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COOPER STREET is one of the oldest streets in Camden, and is named after the Cooper family. William Cooper was one of the first settlers in this part of New Jersey. Camden was known as Cooper's Ferries for many years prior to the city being incorporated in 1828. The curb line of Cooper Street, from Front Street to the tracks of the Camden & Atlantic Railroad Company, were moved twelve feet towards the center, and the street paved with Belgian blocks in 1881. In 1927 the curb lines were moved back twelve feet from 4th Street to 9th Street. This improvement was completed in September of 1927. Cooper Street runs from the waterfront east to 9th Street, with a short block of homes and business still standing above 11th Street. Prior to the construction of Interstate Route I-676, Cooper Street ran all the way to 12th Street. Cooper Street was for many years one of the most prestigious addresses in Camden, and many homes of historic significance, due to both the residents and the architects of said homes, were and still are on Cooper Street. The "beginning of the end" for Cooper Street came in the early 1920s, when three mansions were torn down to make room for the Walt Whitman Hotel. On June 30, 1940 all the homes on the south side of the 900 block were destroyed when the R.M. Hollingshead chemical factory, which occupied most of the block, fronting on 9th and on Market Streets, exploded and burned to the ground. Little known outside of East Camden is the "other" Cooper Street, which runs between North 19th and East State Street. This short street only has one single family home and a block of 13 row homes. |
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Do you have an Cooper Street memory or picture. Let me know by e-mail so it can be included here. |
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Journalist Will Paul wrote an article around 1940 about growing up on Cooper Street in the 1880s. Be sure to read his Memories of Old Cooper Street. |
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Tom Agin and his sister Harriet Lynne Agin Stuhltrager have shared some East Camden Cooper Street memories and photos with me. Click here for a few notes about the "other" Cooper Street. |
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Cooper Street
The Esterbrook Pen Company The
Esterbrook Pens Co. plant stood at Cooper Street and Delaware Avenue in
Camden for several decades. Founded in 1858 in Camden by Richard
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Cooper Street
The Esterbrook Pen Company When Esterbrook Pen left Camden, the old plant was acquired by RCA. Known as RCA Building 16, it was demolished in January of 1971. |
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Cooper
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Thomas
W. McCowan |
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Cooper
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Rev.
William H. Burrell |
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1925
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100
Block of Cooper
Street
The Cooper Mansion was purchased by the City of Camden in December of 1898, and became the city's first public par. The three-story building on the property became the first home of Camden Free Public Library. In the 1910s the old mansion was razed to make room for the Johnson Library and Johnson Park Philadelphia Inquirer Click on Image to Enlarge |
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Cooper
Street Looking Northeast from Front and Cooper 1907 Click on Image to Enlarge The Cooper Mansion, in 1907 the home of Camden Free Public Library |
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Cooper
Street
Johnson
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Cooper
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1926 Peter Pan Pagent Click on Image to Enlarge The Johnson Library and park were donated to the City of Camden by Eldridge Johnson, founder and CEO of the Victor Talking Machine Company. Built between 1914 and 1930, and first opened in 1918. |
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Cooper
Street Looking Northeast from Front and Cooper April 2005 Photo by Craig Campbell Click on Image to Enlarge |
| 106 Cooper Street 1880-1890s |
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| 122 Cooper Street Dr. Samuel Harris |
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126 Cooper Street
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126 Cooper Street 1878-1882 |
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134 Cooper Street |
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120-124,
126, 128, 130 & 134 Cooper Street Click on Images to Enlarge |
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100-134 Cooper Street Victor Talking Machine
Company Factory Click on Images to Enlarge |
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Northwest
Corner of Front & Cooper Street Victor Talking Machine
Company Offices |
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Cooper
Street Looking East from N 2nd Street 1st house on right:
210 Cooper Click on Images to Enlarge |
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200-230 Cooper Street February 7, 2004 |
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200 Cooper Street The Edward Sharp House Click on Images to Enlarge |
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200 Cooper Street The Edward Sharp House Click on Images to Enlarge |
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200 Cooper Street The Edward Sharp House Click on Images to Enlarge |
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200 Cooper Street The Edward Sharp House Click on Images to Enlarge |
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200 Cooper Street The Edward Sharp House Click on Images to Enlarge |
