Camden Streets - York Street

Unit Block of York Street
	4 York Street 1910 Albert W. Miller 1910 Alfred Miller
	6 York Street 1910 Thomas anderson
	8 York Street June 6, 2004 Click on Image to Enlarge
	10 York Street
	12 York Street William L. Roberts
BURGLAR GETS NOTHING, LEAVES FINGERPRINTS Mrs. Marion Miller, of 257 Mount Vernon Street, reported to police today that a burglar broke into her home Wednesday and ransacked the second and third floors. The intruder was frightened away without any loot. Detective Frank Crawford found that entrance had been gained by taking a pane of glass out of a side window. Crawford said that he had obtained fingerprints. George Stinsman, of 14 York Street, reported that someone had broke into his home and stolen a washing machine valued at $59.	12 York Street 1938 George Stinsman Camden Courier-Post February 4, 1938
	16 York Street
	18 York Street
	Looking East on York Street from about 26 York York Street June 6, 2004 Click on Image to Enlarge
	22 York Street
	24 York Street
	26 York Street
	26-1/2 York Street
	28 York Street
	30 York Street 1887 Albert W. Miller
	30 York Street Sgt Thomas Toner Jr.
	32 York Street
	34 York Street 1910
	34 York Street Private Thomas H. Wright
	38 York Street
	40 York Street
	42 York Street
	44 York Street
	46 York Street 1910 John F. Taylor
	48-50 York Street Oscar B. Weidenhammer
\|	Looking West from Northeast Corner of Point & York Streets May 6, 2004 The razed building on the corner was the home of the Weidenhammer Bottling Works, and later became the Camden Casket Company Click on Image to Enlarge

	Looking West on York Street from Southeast Corner of Point Street May 6, 2004 Click on Image to Enlarge
	Looking West on 901 Point Street The Northwest Corner of Point & York Streets May 6, 2004 Click on Image to Enlarge
	45 York Street Northwest Corner of Point & York May 6, 2004 Baker's Bar & Grill in the mid-1930s, Joseph Zawitkowski ran a tavern on this corner, 45 York Street, for many years known locally as Joe's. Click on Image to Enlarge
	47 York Street Thomas Ellis French 1944 Furst Ward Republican Club Late 1940s-1950s William McQuade
MRS. LOUISE B. EGGERT The funeral of Mrs. Louise B. Eggert, 77, of 48 York Street, will be held at 2 p. m. tomorrow. Burial win be in Hillside Cemetery, Philadelphia. She was the wife of the late Henry H. Eggert.	48 York Street Henry & Louise Eggert Camden Courier-Post June 14, 1933
	59 York Street The John R. & Helen Knox Family
	59 York Street Technical Sergeant Francis J. Knox
	61 York Street Weidenhammer Bottling Works Camden High School Purple & Gold Yearbook Ad February 1940

200 Block of York Street
BOYS ON ROOF ACCUSED OF PLOT TO ROB STORE Two 15-year-old boys were arrested last night on charges of breaking and entering and attempted larceny. The boys, Fred Powell, of 1025 Carpenter Street, and John McCloskey, of 33 North Twenty-fifth street, were arrested by Policeman Everett Joslin and John Taylor on the roof of a shanty in the abandoned Humphrey Lumber yard, Point and Pearl Street, which is occupied by William L. Rice, of 206 York Street, as an ice cream and candy store. The boys had broken off a section of the roof and were about to enter the store, the police said. They will be arraigned today.	206 York Street 1933 William L. Rice Camden Courier-Post June 19, 1933
	207 York Street Alfred A. Ladner
	213 York Street Sgt. Norbert C. Rowan
	Jim Bessing on York Street 1946
	Gene Edwards & Jim Bessing on York Street 1946
	214 York Street Early 1950s "Rose Luggi with granddaughter Diane" courtesy of Jim Bessing Sr., March 2005
	Looking East on York Street from 2nd Street Early 1950s "Dianna & Marilyn Luggi, & Jim Bessing Jr." courtesy of Jim Bessing Sr., May 2004 Click in Images to Enlarge
	214 York Street Early 1950s Dolly Bessing (nee Elda Luggi) standing in front of Rose Luggi's house courtesy of Jim Bessing Sr., March 2005 Click in Images to Enlarge

