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Florence Ivins

Southwest Corner of Locust Street and Spruce street - 1912
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Locust Street

Locust Street ran south from Beckett Street to Mechanic Street between South 2nd and South 3rd Streets in Camden; its 700 block was known as Oak Street until about 1883 and its 600 block as John Street in the 1870s. Homes and businesses disappeared block by block after World War II, and the last structure, at 1128 Locust, was razed after a fire in 2010.

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Newspaper clipping (crop 1 of 2): "Camden", Philadelphia Inquirer, March 25, 1900
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A Philadelphia Inquirer column of Camden personal notes, including Florence Ivins of 648 Locust Street celebrating her fifteenth birthday and a farewell reception for Rev. Joseph Garrison of Asbury M. E. Church.

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