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Erie Street
Erie Street in North Camden runs from Beach Avenue to 9th Street, crossing Delaware Avenue, Point, Front, Segal, and the numbered streets 2nd through 9th.
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John T. Garrity
John Thomas Garrity was born on January 27, 1884, in Pennsylvania to John J. and Letitia Garrity. The family moved to Camden in the 1890s, where John J. Garrity worked as a blacksmith in one of Camden's many shipyards.
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28th Street
28th Street runs from the Delaware River south, across River Road to the Pavonia railroad switching yard, then to Westfield Avenue, Federal Street and Washington Street. It is North 28th Street above Federal and South 28th below.
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York Street
York Street in North Camden stretches from Delaware Avenue to 10th Street, crossing Beach, Point, Front and Howard Streets. The page includes 2004 photographs looking east and west along the street.
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8th Street
Eighth Street runs south to north, with a few major interruptions, from Morgan Boulevard to Pyne Point in North Camden.
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Liberty Street
Liberty Street, listed in the 1850 Camden City Directory, was in the early 20th century a culturally diverse area west of Broadway, home to ethnic communities employed in nearby factories and stores.
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4 Cops, 4 Firemen, Widow of One Win City Pensions
Four Camden police officers and four firemen won approval of pensions under the mandatory age-65 retirement law in July 1950, to retire Aug. 31; also approved was a widow's pension for Mrs. Carrie Bean, whose husband, Patrolman Howard Bean, had died June 8.
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Police Photo Aids in Holdup Arrest
Stanley Geda, 26, of 1273 Whitman Avenue, identified from a rogues gallery photograph as one of two men who robbed John Miller of $2046.49, was held without bail for the grand jury by Judge Gene R. Mariano. Camden Courier-Post, October 29, 1940.
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3 in Assembly Race Plan Tour Tonight
Democratic Assembly nominees Henry Lodge, Bartholomew Sheehan and Harry Roye were to speak at Roosevelt rallies in Magnolia and Camden's First and Ninth wards on October 26, 1936, among many other ward and borough rallies.
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Bed Sheet Rips to Fail Attempt at Suicide
John Williams, 82, of 860 North 28th Street, allegedly attempted suicide in August 1936 by tying a bed sheet about his neck and dropping from a second-story window. The sheet ripped and he fell to the ground, and was treated at Cooper Hospital.
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12 Arrests Halt Bogus Money Flow
South Jersey Police Believe Majority of Those in "Ring" Are in Jail Flooding of South Jersey with counterfeit money was believed by police to be effectively stopped yesterday with a total of 12 suspects now held for prosecution.
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Big-scale Payroll Forgeries Feared as Man Dupes Dentist
Camden Courier-Post - August 11, 1933 Large scale forgery of payroll checks drawn against a Philadelphia laundry is suspected by Camden police in the passing of a check against a Camden dentist.
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Recluse Kills Self After Worry Over Age and Infirmities
Edward Babnew, 73, who had lived alone for 35 years after his wife died, was found dead from gas inhalation in his home at 294 Chestnut Street. His daughter summoned Sergeant Frank Crawford and Detective Joseph Carpani.
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Police Carnival was a Gigantic Success
The second annual industrial show and carnival of the Camden Police Beneficial Association draws more than 50,000 to the Third Regiment Armory; Captain Edward Hyde served on the organizing committee.