And what do your rich bosses do? They eat all the best food off of silver plates with their gold knives and forks, and drink champagne from crystal glasses and enjoy all the money you made for them." This continued over and over in the exact same vein for forty minutes, and then he shouted, "We want a strike!" Some hollered, "Yes!" but that wasn't enough. And what do you get? A few lousy dollars a week. He said, "You men work, you work, you work your selves to death in a lousy stinking place. I will never forget his impassioned speech, which sounded like it came right out of the Karl Marx handbook. We were all invited to a meeting elsewhere in the city, and Brother Goldberg from Union Headquarters in New York spoke to the many Evans workers. However, late in the summer word was passed around that an attempt would be made to unionize the factory. I think I made less than a dollar an hour, which wasn't too bad for those pre-war days. At 12 noon, work stopped for lunch, then we stopped again at 2:30 for another snack break, finally going home at 5. At 9:30, the whistle blew and we all went to the cafeteria for cheap coffee and breakfast. In addition to a medical office with a nurse on duty, there were graphic signs on every wall showing what an Anthrax infection looked like and what to do about it immediately. In fact, I classified this company as an old-time Patronial firm where the owners looked out for their employees. There was some razzing of "Little Joe" the general Foreman, who spoke several Slavic languages in order to deal with his many foreign-born workers, but there was no outward hostility. The skins had previously been treated with a sulfur compound, the wool scraped off, washed and sold, and then tanned. My job, along with several other 18 year olds, was to hang tanned wet skins on hooks in a dryer, and bundle them up as they came out dry at the other end. It was a smelly, gloomy, hard working, no-nonsense place, but a lot of men made their living there. Streets in Camden in Camden New Jersey was established in 1858, and employed many men to remove wool from sheep skins and tan them into leather. You would like to purchase a copy of any of these books, or have anyįurther questions concerning them, please contact Bob Stanton at the a ddressĭuring the summer of 1942 I worked as a laborer at a large factory, and my experience there has affected my opinions on labor relations ever since. Railroads of Camden New Jersey ” – And the impact they had on To the Jungle” – Trolleys in the streets of St. Included are three pictures of preserved Brownell cars and The original book hadġ71, 6"x9" pages, which have been combined into 97 full-size Interesting collection of great and small memories of growing up there inĪbout Camden per se, but still of great interest. Interesting history of Camden's Parkside section, containing an The Story of a Neighborhood in Camden, New Jersey Before 1946 Memories of a Camden boy who loved the Philadelphia Trolleys. Included are: carbarns, ferries, maps, and even some old busses. Thisīook contains covering all of the city and suburban lines before 1937. Vintage photographs, including one in color. Notable wrecks, the special car CAMDEN, and the trackless trolleys. Also included are the ferries, amusement parks,
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Lines along with the cars, car number series and assignments, and carbarns,Īre all documented. Of the operating companies of the seven city lines and the six suburban In Camden and its suburbs from horse cars to the end in 1937. Of vintage photographs and lively text, this book covers the trolley era Have anyone who was there at the time heading down memory lane in a Neighborhood in Camden, New Jersey Before 1946. World Wars, this is a companion book to PARKSIDE: The Story of a
Man's story of what it was like to grow up in Camden between the two PARKSIDE BOY REMEMBERS CAMDEN- Essays by Bob Stanton.
Has contributed a series of essays about Camden to this website, which Published about trolley car transportation in Camden and Philadelphia,Īnd about life and times in Camden during the 1930s and 1940s. Recent years he has become well known for a series of books he has Operated in the Camden-Philadelphia area." Historical facts surrounding the early trolleys and trains which That ran on tracks and have spent a lifetime accumulating pictures and His own words: "As a child I fell in love with just about anything Uncle, John Stanton, was desk sergeant at one of the Camden Policeĭepartment's district stations for many years.
Hart, was killed in an aircraft accident during World War II, his Parkside section, and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School in STANTON- Bob to his friends, grew up on Park Boulevard in Camden's
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