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Lawrence Lamaina

Southwest Corner of Locust Street and Spruce street - 1912
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Locust Street

Locust Street ran south from Beckett Street to Mechanic Street between South 2nd and South 3rd Streets in Camden; its 700 block was known as Oak Street until about 1883 and its 600 block as John Street in the 1870s. Homes and businesses disappeared block by block after World War II, and the last structure, at 1128 Locust, was razed after a fire in 2010.

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Newspaper clipping: "Accused Admits Robbery", Philadelphia Inquirer, January 26, 1915
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Accused Admits Robbery

Carl Green, 23, of 268 Spruce Street, admitted robbing Lawrence Lamaina's place at Locust and Spruce Streets and was committed to jail by Recorder Stackhouse after his arrest by Detectives Moffett and Murry.

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Philadelphia Inquirer, June 7, 1906 — New Faces Behind Bars, Excise Board license transfers
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New Faces Behind Bars

The Camden Excise Commission granted a retail liquor license to Andrew Miller at 1423 South Tenth Street and approved several other license transfers.

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