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Pleasant Street

Overcast residential street with bare trees, a blue Merriel street sign at the left, and three parked cars along the right curb
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35th Street

35th Street runs from the Delaware River south to River Avenue, then resumes east of the Pavonia railroad switching yard and again beyond Westfield Avenue, reaching Federal Street and continuing three blocks to Highland Avenue at the Pennsauken border. It is North 35th Street above Federal and South 35th below.

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1000 Block of North 31st Street, Cramer Hill, July 2006
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31st Street

31st Street spans from the Delaware River through Cramer Hill and East Camden, with no addresses outside Cramer Hill since the early 1920s. It is North 31st Street above Federal and South 31st below.

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Black-and-white view down an unpaved street lined with bare trees, small wooden buildings and houses.
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29th Street

29th Street runs from the Delaware River south across River Road to the Pavonia railroad yards, then from Pleasant Street to Westfield Avenue and from Federal Street to Clinton Street. It is North 29th Street above Federal and South 29th below.

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East Camden Firehouse-05/03/03
East Camden

East Camden

Originally a part of Stockton Township , the area that is now known as East Camden was merged into Camden proper in 1899 along with the neighborhood now known as Cramer Hill .

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Camden Fire Alarms newspaper clipping, Camden Courier-Post, February 15 1956
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Camden Fire Alarms

Camden fire alarm log for the 24-hour period ending midnight Tuesday, February 14, 1956, including a grass fire at 31st and Pleasant Streets and a rubbish fire at 1245 Mechanic Street.

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Camden Fire Alarms newspaper clipping, Camden Courier-Post, February 15 1956
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Camden Fire Alarms

Camden fire alarms from midnight Monday until midnight Tuesday, printed in the Camden Courier-Post on February 15, 1956: grass fires at 2nd and Beckett, 2709 Federal and 31st and Pleasant streets, rubbish at 1245 Mechanic Street and flooring at 322 Pine Street.

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Births notice, Camden Courier-Post, November 23, 1935, listing three Camden births including Mabel Louise Mohrfeld
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Births - November 23, 1935

Births notice in the Camden Courier-Post, November 23, 1935, announcing Mabel Louise, born to Mr. and Mrs. John Mohrfeld of 2914 Cramer Street, among three Camden births.

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East Camden Notes newspaper clipping
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East Camden Notes

East Camden neighborhood notes from the Camden Post-Telegram of July 13, 1925: a building and loan meeting at St. Joseph's Hall, shore vacations and a motor tour to Niagara Falls and Canada.

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Camden Courier-Post clipping: Broken Bottle Maims Officers Quelling Fight
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Broken Bottle Maims Officers Quelling Fight

District Detectives Shlam and Hurlock and Acting District Detective Raymond Stark answered a report of a riot at Thirtieth and Pleasant streets in East Camden. Officer Hurlock's wrist was gashed by a broken bottle, severing an artery; five men were arrested.

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Woman Hits Husband Hurling Stone At Dog - 1915-09-15 - 1
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Woman Hits Husband Hurling Stone at Dog

Man Sent to Hospital, Wife to Jail, When Aim of Latter at Howling Animal Fails The bad aim of Mrs. Ella Taylor, aged 25 years, of 3010 Pleasant street , East Camden, resulted in lots of trouble and incidentally sent her husband, William, aged 49 years, to Cooper Hospital , with a severely cut head.

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Newspaper clipping, Many Persons Hurt While Celebrating, Philadelphia Inquirer, July 5, 1903
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Many Persons Hurt While Celebrating

Rain stopped the morning exercises at the Pyne Point Park Fourth of July celebration in Camden in 1903, while the East Side's leading fireworks display was at the fire house at Twenty-seventh and Federal streets under Captain Amadee Middleton. Blank cartridges and toy cannon caused a string of injuries treated at Cooper Hospital and Homeopathic Hospital.

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