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Soon after John Kaighn purchased 460 acres from Robert Turner in 1696, a lane was established connecting his plantation with the already established settlement on Newton Creek. While the course of this lane is not exactly known, it is almost certain, from the topography of the ground and the fact that the Indian trail to Haddonfield already existed, that it closely followed the line of the present Kaighn Avenue, which in the early days and deeds dated before 1730 is called Kaighn’s Lane, or Kaighn’s Point Lane or Avenue. When Kaighnton was laid out in 1810 it had become an established thoroughfare.* With the establishment of a ferry at Kaighn's Point, Kaighn Avenue's position as a street for commerce an industry was guaranteed. Important businesses located on Kaighn Avenue during the 19th century included the Capewell Glass Works and John Cooper's lumber, ice, and coal business. Around the turn of the century Kaighn Avenue near Broadway became one of the premier retail streets in Camden, with many Jewish-American business finding success. When the Parkside section of Camden was developed, Kaighn Avenue east of Haddon Avenue became one of the more fashionable neighborhoods in the city, with several churches built between Haddon Avenue and Park Boulevard, and palatial homes built on Kaighn Avenue opposite Farnham Park. Kaighn Avenue between Ninth and Tenth Streets has been the scene of flooding when severe rain storms occur near high tide. One such flood occurred on August 11, 1958 and was photographed by Bob Bartosz. These photos are presented below. * Rambles Through Old Highways and Byways of West Jersey – Charles S. Boyer – Camden County Historical Society, Camden NJ 1967 - Edited by Phillip Cohen in the interest of clarity to present-day readers, July 2003 |
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Intersection 1877 This map shows the John H. Dialogue shipyard, C,B. Coles lumber yard, and several other businesses of the day. This is a detail from a map in the 1877
City
Atlas of Camden, New Jersey. [NjHS] Click on Images to Enlarge |
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Reading
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| Postcard Views of the Reading Terminal at Kaighn Avenue | |
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Ferry Hotel The Ferry Hotel at the foot of Kaighn Avenue and near the Ferry House, was built in 1864 by Dorman & Stout, the contractors for the owner, John E. Reese. Hugh Miller was the first proprietor and kept it until 1868, when it was leased to John Bamford, who has since conducted it. -History
of Camden County, New Jersey John Bamford operated the Ferry Hotel until it was razed in 1889, when the Atlantic City Railway Company, a subsidiary of the Reading Railroad, laid tracks so as to connect with the ferry at Kaighn's Point. |
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Corner of Front Street & Kaighn Avenue South Ferry Hotel Built prior to the Revolutionary War, during the British occupation of Philadelphia one of their cannon balls pierced the brick wall of the chimney, and rolled out on the hearth of the open fireplace. As a relic connecting Camden’s history with the events of the Revolution it was exhibited at the great Sanitary Fair, held in Logan Square In Philadelphia, in 1864, which realized over $1,000,000 in aid of the sick and wounded Union soldiers of the Civil War. When first opened as a hotel it was close by the river-bank, and the ferry-boats, when started, had their slip across the street. The hotel is now nearly two squares away from the Kaighns Point Ferry, the intervening ground having being filled in and built up to within a short distance of the ferry slip. It, however, still retains the name of South Ferry Hotel. A century ago it was a famous place of resort in the summer days for citizens of Philadelphia. -History
of Camden County, New Jersey John Korn 1885-1889 |
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25-35 Kaighn Avenue Photo dated 1907 Click on Image to Enlarge |
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1883-1884 Theodore Krug Photo dated 1907 Click on Image to Enlarge |
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101 Kaighn Avenue 1890-1891 1929 Vacant Click on Image to Enlarge |
| 103 Kaighn Avenue 1918-1919 |
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| 105 Kaighn Avenue 1900s-1910s Joseph M. Zinger |
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| 107
