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Manuel Kane

1239 and 1241 North 20th Street, March 15, 2012
Streets

20th Street

Twentieth Street runs through Cramer Hill and East Camden, from Harrison Avenue to Bank Street, established by the 1887–1888 Camden City Directory. In 1954, fourteen homes with South 20th Street addresses were added when McGuire Gardens public housing was built; they were demolished and redeveloped in the 1990s.

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Sepia postcard photo of a damaged brick building and debris on a street, labeled "Camden Cyclone."
Streets

2nd Street

2nd Street extends north-south between Front Street and 3rd Street, running parallel to the Delaware River until Mechanic Street. In the early 1970s, several buildings were cleared on the east side of North 2nd Street below Mickle Street to make way for the Royal Court townhomes and Mickle Tower senior citizens apartment building.

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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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New Firemen Assigned for Two Platoons
News Articles

New Firemen Assigned for Two Platoons

Camden Post-Telegram - December 30, 1920 Double Shift System Becomes Effective at 8 O'clock on Saturday Morning Saturday morning at 8 o'clock the two-platoon system of the Fire Department becomes effective.

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