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CAMDEN FIRST was published by the Camden's Chamber of Commerce in the 1920s. Many of the leading citizens of the era were active members of this group, which was very active in the effort to build the Walt Whitman Hotel. The edition of Camden First reproduced here, celebrates the opening of the hotel, which stood on the northeast corner of Broadway and Cooper Streets for over 50 years. |
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CAMDEN FIRST Official
Organ of the Chamber of Commerce Entered as second-class matter April 25, 1924, at the Post Office at Camden, New Jersey, under the Act of Congress of March 3, 1879, by the Chamber of Commerce of Camden, New Jersey. Published monthly as a distributor of authoritative notices and articles regarding the activities of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of Camden for the educating, enlightening and stimulating of civic workers and all citizens, to the end that Camden may become a bigger, better, greater and more generally known city, and that its great industrial activities and unique and unrivalled possibilities may be heralded far and near. Articles of timely interest solicited. The Chamber of Commerce does not necessarily subscribe to the views and opinions expressed in articles of contributors nor is it committed to views or opinions expressed editorially. Published
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WILLIAM
KENNEDY................ ............ Editor
Special
Walt Whitman Edition. CONTENTS
36
pages and cover
6000 copies
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Horse Pike, U.S.A. "The Favorite Motor Way of a Nation" |
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White Horse Pike "Gateway" Fifteen million automobiles passed through the gateway in 1924. Traffic in 1925 has increased- and when the Camden bridge opens in 19826 traffic on the White Horse Pike will be further increased- experts say, even doubled. J.T. Tucker, Camden Real Estate operator, thought so much of the location that he purchased all the 'gateway'. |
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Here's the new entrance to the White Horse Pike and Tucker sees both sides of the roadway lined with automobiles, rows of apartment hotels and theaters. He says that where traffic computation determines value these frontages are decidedly valuable. |
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The old entrance to the White Horse Pike is probably the best known to the motorists of the Nation who have motored to the shore. Its width and its winding made it inadequate to carry all the traffic- and now it is used as a one way entrance to the Pike. They say the gas station on the corner and those half way up the block set records in gallonage of gasoline. |
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Looking down Haddon Avenue with the New entrance to the Pike in the foreground- and the old entrance in the background on can visualize the development that will take place here. Whether Tucker develops it or turns it over to others the future of this entrance to the White Horse Pike is assured. |
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A "neighbor to the gateway. this service station and salesroom of the Norman G. Wilson Motor Co., Dodge Distributors, proves beyond peradventure the future of business men who locate at the Gateway. When Wilson built here three or four years ago many shook their heads in doubt- today he has one of the most valuable motors and service organizations in South Jersey. |
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