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1900s-1910s Nicholas Purcell |
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| 109 Kaighn Avenue 1929 Mrs. Mary E. Conway |
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| 111
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1929 James Kozanas |
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| 112 Kaighn Avenue 1880s-1890s |
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| 115 Kaighn Avenue 1929 James Earley |
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| WOMAN
IS ARRESTED IN SLAYING OF MAN
Madeline Slaughter, 28, of 819 South Second Street, was arrested in Philadelphia yesterday at the request of Camden police, who charged her with manslaughter in the death; December 12, of Jerry Brisbane, 36, of 115 Kaighn Avenue. The Slaughter woman waived extradition and was brought to Camden by Detectives Clifford Carr and Donald Swissler. They signed a complaint charging, her with stabbing Brisbane during an argument at his home. He was dead when discovered by the proprietor of his rooming house, Charles Stewart. |
115 Kaighn Avenue 1937-1938 Charles Stewart Camden
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| 125 Kaighn Avenue 1939 James J. Irwin Tavern |
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| 127 Kaighn Avenue 1880 Warren S. Thompson |
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POLICE
CAN’T STOP RELIGIOUS RACKETS The Philadelphia district attorney's office is powerless to curb racketeers so long as they operate under the guise of a religious organization, That, was admitted yesterday by Patrick J. McKewen, chief of the Philadelphia county detectives, who acted as spokesman for the prosecutor's office. McKewen made the statement when questioned upon what action would be taken against Nicholas Cavallucci, founder and president of the "Home Missionary Relief Worker's Association, Inc." alleged racketeering charity organization, Cavallucci has established a network of 10 "missions" employing nearly 200 solicitors on a fifty-fifty basis. The charity association was exposed Monday by newspapers. Following the expose, McKewen admitted that Cavallucci's activities have been under police surveillance for some time and that the "mission" head, recently had been taken to the Philadelphia district attorney's office on charges of running a punch-board racket, Cavallucci was released when he promised to discontinue this sideline. Camden headquarters of the association, 131 Kaighn Avenue, was dark last night and no one answered the door bell. |
131 Kaighn Avenue 1931 |
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I remember my Grandfather talking about the restaurant he owned around 2nd and Kaighn Avenue. It was called "Purcell's Seafood House", and I vaguely remember seeing a photo of my Grandfather standing in front of two large plate glass windows, with the entrance in between them, and a large fern on a pedestal in each window. He was rather short and rotund and had a large white apron on and was smiling with his hands on his hips. He was old and blind when I was a young child (born in 1937) but he told such interesting stories. His marriage certificate dated 1905 to Miss Katie Sullivan states his occupation as "restaurant keeper" in Camden, NJ. I remember being told the restaurant failed because "the ferry closed down when the bridge opened up" and he was never the same after that. Alicemary
McCue Pacella |
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141 Kaighn Avenue Northwest Corner of South 2nd Street & Kaighn Avenue 1887-1906
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| 200 Kaighn Avenue 1947 Weiner & Cornfeld Click on Image to Enlarge |
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201 Kaighn Avenue 1908-1959 Victoria
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| 200-210 Kaighn Avenue Swisco Inc. Click on Image to Enlarge |
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201 Kaighn Avenue 1908-1959 Victoria
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201-203 Kaighn Avenue Camden Camden Courier-Post Click on Image to Enlarge |
| 207 Kaighn Avenue 1947-1956 |
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| 207 Kaighn Avenue 1947-1956 |
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| Intersection of Kaighn Avenue & Pavonia Street | |
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| 210 Kaighn Avenue 1924 Reliable Coat Company |
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| WASHING
OF WINDOWS STARTS BURGLAR ALARM
