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Oetzel's Saloon

Danenhower Street, 2003
Streets

Danehower Street

Danehower Street first appears in the Camden City Directory of 1863–1864, running between North Front Street and North Second Street in North Camden. It may have been named for prominent Camden businessman George R. Danenhower.

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John A Oetzels Saloon - 1890s
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John A. Oetzel

John A. Oetzel was born in Philadelphia in 1857 to parents who had emigrated from Eisenach, Germany, which was then part of the Duchy of Hesse and is now in the State of Thuringia.

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Federal Street and Arch Street, Camden, NJ. Circa 1930
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Arch Street

Arch Street ran from Delaware Avenue to North 5th Street between Federal and Market Streets in downtown Camden. Formerly known as Plum Street, it was home to Oetzel's Saloon, the Genova Cafe, the Collings Carriage Company, and the Camden Fire Department headquarters at 5th and Arch.

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