500 Block of York Street
	521 York Street 1914 Japhet B. Joyce
	528 York Street 1924 Matthew Banes 1924 Roland Banes 1924 Raymond Banes
	531 York Street Technician Fourth Class Gilbert M. Blore
BOY'S ARM FRACTURED BY HIT-RUN BICYCLIST Albert Cuneo, 9, of 533 York Street suffered a compound fracture of the left arm last night when he was struck by a hit-run bicyclist. Vincent Dildine, 9, of 538 York Street, told police a youth on a bicycle struck Cuneo and several other children who were playing on York Street near Fifth, and continued on. The Cuneo boy was taken to Cooper Hospital.	533 York Street 1920s-1930s Charles P. Cuneo Family Albert Cuneo Camden Courier-Post June 6, 1933
	536 York Street 1928 Rollo Jones
2 BROTHERS AND PAL GET ROBBERY TERMS Implicated in Series of Gas Station Thefts; Leniency Pleas Fails Two Camden brothers and a pal they implicated in a series of gasoline station robberies over a four month period were sentenced to prison yesterday by Judge Baldwin in Criminal Court. Despite pleas for leniency on grounds that they are the fathers of small children, Howard Jones, 32, of 419 Haddon Avenue, and his brother, Edward, 43, of 537 York Street, were sentenced to two to five years and one and a half years, respectively. Frederick Hammell, 33, of Linden Avenue, Woodlynne, whom they implicated in their confession to Merchantville police last December, was sentenced to four to seven years. When Hammell has finished his term in New Jersey he will be returned to Pennsylvania, where he is charged with breaking his parole, Alertness of a Merchantville policeman, Herbert A. Davidson, Jr., and Special Officer Harry Collins, attached to the Merchantville department, resulted in the first arrest. With the aid of Police Chief William Linderman, they "broke" the bandit trio. One of the alleged "jobs" with which the three were connected was the spectacular kidnapping of four gasoline station attendants and a. taxi driver last September 17. The attendants were robbed at gunpoint and then forced into the taxicab from which they witnessed addition al holdups. Later more than a dozen other holdup victims identified the three as the men who held them up. Chief Thorpe maintained that Hammell was the "brains" of the group. He declared that at least 16 holdups had been definitely linked to the three men. It was brought out in testimony after the three entered a plea of non vult that Howard Jones is the father of a three-weeks-old baby and six other children. Edward, it was shown, is the father of three children. The wives of Edward and Howard were in court to bolster the leniency pleas. "It was the lure of easy money that beckoned these men on," said Judge Baldwin in pronouncing sentence.	537 Haddon Avenue 1938 Edward Jones Camden Courier-Post February 9, 1938
	538 York Street 1920s-1950s Earl V. Dildine Family 1933 Vincent Dildine
	555 York Street 1911 Jack and Grace O'Connor in front of their home Click in Images to Enlarge

600 Block of York Street
	600 Block of York Under Construction Photograph from the Advertising Brochure An Historic Spot in Camden Interesting to You (My best guess is that this dates about 1910 - Phil Cohen, June 2004) Click in Image to Enlarge
	611 York Street 1910s-1924 Carroll P. Sherwood
	613 York Street 1917 Christopher Moll Jr.
	621 York Street October 12, 2007 Date: 10/12/2007 Time: 15:15 Type: All Hands Dwelling Details: Tower Ladder 1 arrived with a 2 story E/O/R brick occupied dwelling with fire showing from the 2nd floor. Battalion 2 ( Lewiston) placed all hands in service,the fire was quickly brought under control. 1 occupant was transported by UMDNJ EMS Camden for minor smoke inhalation.. Photos By Paul Condor Camden EMS/BLS 11
	621 York Street October 12, 2007
	621 York Street October 12, 2007
	621 York Street October 12, 2007

800 Block of York Street

On Friday May 6,2005 the Camden City Fire Department was dispatched to the area of 8^th and State Street for a reported house fire. Car 2B (Quinn) was in the area at several block away and reported he had heavy smoke from that location. Companies dispatched were Engine 6, Engine 1, Engine l1, Ladder 1, Rescue 1, and Battalion 2 (Phelps). Companies arrived at 810 York Street with an end-of-row occupied dwelling with heavy fire in the rear and heavy smoke showing from the bravo exposure. Engine 6 arrived and requested the 2^nd alarm bringing Engine 9, Squad 7, Ladder 2 which was in the area when initial fire was dispatched, and Battalion 1 (Kogut). Firefighters used five 1¾" handlines and one 2½" to battle the fire. Initial reports had possible people trapped but searches proved negative. Fire is under investigation by the Camden City Fire Marshall's Office, and no injuries were reported at the scene. Fire was placed under control at approx 1450 hours at the 50 minute mark.