A watchman washing windows set off the burglar alarm at the Trueline Cloak Company, 210-14 Kaighn avenue, at 3 a, m. yesterday. A squad of motorcycle policemen and detectives hurried to the place when word was received at police headquarters that the alarm was ringing. Herbert Fuller, the watchman told the police that he forgot to shut the alarm, off before he started washing the windows. |
210-214 Kaighn Avenue 1929-1933 Tru-line Cloak Company Camden Courier-Post |
| 210 Kaighn Avenue 1947 Louis Seltchik Inc. |
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211 Kaighn Avenue mid 1880s - early 1940s January 27, 1939 |
| 214-216 Kaighn Avenue 1947 Camden Bag & Paper Co. |
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215-221 Kaighn Avenue William
J. Cooper Co. Click on Image to Enlarge |
| 218 Kaighn Avenue 1947 |
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I remember my Grandfather talking about the restaurant he owned around 2nd and Kaighn Avenue. It was called "Purcell's Seafood House", and I vaguely remember seeing a photo of my Grandfather standing in front of two large plate glass windows, with the entrance in between them, and a large fern on a pedestal in each window. He was rather short and rotund and had a large white apron on and was smiling with his hands on his hips. He was old and blind when I was a young child (born in 1937) but he told such interesting stories. His marriage certificate dated 1905 to Miss Katie Sullivan states his occupation as "restaurant keeper" in Camden, NJ. I remember being told the restaurant failed because "the ferry closed down when the bridge opened up" and he was never the same after that. Alicemary
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228,
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247 Kaighn Avenue 1890 George Belz 1890s-1930s August Frietag is great-grandfather to George E. Norcross III |
| 247 Kaighn Avenue 1947 Frank Gour |
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| 250 Kaighn Avenue |
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| Intersection of Kaighn Avenue & Locust Street | |
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251-259 Kaighn Avenue July 1984 The Water Tower Click on Image to Enlarge |
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251-259 Kaighn Avenue April 1, 2005 Click on Image to Enlarge |
| 251-1/2 Kaighn Avenue 1887-1891 Peter D. Strang, |
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| 252 Kaighn Avenue 1918-1920 |
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| 253 Kaighn Avenue 1933 Frank Praissman |
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254 Kaighn Avenue 1936
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258 Kaighn Avenue 1920s-1930s |
| 259 Kaighn Avenue 1885-1887 |
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259 Kaighn Avenue November 30, 1965 |
| 260 Kaighn Avenue 1888-1900 Dr. John D. Leckner |
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263,
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20, 1936 The Fifth Ward Women's Republican Club will hold a card and radio party at its clubhouse at 263 Kaighn Avenue tonight. Mrs. Flora Hyatt, county committeewoman, is chairman of the committee. |
263 Kaighn Avenue 1936 |
| 265 Kaighn Avenue 1888-1900 Dr. John D. Leckner |
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| 271 Kaighn Avenue 1913-1921 |
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273 Kaighn Avenue 1952-2005 Click on Image to Enlarge |
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273 Kaighn Avenue 1952-2005 Click on Image to Enlarge |
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273 Kaighn Avenue 1952-2005 Joe Minesalle Click on Image to Enlarge |
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273 Kaighn Avenue 1952-2005 Joe Minesalle Click on Image to Enlarge |
| 273 Kaighn Avenue 1933 |
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277 Kaighn Avenue 1947 |
| 278 Kaighn Avenue Kaighn Mansion |
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278 Kaighn Avenue The
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| DEACONESSES TO MEET
The Deaconess' Board of the Women's Home Missionary Society will meet tomorrow morning at 10.30 o'clock in the Deaconess' Home, 278 Kaighn avenue. Mrs. C. Brinkman, the president, will preside. |
278 Kaighn Avenue
Deaconess Home Camden
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286 Kaighn Avenue 1910s - early 1920s Click on Image to Enlarge |
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MRS.
