Streets
of
Camden, NJ

Newton
Avenue


After the establishment of the Ferry at Kaighn’s Point, a petition was for a road to connect the ferry with the bridge over Cooper’s Creek on the “Great Road to Burlington” was granted by the court. The route as recorded on June 30, 1810 began at the westerly end of the cause way leading to the bridge know known as the Federal Street bridge, and intersected ”Kaighn’s Lane (Kaighn Avenue) at Fourth Street. On earlier maps this road was known as “Cooper’s Creek Road” or “Brace Road”. In 1866 the name Newton Avenue was adopted.*

Late in the 19th century, Camden built its first high school at the northwest corner of Newton and Haddon Avenues. This school was renamed Junior High School Number 1 upon the completion of the present Camden High School in 1918, and later renamed as Clara Burrough Junior High School.   

* 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

Do you have a Newton Avenue memory or picture. Let me know by e-mail so it can be included here.

 Phil Cohen


Intersection of Federal Street & Newton Avenue

 

 

 

 

Unit Block of Newton Avenue

60 Newton Avenue

1955-1961
Alan's Automatic car Wash

1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
Yellow Pages Ad

60 Newton Avenue

1955-1961
Alan's Automatic car Wash

Veterans Boxing Association Ring No. 6
1959 & 1961 Banquet Program Ad


100 Block of Newton Avenue

196 Newton Avenue

1924 Public Service Railway Co.
Maintenance of Way & Employment Depts.

196 Newton Avenue

1929 on left
Public Service Railway Co.
Maintenance of Way & Employment Depts.

 

198 Newton Avenue

1924 Camden Club Ball Park
baseball stadium


300 Block of Newton Avenue

 

350 Newton Avenue

1929 Public Service Railway Co.
car barns
1929 Public Service Railway Co.
Maintenance of Way & Employment Depts.
1924-1929 Public Service Transit Company
1929 Yellow Cab Company of Camden

For the Veterans

To the Editor:

Sir-In answer to Mr. Simpkins' letter to the Mail Bag of January 26. I wish to commend you, Mr. Simpkins for your splendid thought and forsight, experienced on your trips to Veterans Homes in Pennsylvania.

I agree with you that such a thing as a bugle and drum corps and a post being different organizations of the same family is absolutely wrong. They must under all circumstances be one big family.

But you speak of there being too many post homes in Camden to allow anyone of these to have a good home or bugle corps. Mr. Simpkins, or, may I call you "comrade," we do have a post and a splendid bugle and drum corps that has won recognition in Pennsylvania and New Jersey that Camden should be very proud of.

The Public Service Bugle and Drum Corps of the American Legion has a membership of 48 members to date and extends to you V. F. W. Post 980 all wishes of success for another bugle and drum corps for Camden city, the key city to the playground of the world. I believe with you, Mr. Simpkins, Camden needs boosters and we as veteran organizations can do well in bringing this booster to our city.

ROBERT MUNRO, President of Bugle Corps, American Legion Post 231
350 Newton Avenue

350 Newton Avenue

1938 American Legion Post 231

Camden Courier-Post
February 9, 1938

 

350 Newton Avenue

1947 Old Reliable Supply & Equipment
mill supplies


Intersection of Border Street & Newton Avenue

 

 

 

 

Intersection of Carteret Street & Newton Avenue

219 Elm Street

Philadelphia Inquirer
April 13, 1917

John Daly
Elm Street

Newton Avenue

Carteret Street
Elisha Gravenor

 

 

 

 

400 Block of Newton Avenue

 

451 Newton Avenue

1924-1947 Tims Restaurant
Robert Tims

 

452 Newton Avenue

1924-1929 Joseph Rickler
varieties

496 Newton Avenue

1920s-1939 Herbert Anderson
Mrs. Florence Anderson

 

498 Newton Avenue

1924 Mrs. Cora Pike
1929-1947 William A. Doyle


Intersection of Haddon Avenue & Newton Avenue

Northeast Corner

1890s-1957

Camden Manual Training & High School
aka
Junior High School No. 1
aka
Clara Burrough Junior High School

1914

Philadelphia Inquirer
October 22, 1914

1940

Florence LaMaina with her son Francis
on Newton Avenue
just west of
Haddon Avenue.

Photograph was taken
from along side of the
LaMaina Cafe
at
500 Trenton Avenue,
the southeast corner
of
Trenton Avenue and Newton Avenue

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1949

Northeast Corner
Camden
Manual Training
and High School

after 1919 this building was
Junior High School Number 1
and later was known as
Clara Burrough
Junior High School

Northwest Corner
461 Haddon Avenue
Bushey's Drugs
C.K. Bushey

Southeast Corner
500 Haddon Avenue
1947 Lester Weyhgandt
grocery

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1949

Looking South on Haddon Avenue

Southeast Corner
500 Haddon Avenue
1947 Lester Weyhgandt
grocery

Northwest Corner
461 Haddon Avenue
Bushey's Drugs
C.K. Bushey
pharmacy

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Late 1930s

Looking West
on
Newton Avenue
from
Haddon Avenue

Standing Next to
Bushey's Drugstore
461 Haddon Avenue

From Left:
Walter Brannock holding grandson,
David M. Bushey Jr.,
Walter's mother Anna Brannock,
and daughter Margaret Brannock Bushey

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January 2008

Looking West
on
Newton Avenue
from 
Haddon Avenue

Photo Taken January 2, 2008

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Intersection of Haddon Avenue & Newton Avenue

Between 499 Newton Avenue, which is at Newton and Berkley Street, 461 Haddon Avenue, formerly Clarence K. Bushey's Drugstore, has the frontage onto Newton Avenue. The pictures below were taken looking east on Newton Avenue and in the backyard of 461 Haddon Avenue

David M. Bushey Jr.
grandson of
Clarence K. Bushey
&
Walter Brannock

circa 1939

David M. Bushey Jr.
grandson of
Clarence K. Bushey
&
Walter Brannock

circa 1939

 
Walter Brannock and his grandson
David M. Bushey Jr.

