Tag: Martin W. Baskow
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Albert Berul
Albert Berul, born on June 18, 1895, eventually made his way to Camden, NJ, by 1936. He took up residence with his wife Anna at 1395 Kenwood Avenue in the Parkside section of the city. A skilled musician, Albert founded the Berul School of Music in 1925. Operating from his Kenwood Avenue home during the…
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Martin W. Baskow
MAURICE WILLIAM “MARTY” BASKOW was born in Pennsylvania to Abraham and Rose Baskoff. The Social Security Death Index, shows a birthday of January 9, 1908. The 1910 Census shows the family as living at 244 North 2nd Street in Philadelphia, just off of Vine Street. Abraham Baskow then worked at a brush factory, while Rose…
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Nine-Thirty-Nine Bar
939 Market Street (Northwest corner of 10th & Market Streets) Frederick Fielder Jr. lived at and operated a cigar store at 939 Market Street in the late 1880’s and early 1890’s. The address was still a cigar store in 1924, when Francis Yost was in business at the address. A convenient address, across the street…
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Police Seek Aid in Murder Probe
Philadelphia Inquirer – July 17, 1967 Camden police will stop buses passing Market st. Monday morning seeking anyone with information of the savage murder Friday morning of Martin Baskow, a tavern owner. Baskow, 54, of 315 Monmouth dr., Cherry Hill, was killed inside his tavern, the 939 Bar at 939 Market st. during what apparently…