High School Athletic Field Improvements – Camden NJ

City:
Camden, NJ

Site Type:
Education and Health, Parks and Recreation, Schools

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, National Youth Administration (NYA)

Started:
1936

Completed:
1936

Description

More than 100 National Youth Administration (NYA) workers operated over three shifts to renovate the athletic fields (including football and baseball fields) at Camden High School in 1936.

Source notes

"The Dawn," a New Jersey WPA publication; September 1936 issue, page 25. Found at the Jersey City Public Library's New Jersey Room.

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on January 11, 2015.

Location Info

Baird Ave. and Park Blvd.
Camden, NJ

Coordinates: 40.746267, -74.181752

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