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Thomas Kauffman

North 10th and State Street - 2010-03-31
Streets

10th Street

City directory records and newspaper accounts for 10th Street, one of Camden’s longest thoroughfares, running from State Street in North Camden through Cramer Hill and Whitman Park to Morgan Village, 1870s–1970s.

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South 2nd Street and Sycamore Street
Streets

Sycamore Street

Sycamore Street is one of Camden's "tree" streets, originally running east from Front Street to Haddon Avenue; its intersections at 7th, 8th and Louis Streets were hubs for different ethnic and cultural communities.

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Earl-Stopfer-Draft-Card
People

Earl Stopfer

Earl Stopfer, born on March 29, 1899, in Philadelphia, PA, initially lived with his grandmother, Elaine Basert, in 1910.

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Camden Grocers Exchange - Atlantic Avenue and Ferry Avenue
Streets

Atlantic Avenue

Atlantic Avenue lies three blocks south of Kaighn Avenue and runs from Front Street east to Haddon Avenue. East of 7th Street it was and remains a mix of homes and commercial properties; between 7th and 9th Streets, I-676 and the elevated rail line cross the street, and east of 9th Street it is primarily residential.

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Northeast view of 8th Street from Ferry Avenue, Camden NJ, 2011
Streets

8th Street

Eighth Street runs south to north, with a few major interruptions, from Morgan Boulevard to Pyne Point in North Camden.

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Camden Courier-Post clipping, "Gold Badges to Be Given 15 City Cops," August 24, 1963.
News Articles

Gold Badges to Be Given 15 City Cops

Fifteen retired Camden policemen were to receive gold retirement badges from PBA Local 35 at the Police and Fire Club, 1175 Whitman Avenue, presented by Police Chief William H. Neale. Camden Courier-Post, August 24, 1963.

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Police Investigation - AI Stock Photo
News Articles

Shots Halt Flight After Car Hits Cop

Camden Courier-post - February 11, 1936 Four men were arrested amid revolver shots after a Camden policeman was knocked down by a police car during a raid yesterday afternoon.

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Courier-Post clipping: Man Slashed in Row, Suspect, Woman Held, August 30, 1935
News Articles

Man Slashed in Row, Suspect, Woman Held

Finley Phillips, 38, needed thirty-two stitches at West Jersey Hospital after a razor slashing at a South Eighth Street home; William Giles was held on bail after Motorcycle Policeman Thomas Kauffman arrested both men.

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News Articles

Four Men and Woman Admit Dispute Charge

Four men and a woman, among them 28-year-old Walter Koscianski of 966 Bulson Street, were fined $25 each in Camden police court in June 1933 after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct while denying they had been disorderly — a case arising from a motorcycle policeman's arrest of the five at Tenth and Bulson Streets.

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News Articles

License of Driver Freed, Is Revoked

A South Camden man, convicted in police court of drunken driving, but acquitted on his appeal to Judge Samuel Shay, will seek reinstatement of his driver's license which was revoked officially today by Motor Vehicle Commissioner Harold G. Hoffman.

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Camden Morning Post headline: 6 Men Are Nabbed as Number Writers, December 12, 1930
News Articles

6 Men Are Nabbed as Number Writers

Six alleged number writers were arrested by Camden's traffic squad on downtown street corners, spreading the belief that Atlantic City racketeers had set up "branch offices" in Camden; two were jailed for 60 days by Police Judge Garfield Pancoast.

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Charged With Assault, Camden Post-Telegram, December 8, 1924: two men arrested, one of 941 Atlantic Avenue.
News Articles

Charged With Assault

Joseph Kowalski was charged with disorderly conduct and Joseph Gray of 941 Atlantic Avenue with assault and battery on Harold Albord; both were sent to City Hall for a hearing before Judge Cleary.

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