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Horace L. Brewer

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Streets

Byron Street

Byron Street was part of North Camden's Poet's Row neighborhood, a working-class district whose streets were named for English literary figures. The 200, 300, and 500 blocks developed in the 1890s; the 200 block's north side was destroyed in the catastrophic Poet's Row fire of August 1972.

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J No. B. Welch Insurance - 3rd and Market Street - c1930
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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Quaker Shipyard and Machine Company, Fifth and Byron Streets, Camden, 1945
Streets

5th Street

Fifth Street was one of Camden's original streets, running south to north, with a few major interruptions, from Newton Avenue to just west of Pyne Point in North Camden.

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News Articles

Democrats Arrange for 'Maloney Day'

July 9 Set for Reception and Picnic to New Revenue Collector "Harry L. Maloney Day" will be celebrated by South Jersey Democrats, Sunday, July 9, when the newly-appointed collector of internal revenue will be guest of honor at a picnic at Silver Lake Park.

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News Articles

Boxer, Sayrs' Aide Nabbed in Tipsy Row

Camden Courier-Post - January 2, 1928 Bertman Frees Both After Police Tell of Fuss at Brewer's Cafe Mickey Blair , Camden pugilist, and Thomas Schneider, secretary to Commissioner William D. Sayrs.

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