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Marion Street

Harold H. Pike in Camden Fire Department uniform, 1964
People

Harold H. Pike

Harold Hadley Pike Jr. (1926–1998) served the Camden Fire Department for over 30 years, rising from ladderman to Fire Marshal and Chief of the Bureau of Fire Prevention.

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Kaighn's Point Ferry and trolley, early 1900s
Streets

Kaighn Avenue

One of Camden's major east-west streets, running from Kaighn's Point at the Delaware River east to Admiral Wilson Boulevard and the Airport Circle in Pennsauken, with block-by-block address histories from the 1860s through the early 2000s.

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Baring Street from Kaighn Ave - 2004-03-14
Streets

Baring Street

Baring Street runs for one block in South Camden, from Chestnut Street south to Kaighn Avenue, between Marion Street and South 6th Street. The homes were built in 1888 by Wilson Ernst, one of Camden's most active builders of the 1880s.

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Historical Accounts

My Camden Heritage

I am sitting in my den and close my eyes, I see the city as it was in my youth and recall the many people that crossed my path.

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News Articles

Gangster Shot During Melee In Sixth Ward

Joseph Cimini, 31, declared by police to be a Philadelphia gangster, was killed in the Sixth Ward Republican Club, 908 Broadway; Joseph "Polack Joe" Deven, who fired the shot, was held on a murder charge, declaring he had fired in self-defense.

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