barr
1887-1888
John Gorman
1908
Walter D. Leonard
1918-1919

Weisfeld's Cafe
 

Max Weisfeld

Jack Weisfeld
1920s-1970s
Mommie's
Just Pals

Krystal Lounge
Late 1980s-2006


Intersection of South Eighth Street and Chestnut Street
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AUTO GUNMEN LOSE STREET BATTLE HERE
Fire Five Shots, But Fail to Hit Man at Eighth and Chestnut

Three gunmen in a speeding automobile opened fire last night on an unknown victim near Eighth and Chestnut Streets and escaped before arrival of police.

Apparently no one was injured by the fire of the gangsters and police were unable to learn at whom the bullets were directed.

Five empty 12-gauge shotgun shells were found in the street after the gunmen had fled.

According to a meager description furnished police by pedestrians, several of whom narrowly escaped being hit by the bullets, the car containing the gunmen bore Pennsylvania license plates and was a closed sedan.

Two of the men were in the rear seat, each holding what appeared to be a pump-gun.

The description of the car was broadcast over the state police tele­type system and a police net was thrown about the city, but no arrests had been made early today.

Camden Courier-Post

October 31, 1931

Southeast Corner
South 8th Street & Chestnut Street
June 15, 2003

2011 Gone

Southwest Corner
South 8th Street & Chestnut Street

John G. Whittier School

August 18, 2011

Northeast Corner of South 8th Street & Chestnut Street - August 24, 2011
   

800 Block of Chestnut Street
800-802-804
Chestnut Street

Adam Schlorer
Abbatoir

1888-1950s

800-802-804
Chestnut Street

June 15, 2003

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2011 Gone

806 Chestnut Street

Eugene Zaiss
Bakery
1919

Jefferson A.A.
1919 Banquet Program Ad

 

  806 Chestnut Street

Alter Grocery
1947

2003 Gone

807 Chestnut Street

1970s-1990s
Hood's Auto Repair

1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
Yellow Pages Ad

807 Chestnut Street


1950s-1990s
Hood's Auto Repair

June 10, 2011

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  811 Chestnut Street
816 Chestnut Street

1890-1931
Charles Henry Peters & Family
Charles Henry & Hannah Sage Peters
Charles H. "Harry" Peters Jr.

Philadelphia Inquirer
May 31, 1906

816 Chestnut Street

1890-1931
Charles Henry Peters & Family
Charles Henry & Hannah Sage Peters
Charles H. "Harry" Peters Jr.

Camden Courier-Post
May 9, 1931

Josiah Sage

817 Chestnut Street


1922-1923 Rudolph S. Ayres

Philadephia Inquirer
April 30, 1922

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817 Chestnut Street


June 10, 2011

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  820 Chestnut Street

1901-1905
Harry M. Chambers & Family
streetcar conductor
Harry M. & Clara E. Price Chambers
Harry H.B. Chambers
Clara May Chambers
Harriet M. Chambers

821 Chestnut Street

1900
Josiah Sage & Family
Camden Fire Department
Josiah & Rose Sage
Kate Sage - William Sage
Jesse Sage - Howard Sage
Russell Sage

  821-823 Chestnut Street


Destroyed by Fire on
June 6, 2011

Video
by
David Hernandez

821-823 Chestnut Street


June 10, 2011

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822 Chestnut Street

1888
Charles Henry Peters & Family
Charles Henry & Hannah Peters
Charles H. "Harry" Peters Jr.

  823 Chestnut Street

1876-1877
Mrs. Margaret Brothers & Family
Mrs. Margaret Brothers
William & Mary Brothers
James Brothers
Thomas Brothers
John Brothers

823 Chestnut Street

1878-1883
Charles Henry Peters & Family
Charles Henry & Hannah Peters
Charles H. "Harry" Peters Jr.

  824 Chestnut Street

1931 Regina Boskowski

824 Chestnut Street

1950 Fletcher McBurrow

Camden Courier-Post
January 4, 1950

Kaighn Avenue
Louis Bumbrey
Cherry Street
John Spence
Pine Street
Percy Briscoe
Stacy Ingram
Chestnut Street
George Kee
Branch Village
John R. DiMona

 

828-830 Chestnut Street

1947-1959
Chestnut Cafe
Mrs. Tillie Baldyga

Camden Courier-Post
June 20, 1959

829 Chestnut Street

1884-1885
Charles Henry Peters & Family
Charles Henry & Hannah Peters
Charles H. "Harry" Peters Jr.

