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Marlton Avenue West from Federal Street - 2004-07-01
Streets

Marlton Avenue

Marlton Avenue in East Camden begins at Federal Street as an extension of State Street and runs east to the city limits; nearby houses were razed around 2006 for the new Thomas Dudley Elementary School.

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Looking west on Beckett Street from West Street, December 2004
Streets

Beckett Street

Beckett Street, named for Henry and Mary Beckett who owned land in South Camden around 1853, originally ran from Front Street to West Street. After 1947 the eastern portion was demolished for an industrial building; today it runs only from South 3rd Street to West Street.

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Bar Stock Photo
Bars and Clubs

Three-O-Three Bar

Three-O-Three Bar, a Camden tavern at 303 Kaighn Avenue operating from the 1930s through 1970, later the Togetherness Bar before the building was razed.

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Courier-Post photo of a wrecked monoplane on Sylvan Street, 1953
News Articles

Private Plane Tears Into S. Camden Street

Pilot William A. Kreusser, 26, of 873 Fairview Street survived when his light monoplane tore down power lines and crashed in front of 843 Sylvan Street in South Camden on September 30, 1953.

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Marriage Licenses at Camden including Harry A. Alfinson and Elsie G. Foss of 213 Birch Street, Courier-Post, August 2, 1949
News Articles

Marriage Licenses

Marriage licenses issued in Camden County, August 2, 1949, including Harry A. Alfinson and Elsie G. Foss, both of 213 Birch Street.

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News Articles

Five Injured in Collision

Five people were injured when a truck overturned after colliding with a car at 8th and Van Hook Streets; Fioranto Costanzo of 209 Beckett Street was among the injured.

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Sausage - Stock Photo
News Articles

Six Are Arrested Following 'Party'

Three girls, a married man and two youths were arrested after an extended party in a Blackwood Terrace bungalow; John Barwick of 543 Fairview Street and William Murdock of 548 Gordon Terrace were named as material witnesses.

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