AUTOIST HELD IN CRASH AS LICENSELESS DRIVER Charged with driving without a license, Arthur Benjamin, 28, of 430 Liberty Street, was held in $10 security for a police court hearing following a collision at Twenty-third and High Streets shortly after noon yesterday, One man was cut on the head and legs. Policeman James Banks made the arrest after Benjamin's car struck and overturned the machine of C.R. Finney, 62, of 201 Cooper Street. Finney was treated by Dr. A. Lincoln Sherk. Benjamin was ordered to appear before Judge Garfield Pancoast June 29. |
201 Cooper Street 1933 C.R. Finney Camden Courier-Post |
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1933 Turin Grotto |
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& 206 Cooper Street February 7, 2004 Click on Image to Enlarge RIGHT: 204 Cooper Street was the home of the College of South Jersey Law School in 1947, the predecessor to Rutgers Law School LEFT: Henry S. Ford lived at 206 Cooper Street in the 1930s and 1940s |
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204
Cooper Street
1891-1941 |
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204
Cooper Street
1891-1941 Camden Courier-Post |
| 205 Cooper Street Richard
Pancoast |
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| 206
Cooper Street
1930s-1940s |
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| 207 Cooper Street |
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| 209 Cooper Street Womans
Club of Camden |
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210 Cooper Street February 7, 2004 Charlotte
C. French Click on Image to Enlarge
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210 Cooper Street Charlotte
C. French Click on Image to Enlarge |
| 212 Cooper Street |
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214 Cooper Street 1900s-1910s |
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| 214 Cooper Street George
W. Jessup |
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215 Cooper Street |
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218 Cooper Street 1869 First Chief |
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220 Cooper Street Samuel Smith |
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218-222 Cooper Street The Chalcar Apartments 1925 Byron
Edwards
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Alfred
Green Click on Image to Enlarge
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218-222 Cooper Street The Chalcar Apartments Edward
A. "Dick" Malan Click on Image to Enlarge |
| 218-222 Cooper Street The Chalcar Apartments 1955 1955 New Jersey Bell
Telephone |
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218-222 Cooper Street The Chalcar Apartments February 7, 2004 Click on Image to Enlarge |
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| 223 Cooper Street |
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228 Cooper Street 1869-1874 |
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1869-1877 |
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228
Cooper Street
Photo taken February 7, 2004 1877-1888 Click on Image to Enlarge 1905-1931 Richard
Rilatt & Family |
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| 230 Cooper Street |
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Cooper Street
1878-1903 Martha Goldy Anderson died in 1880. Abraham Anderson married Eliza Burr in 1890. 1890-1903 |
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232
Cooper Street
1890-1903 Philadelphia Inquirer Jonathan Burr - First
Baptist Church |
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232
Cooper Street
1905-1910 Philadelphia Inquirer |
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232
Cooper Street
The
Helene Apartments Southwest Corner The Helene Apartments, built by Patrick Farley and named after his daughter, first appear in Camden City Directories in 1913. |
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Cooper Street
1910s-1920s |
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Cooper Street
1910s-1920s |
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| The
Helene Apartments at 125 North 3rd Street & 232 Cooper Street Southwest Corner of North 3rd & Cooper Streets |
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| 301 Block of Cooper Street | |
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300-302 Cooper Street February 7, 2004 House on left:
302 Cooper |
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Cooper Street
Dr.
William A. Davis |
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300
Cooper Street
1910 Josiah MIddleton
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on Image to Enlarge |
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Cooper Street
1935 Edward Clark |
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302-300 House on left:
302 Cooper |
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302
Cooper Street
1910 James F. Davis
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302 to
312 Photo
Courtesy |
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303 Cooper Street February 7, 2004 Dr. Max Ruttenberg Click on Images to Enlarge
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| ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Dr. and Mrs. Max Ruttenberg, of 303 Cooper Street, have announced the engagement of Mrs. Ruttenberg's sister, Miss Harriet Blieden, daughter of the late Rabbi and Mrs. Ben jamin Blieden, of Philadelphia, to Max Kahener, of Philadelphia. Miss Blieden is a graduate of South Philadelphia High School for Girls and following attended Temple University. She is vice president of the South Philadelphia Hadassah. Mr. Kahener is a graduate of the Philadelphia Normal School, the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and the law school of Dickinson College. |
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305 Cooper Street Dr.