CECELIA SHULTZ TO BE BURIED MONDAY Funeral
services will be held at 2 p. m. Monday for Mrs. Cecelia M. Schultz, 45
of 286 Kaighn Avenue, matron at the Cooper Recreation Center, Third and
Kaighn Avenue, Mrs. Schultz died Thursday. Mrs. Schultz is survived by her husband, Frank M. Schultz, two daughters, Isabella and Martha; a son, Richard; two sisters, Mrs. Frank Wurtz and Mrs. Charles Brunk, and a brother, Arthur Naylor. She was a sister of the late Patrolman Charles M. Naylor, who was killed in an automobile accident on White Horse pike May 18, 1930, and who was often referred to as "Camden's most popular policeman," |
286 Kaighn Avenue 1924-1930s Frank & Cecelia Shultz Camden Courier-Post |
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| 291 Kaighn Avenue Auerbach
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299 Kaighn Avenue 1870s-1880s 1906-1955 Rochester Men's Clothing Left: Owner Herman Levin standing in front of his store at the corner of Kaighn Avenue and South 3rd Street Click on Image to Enlarge |
| 300 block of Kaighn Avenue | |
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| 300 Kaighn Avenue 1919-1920 Rowland Haines |
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| 301 Kaighn Avenue 1947 M & S. Soffer & Sons |
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| 302 Kaighn Avenue 1919-1920 Harry Boody |
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301-315 Kaighn Avenue Photo Taken July 1984 |
| 303 Kaighn Avenue Auerbach
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303 Kaighn Avenue 1939 Lauraine Bieri Click on Image to Enlarge |
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304-306 Kaighn Avenue 1910s - Late 1970s January 27, 1939 |
| 306-308 Kaighn Avenue 1919-1920 Samuel Gordon |
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| 307 Kaighn Avenue 1888-1889 After Prohibition, Martin A. McNulty went into the hardware and home furnishings business. He resided here until at least 1959. 1920s-1947 |
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310-312 Kaighn Avenue 1940s-1990s 1959 Banquet Program Ad Click on image to Enlarge |
| 311
& 313 Kaighn Avenue Auerbach
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| 313 Kaighn Avenue Metropolitan Pocket Billiards |
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| 314 Kaighn Avenue 1919-1920 Rafael Cavallo |
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| 315 Kaighn Avenue Auerbach
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315 Kaighn Avenue Samuel Richardson Camden Courier-Post |
| 313-315 Kaighn Avenue 1947 Charles Mignone |
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| 316 Kaighn Avenue 1919-1920 Israel Stein |
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317 Kaighn Avenue William Greenberg Camden High school |
| 317 Kaighn Avenue 1969 W. W. Williams |
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| 318 Kaighn Avenue 1907-1909 Dr.
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319-325 Kaighn Avenue Photo taken July 1984 |
| 319 Kaighn Avenue Bodner Upholstery Company |
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| 321 Kaighn Avenue 1959 Sam'sClothing & Formal Wear |
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| 322 Kaighn Avenue 1938 Morris Goldstein |
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| GIRL GOES SWIMMING; POLICE START SEARCH
Police were asked last night to search for a 16-year-old girl, missing from her South Camden home since Thursday. The girl is Mary Gordon of 323-1/2 Kaighn Avenue. She left home on Thursday with the intention of visiting Blackwood Lake for a swim. Her father, Benjamin, told police she has left home on previous occasions and stayed several days. State police last night began to search the bungalow section of Blackwood Lake |
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| 324 Kaighn Avenue 1933-1947 Wil-Sol Jeweler |
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| 325
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325-1/2 Kaighn Avenue 1933-60s Herman Zelnick 1969 Wilena Brown |
| 326 Kaighn Avenue 1947 Bill's Barber
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327 Kaighn Avenue 1947 Camden Floor
Covering |
| 328 Kaighn Avenue 1919-1959 Koch
Printing House Inc. |
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329 Kaighn Avenue 1960-1963 Robison's Typewriter Repair
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329 Kaighn Avenue 1947 Sigmnund Hermann Photo Taken July 1984 Click on image to Enlarge |
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330
Kaighn Avenue
1918-1969 Louis Hess Family The Hess family operated a business selling tile, linoleum and other floor coverings. After Mr. Hess passed, daughter Gertrude, who married Harold Friedman, operated the business. On September 8, 1969 Gerrude Friedman was robbed, raped and murdered by Leroy Snyder. Snyder confessed to this and six other killings. He was sentenced to 3 life terms and died in prison. Photo Taken July 1984 |
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331 Kaighn Avenue 1942-1971 Morris Creskoff Photo Taken July 1984 Click on image to Enlarge |
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333-335 Kaighn Avenue Lichtensteins's February 17, 1928 |
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333-335 Kaighn Avenue Camden Storage Co. Camden Courier-Post |