Photo in the backyard of 461 Haddon Avenue

circa 1939

   

400 Block of Newton Avenue

 

495 Newton Avenue

1924-1929 Dominic D'Andrea
barber

1947 Gone

 

497 Newton Avenue

1947 Gone

 

499 Newton Avenue

1947 Fred's Market
meats

 

499-1/2 Newton Avenue

1924 Marius Greenberg
tailor
1929 Maurice Greenberg
clothes presser
1947 Charles Darnell


Intersection of Trenton Avenue & Newton Avenue

500 Trenton Avenue

1924 Edward Fields
1929 Vacant

1997 Gone

Photo Taken January 2, 2008

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501 Trenton Avenue

Laurence LaMaina
Nicholas LaMaina

1920s-1940s

Nicholas LaMaina
at work at the bar

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501 Trenton Avenue

LaMaina's Cafe

The bar at Newton and Trenton Avenues was operated by the LaMaina family for many years. When Prohibition was repealed in 1933, Nick LaMaina procured a liquor license, and opened LaMaina's Cafe, which was well known for its jumbo sandwiches.  501 Trenton Avenue was known as Stanley's Tavern in the mid 1950s, and Petro's Cafe by 1959. During the mid-1960s and early 1970 it was called Syl's Tavern.

After standing vacant through most of the 1980s and 1990s, the bar was razed.

501 Trenton Avenue

LaMaina's Cafe

1930s-1940s
U.S. Navy personnel at LaMaina's

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501 Trenton Avenue

LaMaina's Cafe

Florence LaMaina with her sons outside of the family's cafe at the intersection of Newton and Trenton Avenue. The house across the street with the side porch is 500 Trenton Avenue. U.S. Navy personnel at LaMaina's. Visible in background is sign for shoe repair shop at 506 Newton Avenue, and in the distance, the meat market at 523 Newton Avenue.

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Intersection of Berkley Street , Trenton Avenue, & Newton Avenue

As seen from Haddon Avenue
January 2, 2008

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As seen from Haddon Avenue
January 2, 2008

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500 Block of Newton Avenue

 

500 Newton Avenue

1924 E. Albert Field
plumber
1929 No Listing
1929 No Listing

 

501-503 Newton Avenue

1929 Vacant
1947 Benjamin Shenkin
tailor

501-503 Newton Avenue

1964
William Deloatch
tailor

 

501-503 Newton Avenue

1964
William Deloatch
tailor

John Troutman
David Kelly

Click on Image to Read
the
Complete News Article

William Deloatch died of his wounds at Cooper Hospital on October 25, 1964. His murderer was never apprehended.

501-503 & 505
Newton Avenue

January 2, 2008

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503 Newton Avenue

1924 Katherine W. Corson
confectionary

 

505 Newton Avenue

1924-1929 Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
grocery
1947 James Colangelo
confectionary

 

506 Newton Avenue

1924-1929 John Magnanini
shoe repair
1940 Economy Shoe Repair

 

507 Newton Avenue

1924-1929 Isadore Stern
tailor
1947 Alex Stern
tailor

 

511 Newton Avenue

1887-1920s James Lennox Family
James & Katherine Lennox
James Edgar "Eggie" Lennox

John Lennox

Sam Lennox
William Lennox
Margaret Lennox
Hugh Lennox
Robert Lennox
James Lennox

1924-1947 Julius Richterman
paperhanger

511 Newton Avenue

John Lennox

512 Newton Avenue

1900-1911
Eugene B. Roberts & Family
 Eugen B. & Isabel "Belle" Landis Roberts
Earl L. Roberts - Harry S. Toberts
Bessie E. Roberts - George L. Roberts

Philadelphia Inquirer
May 2, 1911

Munger & Long 

512 Newton Avenue

1929-1930s
William E. Jaeckel

512 Newton Avenue

1962
George Weisenbeck & Family
George & Nora Weisenbeck

Camden Courier-Post
March 5, 1962

 

 

513 Newton Avenue

1924 James Lennox Family
James & Katherine Lennox
James Edgar "Eggie" Lennox

Sam Lennox
William Lennox
Margaret Lennox
Hugh Lennox
Robert Lennox
James Lennox

1924-1947 Julius Richterman
paperhanger

516 Newton Avenue

1912 William Bundy

Camden Post-Telegram
December 16, 1912

O. Glen Stackhouse
Harry A. Moran

516 Newton Avenue

1936
Samuel W. Barrett

Camden Courier-Post
February 26, 1938

 

517 Newton Avenue

1924 William A. Cleary

517 Newton Avenue

1929-1939 Eggie Lennox

 

