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August "Augie" W. Oswald Jr.

The Rio Bar, aka ”Connie's Corner” or "Jimmy's Tavern" - September 22, 2003
Bars and Clubs

Rio Bar

August W. "Augie" Oswald Jr. was the licensee for the bar at 1000 North 27th Street in 1939. He was born in Pennsylvania and moved with his family to Cramer Hill when he was young.

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Courier-Post column "Life Hereabouts" by Charley Humes, March 19, 1949
News Articles

Life Hereabouts

Charley Humes's "Life Hereabouts" column of March 19, 1949, recalling Camden and Gloucester City's fight days — bouts at the Armory on Haddon Avenue and the ball park at Twelfth and Federal Streets — and the boxers, promoters and referees of the era.

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