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333-335
Kaighn Avenue
Camden Storage Co. January 27, 1939 |
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333-335 Kaighn Avenue 1947 Allen Furniture Company Photo Taken July 1984 Click on image to Enlarge |
| 336 Kaighn Avenue 1880 George S. Dilmore |
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334-336 Kaighn Avenue 1920s-1960s Camden Courier-Post |
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336 Kaighn Avenue 1978-1993 Swisco, Inc. Photo Taken July 1984 |
| 337 Kaighn Avenue 1900s-1910s William B. Stephens |
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337 Kaighn Avenue Max Zubrow 1919 Banquet Program Ad Click on image to Enlarge |
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337 Kaighn Avenue 1947-1969 Harry & Sophie Goldman Photo Taken July 1984 Click on image to Enlarge |
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338 Kaighn Avenue 1947 David Harris Photo Taken July 1984 |
| 339 Kaighn Avenue George
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339 Kaighn Avenue William
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339 Kaighn Avenue Baltimore Clothing House 1919 Banquet Program Ad Click on image to Enlarge |
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339 Kaighn Avenue 1919-1969 Baltimore Clothing House Photo Taken July 1984 Click on image to Enlarge The Levin family's Baltimore Clothing House became, over the years, a tuxedo rental business. The Levins founded Rochester Formal Wear in Pennsauken after World War II. The Camden store closed shortly after the October 1969 New Jersey Bell Telephone Directory was published. |
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340 Kaighn Avenue 1947 George Zeitz |
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340 Kaighn Avenue January 25, 1962 Click on image to Enlarge |
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340 Kaighn Avenue 1980 Dallas Gifts Photo Taken July 1984 |
| 341 Kaighn Avenue 1914 Joseph Palese |
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341 Kaighn Avenue 1918-1919 Lawrence Palese Camden Courier Post |
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277
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341-347 Kaighn Avenue
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342 Kaighn Avenue 1933 Abram Lewis |
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344 Kaighn Avenue 1924-1980 Hyman Lewis Family |
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344 Kaighn Avenue Max Lewis Click on Image to Enlarge |
| 346 Kaighn Avenue 1900s-1920s Premium Tea Co. |
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| 346 Kaighn Avenue 1940s-1950s- Clipper's Esso |
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346-332 Kaighn Avenue Photo Taken July 1984 Click on image to Enlarge |
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346-332 Kaighn Avenue Photo Taken July 1984 Click on image to Enlarge
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Northeast towards Kaighn Avenue & Newton Avenue from in front of 1211 South 4th Street 1955 Click on Image to Enlarge |
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Looking
Northeast towards Kaighn Avenue & Newton Avenue from in front of 1211 South 4th Street 1140 South 4th Street 1955 Amoco Gas Stattion Click on Image to Enlarge Note at left the public drinking fountain for people and horses that stood at the intersection of South 4th Street and Kaighn and Newton Avenues. This fountain was moved in the 1980s and now stands on Broadway near Sacred Heart Church. |
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Southeast
Corner
400 Kaighn Avenue 1887-1888 William J. Houck Top Photo taken July 1984 Click on Image to Enlarge |
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Corner
401 Kaighn Avenue 1919 Kline's Shoes Click on Images to Enlarge For many years you could still see trolley tracks going up Kaighn Avenue and then branching off down Newton Avenue. |
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Northwest
Corner This building
was at one time Photo taken July 4, 1984 Click on Image to Enlarge |
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Southwest
Corner
Photo taken July 4, 1984 Click on Image to Enlarge |
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Southwest
Corner
Esso Gas Station 1960 The gas station building is off to the right, the wall of the building in this picture is 1211 South 4th Street, Joseph Nazzario's barbaer shop. Note in the upper righthand corner the "Public Telephone" sign Click on Image to Enlarge |
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Southwest
Corner
mid-1960s After the gas station was razed (the outline of the building can be seen on the wall at rear of photo), the lot was used for parking by Camden Bar & Restaurant Supply, which was located across the street on the northwest corner of South 4th Street & Kaighn Avenue. Click on Image to Enlarge |
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400
Kaighn Avenue
Lobey's
Bar 1887-1888 William J. Houck Photo Taken July 1984 Click on image to Enlarge |
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401 Kaighn Avenue Kline's Shows 1919 Banquet Program Ad Click on image to Enlarge |
| 403-1/2 Kaighn Avenue 1906 A.J.
Yinger & Co.
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