H. Genet Taylor February 7, 2004 |
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305 Cooper Street The Home of February 7, 2004 Click on Images to Enlarge
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1910-1930s Philadelphia Inquirer |
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306
Cooper Street
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311 Cooper Street The Completed and opened
for business Property developed and building erected by Segwyn Realty, Inc.- Dr. Meyer Segal, Meyer Wessel, Hyman Bloom This building was known as Cooper Plaza Apartments in 1947. |
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311 Cooper Street The Camden Courier-Post
Newspaper Advertisement |
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300-312 Cooper Street February 7, 2004 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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312 Cooper Street Camden
Republican Club |
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312 Cooper Street Headquarters of the February 7, 2004 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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| 315 Cooper Street |
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318
Cooper Street
1910 Joseph S. Jenkins 1914-1950s Photograph published in 1915 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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319 Cooper Street Furnished Rooms Camden Courier-Post |
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Miss Edna Margaretta Brice, daughter of Mrs. Richard A. Brice, of 321 Cooper Street, and Carlos Faber Noyes, of New York, were married Saturday night by Rev. J.B. Haines, pastor of the Centenary M.E. Church. |
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Cooper Street
1915 Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Cooper Street
1910 Ella Elizabeth Glenn |
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323 Cooper Street Francis
D. Weaver |
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323, 325 & 329 Cooper Street |
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| 325 Cooper Street The Home and Office of Dr. Lettie Allen Ward |
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326 Cooper Street February 7, 2004 Dr.
Daniel Strock April 2004- Click on Images to Enlarge Razed in 2011 |
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327 Cooper Street
Francis
Ford Patterson Jr. |
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327
& 329 Cooper Street |
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323
to 329 Cooper Street |
| 328 Cooper Street |
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| 329 Cooper Street
1955 1955 New Jersey Bell
Telephone |
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| 330 Cooper Street
Dr. William H. Ireland
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400 Cooper Street Judge Mitchell H.
Cohen Click on Images to Enlarge |
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to 429 Cooper Street February 7, 2004 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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403
& 405 Cooper Street October 31, 2005 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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Cooper Street
1880s Wilbur F. Rose |
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GEORGE W. JOHNS JOHNS—On February 11, 1938, George W. husband of Joanna Johns, age 74 years.
Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral services Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the funeral home of Charles W. Hiskey, 423 Cooper St., Camden, N. J. Interment private at Harleigh Cemetery. Friends may call Sunday evening, 7 to 9 o'clock. |
403
Cooper Street
1938 George W. Johns Camden Courier-Psot |
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405 Cooper Street |
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406 Cooper Street Dr. A. Haines
Lippincott Jr.
Photograph taken in
1978 |
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407
Cooper Street
1916 Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 408 Cooper Street 1929-1933 Sarah Dollar |
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408 Cooper Street 1931-1990s Camden Courier-Post
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408 Cooper Street 1931-1990s 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
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408 Cooper Street 1931-1990s Camden Courier-Post
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408 Cooper Street Charles
T. Murray The funeral home used both 410 (at left) and 408 Cooper Street for business purposes. The photo was taken in 1978. In the 1990s, these buildings were razed to make way for the Judge Mitchell Cohen Federal Courthouse. Click on Images to Enlarge |
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407
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411 Cooper Street October 31, 2005 Mrs. Bertha Kephart Click on Images to Enlarge
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412-414 Cooper Street Camden
Motorcycle Police |
| 412-414 Cooper Street Camden Medical Arts
Building |
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412-414 Cooper Street 1970s |
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413 Cooper Street October 31, 2005 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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413 Cooper Street 1955 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
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413 Cooper Street 1955 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
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413
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415
Cooper Street
1938 Camden Courier-Post Click on Inage
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415 Cooper Street Family Dental Association |
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415 Cooper Street Family Dental Association Arthur
Truscott |
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415,
417 & 419 Cooper Street October 31, 2005 Click on Images to Enlarge |
| 417 Cooper Street 1964 Richard C. Hardenbergh Camden Courier-Post |
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417 Cooper Street October 31, 2005 Dr.
