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Farragut Avenue

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Bergen Avenue

Bergen Avenue runs through the Cramer Hill section of Camden from Cleveland Avenue north to Farragut Avenue near the Delaware River, likely named for Martin V. Bergen or Christopher A. Bergen, prominent Camden legal figures in the late 1800s.

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1946 map of Camden showing the Fairview section and Alabama Road
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Atlanta Road

Atlanta Road runs north to south through the Fairview section of Camden, from Olympia Road to Alabama Road, paralleling Mount Ephraim Avenue. The northern segment (North Atlanta Road) ends at Collings Road; the southern segment (South Atlanta Road) continues to Alabama Road.

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North 36th Street and Farragut Avenue - Mosquitoes - 1964
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36th Street

Thirty-Sixth Street runs from the Delaware River south, across River Road, to Federal Street, and forms Camden's northern border with Pennsauken Township at intervals along its length. It became part of Camden when Stockton Township was annexed in 1899, and had been known in Pennsauken as Cove Avenue into the 1890s.

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Looking south along North 35th Street from Merriel Avenue — April 3, 2009
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35th Street

35th Street runs from the Delaware River south to River Avenue, then resumes east of the Pavonia railroad switching yard and again beyond Westfield Avenue, reaching Federal Street and continuing three blocks to Highland Avenue at the Pennsauken border. It is North 35th Street above Federal and South 35th below.

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1217 North 33rd Street
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33rd Street

33rd Street runs from the Delaware River south to Highland Avenue at the Pennsauken border, interrupted by the Pavonia railroad switching yard and by a rail line at Rosedale Avenue. It is North 33rd Street above Federal Street and South 33rd below.

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32nd Street at Farragut Avenue - 1931
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32nd Street

32nd Street runs from the Delaware River through Cramer Hill and East Camden to the city limits at Highland Avenue, with North and South addresses dividing at Federal Street. At Westfield Avenue an acre of cultivated land and an old house called the "Mansion" were razed for the Westfield Acres housing project, which was itself razed in 2000 and replaced by Baldwin's Run.

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Scene of Camden Bombing
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Ramona Gonzalez Street

Division Street runs across South Camden. In 1997, a portion of the street was renamed Ramona Gonzalez Street to honor a community leader; the remainder continues to be known as Division Street.

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News Articles

Use of 'Cheaters' Fails to Deceive Judge's Memory

Camden Courier-Post - February 1, 1938 The changeable eyesight of chronic offenders doesn't fool Police Judge Gene R. Mariano one bit. Two men arrested as drunk and disorderly tried It In police court today but didn't get to first base.

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