833 Chestnut Street

1895-1896
Thomas Mullane
saloon

  833 Chestnut Street

1900s-1910s
George Henry Stout
1947
Charles C. Mayo

836 Chestnut Street

1928
Edith Hope

Camden Courier-Post
April 2, 1928

 


900 Block of Chestnut Street
  900 Chestnut Street

Loyal Cleaners & Dyers
Eugene J. Weiser
1947

  904 Chestnut Street

1878-1881
Samuel M. Price & Family
Camden Fire Department
Samuel M. & Clara Bozarth Price
Blanche Price - Clara E. Price

  904 Chestnut Street

1883-1884
Michael McCaffery & Family

906 Chestnut Street

1890-1922
Samuel M. Price & Family
Camden Fire Department
Samuel M. & Clara Bozarth Price
Blanche Price - Clara E. Price
Samuel M. Price Jr.

Camden Daily Courier
January 7, 1907

908 Chestnut Street

1878
Charles Henry Peters & Family
Charles Henry & Hannah Peters
Charles H. "Harry" Peters Jr.

  908 Chestnut Street

1884-1888
Samuel M. Price & Family
Samuel M. & Clara Bozarth Price
Blanche Price - Clara E. Price
Samuel M. Price Jr.

908 Chestnut Street

1906-1920
Harry M. Chambers & Family
Camden Fire Department
Harry M. & Clara E. Price Chambers
Harry H.B. Chambers
Clara May Chambers
Harriet M. Chambers

FISHING TACKLE MAN HAS FISHERMAN'S LUCK

Speaking of fisherman's luck, Louis Drueding, fishing tackle salesman at the store of Edward E. Tryon, 912 Chestnut street, has it. 

Drueding went to Grenloch lake and in a single cast hooked a six­pound bass. The fish was game and gave Drueding a tussle before it was landed. 

912 Chestnut Street

1933 Edward E. Tryon
fishing tackle

Camden Courier-Post
June 16, 1933

912 Chestnut Street

1954
Joseph Drummond & Family
Joseph & Mary Drummond
Viola Drummond Ringo
Josephine Drummond - Karl Drummond Riley Drummond - Terry Drummond
Mary Drummond

Camden Courier-Post
August 15, 1954


912 Chestnut Street

1954
Joseph Drummond & Family
Joseph & Mary Drummond
Viola Drummond Ringo
Josephine Drummond - Karl Drummond Riley Drummond - Terry Drummond
Mary Drummond

Camden Courier-Post
October 30, 1954

James McLaughlin

 

  916-1/2 Chestnut Street

1950 August L. Johnson

917 Chestnut Street

1916 Mary Ann Waters
1916 Lizzie Morris

Philadelphia Inquirer
March 7, 1916

Harry Chambers
Perry Daniels

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918 Chestnut Street

1905
John Brzuskewicz

Philadelphia Inquirer

March 23, 1905

Charles Regan - Albert Dimble

918 Chestnut Street

1933
Lucy Mayo
Camden Courier-Post
August 12, 1933

921 Chestnut Street

1915
Charles White & Family
Charles & Anna White
Charles White - Isaac White
Harrison White - Clarence White
James White - Mary White

Camden Daily Courier
May 21, 1915

William Coleman - Walter Graves
Fifth Ward Colored Republican Club
Sixth Ward Colored Republican Club

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922 Chestnut Street

1900-1903
Joseph Leviton
bottler

  925 Chestnut Street

Seventh Ward Democratic Club
1947

  928-930
Chestnut Street

1891-1902
Joseph Caskey Jr. & Family
Joseph & Theresa Caskey

   

Intersection of South 10th Street & Chestnut Street
Intersection of
South 10th Street & Chestnut Street

Philadelphia Inquirer
May 14, 1899

Northeast Corner of South 10th Street & Chestnut Street - August 10, 2011
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Southeast Corner of South 10th Street & Chestnut Street - August 16, 2011
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1000 Block of Chestnut Street
  1000 Chestnut Street

1947
Carter's Tea Room
Charles B. Carter

1000 Chestnut Street

August 16, 2011

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1001 Chestnut Street

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1001, 1001-1/4, 1001-1/2,
 & 1001-3/4
Chestnut Street

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1001 Chestnut Street

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1001 & 1001-1/4
Chestnut Street

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1001-1/4 Chestnut Street

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1001-1/2 Chestnut Street

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1001-1/2 & 1001-3/4
Chestnut Street

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1001-3/4 Chestnut Street

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  1003 Chestnut Street

1924
2011 Gone

1004-1006
Chestnut Street

1947
Rock of Ages Holiness Church

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1004-1006
Chestnut Street

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  1005 Chestnut Street

1924
2011 Gone

  1007 Chestnut Street

1924
2011 Gone

  1009 Chestnut Street

1890s-1900s
George Henry Stout

1924 Gone

  1010 Chestnut Street

 


Intersection of Chestnut Street & Alder Street
   
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Looking North on Alder Street - August 24, 2011 - Click on Image to Enlarge
   