Henry H. Davis Click on Images to Enlarge |
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419 Cooper Street October 31, 2005 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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419 Cooper
Street 1955 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
| 420
Cooper Street
Wilfred
W. Fry Playground |
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421 Cooper Street October 31, 2005 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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421
Cooper Street
1938 Camden Courier-Post |
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Cooper Street
1938 |
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425
& 427 Cooper Street October 31, 2005 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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425,
427 & 429 Cooper Street October 31, 2005 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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425,
427 & 429 Cooper Street October 31, 2005 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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Architect's Drawing House
for Mr. James S. White Made
for King Architects Philadelphia PA |
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427
& 429 Cooper Street April 2003 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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427 Cooper Street April 2003 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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429 Cooper Street 1894 Philadelphia Inquirer Click on Image for PDF
File |
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429 Cooper Street Joseph J. Read October 31, 2005 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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429 Cooper Street Camden Courier-Post January 8, 1938 |
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430
Cooper Street
Centenary also known as as seen from Northwest
Corner February 7, 2004 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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430 Cooper Street
Centenary as seen from Northeast
Corner |
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430 Cooper Street
Centenary as seen from Northeast
Corner |
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501
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505 Cooper Street April 17, 2004 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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501
Cooper Street
James
M. O'Neil |
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Cooper Street
Charles
Cox |
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505
Cooper Street
1922 Philadelphia Inquirer Rev. D.H. Schick - Rev. N.V. Sargent |
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509 Cooper Street 1927 Known as the Remington & Vosbury Building when erected, the building at 509 Cooper Street was designed by prominent local architect Joseph N. Hettel Sr. |
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509 Cooper Street
1955 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
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505,
509 &
511 Cooper Street April 17, 2004. Click on Images to Enlarge
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511 Cooper Street April 17, 2004 Click on Images to Enlarge Home 1900s-1910s
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"A TIP O' THE HELMET TO" ……… Fr. Chuck Mayo of Ladder Co. 1, for his alertness and quick action in the prevention of serious injury and probable death to a brother member, while operating at 2nd Alarm-Box #1222, transmitted at 0348 hours on 2 January, 1977 for a fire located at 513 Cooper Street. Severely low temperatures and heavy icing conditions made roof level operations extremely hazardous. While working at roof level, atop the three-story fire building, another member slipped on an ice coated peaked roof above Chuck's position, and began his downward slide toward, and inevitably over the edge. Fr. Mayo's quick reflexes in grabbing the brother resulted in only a close call instead of a tragedy. A job well done. |
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514 City Hall in
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| 515 Cooper Street
Dr. Paul
Markley |
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516
Cooper Street
1917-1918 Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 517 Cooper Street 1900s-1910s Dr. Byron
Fortiner |
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| 518 Cooper Street |
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519 Cooper Street 1928 Mary Jane Lovett |
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520-522 Cooper Street April 17, 2004 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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520-522
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524 Cooper Street April 17, 2004 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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520 Cooper Street
1955 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
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521 Cooper Street
1904 David M. Chambers Philadelphia Inquirer |
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521 Cooper Street
1938 Camden Courier-Post Harry A. Louderback |
| 521 Cooper Street
Tommy
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521 Cooper Street
1955 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
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522 Cooper Street
Dr.
G. Russell Atkinson |
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523 Cooper Street
1955 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
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524 Cooper Street |
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525
Cooper Street
1897 Philadelphia Inquirer |
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532
Cooper Street
1899 Philadelphia Inquirer
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| 525
Cooper Street
Charles
S. Boyer |
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525 Cooper Street Madeline Palma |
| 525 Cooper Street Howard R. Yocum |
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525 Cooper Street Frank
F. Neutze Sr. |
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526
Cooper Street
1922 Philadelphia Inquirer |
