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Branch Street

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Dr. Henry H. Davis

Physician, pharmacist, and Camden's first Medical Inspector; later Health Director and chief school physician who shaped public-school health care in Camden for a generation.

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Looking east on Branch Street from Broadway, August 28, 2011
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Branch Street

Branch Street is a one-block street running from 1460 Broadway east to South 6th Street; formerly known as Commerce Street until sometime between 1888–1889 and 1890–1891.

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George Levings obituary, 505 Branch Street — Camden Courier-Post, January 5, 1928
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George Levings

Obituary for George Levings, 52, of 505 Branch Street, who died of heart trouble at West Jersey Homeopathic Hospital.

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Held on a Serious Charge, 513 Branch Street — Philadelphia Inquirer, June 23, 1896
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Held on a Serious Charge

John Fitzgerald, 52, locked up in Camden county jail charged with felonious assault on 13-year-old Mary E. Painter of 513 Branch Street; Mary E. Freeman held as accessory.

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Disorderly House Raid, 502 Branch Street — Philadelphia Inquirer, July 23, 1888
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Disorderly House Raid

Police raided Emma Dangerfield's disorderly house on Branch Street, arresting the proprietress and multiple others; hearing held before the Mayor.

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Philadelphia Inquirer, April 14, 1887 — A Night Alarm, page 1: Camden & Philadelphia Soap Works fire
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A Night Alarm

A fire at a Sixth and Mill Street stable spread to the Philadelphia and Camden Soap Works at 511–513 Main Street and damaged dwellings on Branch Street, causing $16,000 in losses on the night of April 13, 1887.

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Philadelphia Inquirer clipping, July 21, 1885, Dr. Henry H. Davis coroner items
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Infant's Body Found on Broadway

Coroner Davis took charge of the body of an infant found on Broadway near Branch Street, and of the recovered body of William Knowells, drowned off the Chestnut Street wharf.

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