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Wildey Hall

H Pinsky and Son Co - 1928
Retail

H. Pinsky & Son Co.

Broadway at Spruce Street, Camden, NJ Harry Pinsky came to the United States from Russia in the late 1880s. He opened up a furniture store in Camden in 1891, which his son Reuben became head of in 1906.

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Wildey-Hall-Fire-1956-10-27-4
Buildings

Wildey Hall

Wildey Hall, at 500-506 Pine Street in Camden, NJ, was built in 1868 by the Odd Fellows' Wildey Lodge No. 91 and was destroyed by fire in 1956.

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Hurley Store in Camden
Retail

Hurley's Department Store

Founded in 1890, Hurley's Department Store was a fixture in the Camden and South Jersey retail business scene until 1956, when the Hurley family closed the business.

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Borstein's Electric, Storefront. Circa 1943
Utilities

Borstein Electric Company

The Borstein Electric Company was operated in Camden, NJ by Isadore and Meyer Borstein. The Borstein brothers were the sons of Joseph and Celia Borstein.

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Quaker Shipyard and Machine Company, Fifth and Byron Streets, Camden, 1945
Streets

5th Street

Fifth Street was one of Camden's original streets, running south to north, with a few major interruptions, from Newton Avenue to just west of Pyne Point in North Camden.

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