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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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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

By Dr. Samuel Zuckerman As published in the Jewish Community Voice , January 5, 2005. 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 Deven Held On Murder Charge After Death Boxer's Brother; 'Mose' Flannery and 4 others Held as Witnesses; Was Craps Game Says County Police Holdup Attempted City Cops Declare Victim of a shot fired in a melee, the exact cause of which remain undetermined, Joseph Cimini, 31 years old, was killed in the Sixth Ward Republican Club , 908 Broadway .

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