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George R. Thompson

1000 Block of North 31st Street, Cramer Hill, July 2006
Streets

31st Street

31st Street spans from the Delaware River through Cramer Hill and East Camden, with no addresses outside Cramer Hill since the early 1920s. It is North 31st Street above Federal and South 31st below.

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1303, 1307–1309, and 1313 North 28th Street
Streets

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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Judge Gavel and Book Stock Photo
People

George R. Thompson

George Robeson Thompson was born in New Jersey around 1871, belonging to a family with a rich history in Camden.

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Sepia photo of the Jno. B. Welch Jr. Insurance corner storefront, with a group posed on the sidewalk and an early car at right.
Streets

3rd Street

Third Street runs north and south, parallel to the Delaware River, through North and South Camden, featuring notable corner buildings like the Security Trust Building at 301 Market Street and the Mickle Tower Apartment House at 200 Mickle Boulevard.

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3 Policemen Hurt As Car Hits Ambulance
News Articles

3 Policemen Hurt As Car Hits Ambulance

Collision Occurs as Machine Speeds to Home of Man Who Attempted Suicide Three Camden policemen were injured, one of them seriously, last night, when the First district auto ambulance was struck by a trolley car while responding to a call from 2310 Carman street , where Bodine Stratton, 39 years old, had shot himself over the heart.

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Philadelphia Inquirer column News of a Day in the City of Camden, January 17, 1906
News Articles

News of a Day in the City of Camden

A Philadelphia Inquirer column of Camden news for January 17, 1906, including the burial of former Mayor J. Leighton Westcott from his home at 221 North Third Street, and a girl's hand crushed in factory machinery at Ninth and Market Streets.

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