517 Newton Avenue

1947 Julius Richterman
paperhanger

 

517 Newton Avenue

1947 Mrs. Grace Mulford

518 Newton Avenue

1948
Mrs. Sarah E. Smith

Camden Courier-Psot
June 5, 1948

 

519 Newton Avenue

1947 American Stores
grocery


Intersection of Clinton Street & Newton Avenue

   

 

 

500 Block of Newton Avenue

 

520 Newton Avenue

1924 Charles Merfeld
1947 James Anthony

 

522 Newton Avenue

1924-1947 Frederick W. Brown

523 Newton Avenue

1924-1929 New Home Market
meats
1947 Harry's Modern Market
Florence Hanna
Frederick Huffington

Photo from 1940

523 Newton Avenue

1956
Vacant, razed
Owner Mrs. Mamie Pinsky of 1212 South 3rd Street

Camden Courier-Post
April 26, 1956

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the
Complete News Story

George LaMarra - Edward Segal
Mrs. Olga Anton
Clinton Street
Edward Bender

Newton Avenue
Segal Street
Burns Street
Carpenter Street
Kaighn Avenue

 

 

524 Newton Avenue

1924-1947 Edmund H. Ward

 

525 Newton Avenue

1924 Ethel R. Ireland
varieties

516 Newton Avenue

1912 William Bundy

Camden Post-Telegram
December 16, 1912

O. Glen Stackhouse
Harry A. Moran

526 Newton Avenue

1951 Lorenzo C. Colangelo

Camden Courier-Post
September 26, 1951

 

527 Newton Avenue

1956 Mrs. Emilie Griffin

529 Newton Avenue

1924-1947
Leslie R. Farrow Sr. Family
Leslie &Nellie Farrow
Geraldine Farrow
Philip Farrow
Jesse Farrow
Leslie R. Farrow Jr.
George Farrow
Evelyn Farrow

529 Newton Avenue

1920s-1940s
Philip Farrow

529 Newton Avenue


Aviation Machinist's Mate
First Class
Leslie R. Farrow Jr.

529 Newton Avenue

1940 Mrs. Sophia Parke

Camden Courier-Post
July 23, 1941

529 Newton Avenue

1960s-1980s
Eugene F. Alston

530 Newton Avenue

1912
W. Penn Corson & Family

Philadelphia Inquirer
February 17, 1912

531 Newton Avenue

1924-1931
Dennis J. Ryan & Family
Dennis J. & Elizabeth Ryan
Raymond Ryan - Walter Ryan
William Ryan - Maria Ryan
Ella Ryan Conway

Camden Courier-Post
August 25, 1931

 

531 Newton Avenue

1947 Robert C. Barr

533 Newton Avenue

1941-1947
Harry F. Wonderlin & Family
Harry & Frieda Schultz Wonderlin
Harry F. Wonderlin Jr. - EUgene Wonderlin
Dorothy Wonderlin

 Camden Courier-Post
July 26, 1941

533 Newton Avenue

1941-1947
Harry F. Wonderlin & Family
Harry & Frieda Schultz Wonderlin
Harry F. Wonderlin Jr. - EUgene Wonderlin
Dorothy Wonderlin

 Camden Courier-Post
March 26, 1968

 

536 Newton Avenue

1924 Can-U-Tel-Lo-Co
herbs

 

539 Newton Avenue

1906 Charles L. Wood
1924 H.H. Kretschmer
1929 Carroll V. Fisher

Man Gets 50 Days For Taking Taxi To 'Fool' Friend

What he declared was intended only as a practical joke sent a South Camden man to the county jail for 50 days when he was arraigned in police court yesterday on a charge of stealing a taxicab.

Police Judge Pancoast failed to see the humor of the situation when Walter M. Drake, 23, of 539 Newton Avenue, said he had taken the taxicab only because he believed it was in charge of a friend and he wanted to play a practical joke on him. He learned later, he admitted, that the cab was not operated by his friend, but by another driver.

Acting Police Sergeant Frank Crawford testified he was on Sixth street when he saw Drake enter the driver's seat of a taxicab and drive away. Crawford said he overtook the cab and arrested Drake, who appeared to be intoxicated.

Drake told the court he had been married only two months ago and asked for leniency. Judge Pancoast fined him $50 and sent him to jail for 50 days when he was unable to pay the fine, after the judge had been informed Drake is on parole from New York, where he was sentenced for stealing an automobile.

539 Newton Avenue

1933
Walter M. Drake

 

540 Newton Avenue

1906-1912
William Penn Corson & Family
William Penn & Catherine Corson
William Wallace Corson
Charles Hobart Corson
Edward Mahlon Corson
John Marvin Corson

540 Newton Avenue

1941
John W. Jones

Camden Courier-Post
 July 30, 1941

542 Newton Avenue

1932
G. Christopher Tenner
aka Christian Tenner
Camden Fire Department & Camden Police Department

Camden Courier-Post
April 8, 1932

 

542 Newton Avenue

1932-1942
William G. Hertline & Family
Camden Fire Department
William G. & Lydia Tenner Hertline
William C. Hertline
John Hertline
Helen Hertline
Benjamin Hertline

546 Newton Avenue

1943-1961
William G. Hertline & Family
Camden Fire Department
William G. & Lydia Hetline
William C. Hertline
John Hertline
Helen Hertline
Benjamin Hertline

Camden Courier-Post
 July 17, 1961

548 Newton Avenue

1930-1932
George Perks & Family
George & LIla Perks
George Perks

Camden Courier-Post
 June 3, 1932

554 Newton Avenue

1956 Mrs. Bessie F. Griffith

Camden Courier-Post
February 2, 1956

Etta Pfrommer
North 31st Street
Emily Magee
Penn Street

556 Newton Avenue

1917-1947
 Clarence K. Bushey
pharmacist

Clarence K. Bushey
with his grandson,
David M. Bushey Jr.

