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Morgan Street

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Canterbury Circle

Canterbury Circle runs south into the Canterbury Apartments from Olive Street, between South 8th Street and Morgan Boulevard, in the Morgan Village section of Camden.

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Bulson-Street-at-8th-Street-1955
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Bulson Street

Bulson Street runs east from Broadway to South 11th Street alongside the railroad tracks, named after 19th-century farmer Gilbert Bulson. At one time the tracks were at street level; in modern times the overpass has been known as "the hump."

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1946 map of Camden showing the Fairview section and Alabama Road
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America Road

America Road is a street in two sections: one running from West Octagon Road east to Yorkship Square, the other running from the opposite side of Yorkship Square eastward, ending at East Octagon Road.

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City Workers on the 500 Block of Morgan Street - 1949
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Morgan Street

Morgan Street runs from Broadway, opposite the old New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard, to South 10th Street, crossing the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks and South 6th through 10th Streets. Part of the corridor has been renamed Holtec Boulevard.

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Camden Family Wash Laundry at 1037–1039 North 6th Street, Camden NJ
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6th Street

Sixth Street runs with few interruptions from the Delaware River to Morgan Street, virtually the length of the city, from North Camden south almost all the way to Gloucester City.

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Fire Guts 5 Vacant Camden Homes
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Fire Guts 5 Vacant Camden Homes

A three-alarm arson fire destroyed five vacant rowhomes in the 700 block of Morgan Boulevard in August 1995; one Camden firefighter was treated for electrical shock and released.

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Mrs. Elizabeth Borman
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Mrs. Elizabeth Borman

Obituary of Mrs. Elizabeth Borman, 67, of 802 Morgan Boulevard, a native of Germany, who died in November 1951 leaving nine sons and three daughters.

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Mrs. Catherine Powers
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Mrs. Catherine Powers

Obituary of Mrs. Catherine "Kate" Powers, 84, of 909 Morgan Street, a native of Ireland, who died at Cooper Hospital in September 1951.

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J. J. Schaffer Dies; Camden City Fireman
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J. J. Schaffer Dies; Camden City Fireman

James J. Schaffer, 48, of 814 Morgan Boulevard, engineer of Engine Company 10 at Ninth and Morgan streets, died of pneumonia in January 1947. His son, Marine Cpl. James Schaffer, later witnessed an atomic blast test in 1952.

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William H. Greenan Jr.
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William H. Greenan Jr.

Death notice for William H. Greenan Jr., 39, of 803 Morgan Boulevard, son of William H. and Margaret Greenan, who died March 14, 1946.

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Mary I. Geitz
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Mary I. Geitz

Obituary of Mary I. Geitz (nee Ford), 60, widow of Charles Geitz, of 725 Morgan Boulevard, who died July 22, 1941.

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Mrs. Marie Rourke
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Mrs. Marie Rourke

Obituary of Mrs. Marie Rourke, 77, widow of Eugene Rourke, who died at the home of her son Eugene F. Rourke, 801 Morgan Boulevard, in March 1941.

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Forest Conservation Stock Photo
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43 Camden Recruits Thrive In Chill Conservation Camp

Group Gaining Weight in Vermont Mountains as They Clear Timber to Make Way for Jam, And Sleep Under Heavy Blankets Forty-three Camden city and county men with Company 2204, Citizens' Conservation Corps, are now located at Knapp Andrew Camp, Montpelier, Vt., word received here yesterday disclosed.

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Camden Men Back from World's Fair

John A. Burke of 516 Gordon Terrace and his grandson Hobart M. Luther, 17, of 807 Morgan Street, share their impressions of the 1933 Chicago World's Fair after a week at the exhibition.

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Babies Born in April Get B. & L. Stock Shares

Kearsarge Building and Loan Association offers stock shares to parents of babies born in Camden's Fourteenth Ward in April, including Jean Marie Fanslow of 1659 Alabama Road and William Richard Hook of 1677 Alabama Road. Camden Courier-Post, June 10, 1933.

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Robbery Gang - AI Stock Photo
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Robbery Gang of 4 Given Long Terms

Two Figured in Wounding of Cop and Slaying of Pal Four members of the notorious North Cramer Hill gang, two of them participants in the robbery in which one bandit was killed after wounding a city detective, were sentenced to state prison terms by Judge Samuel M. Shay yesterday.

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Car Thru Gates in Train's Path
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Car Thru Gates in Train's Path

A motorist crashed through the safety gates at the Morgan Boulevard crossing of the West Jersey & Seashore Railroad at 2 a.m., narrowly escaping a freight train before fleeing north on Broadway.

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Cases Treated at Homeopathic
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Cases Treated at Homeopathic

Cases treated at the Homeopathic Hospital in Camden on October 28, 1922, including William May, 48, of 2110 Berwick Street, treated for lacerations of the elbow.

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