810 York Street

May 6, 2005

800 Block of York Street
	826 York Street Francis Drury Camden Courier-Post October 2 7, 1936
	830 York Street James Brook & Family My grandparents, James and Bertha Brook resided at 830 York Street for most of the 20th century. The picture includes their children: Front row: Bertha Brook, Alma (daughter), Harold (son), Sybilla (my father's first wife). Back row: Warren (my father), James Brook. Ron Brook October 2006 Click on Image to Enlarge
	830 York Street James Brook & Family Click on Image to Enlarge
	830 York Street James Brook & Family The three children, Alma, Harold in the middle and Warren on the right. Ron Brook October 2006 At rear: Highland Worsted Mills textile plant Click on Image to Enlarge
	835 York Street Private J. Richard Geist World War I
	835 York Street Private First Class Rocco S. Mancuso World War II

Camden Courier-Post - July 8, 1950

Boy Sees Accident, Asks Traffic Light
by WILBUR MORSE JR.

Petitions for highway safety measures or improvements usually come from adult individuals or organizations.

But there Is an 11-yearold North Camden boy whose horror at seeing a car drag a 4-yearold neighbor 40 feet. near an unlighted intersection, today spurred a one-man safety campaign that carried a bigger wallop than the table thumping of many of his elders.

Into the Courier-Post editorial rooms came William McQuade, 11, of 47 York Street; his dark brow furrowed with a serious frown.

"I want to see the editor of the Mail Bag" said William with the assurance that a sincere crusade brings.

'Tragic Scene'

When queried as to the aim of his visit, William pulled out of the pocket of his denim trousers a wrinkled and many times folded piece of ruled paper.

In pencil he had written:

'The tragic scene I saw July 6. makes me believe that some traffic improvements should be made on Front and State Street and Front and York Street, so that many people or kids will not be in danger from cars."

"At 4:00 PM when work is out, cars speed up to Front and State Streets. I personally think that some zones and traffic lights should be put up there on State and York Street. Would you find room for this letter, please?"

William McQuade wasn't speaking just for himself, he explained, after an editor had read his letter and praised his purposefulness.

"There are a lot of us kids who are in danger from the cars that speed along Front street, as work lets out at the two shipyards and the leather plant in the neighborhood."

"They all seem to be trying to get home first."

"I'll never forget the sight of that accident Thursday when the cars were streaming from the yards."

Young McQuade, a seventh grader at the Cooper school was referring to the misfortune that befell his neighbor, Dennis Taggart, 4, of 935 Point Street, who was struck by a car while playing near the Intersection of Front and State.

Could Be Avoided

"If there had been a light to slow the cars down at that corner, that accident never would have happened," William insisted.

Dennis, his skull fractured, is still in a critical condition at Cooper Hospital.

With his nephew Marvin McQuade, 8, of 707 North Sixth Street. son of his older half-brother, William brought his plea for safety measures to the Courier, because, he said: "Your paper always is trying to help people".

William, Marvin and another playmate, pretty, blonde Catherine Wilczynski, 10, of 929 Point Street, who also had seen Dennis injured, later stood at the comer of Front and State and pointed to the comers where they believed stop signs or traffic lights should be erected.

"It wouldn't cost much to put up a light here, where it's so badly needed," urged William.

"Why. I bet it wouldn't cost as much as the hospital bills and doctor bills for Dennis Taggart. And he's just one boy who's been hurt. There have been others."

"We kids rate a break."

100 Block of York Street
	110-130 York Street May 6, 2004 Click on Image to Enlarge
	110-130 York Street May 6, 2004 Click on Image to Enlarge
	129 York Street January 30, 1930 Estimate given to the Freeman Brothers real estate business by Harry Brown for repairs.
	130-136 York Street May 6, 2004 Click on Image to Enlarge

300 Block of York Street
	330 York Street Electrician's Mate Second Class Edward Anthony Howell
	327 York Street 1938 Carroll P. Sherwood
	330 York Street The Howell Family 1920s-1960s

700 Block of York Street
	707 York Street 1929 George Hemphill
	715 York Street 1950s-1966 Richard & Ruth Phillips My grandmother Ruth Marshall Jaskolski Phillips died on April 22, 1966 . The house was left to my Aunt Barbara Picinini. She sold it after my grandmother died so it was 1966 or 1967. LEFT: Christoher Picinini Marianne MacMaster August 21, 2006
	718 York Street 1947 James L. Costello photo courtesy of Cynthia Ackley Nunn
	724 York Street 1950s-1962 Robert Covey 1904-1962

400 & 500 Blocks of York Street CAMDEN COURIER-POST - October 5, 1936

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Intersection of North 6th Street & York Street
BOY STRUCK BY TRUCK William Fenton, 11, of 834 North Sixth Street, was cut and bruised on the knee, hands and face Saturday when he was struck by a truck at Sixth and York Streets. A motorist took him to Cooper Hospital. J. Frank Johnson, Jr., 24, of 2615 South Sixteenth Street, Philadelphia, driver of the truck, reported the accident.	Camden Courier-Post June 12, 1933