The First Railrod in Camden, 1834
(Relief in the PATCO Broadway Station)
Camden, New Jersey

 History


50 Years of Community Building in Camden, New Jersey
All About Camden
(Phil Cohen)
Baseball, Camden, and the Swartz Boys

The Big Top

The Camden 28

Camden and the History of Recorded Sound

Camden – New Jersey - History 

Camden's History

Camden County Cultural & Heritage Commission

Camden County Historical Society

Cramer Hill (from Prowell's The History of Camden County

History of Black Firefighters - Camden, NJ

Johnson Park Restoration
Memories of Camden

Ben Franklin Bridge
The Benjamin Franklin Bridge

The Ben Franklin Bridge and the Waterfront

Business/Economics
Volney G. Bennett Lumber Company - History

Campbell Soup Company - History

Delaware River Port Authority -- 80 Years of Progress

The Drive-In Theater History Page

Esterbrook Pens

History of Peanut Butter Glasses

Hobo's Guide: Camden and Burlington County Railway

New York Shipbuilding Company Historical Site

Photograph of Unemployed Workers Marching in New Jersey During the Great Depression

The J.B. Van Sciver Furniture Company

Education and Research
The Coriell Institute for Medical Research
A half-century of service: Rutgers-Camden marks 50 years

The St. Joseph High School Memorial Free Range Salt Lick

Fairview (Yorkship)
Fairview
Fairview (Yorkship Village, Camden, NJ)
A Tribute to A Place Called YORKSHIP

People
BJ's Camden Hall of Fame

Camden Mayors, 1828 to present

"Dear Mr. Hopkins" (from Martha Gellhorn, April 25, 1935)

Harleigh Cemetery

Nick Virgilio - Camden's Haiku Poet

Walt Whitman - Camden's Poet

   The Walt Whitman House

Selections from the CourierPostonline's 125th Anniversary Series

1875-1940
The birth of the Courier-Post 125 years ago
From 1875 through 1940, South Jerseyans experienced it all
Poet Walt Whitman once wrote for the `Courier-Post'
The top stories from more than a century ago
Two area schools were named for Courier-Post journalists (Henry L. Bonsall)

1941-1970
Ads mirror dramatic changes in retail scene
Delivering papers brought Camden boy and future businessman a small fortune
Nation's first mass murder was the top story of Sept. 6, 1949 
A new owner and a new home
Veteran newsman, now retired, still a copyboy at heart

1971-2000
Camden, area experience turmoil, hope
Camden still struggles to regain lost glory
Reporter recounts coverage of the city's worst riots

Photo Gallery
At the top of the news, 1875 - 1940
At the top of the news, 1941 - 1970
Scenes from South Jersey, 1875 - 1940
Scenes from South Jersey, 1941 - 1970
On the Waterfront -- the start of a rebirth in Camden


The USS New JerseyVisitors flock to the USS New Jersey.
Visitors flock to the USS New Jersey.

Read about the USS New Jersey in the CourierPost Online.
Visit the USS New Jersey official web site.


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Photographs copyright © 1998-2005 by BJ Swartz. Permission is granted to use the photos as long as it is not for profit and not for reproduction in a publication without credit. If you do use a photo, I'd just like to know and would appreciate it if you would send a donation to St. Paul's Food Basket. Thanks!

BJ Swartz 
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Updated June 16, 2007