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524 & 530 Cooper Street April 17, 2004 Click on Images to Enlarge |
| 527 Cooper Street
Judge Frank T. Lloyd |
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528-530-532 Cooper Street Philadelphia Inquirer William H. Day |
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530
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530
Cooper Street
1955 1955
New Jersey Bell Telephone |
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532
Cooper Street
1883 Mrs. Mary Hugg Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Cooper Street
1910s-1920s |
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532
Cooper Street
1955 1955 New Jersey bell
Telephone Click on Images to Enlarge |
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Cooper Street
1955 1955 1955
New Jersey Bell Telephone |
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532 Cooper Street April 17, 2004 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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534 Cooper Street 1928-1930s Edwin Field Crane |
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534
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500 Cooper Street 500 Block in background February 7, 2004 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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Burned from head to foot on Thursday at the home of Victor L. Cavanna, 537 Cooper Street, where she was employed as a servant, Mrs. Margaret Winner, 52 years old, died yesterday at Cooper Hospital. A live coal dropped on the woman's dress while she was raking the fire. A sister, Mrs. Mary Garwood, of Ocean City, has claimed the body. |
537
Cooper Street
1912 Philadelphia Inquirer Mrs. Margaret Winner |
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538,
540, & 542 Cooper Street John Cheney House |
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538 Cooper Street Melbourne
F. Middleton Jr. |
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538 Cooper Street Pohle's Restaurant Click on Images to Enlarge |
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538 Cooper Street Pohle's Restaurant |
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540 Cooper Street Markeim-Chalmers, Inc. Camden Courier-Post |
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541
Cooper Street
1941 Joseph Valentine Camden County
Republican Association |
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| 542 Cooper Street |
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| 543 Cooper Street |
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544
Cooper Street
1955 1955 New Jersey bell
Telephone Click on Images to Enlarge |
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Looking
West from North 6th Street 1892 Click on Images to Enlarge |
| 538, 540, and 542 Cooper Street The Cheney Houses, designed by architect Arthur Truscott |
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600 Block of Cooper Street Looking West from 626 Cooper Street - About 1907 |
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Left side of street: The building with the conical roof is 538 Cooper Street. The building at far left is 604 Cooper Street. Also visible is 544, 542, 540, 538, 534, and 532 Cooper. Right: The first building at far right is 605 Cooper Street |
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601 Cooper Street Meisel Tire Company Camden
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601
Cooper Street
1955 1955 New Jersey Bell
Telephone |
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603
Cooper Street
1955 1955 New Jersey Bell
Telephone Click on Images to Enlarge |
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605 Cooper Street The Click on Images to Enlarge |
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605 1880s-1900s Philadelphia Inquirer Click on Image for PDF
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608 Cooper Street December 2002 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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608 Cooper Street December 2002 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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611 Cooper Street George Genge Browning The roof of this building is visible behind the trees, between 605 Cooper and the Hotel Walt Whitman |
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612
Cooper Street
1910-1916 Philadelphia Inquirer |
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Prior to the early 1920s Broadway stopped at Market Street, and Cooper Street was uninterupted between North 6th and North 7th Streets. 617 Cooper Street was acquired by the Community Hotel Corporation and then sold to the City of Camden so the North Broadway could be completed through to the bridge plaza. Construction of the Hotel Walt Whitman, the First Camden National Bank & Trust Building, the Wilson Building soon followed. The Terminal Block on the northwest corner came later, after World War II. |
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The Wilson Building Broadway & Cooper Street April 17, 2004 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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The
Wilson Building
Broadway 2003 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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Weitzman
Liquors in The Wilson Building, & 622 Cooper Street 2003 Click on Images to Enlarge |
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617
Cooper Street
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| 618 Cooper Street Malcolm MacDonald |
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| 618
Cooper Street
1900s-1920s Belford G. Royal |
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622
Cooper Street
1955 1955 New Jersey Bell
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625
Cooper Street
1955 1955 New Jersey Bell
Telephone |
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626
Cooper Street
Cyrus
H.K. Curtis |
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626 Cooper Street 1890-1895 Philadelphia Inquirer Click on Image for PDF
File |
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626 Cooper Street 1896-1901 Postcard |
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627 Cooper Street Click on Images to Enlarge |
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627
& 633 Cooper Street 627 Cooper, designed
by Arthur
Truscott, |
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627
& 633 Cooper Street
