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Bars and Clubs

Ionic Lodge No. 94

Free and Accepted Masons The Ionic Lodge, originally known as the Corinthian Lodge, was established in 1868. It had its roots in the Camden Lodge, No. 15, which served as the "parent" lodge for Corinthian.

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Market Street looking east, c. 1893: a wide street lined with brick buildings and tall utility poles, with horse-drawn wagons.
Streets

Market Street

Market Street in Camden was likely named because it linked via the ferry to Market Street in Philadelphia, which it follows on the map; no known market existed on it. Includes a circa 1893 photo looking east from N. 2nd Street.

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Philadelphia Inquirer clipping, March 3, 1912: Camden Masons' Home, on a contract for a new Masonic Home on Fourth Street
News Articles

Camden Masons’ Home

Camden Masons signed a contract with George Bachman to build their new Masonic Home on Fourth Street below Market, a building expected to cost about $100,000 and be finished by October.

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Newspaper clipping (crop 1 of 2): "Camden", Philadelphia Inquirer, March 25, 1900
News Articles

Camden

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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