Streets
of
Camden, NJ

Buren
Avenue

1924 Smith & Sinclair Machine Co.
1929-1947 John A. Neef
machinist

1910

1910
Harry W. Rickenbach & Famiuly
Harry & Eugenia Rickenbach
Lydia M. Rickenbach

1924-1929 William F. Stayton
hauling
1947 William T. Stayton

1910 Nathan Rickenbach
1924 George Beam
1929 Clifford Kelchner
1947 William G. Trimbach

1910
William Schlitz & Family
Willima M. & Josephine Schlitz
William C. Schlitz
Harry B. Schlitz

1924-1929 George Schenck
1947 Robert L. Trimbach

1924-1929 Frederick Trimbach
1947 Julius Trimbach

1924 Charles Twelves
1929 Mrs.Lottie Laird
1947 John M. Bergman

1924-1929 Nathan Rickenbach
1947 Alex Martin

1910
Frederick L. Fritz & Family
Frederick L. & Isabell Fritz
Nellie Fritz
Dewey Fritz
Susie Fritz
Chester Fritz
Ida Fritz

1910
William H. Rickenbach & Family
William H. & Lydia Rickenbach
Irvin Rickenbach

1905-1908
Noeker, Rickenbach & Ake Shipbuilding Company
1908-1959
Noeker & Ake Shipbuilding Company

2003

1924 No Listing
1929 August F. Oswald Jr.
coal
1947 No Listing

1910s-1960s August F. Oswald Jr.

1947-1970s Jimmy's Tavern

1947 Camden City Directory Ad

1947-1970s Jimmy's Tavern

Camden Courier-Post
1968

Late 1970s The Step Inn

1924-1929 Frederick Will
1947 No Listing

1924 Peter McNichols
1929 No Listing

1924 Harry T. Carver
1929 Harry G. Meeks
1940 Newbold Meeks
1947 No Listing

1924
1929 No Listing
1947 No Listing

1924 No Listing

1929-2011
John E. Lingo & Son Inc.
flag poles

1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
Yellow Pages Ad

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1924-1929 Mrs. Bertha E. King
widow of William King
1947 Richard Richardson

1924 Edmund Thomas
1929 No Listing 

1980s-2008 Express Marine
1984-2008 Exact Boat Company 

1924 No Listing

1929-1953
John B. Barry & Family
Albert Barry (nephew)

Camden Courier-Post
July 6, 1953

1924 Edward Beideman
1929 Vacant
1947 No Listing

1924 Roy J. Krouse
1929 Mrs. Margaret DeHart
1947 No Listing

“Harry and Julia owned a two and half story block home next to Lingo' flagpole factory on Buren Avenue. It had a large side and back yard with several garages and an outside raised ramp to work on cars from underneath. A large weeping willow tree was the centerpiece of the yard. Back in the days before inside plumbing the outhouse used to get moved around the back yard as needed. They also raised chickens and had a garden. I remember a piano that played rolls as a child and loved to pretend to play the songs. They moved to Trenton during the war, and when the moving truck pulled away from the front of the house the front steps were caught on the tailgate of the truck and separated from the house. Elmer, Helen, and Ethel used to swim in the Delaware River as youngsters which was only a block away. They remembered boatloads of people coming from Philadelphia across to be baptized on the Camden side of the river. The river used to be a clean place for all sorts of recreation back then. ”-  

Harry C.
Harry E. Strickler's grand-son.

late 1910s-1942
Harry Strickler & Family
Harry & Julia Strickler

1940

1947 Mrs. Emily DeLaney

1924 Vacant
1929 Earl S. Phillips

1940
Martin Shocklin & Family
Martin & Nina Shocklin

1947 Howard G. Johnston

Photograph Taken August 29, 2008

1924 Louis Greis
1929 John Kantz

1940-1960s
William Ulrich & Family
William & Emma Ulrich
Edward F. Ulrich
William Ulrich
Virginia Ruth Ulrich

1950s-1960s
George E. Brown Sr. & Family
George E. & Emma Virginia Ulrich Brown

1924 Clara V. Vandegrift
1929 Robert Brandt
1947 Mrs. Kate Mousely

1924 No Listing
1929 Charles T. Evans
1947 Raymond C. Vasey

1924 No Listing

1929-1957
Alfred Nelson & Family
Alfred & Florence Nelson
Florence Nelson
A. William Nelson

Photograph Taken August 29, 2008

1969-1977
Mrs. Agnes Brown & Family
Alma S. Johnson

Camden Courier-Post
November 29, 1971

1969-1977
Mrs. Agnes Brown & Family
Alma S. Johnson

1972 Roy Hoover

Camden Courier-Post
September 1, 1973

1924 Mrs. Catherine Williamson

1929-1947
Harry W. Clinger & Family
Harry W. & Mary Clinger
Edith Clinger
May Clinger
Harry W. Clinger Jr.

1924-1929 William R. Reger
1947 Mrs. Lucretia Reger 

1955
W.C. Hawk
Excavating

1955 New Jersey Bell Telephone
Yellow Pages Ad

1924 Cecil A. Thorne

1929-1947
Mrs. Mary E. Tyler & Family
widow of Edward King & William S. Tyler
Clayton Tyler - William Tyler
Elmer Tyler - Bertha Tyler
John Dill (grandson)

Announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss Bertha King of 2872 Buren Avenue, and Henry Clifton Spruill, 3532 Farragut Avenue, which took place on June 3 in the parsonage of the Broadway M. E. Church, Pitman, with the pastor, Rev. H. J. Belting, officiating. Miss Sarah Britt and Lucas Britt of this city, were the attendants.

