Tag: Tiedeken Auto Body
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Tiedeken Brother’s Auto Body
420 Carl Miller Blvd, Camden, NJ By 1876, the Tiedeken family had already put down roots in the Philadelphia area. Just across the Delaware River, in Camden, New Jersey, Theodore A. Tiedeken opened a small wagon-repair and blacksmith shop at 425 Van Hook Street. The shop's second floor served as a home for Theodore, his…
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George Birch
George Birch was born on May 10, 1905, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. His father either passed away or abandoned the family, leaving George’s mother, Katherine Halligan, an illiterate Irish immigrant, to raise him alone. Around age 10 or 11, George suffered a head injury that left him deaf, a condition that was medically irreversible at the…
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Camden Industries
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Dr. Donges, Mills, Schepperkittes, Covely and Other Men Wrought Through Years to Bring Needed Improvements to District
Camden Courier-Post – June 12, 1933 By BEN COURTER When a larger community annexes an adjoining district the newer area is generally regarded, for a time at least, as a step-child. Older residents of East Camden will bear out that truism when they recall how difficult it was to obtain improvements. Years before, Newton Township…