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John T. Clemmens

Firefighters from Engine Company 9 after a fire, December 1928
People

John C. Voll Jr.

John C. Voll Jr. (1900-1979) was born in Camden and served the Camden Fire Department for 40 years, entering the department on January 15, 1925 and retiring on December 1, 1965. He lived his later years at 2737 Garfield Avenue in the Cramer Hill section of Camden.

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Camden Deputy Fire Chief Godfrey Patterson and Fire Marshal George Baxter at the foot of 36th Street, 1964
Streets

36th Street

Thirty-Sixth Street runs from the Delaware River south, across River Road, to Federal Street, and forms Camden's northern border with Pennsauken Township at intervals along its length. It became part of Camden when Stockton Township was annexed in 1899, and had been known in Pennsauken as Cove Avenue into the 1890s.

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Black-and-white view of the intersection of 27th Street and Federal Street, 1950s, with a car and traffic signals
Streets

27th Street

27th Street runs from the Delaware River through Cramer Hill and East Camden to Marlton Avenue. Originally called Fulton Street before the 1899 annexation of Stockton Township, it was one of the main thoroughfares of the neighborhood and home to football star Mike Rozier.

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Three-panel program for the Camden Fire Department retirement dinner, with a firefighter drawing on the cover
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First Annual Retirement Dinner

Program for the City of Camden Fire Department's First Annual Retirement Dinner, held Tuesday, May 3, 1966 at Schillig's Black Horse Farms in Mt. Ephraim and sponsored by the Camden Fire Officers Association, honoring nine retirees including John C. Voll.

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