1000 Block of Chestnut Street
1013 to 1024 Chestnut Street
  1013 Chestnut Street

1924
1962

  1014 Chestnut Street

1924
1962

  1015 Chestnut Street

1924
1962

  1015 Chestnut Street

1900
Joseph Potlaski
saloon

1017 Chestnut Street

1920s-1930s Max Bush
Max & Yetta Bush
grocery

  1017 Chestnut Street

1947 Charles Johnson
1962

  1018 Chestnut Street

1924
1962

1020 Chestnut Street

1924

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1020 Chestnut Street

1924

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1022 Chestnut Street

1924

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  1024 Chestnut Street

1947
Julian Jagielski's Tavern

1024 Chestnut Street

1984-2011
M&C Insurance Agency Inc.

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Return Home 1024 Chestnut Street

1984-2011
M&C Insurance Agency Inc.


Intersection of Chestnut Street & Mt. Ephraim Avenue
   
Southwest Corner of Chestnut Street & Mt. Ephraim Avenue - August 16, 2011
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1100 Block of Chestnut Street
  1112 Chestnut Street
1115 Chestnut Street

1968-1999
Reliable Tire Company

1991 Fire Watch Magazine Ad

1115 Chestnut Street

Abandoned 1999 through 2011

Destroyed by Fire on June 9, 2011

Fire at the "Reliable Tire" building, 1115 Chestnut Street, as seen from Louis Street and Chestnut Street - Photo by Ted Aurig

 

1118 Chestnut Street

1918 Barney Skoli

Philadelphia Inquirer
March 23, 1918

Charles Dieser - Kaighn Avenue
West Jersey Hospital

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1118 Chestnut Street

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1118 & 1120 Chestnut Street

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1120 Chestnut Street

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  1122 Chestnut Street
1135 Chestnut Street

Andrew Masciak
Pauline Masciak
Judge Bernard Bertman
1928

Intersection of Chestnut Street & Orchard Street
Looking East on Chestnut Street
from
Orchard Street

1965

Camden Fire Department
 Ladder Company 1
&
Ladder Company 2

1965

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Photo by Bob Bartosz

1157 Chestnut Street

Damaged by smoke & water
on June 9, 2011
during the Reliable Tire Fire

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1159 Chestnut Street

Photo taken July 29, 2011

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1159 & 1161
Chestnut Street

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1161 Chestnut Street

Damaged by smoke & water
on June 9, 2011
during the Reliable Tire Fire

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1163 Chestnut Street

Photo taken July 29, 2011

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1165 Chestnut Street

Photo taken August 10, 2011

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1165 & 1167
Chestnut Street

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1167 Chestnut Street

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  1169 Chestnut Street

1938 Alice Saduski

 

  1171-1179 Chestnut Street

No Listings in 1924 or 1929 Directories

N.J. Steel Company
1933

1171-1179 Chestnut Street

1947-1960s
Ehrlich-Newmark Trucking
Company, Inc.

1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
Yellow Pages listing

1171-1179 Chestnut Street

1947-1960s
Ehrlich-Newmark Trucking
Company, Inc.

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1173 Chestnut Street

1914-1915
Charles Myers & Family
Charles & Alma Myers
Edith Myers
Charles I. Myers
Alma M. Myers
William H. Myers
Muriel Myers

Philadelphia Inquirer
April 28, 1915

Arthur Stanley

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  1186 Chestnut Street

1917 Paul Szpawlik (Spavlik) & Family
Paul & Zuzy Jarolim Szpawlik (Spavlik)
John Spavlik
Annie Spavlik

  1188 Chestnut Street

Chester “Gassy” Szalinski
1935

1189 Chestnut Street

Seaman First Class
Francis Lawrence Urbaniak

1171-1179 Chestnut Street

1955
Star Junk Dealer
Daniel Fanelle

1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
Yellow Pages Ad

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  1190 Chestnut Street

1835-1940
Chester "Gassy" Szalanski

 

FIRE FIGHTER HURT AS 2-ALARM BLAZE DAMAGES JUNK SHOP

A fireman was injured slightly last night when a two-alarm fire damaged the Penn Junk Shop at 1190 Chestnut street.

Hoseman Adam Meade, 41, of 1446 South Fourth Street, attached to Engine Company No. 3. suffered an injured ankle when a fence fell on it 'while he was fighting the blaze. He was taken to West Jersey Hospital where he was treated and released.

The fire, of undetermined origin, started in the single - story frame building owned by Chester Szalanski and had gained good headway in piles of papers and rags before firemen arrived.

The first alarm was turned in at 10:36 p. m. by Alice Saduski, 16, of 1169 Chestnut street, who ran across the snow - covered street in bare feet to pull the fire alarm box.