Howard M. Cooper |
| 631 Cooper Street 1955 |
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634-640 Cooper Street 1955 1955
New Jersey Bell Telephone Click on Image to Enlarge |
| 638 Cooper Street George K. Johnson |
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639 Cooper Street Benjamin C. Reeve Click on Images to Enlarge |
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639 Cooper Street Camden
Lodge 293 |
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639 Cooper Street Camden
Lodge 293 The LEAP Academy
2002-2006 |
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639 Cooper Street Camden
Lodge 293 |
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639 Cooper Street Camden
Lodge 293 |
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| Left:
The Hotel Walt Whitman - 1933 Right: The Hotel Walt Whitman - 1950s Elks Home, now The LEAP Academy, at far right |
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Northeast Corner Camden
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| 700 Block of Cooper Street | |
| 700 Cooper Street Benjamin Starr |
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| 701 Cooper Street Gerard R. Vogels 1870s-1888 |
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| 702 Cooper Street |
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| 703 Cooper Street Benjamin C. Reeve 1870s-1880s |
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708,
702 & 700 Cooper Street and the intersection of North 7th Street & Cooper Street This photograph was
taken before 1926, shown by the fact that the Wilson
Building 708 Cooper Street
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708 Cooper Street |
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Cooper Street
Samuel H. Grey |
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711
Cooper Street
1910 |
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712 Cooper Street Furnished Rooms Camden Courier-Post |
| 714 Cooper Street | |
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Cooper Street
John Cooper
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715
Cooper Street
1920s-1960s |
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715
Cooper Street
1920s-1960s 1955 New Jersey Bell
Telephone |
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715
Cooper Street
1920s-1960s Camden Courier-Post Ad |
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715,
717, 719 & 721 Cooper Street July 1965 |
| 717 Cooper Street Frank B. Middleton |
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| No Houses in 700 Block after 717 before 1880 census | |
| 719 Cooper Street Alexander Boardman |
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| 721 Cooper Street George Genge Browning |
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721 Cooper Street July 7, 1965 |
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726
Cooper Street 726 is the building at far right 1887-1889 1955 Photo from the 1970s Click on Image to Enlarge |
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Radio Repairing |
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Cooper Street
1938-1941 Camden Courier-Post |
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726
Cooper Street
1938-1941 Camden Courier-Post |
| 728 Cooper Street John
F. Harned
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728 Cooper Street 726 is the building at center and left Photo from the 1970s Click on Image to Enlarge |
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728 Cooper Street Photo from the 1970s Click on Image to Enlarge |
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| Cooper
Street, looking west from 8th Street Postcard mailed October 10, 1906 The house on left is 804 Cooper Street |
| 800 Block of Cooper Street | |
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804 Cooper Street This home, at left, was built by real estate developer and builder Edward N. Cohn. Photo from 1893. David Baird Sr. had acquired the house by 1900, and lived there until his death. David Baird Jr. lived there until October of 1936. |
| 805 Cooper Street 1910s-1920s |
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MAN JAILED 3 MONTHS IN THEFT OF WATCH Charged, with the larceny of a watch belonging to Albert L. Hawkins, of Collingswood; John H. Evans, 64, of 2117 Sherman Avenue, was sentenced to three months in jail Saturday by Police Judge Garfield Pancoast. Hawkins, who is a painter, said he was at work Thursday on the second floor of a vacant house at 805 Cooper Street, when he saw a man come in and take the watch from his trousers, which he had left downstairs. Hawkins recognized Evans' picture in the rogues gallery and police arrested the man. Detective Clifford Carr testified Evans has been arrested a number of times on larceny charges. |
805 Cooper Street Camden Courier-Post |
| Addresses below reported in the 1947 City Directory | |
| 801
Cooper Street
Dr. Joel B. Cunningham |
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| 805
Cooper Street
Dr. David L. Andrus |
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807
Cooper Street
1912-1943 Philadelphia Inquirer |
| 807
Cooper Street
1943-1947 |
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811
Cooper Street
1955 1955 New Jersey Bell
Telephone e |
| 814 Cooper Street Esso Servicemaster |
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817 Cooper Street 1955 1955 New Jersey Bell
Telephone |
| 817 Cooper Street Electrolux Vacuum Cleaners |
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| 819 Cooper Street Harry A. Louderbach |
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| 821 Cooper Street Mrs. Edna Knehr |
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| Addresses below built after 1891, reported in the 1930 Census | |
| 805 Cooper Street | |
| 807 Cooper Street | |
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811
Cooper Street
1955 1955 New Jersey Bell
Telephone |
| 811 Cooper Street | |
| 813 Cooper Street | |
| 815 Cooper Street | |
| 817 Cooper Street | |
| 819 Cooper Street | |
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810
Cooper Street
1910 |
| 821 Cooper Street | |
| 823 Cooper Street | |
| 825 Cooper Street | |
| 827 Cooper Street | |
| 829 Cooper Street | |
| 831 Cooper Street | |
| 833 Cooper Street | |
| 835 Cooper Street | |
| Addresses below reported in the 1947 City Directory | |
| 840
Cooper Street
1920s-1955 |
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| 900
Block of Cooper Street Built by 1887 Click on Images to enlarge |