Photo from about 1939

Clarence K. Bushey operated a pharmacy at 461 Haddon Avenue, the corner of Haddon and Newton Avenues, from the 1920s through the mid-1950s.

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558 Newton Avenue

1924 Dr. Robert S. Gamon
1947 Frank Abbott Jr.


Intersection of Royden Street & Newton Avenue

   

 

 

Intersection of Line Street & Newton Avenue

   

 

 

600 Block of Newton Avenue

 

600 Newton Avenue

1924-1947 Edmund Gray

 

612 Newton Avenue

1910s-1920 David S. Paul
1924 Vacant
1929 Vacant
1947 James Clark

615 Newton Avenue

1914 Edward Beatty

Philadelphia Inquirer
July 29, 1914

615 Newton Avenue

1941-1947
David Luciano & Family
David & Assenta Lucian0
David Luciano
Elmer A. Luciano
Gabriel A. Luciano
John A. Luciano
Nicholas Luciano

Camden Courier-Post
July 31, 1941

618 Newton Avenue

1885-1923
Charles P. Stites & Family
Charles P. & Anna H. Stites

Camden Daily Courier
February 12, 1908

Improved Order of Red Men

 

618 Newton Avenue

1890
Dr. Benjamin S. Lewis & Family

Camden Post
September 9, 1890

 

618 Newton Avenue

1890-1903
Mrs. Deborah Jones
widow of John H. Jones

Charles Stites (nephew)

Camden Post
December 9, 1890

618 Newton Avenue

1890-1903
Mrs. Deborah Jones
widow of John H. Jones

Charles Stites

Camden Post
April 11, 1903

Eight Street Methodist Episcopal Church
Rev. James Burns
W.T. Wright
Elmer E. Cox
Frank Seifreid
W.B. Wells
Joseph Ewan
John Matlack

 

618 Newton Avenue

1885-1922
Charles P. Stites & Family
Charles P. & Anna H. Stites

Camden Daily Courier
February 12, 1908

Improved Order of Red Men

 

 

620 Newton Avenue

1924 No Listing
1929 Brown & Sons
garage

1936
Ehrlich Newmark Trucking & Transfer Company

623 Newton Avenue

1915
Frank Sifried

Philadelphia Inquirer
May 21, 1915

623 Newton Avenue

1974-1975
Rox Locantore & Family
Rox & Irene Locantore
Patrick Locantore
Michael Locantore
Dennis Locantgore

Camden Courier-Post
January 3, 1975

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the
Complete News Article

 

629 Newton Avenue

1924 Fred Biederman

 

631 Newton Avenue

1924 No Listing
1929 Five Points Service Station
1947 Dees Service Station


Intersection of
Newton Avenue, Division Street, & South 7th Street
 

Northeast Corner

1924 Penn Pressed Metal

Northeast Corner
of
Division Street
&
Spruce Street

J.D. Johnson Company Inc.

1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
Yellow Pages Ad

Southeast Corner

South 7th Street
&
Newton Avenue

About 1993

The former J.D. Johnson
Plumbing Supply Co. building
 

Southeast Corner

South 7th Street
&
Newton Avenue

J.D. Johnson Plumbing Supply Co. building
October 30, 2004
 

Southeast Corner

South 7th Street
&
Newton Avenue

J.D. Johnson Plumbing Supply Co. building
October 30, 2004
 

South 7th Street
&
Newton Avenue

J.D. Johnson Plumbing Supply Co. building
October 30, 2004
 

South 7th Street
&
Newton Avenue

J.D. Johnson Plumbing Supply Co. building
October 30, 2004
 


Intersection of Pine Street & Newton Avenue

   

 

 

800 Block of Newton Avenue

 

805 Newton Avenue

1924 David Jacobs
shoemaker
1929 E.S. Creely Company
paperhangers
shop
1947 Charles M. Cleary
restaurant

819 Newton Avenue

1909 Clarence Boyer

Philadelphia Inquirer
December 12, 1909

Charles H. Ellis - Joseph Koplan

829 Newton Avenue

1931 Charles Scollard

Camden Courier-Post
February 2, 1931

 

830 Newton Avenue

1929-1947 J.D. Johnson Company Inc.
plumbing supplies

 

831 Newton Avenue

1924 Charles McCloskey
1929 Vacant
1947 William Hasher



800 Block of Newton Avenue

 

832 Newton Avenue

1924 Edward McKeown

832 Newton Avenue

1931-1932 Mrs. Ida Allison

Camden Courier-Post
February 2, 1931

832 Newton Avenue

1932 Clare Antonio

Camden Courier-Post
June 8, 1932

 

832 Newton Avenue

1947 Elmer Carpenter

METER TAPPERS JAILED

Three men who entered pleas of guilty to stealing gas or electricity from the Public Service were sent to the county jail for 30 days each in default of $25 tines yesterday by Police Judge Pancoast.

