Tag: Hurley Store
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Roy R. Stewart
Roy Stewart was Camden Mayor, envisioning the high speed line (now PATCO) across the Delaware Memorial Bridge, the Housing Authority, and Westfield Acres.
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Turner Hall
Turner Hall held a prominent position within the German-American community in Camden and played a multifaceted role in promoting athletic, political, and social activities. Following the unsuccessful 1848 revolution in Germany, a substantial number of German immigrants, including members of the Turners, sought refuge in the United States.
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Baker-Flick Department Store
A landmark in Camden for over 30 years, the Baker-Flick Company store’s origins go back to 1866 when John F. Chew founded what evolved into a dry goods business.
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Camden’s Retailing Problem
The “Buy in Camden” campaign was aimed at keeping in Camden, the great flow of business which goes “shopping.” While this class of buyer may not have found in the Camden stores of ten years ago the great variety of goods which satisfies the varying wants of necessity and luxury, that condition has changed.
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Camden National Bank
Established in 1885, the Camden National Bank opened at 259 Kaighn Avenue on August 13, 1885.
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Hotel Walt Whitman
The Walt Whitman Hotel was a venture championed by the Greater Camden Movement, a coalition of business and civic leaders that began to coalesce shortly before and during World War I.
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Hurley’s Store Brought Luxury to Camden
Camden Courier-Post – April 6, 1999 By Harold T. Nedd The retail stores that gave Broadway in downtown Camden City its luster five decades ago can be found in the pages of the biography of Chuck Doyle’s grandfather. The book on the life of retail magnate William Leonard Hurley depicts a bustling shopping strip near…
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Hartmann Urges Dime Round Trip to Phila. on Span Line
Camden Courier-Post – February 5, 1938 Commissioner Favors Modern Bus Terminal Along With Cut In Fare A 10 cent round trip high-speed line fare between Camden and Eighth and Market streets, Philadelphia, and the establishment of a modern bus terminal in Roosevelt Plaza is favored by Commissioner Frank J. Hartmann. Hartmann said the low fare…
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Merchants Here Join Hands in 3 Day Bargain Festival
Camden merchants will unite during the last three days of this week to give South Jersey merchandise at unusually low prices.
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Stores Will Join In Bargain Period
The Merchants’ Cooperative Association, has announced a three-day co-operative bargain promotion which will be known as Camden’s Co-operation Days.
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Lippincott Widow Sues for $225,000
Camden Courier-Post – October 13, 1931 Haddon Heights Woman Files Action Against Railroad for Mate’s Death Suit for $255,000 was filed in New Jersey Supreme Court yesterday by Mrs. Margaret Lippincott against the Atlantic City Railroad in the death of her husband, Willet Lippincott, of 106 Station Avenue, Haddon Heights, a real estate operator and…
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Hurley Gets Contract for Police Uniforms
Contract for new police uniforms was awarded yesterday to the Hurley store by the city commission, which heretofore had contracted with a Philadelphia firm.