1933 Miss Bertha King

Camden Courier-Post
June 10, 1933

1924-1947 William C. Knoedler

I found some old pictures of John E. Lingo & Son. My Pop worked for Lingo's. They made flagpoles, and antennas for RCA. Whenever we would go on vacation, Pop always checked the flagpoles to see if they were made at Lingo's. The one in Cooperstown is from Lingo's. Here is a picture of Pop (William C. O'Brien),  Harry Santo, unknown, Ted Hall, boss, boss, Jackie Lingo. They are standing by an antenna made  for RCA. Pop helped make the antenna's for RCA that were on top of the World Trade Center..

Patay O'Brien Maggiulli
January 2008

From Left: William C. O'Brien,  Harry Santo, unknown, Ted Hall, unknown, unknown, and on the far right, Jackie Lingo. 

2003

This picture is looking east on North 29th Street towards Buren Avenue, in the 1950s.  Left side, 1512- renters, 1510- Old Man Frye. 0ur house with white siding at 2901 Adams Avenue;  1356- the Shlams, 1354- the Kerbaughs. This was a twin, the two houses joined together. Last on left is 1348 North 29th Street, I don't know who lived there. The last cross street is Buren Avenue.  The big house on the corner of North 29th and Buren, upper right in this picture, is 2904 Buren Avenue, the Hawk family.

Patay O'Brien Maggiulli
January 2008

1924 Walter L. Kinsey
1929 Mrs. Annie Kinsey
grocery
1929 Irwin S. Decker
confectionary

Photo taken around 1928

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Although this fronts onto North 29th Street, the address is 2901 Buren Avenue. This was originally built as a single family house. The house was later divided, a addition built on at the far end is visible in the picture at left.

Photo taken June 24, 2011

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1924-1929 John J. Barwick
1947 William C. Hawk
trucking
1947 Emery A. Hawk
carpenter

George Albert Leary, 21, of 650 Berkley Street, and Ellen Jane Frame, 19, of 525 North Sixth Street.

Joseph C. Rapa, 25, of 606 South Fourth Street, and Margaret R. Schiave, 24, of 220 Royden Street.

Louis Doerr Jr., 22, of 810 Fern Street, and Marian Hawk. 17, of 2904 Buren Avenue.

Roman Bielicke, 20, of 1184 Lansdowne avenue, and Steffie Krystanovicz. 20, of 1077 Van Hook street.

ELKTON

Leon J. Kirk, 23. 934 Carpenter Street, and Ida V. Hope, 36, Oaklyn.

1938
Emery Hawk & Family
Emery & Anna Hawk
William C. Hawk
Earl Hawk
Daniel F. Hawk
Amos Hawk
Enos Hawk
Marian Hawk
Sarah Hawk Ulrich

Camden Courier-Post
February 8, 1938

Private Daniel F. Hawk

1934 Emery Hawk Jr.

Died April 15, 1934, 26 years old

1924 Robert B. Montgomery
1929 Charles Eicholtz
1938 Earl Hawk 

Torpedoman's Mate Third Class
Russell E. Vasey

1947 George B. Vasey 

1950s-1995 William F. Large Jr.

1924 John Mount

1929-1981 John J. Burke Family
John J. & Julia Burke
Julia Burke

1924-1929 James M. Sherrard
1947 Albert J. Overkampf

1924-1947 James W. Bell

1924 Samuel A. Hatley
1929 Vacant
1947 Zachias Ray

1935-1952
Zacchues Ray & Family
Zacchues & Harriet Watson Ray

Camden Courier-Post
May 14, 1952

1921-1928
James J. Slomkowski & Family
James & Katherine Slomkowski

1929 Vacant
1930 Charles Becker & Family

1929 Vacant
1930 Charles Becker & Family

Private First Class
Joseph E. Becker

1947 Earl W. Keller

1924-1929 Harry J. Baker
1947 Mrs. Martha A. Baker

Buren Avenue Remembered

 The Large Family lived across the street. Also the Hawk Family lived across the street many many years ago.  You’ll find members of the Hawk family all over Camden. They had a large family. The one son Bill moved up the street on 2800 block of Buren Avenue. He had a trucking company and five children.  When the Hawk homestead in the 2900 block was sold, people by the name of Carr bought it and for a short time they turned a portion in to a store with a bumper pool table.  

When I was growing up, there was a lady at the end of Buren Avenue by the name Baker [Martha A. Baker- PMC]. She died in the 50’ or 60’s.  

In the late 40’s or early 50’s the city was going to turn the end of Buren Avenue to River Road in to a dump. It was a swamp [Baldwin's Run- PMC] until they dredged the river and blew the river bottom in there.  All the neighbors stood in front of the trash trucks, moms & dads and children even ones in baby coaches blocked the street.  

I remember standing there while the truck kept moving closer and closer to my mom and me.  We all went to city hall where the people were screaming and shouting.  But, eventually we won and the city gave the land to the Cramer Hill Boys Club to build baseball and football fields instead of a dump. When my sons were growing up they played ball on the same field.  The dump was moved to where it is now.  I know it is closed but at one time it was a mess. 

Julia Burke
January 2008