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900
Cooper Street
All the even-numbered homes in the 900 block of Cooper Street were destroyed on July 30, 1940 when the R.M. Hollingshead factory was destroyed by an explosion and fire on July 30, 1940. |
| 901
Cooper Street
Dr.
William Moslander |
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| 902
Cooper Street
Murray L. Serotikin |
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907
Cooper Street
1932 Camden
Courier-Post |
| 909
Cooper Street
George
W. Whyte |
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| 910
Cooper Street
1940 |
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914
Cooper Street 1940 John
"Pete" Brecker Picture taken in the aftermath of the Hollingshead fire. Camden Police Detectives Vernon Jones (Left) and George Weber (center) return jewelry and cash recovered from home to Miss Simon, sister of Mrs. Brecker. |
| 916
Cooper Street
1940 Mrs. Sue K. Devenny |
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1955-1957 1955 New Jersey Bell
Telephone
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921
Cooper Street
Joseph
E. Nowrey Sr. |
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Mrs. Chester D. VanDuyn, of 924 Cooper Street, is spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lane, of this city, at their cottage in Pitman. Mrs. VanDuyn's daughter, Miss Catharine S. VanDuyn, is spending this weekend in Washington, D. C . |
924
Cooper Street
1930 Mrs. Chester D. Van Duyn Camden Courier-Post |
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WILLIAM DICKINSON William Dickinson, 68, of 931 Cooper Street died today in Cooper Hospital. A lifelong resident of Camden, he had operated a garage and automobile repair business for the past 50 years. Surviving are his wife, Lena H.; two daughters, Mrs. Elizabeth Heller, of Clementon; Miss Mary Dickinson, of Camden; a sister, Miss Marie Dickinson, of Philadelphia, and two grandchildren. Services will be held at 11 a. m. Saturday in the Murray Funeral Home, 408 Cooper Street. Burial will be in Harleigh Cemetery. There will be no viewing. |
931
Cooper Street
1924-1958 William Dickinson William & Mgdalene Dickinson Camden Courier-Post
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931
Cooper Street
1932 Elizabeth "Betty" Dickinson Camden Courier-Post
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| Students Return To Spend Summer Vacation Home
Leon F. Rittenhouse of 1557 Bradley Avenue, is leaving today for California, where he will continue his study of medicine. Mr. Rittenhouse was a graduate from Washington Missionary College, in the national capital on Monday. Two of the Wilfred W. Frys' children were graduated at schools in New York and Massachusetts, this past weekend and today. Tonight Miss Eleanor Fry will be graduated from the Emma Willard School at Troy, New York Last week Wilfred W. Fry, II, was graduated from Mt. Hermon School, Mt. Hermon, Massachusetts. Henry J. Bowes Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. Bowes of Merchantville, spent last week in Annapolis, Maryland, where he took entrance examinations for the United States Naval Academy. He was graduated last week from Valley Forge Military Academy, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Miss Helen Pratt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Byron Pratt of 213 North Fourth Street, has returned from Bucknell University for the Summer. Miss Eleanor Holman of 108 North Fourth Street and Miss Betty Dickinson of 931 Cooper Street, have returned to their respective homes for the Summer. They are attending Syracuse University. Miss Frances Snyder of 331 North Forty-first street, was graduated at Syracuse this month. |
931
Cooper Street
1933 Elizabeth "Betty" Dickinson Camden Courier-Post |
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Dickinson, Leighton Heller In Engagement
Mr. and Mrs. William Dickinson, of 931 Cooper Street, announce the engagement of their daughter, Miss M. Elizabeth Dickinson, to Mr. Leighton J. Heller, son of Mr. and Mrs. James L. Heller, of 50 Fulton Avenue, Clementon. Miss Dickinson was graduated from Syracuse University and is a member of Alpha Gamma Delta sorority. She was formerly a member of the faculty at Camden High School. Mr. Heller is a graduate of Dickinson College and Law School and is a member of Phi Kappa Psi fraternity. He recently received an honorable discharge from the U. S. Army after serving for two and one-half years in India. |
931
Cooper Street
1945 Betty Dickinson Camden Courier-Post |
| 932
Cooper Street 1933 Alfred Shaefer |
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933
Cooper Street
1910 |
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HARRY A. WILLE Funeral services will be held at 11 a. m. Monday for Harry A. Wille, 55, of 933 Cooper Street, who died yesterday after a short illness. Burial will be in Harleigh Cemetery. Mr. Wille, who was born here, was employed in the upholstery department of the J. B. Van Sciver Co.. He is survived by his widow, Ida, and a son, Henry C. Wille, 3rd, of Camden.. |
933
Cooper Street
1920s-1933 Harry Wille Camden Courier-Post |
| 934
Cooper Street
J.
Willard Morgan
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MICHAEL BENSON The funeral of Michael Benson, 52, of' 939 Cooper Street, who died Tuesday, will be held at 8 a. m. Saturday, at 2850 Federal street. Mass will be held at 9 a. m., at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery. Mr. Benson is survived by a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Sidell, with whom, he lived, and a brother. He was a son of the late Joseph and Elizabeth Benson.. |
939
Cooper Street
1933 Michael Benson Camden Courier-Post |
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940
Cooper Street
1918-1923 Philadelphia Inquirier George W. Swope |
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941
Cooper Street
1955 1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone |
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| 943
Cooper Street
Bethany
Methodist Episcopal
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| 1000
Block of Cooper Street Built by 1887 |
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1014 Cooper Street Furnished Rooms Camden Courier-Post |
| 1016 Cooper Street Technical
Sergeant |
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Mrs. Thomas P. McConaghy, of Tenth and Cooper Streets, this city, is registered at Chalfonte-Haddon Hall, Atlantic City. |
