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Polk Avenue
Polk Avenue runs northeast from 1200 North 27th Street to North 30th Street, two blocks north of Pierce Avenue in Cramer Hill, and is named after James K. Polk, eleventh President of the United States.
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Polk Avenue
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Tyler Avenue
Tyler Avenue runs northeast through Cramer Hill from North 27th Street to North 30th Street, one block north of Pierce Avenue. It is named for John Tyler, the tenth President of the United States (1841–1845).
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Adams Avenue
Adams Avenue, in the Cramer Hill section of Camden, was named after President John Quincy Adams, running northeast from North 28th Street to the site of the former Tucker shipyard.
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28th Street
28th Street runs from the Delaware River south, across River Road to the Pavonia railroad switching yard, then to Westfield Avenue, Federal Street and Washington Street. It is North 28th Street above Federal and South 28th below.
Historical Accounts
Growing up in Cramer Hill
By Ted Frett Ted Frett grew up in Cramer Hill at North 29th Street and Tyler Avenue , and shared his memories of growing up in Cramer Hill in the 1940s and 1950s.
Fire Department
Fire at 1227 North 28th Street
Camden Fire Department response to a fire at 1227 North 28th Street in Cramer Hill on September 19, 2011.
News Articles
Frederick Frett Sr.
Obituary for Frederick Frett Sr., 65, of 2850 Polk Avenue, an employee of the Cutler Metal Products Co. and a member of Bible Presbyterian Church, survived by his wife Marie, three children, two brothers, a sister and three grandchildren.
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Camden City Directory — 1947: Polk Avenue
Camden City Directory, 1947: resident listings for Polk Avenue from 2742 to 2854, with North 28th Street intersecting between 2742 and 2800.
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Dorothy Tischenor notice
Dorothy Tischenor, 17 months old, of 2738 Polk Avenue, was taken to Cooper Hospital after swallowing a marble, and suffered no ill effects.
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Sunday Ordinance to Be Tested in Higher Court
Attorney Harry C. Kramer announced he would carry Camden's liberal Sunday ordinance to a higher court after his client Louis Weisban, of 28th Street and Polk Avenue, was fined $10 for selling a scrub brush and soap powder on a Sunday.
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East Camden Boy Again Disappears
East Camden police were notified that Frank Handwerker, 10, of 2738 Polk Avenue, North Cramer Hill, had been missing for nearly three weeks, having disappeared in a similar manner several months before.
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Camden Youngster Missing
The Camden police were asked to locate Frank Handmerker, aged 10, of 2738 Polk Avenue, East Camden, who had been missing since August 1, 1905.
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East Side Jottings
East Side police and court items from Camden, including the robbery of Charles Eckler of Polk Avenue on the North Cramer Hill ferryboat and the placing of new Gamewell police boxes in the East side.
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Sweetheart and Money Missing
Harry Hansom reported to the Camden police that his boarding mistress and fiancée, a Mrs. Carll of 2728 Polk Avenue, North Cramer Hill, had disappeared with a $54.63 check he gave her to cash, and that all the furniture was gone from the house.