Harry Hansen, 2733 Tyler avenue, admitted putting a detachment on his gas meter to prevent it registering. L. M. Thompson, chief clerk for Public Service, testified the device was discovered January 5.

Richard Fearon, 833 Newton avenue, put a "run-around" on his electric meter because he had been out of work he told Judge Pancoast after Thompson had testified the alleged theft was discovered January 13.

John Waldner, 814 North Thirty-fourth street, said his wife was ill and he tapped the main feed line to obtain gas. He said they had four children. Thompson said Public Service employees discovered the alteration on January 10. Waldner's meter was shut off in November for nonpayment of gas bills.

833 Newton Avenue

1924-1947 Richard Fearon

Camden Courier-Post
February 2, 1933

 

839 Newton Avenue

1890 William Heineman

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841 Newton Avenue

1890 William Heineman

My great-great-grandfather, William Heineman (bottom left) and some of his companions at an un-named railroad crossing in Camden, circa 1890s.

I have two others of him, dated 1894. In one he is doing some caulking on top of a water tower, and the other, some smithy work, presumably at the same water tower construction site. The location is not named
and it's been driving me nuts trying to find the location via the buildings visible in the distance.

Jeff Marquardt
July 2010

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840 Newton Avenue

1929 Gulf Refining Company
gas station
1947 Kiker's Gulf Station
gas station

 

 841 Newton Avenue

1905-1906
Robert L. Cattell & FAmily
Robert L. & Mary Cattell
 
George L. Cattell 

 

841 Newton Avenue

1924-1929 Clarence Boyer
1947 Charles M. Cleary
(residence)


Intersection of Spruce Street & Newton Avenue

   

 

 

Intersection of South 6th Street & Newton Avenue

   

 

 

900 Block of Newton Avenue

 

900 Newton Avenue

1906

 

902 Newton Avenue

1906 John Flood
bar
1928 No listing
1929 Vacant

 

904 Newton Avenue

1906

 

900-904 Newton Avenue

1930
Gas Station owned by William Crozier
John W. Edwards & Family
gas station manager
John & Helen Edwards

Mrs. Edwards stabbed her husband to death June 29, 1930

 

900-906 Newton Avenue

1947
Chick's Atlantic
Guido Ciccarelli

 

906 Newton Avenue

1924 Mrs. E.E. Gross
1928 Betty Ramsey
1929 Albert E. Gainsford

 

908 Newton Avenue

1947 Lawrence Palese

 

913 Newton Avenue

1947 Francis McGuckin

Having served a regular enlistment as a sailor in the U.S. Navy, Leon Dickinson has arrived at his South Camden home. “Dick” as he was familiarly known in sporting circles, was a crack baseball and basketball player, and during his time on ‘dry land” participated in several games of both sports. Leon recently returned from Mexico, where he said the heat was almost unbearable. He is delighted to be home with his relatives and friends and is undecided whether or not to re-enlist.

915 Newton Avenue

1914
John T. Dickinson Family
John T. & Elizabeth Dickinson
Leon A. Dickinson

 

917 Newton Avenue

1918 Sgt. Leon A. Dickinson

 

918 Newton Avenue

1890s
Henry Bishop Family
Henry & Rebeccah Bishop
Harry Bishop
Martha Bishop
Irvin Franklin Bishop

918 Newton Avenue

1907
Anthony J. Oberst

Camden Courier-Post
May 7, 1907

 

 

918 Newton Avenue

1929 Frank Balestra
1947 Paul More

920 Newton Avenue

1901
Katie Stewart

Philadelphia Inquirer
April 23, 1901

James S. Funk

 

920 Newton Avenue

1929 Philip Demare
1947 Vincent DiGrazia
(residence)

 

924 Newton Avenue

1924 Thomas Peak
1929 Vacant
1947 Frank J. McGuckin

 

926 Newton Avenue

1906 Victor Kissling

929 Newton Avenue

1874-1882
Arthur Stanley

930 Newton Avenue

1906
John Schnitzler & Family
Emerson Schnitzler

Philadelphia Inquirer
December 2, 1906

Dr. Grant Elmer Kirk
Victor Kissling

 

932 Newton Avenue

1941 Mrs. Bertha Hunsberger

933 Newton Avenue

1887
Ferdinand F. Sell

 

934 Newton Avenue

1910-1914 Henry Bishop Family
Henry & Rebeccah Bishop
Harry Bishop
Irvin Franklin Bishop

 

934 Newton Avenue

1924 Thomas Peak
1929 William J. Dyer

 

936 Newton Avenue

1924-1929 Mrs. Mary Sage

 

936-938 Newton Avenue

1947 Vincent DiGrazia
auto repair

937 Newton Avenue

1915
William Hess

Philadelphia Inquirer
February 3, 1915

Mary J. Ball Nursery

938 Newton Avenue

Mrs. WIlliam Corbett

Philadelphia Inquirer
April 23, 1917

 

938 Newton Avenue

1924 William Dyer
1929 Mrs. Mary Patton

 

939 Newton Avenue

1878-1881
Amos R. Dease

 

939 Newton Avenue

1905
Oliver S. Guthrie & Family
Pennsylvania Railroad Police Detective
Oliver & Mary Eva Guthrie
Oliver S. "Ollie" Guthrie III

 

939 Newton Avenue

Clement Dougherty & Family
Clement & Mary Dougherty

Philadelphia Inquirer
October 12, 1915

Frank Frost

FIRE CHIEF RESCUES SAVINGS OF WOMAN
SON'S PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT DESTROYED
ON EVE OF STARTING WORK

The savings of a widow were saved last night by Battalion Chief Charles Errickson as flames destroyed a photographic studio in her home at 939Newton Avenue.

