Andrew W. Carey built one of the first 3 houses in Wenonah at 11 N. Clinton Ave. He also made this replica of a clipper ship around the same time that Wenonah was created.
Clipper ship named "Eagle Wing" Built in 1853 and lost with all hands in 1865. See a painting of it and read more at the link below. The painting and model are a good match.
This house is listed as being built in 1885 by Thomas Randolph.
On the card it is listed as being the home of H.B. Coles with the back of the having a note saying the photo was taken in September 1907.
1876 Map of West Jersey Rail Road.
Miles from Camden. Note that there are no rail miles from Philadelphia to Camden -- no rails spanned that distance in 1876. You had to board the ferry to start your journey to Cape May.
Fast Express over 2 hours.
Mail Train over 3 hours.
Fares are for travel from Philadelphia to Cape May.
The Philadelphia Times newspaper devoted an entire page to the awards ceremony where the newspaper presents a piano to the Wenonah School. The piano was "a handsome oak Steck upright" piano.
Read all about by following the link to the PDF below.
A town of fewer than 500 amasses a total of 411,099 votes to win a piano for the school. The school colors were described as crimson and gold. Is that still accurate?
Larry Smith wrote:
Edward Lincoln Farr was one of the founding fathers of Wenonah. He was also the chairman of the local chapter of the Red Cross. His home "Littlegrange" was the site of many fundraisers for the organization. This photo shows a fundraiser that was held in August 1917 during World War I.
Free lunch at the Wenonah House.
Photos by Deborah Mix.
Looking south toward Sewell From Willow St? - The picture was taken by Dave Wilson.
Jeff Wentzell
Does anyone know, or remember when the second set of tracks were removed? I would like to narrow it down to month and year. Thanks.
Gary Campbell
Some of them were still there in the late 80's and there were gone by the 90's
The Mantua Creek served as a highway before improved roads or railroads made land travel easier. Other creeks served other towns - Raccoon Creek made Swedesboro accessible to Delaware River traffic. Bridgeton was served by the Cohansey Creek and Millville by the Maurice River.
Will Fell shared a number of photos and some memories of river transport. A facebook discussion followed.
The buildings match the east end of West Elm St where the pedestrian bridge was later built. The fence the photo was taken through was to keep school children off the tracks. The tower in the house on the left, the Wakefield house matches as do the porch pillars. Beyond the Wakefield house you can see the Burger house. The house on the right, once Mr. Bentley's house has undergone considerable renovation with the porch enclosed and a dormer added above it.
1992-12-13 The Philadelphia Inquirer
By Al Baker
INQUIRER CORRESPONDENT
WENONAH BOROUGH - Father Time has done his dirty work, but help is on the way for a corroded steel and wooden pedestrian bridge that has arched over the railroad tracks here since the ; turn of the century.
The photos below were shared by Ken Schwarz on the Facebook group Railroads of Old New Jersey
Ken Schwarz
Here are some pictures of the trestle over the Mantua Creek in or near Sewell NJ. While the pictures were taken after 1957 the trestle is certainly well before that time. It looks like it was built for double track. Does anyone have any info about it?
The caption reads:
NEW POSTAL ERA - Wenonah Postmaster James Elberson (left) stands by as Mayor Jack Sheppard holds the flag being raised by Joseph Carbrey, Wenonah postal clerk, to signal beginning of a new era in U S. postal service with takeover of the mails by a private corporation.
On May 18, 1971 a stamp for a letter when up from 6 cents to 8 cents and stayed at 8 cents until March 2, 1974 when the stamp was 10 cents.
January 27, 2019 stamps went to 55 cents.
The old seal below in use from 1792-1971.
Here's another class photo from Wenonah School, circa 1916 (courtesy WHS museum).
Top Row: Gladys Mason, Dorothy S. Shuman, Adele Langston, Evelyn Wright, ?, Miss Ellis, ?, ?, ?, Josephine Broes
Middle Row: ?, Josephine Fink, Ed Carlson, ?, Edward Grosscup, Harry Loper, Charles Garver, Jack Warren, Paul Sargent, ?, Muriel Akin, ?
Bottom Row: Frankie Broes, Henry Fredrick, Boysi Stevenson, ?, Charles Holloway, J. Davis Scott, Charles Fredrick, Paul Reinhard, William Wagner, Joseph Steuber, DeHart Fink
A little bit about one student, Adele Langston.
On March 24, 1954, Wenonah voters approved $105,000 in bonds for the expansion of the school at Clinton and Elm. The expansion, which connected the 1894 and 1923 buildings, opened in September 1955. Here's a photo of Wenonah School taken in November 1955.
