Category: Historical Accounts
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Camden NJ’s ‘Ghost Sniper’
Reminiscent of the Washington DC Sniper attacks, Camden had its own in the late 1920’s which was quite the mystery of its time. There are dozens of articles about it, and the sniper had 48 “victims.”
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The Benjamin Cooper House – Supplemental Data
History – Built 1734 by Benjamin Cooper; Present Owner, The Mathis Shipbuilding Company
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The Benjamin Cooper House – Historic American Buildings Survey
The Benjamin Cooper House Point and Erie Streets Camden, Camden County, Hew Jersey
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A Brief History of the Camden Home for Children & SPCC
THE CAMDEN HOME FOR CHILDREN is an institution located on Haddon Avenue, above Mount Vernon, the object and design of which is to afford a home, food, clothing and schooling for destitute friendless children, and, at a suitable age, to place them with respectable families to learn some useful trade or occupation. The home was…
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Vintage Photos of the Central Camden Waterfront
In the beginning Camden was just settlement of a few farms and a couple ferries to and from Philadelphia run by the Cooper Family.
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Mother’s Day Origins
What is always left out the historical accounts is the vital role which Camden played in the origin of the Mother’s Day campaign which Miss Jarvis initiated.
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The Clocks Atop City Hall
The first clocks appeared above City Hall in 1876. Camden’s new City Hall opened early that year, although the clock was not yet in place. The first town clock in the tower of the City Hall was placed in position in May of 1876. It cost $3,575, and rang out the hours for the first…
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Walkathon at Central Airport
Walkathons and Dance Marathons became popular during the Depression years. Promoter W.E. Tebbets set up many of these events all over the country, bringing his own bands and entertainers along to the event. After a successful walkathon at Atlantic City in 1932, Tebbets arranged for a similar contest to be held in the Camden area…