Erickson worked his way through dense smoke at the home of Mrs. Carrie C. Perkinpine to get her savings in a small box in a second story bedroom.

Mrs. Perkinpine lived with her son, Leonard J. Farrar, who has been unemployed two years. He was to have started work as a photographer next Monday but all of his equipment, including a camera, were lost in the fire.

“I had banked the furnace in the cellar for the night and was reading in the dining room when I heard a crackling noise," Mrs. Perkinpine said. "I opened the cellar door and was nearly overcome by a gust of smoke.”

She ran to the home of neighbors across the street and they called the fire department. Four companies responded under Errickson. The fire spread to the photographic studio set up in the cellar by Farrar and destroyed his developing and enlarging equipment as well as the camera. Firemen were unable to account for the origin of the blaze unless sparks from the furnace ignited a pile of rubbish in the cellar. The tire was confined to the cellar although the upper rooms were damaged by smoke.

Three other families were forced to flee their homes because of smoke from the Perkinpine home.

939 Newton Avenue

1936 Mrs. Carrie Perkinpine
1936 Leoned J. Farrar

Camden Courier-Post
February 20, 1936

 

 

939 Newton Avenue

1947 Paul Beach

 

940 Newton Avenue

1917-1940
William F. Gaskill & Family
William F. & Anastasia Byron Gaskill

940 Newton Avenue

1940
Thomas Edward Byron

Camden Courier-Post
May 4, 1940

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the
Complete News Article

 

940 Newton Avenue

1941-1947
Russell Pierce & Family
Alfred R. Pierce
William Robinson (father-in-law)


Intersection of St. John Street & Newton Avenue

   

 

 

900 Block of Newton Avenue

 

941 Newton Avenue

1924 Otto J. Walter
banjo factory
1929 Vacant
1947 Parker Electric Company
Sterling T. Parker

942 Newton Avenue

1913
Harvey Flitcraft

Philadelphia Inquirer
February 5, 1913

Camden Lodge 293,
Benevolent Protective Order of Elks

1912-1913
The Casino 
Motion picture theater - 403 Broadway
Flitcraft & Paul
Motion picture theater - 935 Broadway

943 Newton Avenue

1936-1937
Devlin Brothers
Painting & Paperhanging

Camden Catholic High School
School Play Program
Mme. Modiste
February 1937

943 Newton Avenue

1940 William DiBattista

Camden Courier-Post
October 15, 1940

Gene R. Mariano
Vernon Jones
George Weber

Felix Guiotti - Chestnut Street
Manual Laraio - Mt. Vernon Street
Frank Manfredi aka Freddie Mack
South 3rd Street
Leroy Smith - Boyer Court
Albert DiMatteo
John Bianchi - Emma Street
William DiBattista - Newton Avenue
James Abbott - Haddon Avenue
Anthony Manfredi

 

 

945 Newton Avenue

1956 James Walker

 

947 Newton Avenue

1924 Charles McCann Jr.
1929 Michael DeLecci
restaurant

948 Newton Avenue

1955
Emerson Fuel Service
Charles J. Bruccoliere

1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
Yellow Pages Ad

 

949 Newton Avenue

1924 John Purdy
Oysters

 

956 Newton Avenue

1924 Dr. Louis Mackler
1929 Dr. E. Pierce Shope
1947 Leonard Levin


Intersection of Walnut Street & Newton Avenue

Southeast Corner of Newton Avenue & Walnut Street - September 22, 2003

   

1000 Block of Newton Avenue

1000 Newton Avenue

1924-1929 Dr. Samuel S. Tomkins
dentist
1947 Dr. Benjamin Levitt
dentist

Photo taken September 22, 2003

1000 & 1002
Newton Avenue

September 02, 2004

Camden Fire Displaces 4 People

Four people were forced out of their home Thursday when a fire in a vacant building spread to their apartments, authorities said

Te fire originated in a vacant building at the corner of Newton Avenue and Walnut Street near Broadway , said Ralph Schneeman, a city fire inspector.

The fire began about 2:37  p.m. and was brought under control about an hour later, he said.

The second floor of the vacant building collapsed, Schneeman said, and the building will have to be demolished today.

The cause of the fire is under investigation. Schneeman said the Red Cross was contacted to help the displaced residents.

