#Camden history

[punkrockhistory]

46 years ago

The Clash featuring Steve Jones at the Music Machine in Camden, July 1978.

Photo by Justin Thomas

[lonestarbattleship]

Launch of USS Saipan (CVL-48) at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey.

Date: July 8, 1945

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[thepaintedroom]

Louise Pickard (British/English, 1865-1928) • The Thames at Richmond Galleries • Unknown date • Kirklees Museums and Galleries, UK

[whitesinhistory]

On July 1, 1965, a white sheriff in Camden, Alabama, forced people to leave and then padlocked the doors of the Antioch Baptist Church—a Black church where leaders were discussing civil rights—even though he did not have the authority to do so. Community members from the Summer Community Organization and Political Education (SCOPE) group had been meeting at the church for several months, working to promote Black voter registration in Alabama and the rest of the South. According to the 1960 census, Black residents made up over 75% of the population of Wilcox County. However, because of established practices and laws passed with the intent of suppressing the Black vote—which were enforced in discriminatory ways—no Black people in Wilcox County were registered to vote during the 1964 election. When people at the Antioch Baptist Church began registering Black voters, they were quickly targeted by the white community. Two days before Sheriff P.C. Jenkins evicted people from the church, a group of white men had broken into the building and beaten two Black teenagers, inflicting injuries so severe that they were both hospitalized. Rather than providing protection from this violence, on July 1, Sheriff Jenkins announced that the church had been the cause of “too much disturbance,” and gave people only a few hours to clear out their belongings before putting a padlock on the door.  Though Sheriff Jenkins claimed that at least one church leader had expressed opposition to having the church involved in civil rights activism, the following day the chairman of the Board of Deacons denied that claim, and two weeks later the congregation and board of the church unanimously voted to support the church’s involvement in registering Black voters.   Read EJI’s report, Segregation in America, to learn more about how local white officials targeted civil rights activists and the Black church in their quest to uphold segregation.

[bantarleton]

Poignant images of the recent re-burial of 14 Revolutionary War bodies discovered at Camden, including one redcoat highlander. Members of the present-day Royal Regiment of Scotland were in attendance along with the reenactors. Research is currently being conducted to find any living relatives of the deceased. Images from the 71st Regiment of Foot Facebook page.

[pers-books]

It'll be fascinating to see what a revised history of Elizabeth I's reign looks like once the scholars have pored over this.

[the-cricket-chirps]

Walter Richard Sickert

Maple Street, London

ca. 1915-23

[cogumellow]

londontown curios pt. i // london, uk // 2022 - 2023 // ©

[aryburn-trains]

MDOT0001 A special demonstration trip of Maryland DOT commuter equipment passes Chessie System steam locomotive 614 as it departs Camden Station, Baltimore, Md, September 30, 1981. Cab unit 7184 was rebuilt by Morris-Knudsen and redesignated F9PH. 

MDOT0001 Maryland Department of Transport F9PH A special demonstration trip of Maryland DOT commuter equipment passes Chessie System steam locomotive 614 as it departs Camden Station, Baltimore, Md, September 30, 1981. Cab unit 7184 was rebuilt by Morris-Knudsen and redesignated F9PH. (Louis M . Wassermann) Sep 30, 1981

[20th-century-railroading]

Pavonia Power by Doug Lilly Via Flickr: Penn Central GG1’s 4850 and 4844, still carrying their PRR single-stripe scheme, wait for their next assignment at Pavonia Yard in Camden, New Jersey. Pavonia was the major yard of the Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines, a regional South Jersey road that was jointly owned by the Pennsylvania and the Reading. August 30, 1975

[intomore]

Marion Post Wolcott,

"An old Negro, vicinity of Camden, Alabama (The Whistler),"

Dated 1939 (printed 1980s).

Silver print, 165.1x228.6 mm 56 1/2x9 inches) Sheet 203.2x254 mm

(8x10 inches.)

Courtesy: Swann Auction Galleries

[lonestarbattleship]

Yard workers fitting out IDAHO (BB-42) at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation of Camden, New Jersey.

Photographed on March 15, 1918.

NARA: 45546558

[cameracourt]

Review: "Summerlin Groves" by Elizabeth Camden

Today is all about a contemporary story by Elizabeth Camden, Summerlin Groves, that’s a perfect blend of second chance romance and mystery. This is the author’s first foray into the contemporary genre (historical romance is her usual), and it is treated with the same attention to detail as her brilliant historicals. Jenny Summerlin is struggling to save her dying orange grove when a baffling…

[fitzrovianews]

The Fitzrovia News, no 182, September 2024

The Fitzrovia News, number 182, published Sunday 8 September 2024. A two-page news-sheet of news and public information. Our autumn edition, printed as usual in the old fashioned way in black and white. The Fitzrovia News is usually published every three months: spring, summer, autumn and winter issues. Sometimes more often with the occasional special issue. The Fitzrovia News is available…

[bantarleton]

British Legion troopers at the most recent reenactment of the battle of Camden.

[ianmacallen]

Have you heard of Florida-style pizza? Its not pizza, its not from Florida, and even though its based in Philadelphia, it was actually created in New Jersey. What, that's crazy. Yes, that's the story of Panzarotti. Or Panzerotti. Or Inside-out pizza. Read the full story at Red Sauce America.