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Constitution Road

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Streets

Bulson Street

Bulson Street runs east from Broadway to South 11th Street alongside the railroad tracks, named after 19th-century farmer Gilbert Bulson. At one time the tracks were at street level; in modern times the overpass has been known as "the hump."

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Illustrated street map of Yorkship Square and the Fairview section of Camden, with a Lenny Agency realtor advertisement at the bottom
Streets

Argus Road

Argus Road runs eastwards from East Octagon Road to North Constitution Road in the Fairview section of Camden.

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Illustrated street map of Yorkship Square and the Fairview section of Camden, with a Lenny Agency realtor advertisement at the bottom
Streets

America Road

America Road is a street in two sections: one running from West Octagon Road east to Yorkship Square, the other running from the opposite side of Yorkship Square eastward, ending at East Octagon Road.

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Courier-Post clipping, January 17, 1955: District Firemen Fete 2 Veterans On Retirement
News Articles

District Firemen Fete 2 Veterans On Retirement

Firemen at the 27th and Federal streets firehouse gave a farewell party for two retired veterans, District Chief Engineer Robert A. Wonsetler and Chief's Aide Irvin F. Bishop. Bishop had spent 33 years at No. 2 Truck Company, 619 Kaighns Avenue.

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Newspaper clipping: Mrs. Kobus to Ask More Cops, Firemen for City Next Year
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Mrs. Kobus to Ask More Cops, Firemen for City Next Year

Camden Public Safety Commissioner Mary W. Kobus announced in December 1940 that her appointment of 22 patrolmen and 10 firemen had restored the public safety department to 1938 strength, and said she would seek money for more officers because of defense needs; John Gryckiewicz of 810 North Front Street was among the fire appointees.

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Newspaper clipping headlined "Firemen Pallbearers for Lester Anderson," a funeral notice for a Camden fireman.
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Firemen Pallbearers for Lester Anderson

Funeral arrangements for Lester R. Anderson, 38, of Engine Company No. 2, who died in his sleep at the Fifth and Arch Streets fire house; Arthur Batten was among the pallbearers, all members of the engine company.

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News Articles

Babies Born in April Get B. & L. Stock Shares

Kearsarge Building and Loan Association offers stock shares to parents of babies born in Camden's Fourteenth Ward in April, including Jean Marie Fanslow of 1659 Alabama Road and William Richard Hook of 1577 Alabama Road. Camden Courier-Post, June 10, 1933.

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