1000 & 1002
Newton Avenue

Camden Courier-Post
September 3, 2004

 

1002 Newton Avenue

1929 Lyric Floral Shop
1929 S.P. Emright
1929 William Hackett
1947 Leon Locantore
barber

 

1004 Newton Avenue

1924
1929 John C. Young
1947 Frank A. Pintozzi

 

1006 Newton Avenue

1909-1912
Dr. Isadore S. Siris
1915 - 1942

Dr. Henry Stanley Riddle
1947 Mrs. Edith Riddle

1008 Newton Avenue

1924 Vacant
1929 Vacant
1947 Anna Warner

1947-1955
Carmella's Beauty Salon

1955
New Jersey Bell
Telephone Directory
Yellow Pages Ad

1010 Newton Avenue

1903-1919
Charles S. Ackley & Family
real estate
Charles S. & Mary Elizabeth Ackley

1907 City Directory Ad

1010 Newton Avenue

1903-1919
Charles S. Ackley & Family
real estate
Charles S. & Mary Elizabeth Ackley

Philadelphia Inquirer
April 23, 1919

Broadway Methodist Episcopal Church

 

1010 Newton Avenue

1919-1927 Howard F. Lupton
real estate, nephew of Charles S. Ackley

 

1010 Newton Avenue

1924 Ira E. Davenport
accountant
1924 Leonard Garringer
1929 Henry Dunn
fruit
1929 Joseph M. Weiss
shoe repair
1929 Lawrence Welsh

1010 Newton Avenue

1933
Bradley's
Watch & Jewelry Shop

Camden Courier-Post
February 10, 1933

1010 Newton Avenue

1941
E.L. Shaylor

Camden Courier-Post
July 24, 1941

 

 

1010 Newton Avenue

1947 John Schultz
restaurant

 

1016 Newton Avenue

1883-1894
Elizabeth Burkett & Family
Elmer E. Burkett
George C. Burkett

1018 Newton Avenue

1909
Mrs. Margaret Lubbock

Philadelphia Inquirer
April 10, 1909

Elmer Calloway
Cherrier Place
South 7th Street
John Painter

 

1018 Newton Avenue

1930
Otto Keubler & Family
Otto & Mary Keubler
Henry S. Keubler

 

1020 Newton Avenue

1880-1881
Elizabeth Burkett & Family
Elmer E. Burkett
George C. Burkett
Edward Burkett
Clara Burkett

 

1025 Newton Avenue

1896-1910a
Charles M. Baldwin
Justice of the Peace - Real Estate


Newton Avenue Looking East From Broadway
September 22, 2003

Broadway
North
of
Newton Avenue

circa 1980

from left 1007, 1005, 1003, 1001 & 941 Broadway

941 Broadway is the 3 story building, and was the home of the Globe Furniture Company when the photo was taken.

Broadway
North
of
Newton Avenue

circa 1980

from left 1007, 1005, 1003, 1001 & 941 Broadway

941 Broadway is the 3 story building, and was the home of the Globe Furniture Company when the photo was taken.


Intersection of Broadway & Newton Avenue

938-944 Broadway
(Broadway & Walnut Street)

Broadway Trust

1925

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938-944 Broadway
(Broadway & Walnut Street)

Broadway Trust

1926

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938-944 Broadway
(Broadway & Walnut Street)

Broadway Trust

June 15, 2003

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938-944 Broadway
(Broadway & Walnut Street)

Broadway Trust

June 15, 2003

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Looking North on Broadway
From the SE corner
of
Broadway & Newton Avenue

1940s

932-934 Broadway
Heine's Inc. Furniture

936 Broadway
London Tailors

1000 Broadway
Bradley's Clothes Inc.

1012 Broadway

Crystal Cleaners & Tailors

Camden High School
Purple & Gold Yearbook Ad
February 1940

1000 Broadway & 1012 Broadway

Lyric Theater

1928

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1015 Broadway

Lyric Theater

1928

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1015 Broadway

Lyric Theater

1941

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1019 Broadway

1947 United Men's Store


Newton Avenue Looking West From Broadway
September 22, 2003
Union Methodist Episcopal Church

Intersection of Mt. Vernon Street & Newton Avenue

Union
Methodist Episcopal Church

Photo taken September 2003

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1000 Block of Newton Avenue

  1016 Newton Avenue

1924 Ira Hall
1929 Otto Kuebler
2nd Hand Furniture
1947 No Listing

 

1018 Newton Avenue

1924 Thomas Godfrey
1929 Vacant
1933 John Kuebler
1947 Otto J. Kuebler
trucking
1928-1940s Henry S. Keubler

 

1020 Newton Avenue

1924 Harry Davis
1929 Ennis Rhoads
1947 Edward Jones
trucking

SPECIAL OFFICER PAYS FOR WARRANT

A special officer who procured a warrant from a justice of the peace for a man he accused of threatening to hit him and thus causing the city to spend $4.75 was reprimanded yesterday by Police Judge Pancoast

"As a special officer of the city you have the power to arrest anyone committing a crime," Judge Pancoast said. "Yet, when you say this prisoner threatened to hit you and became abusive, instead of arresting him, you go get a justice of the peace warrant, which costs the city $4.75". 

"In, this case; however. you are going to pay the $4.75, for I am going to suspend sentence on this, defendant and assess the costs against the complainant."

The defendant was John Kuebler, 1018 Newton Avenue. He was arrested upon complaint of Special Officer William Bishop, 1022 Newton Avenue. Bishop, as a special officer, watches parked automobiles near a Broadway theatre.