When Battalion Chief Charles Errickson arrived he ordered the second alarm turned in. No estimate of the loss could be obtained last night.

1190 Chestnut Street

1938
Penn Junk Shop
Chester "Gassy" Szalanski

Camden Courier-Post
February 12, 1938

 

1191 Chestnut Street

1937
Joshua Hughes & Family
MacAndrews & Forbes
Joshua & Effie Hughes
Ellen Hughes Orchard
Laura Hughes
Isabel Hughes Morgan

Camden Courier-Post
May 8, 1937

  1193 Chestnut Street

1946-1947 7 William Andruszka
meats and groceries
  1195 Chestnut Street

Anton Lukaszewski Saloon
1903
  1195 Chestnut Street

Israel Weitzman
Union Bottling Company

Israel Weitzman
1903-1910s

  1195 Chestnut Street

Boulevard Inn 
 Frank & Wladyslawa Wozniak
1910s-1940s
Walter Wozniak
1940s-1969

Lydia Wozniak
1969-1970s
  1196 Chestnut Street
  1198 Chestnut Street

Israel Weitzman's
Union Bottling Company

Louis Street & Chestnut Street


1200 Block of Chestnut Street
  1200 Chestnut Street
  1201 Chestnut Street

Israel Weitzman
1910s-1920s
Camden County Beer Distributors
1933

  1201-1203
 Chestnut Street

Benjamin Cohen
manufacturing chemist
1947


Intersection of Louis Street and Chestnut Street
Looking South
Along
Louis Street

August 26, 2001


1200 Block of Chestnut Street
1202 Chestnut Street

1924
Continental Coach Company
1929
Sterling Motor Truck Company
1940
Vacant
1947
Reliable Auto Body Company

June 10, 2011

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1207 Chestnut Street

1922

1929
Owl Garage

1930s - late 1970s
Reliable Auto Body Co.

1955 New Jersey Bell
Telephone Directory Yellow Pages Ad

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1207 Chestnut Street

1930s - late 1970s
Reliable Auto Body Co.

1959 Veterans Boxing Association
Ring No. 6 Banquet Program Ad

Camden Courier-Post
May 19, 1964

Banquet Program Ad 1967

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  1209 Chestnut Street
1210 Chestnut Street

1890s-1920s
John Wojtkowiak & Family
John & Hedwig Wojtkowiak
Stanley Wojtkowiak
Pvt. John Wojtkowiak
Casmier Wojtkowiak

MARRIAGE LICENSES
1210 Chestnut Street

1938 Anna Murawska

Camden Courier-Post
February 22, 1938

1210 Chestnut Street

Private Joseph F. Murawski

1920s-1930s

 

1212 Chestnut Street

Pvt. John Wojtkowiak

 

  1212 Chestnut Street

Stanley Wojtkowiak
White Mountain Coal and Ice Company
1918-1934
Stanley's Ice and Coal Company
1934-1930s

Casmier Wojtkowiak
1910s-1920s

  1212 Chestnut Street

Casmier Wojtkowiak
1920-1930s

1212 Chestnut Street

John R. White
1920-1930s

1214-1216 Chestnut Street

June 10, 2011

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1214 Chestnut Street

June 10, 2011

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1215 Chestnut Street

1915 William Light

Philadelphia Inquirer
March 26, 1915

 

1216 Chestnut Street

June 10, 2011

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  1218 Chestnut Street
1220 Chestnut Street

1952 Victoria Dubowski

Camden Courier-Post
April 2, 1952

1222 Chestnut Street

June 10, 2011

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1222-1226 Chestnut Street

June 10, 2011

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1224 Chestnut Street

June 10, 2011

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  1225 Chestnut Street

John & Hedwig Wojtkowiak
Family
1888s-1890s

 

1226 Chestnut Street

John Lenkowski
1920s-1930s

1226 Chestnut Street

June 10, 2011

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1228 Chestnut Street

1914-1916
Stanley Livoch
(aka Stanislaus Liwoh)

Bridgeton Evening News
April 21, 1916

2011 Gone

 

1230 Chestnut Street

1959
13th Ward Little League

1959 Veterans Boxing Association
Ring No. 6 Banquet Program Ad

1230 Chestnut Street

June 10, 2011

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Intersection of Chestnut Street & Diamond Street
 
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1200 Block of Chestnut Street

1238 Chestnut Street

1955-1970
William Glatz & Family
William & Anna Glatz
Nicholas W. Glatz

Camden Courier-Post
November 8, 1958
&
Camden Courier-Post
July 13, 1970

Nicholas W. Glatz & Family
Nicholas & Eleanor Cossabone Glatz
Anastasia Glatz Snow
William Glatz
George Glatz

1240 & 1242
Chestnut Street

1924

Photgraph Taken June 11, 2011

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