1017 Cooper Street Dr. Thomas P.
McConaghy Camden Courier-Post |
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1027
Cooper Street
1918 Philadelphia Inquirer Click on Image for Enlarged View & Complete Article |
| 1027 Cooper Street | |
| 1028
Cooper Street 1903-1904 Louis DeLisle & Family New York Times |
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| 1029 Cooper Street 1903-1904 Edward Rice |
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1030
Cooper Street
1906 Philadelphia
Inquirer |
| 1033 Cooper Street George
M. Beringer Jr. |
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1035 Cooper Street 1933 Norfleet Saunders Camden Courier-Post |
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1045 Cooper Street Charles
J. Ball |
| 1046 Cooper Street Edmund
Tydeman Family |
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1046 Cooper Street Furnished Rooms Camden Courier-Post |
| 1046 Cooper Street 1947 |
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My Father, Harry Molotsky, had a grocery store called Harry's Red Front Market at 1048 Cooper Street. I am not sure what year he purchased the property, but it was in the 1940s. I was born in 1945 and my brother, Allan, in 1948. We lived behind the store until 1951 when we moved to East Camden at 420 South 30th Street. My father kept the business until the early 1960's when he had cataract surgery and the state took the property. Dad then worked for Two Guys in the deli department for many years before retiring. It was nice that he had normal working hours. My parents started taking vacations which they had not been able to do before. My father had a young man delivering groceries by bicycle. He let people buy groceries on credit. We never had to go grocery shopping as he always took home necessities and treats from the store. Since we kept kosher, we had to get our meat from the kosher butcher even though my father sold meat. He always had a butcher whose name was Warren Peaches. His son taught me how to drive. Father's parents had a grocery store at 6th and Elm Street. My aunt and uncle, Sam and Esther, had a grocery at 9th and Pearl if I remember correctly. A cousin of my dad, Abe Molotsky had a dry goods store, but I can't remember the location (442-444 North 8th Street- PMC). Lois Cohen, October 2007 |
1048 Cooper Street Harry's Red
Front Market |
| 1100
Block of Cooper Street - 1906 Sanborn Map Click on Images to Enlarge |
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| 1100 to 1169 Cooper Street |
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| 1122 to 1169 Cooper Street |
| 1100
Block of Cooper Street Built by 1887 |
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1108
Cooper Street
1922 Philadelphia Inquirer |
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1117 Cooper Street Private
Anthony J. Flemming |
| 1124
Cooper Street
1929 Felisher &
Rosa Beasley |
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1124
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1124
Cooper Street
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1126 Cooper Street 1947-1957 Robert Booker Camden Courier-Post |
| 1127 Cooper Street John
Sylvester Kellum |
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| 1127 Cooper Street George
R. Serfling Sr. |
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| 1140 Cooper Street George
R. Serfling Sr. |
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1143 Cooper Street Wilson's Daily Express New
Jersey Bell Telephone Directory |
| 1143 Cooper Street 1947 No Listing |
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| 1144 Cooper Street Clinton
Gilchrist |
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1144 Cooper Street 1961 |
| 1145 Cooper Street Ray
R. Adams |
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1152
Cooper Street
1899 Howard Snyder Philadelphia
Inquirer Click on Image to Enlarge |
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'NUMBERS' SUSPECT FREED IN $100 BAIL Suspected by the police of being a "numbers' writer, Clinton Gilchrist, 25, colored, of 1153 Cooper Street, was held in $100 bail by Acting Police Judge James Smith yesterday for a further hearing next Tuesday. Gilchrist who is charged with operating a "numbers" lottery was arrested Thursday in an automobile at Eleventh and Cooper streets by Detective Lieutenant Louis Shaw and Detective Clarence Arthur. In Gilchrist's possession, the detectives say they found some "numbers" slips and "loose coins." |
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1161
Cooper Street 1910s-1930s |
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Cooper Street 1870s-1906 |
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1163
Cooper Street
1955 1955 New Jersey Bell
Telephone |
| 1169
Cooper Street Edward
Richards |
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1171
Cooper Street
1947-1955 1955 New Jersey Bell
Telephone |
| 1900
Block of Cooper Street Built by 1887 |
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| 1987 Cooper Street Razed by April 1930 |
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| 1989 Cooper Street Razed by April 1930 |
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| 1991 Cooper Street Razed by April 1930 |
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| 1993 Cooper Street Razed by April 1930 |
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| 1995 Cooper Street Razed by April 1930 |
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| 1997 Cooper Street Razed by April 1930 |
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| 1999 Cooper Street 1910s-1920s W.W. Ross |
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1999 Cooper Street 1955-1990s 1955 New Jersey Bell
Telephone |
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1999 Cooper Street 1955-1990s 1955 New Jersey Bell
Telephone Click on Image to Enlarge |
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1999 Cooper Street 1955-1990s 1955 New Jersey Bell
Telephone Click on Image to Enlarge |
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Block of Cooper Street Built by 1887 |
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2000
Cooper Street
1955 1955 New Jersey Bell
Telephone |
| 2002 Cooper Street 1947 Edward Kavlick |
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| 2004 Cooper Street 1924 John J. Murtaugh |
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2014 Cooper Street John Lemmons |
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Tom Agin and his sister Harriet Lynne Agin Stuhltrager have shared some East Camden Cooper Street memories and photos with me. Click here for a few notes about the "other" Cooper Street. |
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