1022 Newton Avenue

1933 William Bishop

 

1022 Newton Avenue

1924 Mrs. A. Nickerson
1929 Joseph Chapman
1947 William Primrose

 

1024 Newton Avenue

1924 Otto Kuebler
1929 Zachary Watson
1947 Mrs. Elizabeth Pointer

 

1026 Newton Avenue

1929 Mrs. Ellen Burl
1947 Stanley Gaskill


Intersection of Chestnut Street & Newton Avenue

Union
Methodist Episcopal Church

Looking North
from
Chestnut Street

Photo taken September 2003

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Intersection of South 5th Street & Newton Avenue

   

 

 

1100 Block of Newton Avenue

  1100 Newton Avenue

1929 No Listing
1947 Joseph Commisso
gas station

  1101 Newton Avenue

1924 Anna Bartman
bar
1929 Ernest Stuebing
bar
1947 No Listing

1102 Newton Avenue

1855-1890 & 1905-1950s
Kaighn Public School

1102 Newton Avenue

1855-1890 & 1905-1950s
Kaighn Public School

  1105 Newton Avenue

1996

1107 Newton Avenue

Photograph Taken March 16, 2012

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1107 Newton Avenue

Photograph Taken March 16, 2012

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  1108 Newton Avenue

1906
John Brothers
policeman

  1109 Newton Avenue

1906

  1111 Newton Avenue

1918
Charles F. Daubmann & Family
Charles F. & Louis Daubmann
Anne Daubmann

  1113 Newton Avenue

1924 Morris Kaplan
paperhanger

  1115 Newton Avenue

1906

1117 Newton Avenue

1878-1895
James H. Brown

Philadelphia Inquirer
November 17, 1895

Union M.E. Church

  1119 Newton Avenue

1906

1119-1/2 Newton Avenue

-1938
Mrs. Louise E. Radcliff Daubmann

Camden Courier-Post
December 16, 1938

Charles F. Daubmann
Anne Daubmann
Chesapeake Road

 

1121 Newton Avenue

1906

 

  1123 Newton Avenue

1923 Daniel McDonald
1929 Morris Kaplan
paperhanger
1947 William Gillard

 

1125 Newton Avenue

1906

 

1126 Newton Avenue

1891-1931
Mrs. Emily Loughlin Buck & Family
widow of Charles Buck
Charles Buck - Martin H. Buck
Maria Sophia Buck Quinn

Camden Courier-Post
January 26, 1931

South 5th Street

  1126 Newton Avenue

1931-1958
John F. Quinn & Family
John F. & Mary S. Buck Quinn
Ethel Quinn
Emily Quinn Duus
Charles B. Quinn
Morton F. Quinn

 

1132 Newton Avenue

1890
Charles Buck & Family
Charles & Emily Buck

 

1134 Newton Avenue

1906

 

1136 Newton Avenue

1906

   

Intersection of Sycamore Street & Newton Avenue

   

 

 

1100 Block of Newton Avenue

  1132 Newton Avenue

1924-1929 Frederick Gross
1947 James Koerner

  1134 Newton Avenue

1881-1883
Oliver S. Guthrie Sr. & Family
Oliver S. &  Mary Matilda Guthrie
Oliver S. Guthrie Jr.
Theodore F. "Dorrie" Guthrie
Mary D. Guthrie
Frank F. Guthrie
Samuel F.B. Guthrie

  1134 Newton Avenue

1924 Edward Burkett
restaurant
1929 William Buck
costumers
1929 Mrs. Caroline Elliot
1947 Clyde Bates
used furniture

  1136 Newton Avenue

1924-1929 Charles O'Hara
1947 Mrs. Bertha Shelansky

1140 Newton Avenue

1924-1929 Jacob Levinthal
1924 Harry Hyman
1929 Harry Clark
1947 No Listing

Photo taken July 4, 1974


Intersection of
Newton Avenue, Kaighn Avenue & South 4th Street
Looking Northeast
along
Newton Avenue
from
South 4th Street & Kaighn Avenue

September 2003

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Looking Northeast
towards
Kaighn Avenue
&
Newton Avenue
from in front of
1211 South 4th Street

1955

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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
1970s-1980s EJay's Auto Repair

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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.


Southeast Corner

400 Kaighn Avenue

1887-1888 William J. Houck
1918-1940 Carl Stahl
1943-1959
Ward's Cafe  
1964-1984
Lobey's Bar
 Gina's Bar
Lefty's Tavern
Big Ed
400 Club

Top Photo taken July 1984
Bottom Photo taken November 10, 2003

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Northeast Corner

401 Kaighn Avenue

1919 Kline's Shoes
1960s-1977 P&S Supply Company
party supplies
Phil & Sophie
1984  B & R Discount Company

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For many years you could still see trolley tracks going up Kaighn Avenue and then branching off down Newton Avenue.

Northwest Corner

This building was at one time
called Furley's Hall

Photo taken July 4, 1984

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Southwest Corner

Photo taken July 4, 1984

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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

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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.

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Intersection of Broadway & Newton Avenue
1012 Broadway
Crystal Cleaners & Tailors

Camden High School
Purple & Gold Yearbook Ad
February 1940

1014 Broadway

Tillie's Beauty Shoppe

Camden Courier-Post
June 9, 1933
June 16, 1933

  1016 Broadway

1956-1990s
Arrow Drug Store



Newton Avenue Looking East From Broadway
September 22, 2003
Newton Avenue Looking East From Broadway
September 22, 2003
(Intersection of Newton Avenue & Mt. Vernon Street)