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William F. Schmid

Former factory building at River Avenue and the railroad tracks, Camden, 2011
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River Avenue

River Avenue, more popularly known as River Road, runs north from Federal Street to the Camden city limits and became a Camden thoroughfare in 1899, when the town of Stockton was united with the city. It is the main artery of Cramer Hill and the location of many stores and small businesses.

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Aerial view looking west from North 26th Street and Howell Street
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26th Street

26th Street, originally called Union Street in the pre-annexation Pavonia section, runs through Cramer Hill and East Camden from the Delaware River to Bank and Mickle Streets. It was laid out before 1887 and renamed after Stockton Township was absorbed by Camden in 1899.

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Golden Jubilee Year Book page 44
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Inter-Urban Real Estate and Insurance Offices

Page 44 of the 1943 St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church Golden Jubilee Year Book: advertisements for the Schmid family's Inter-Urban Real Estate and Insurance Offices at 26th St. and River Ave., John Lynch's Boulevard Grille at 27th and Federal Streets, Mary Hinkson's Hinkson's Cafe at 27th St. and Marlton Pike, Pennsauken, and builder Joseph Munger & Son, around an installment of the parish history telling of the new rectory and convent of 1930-31 and the assistant priests who served under Father McCorristin.

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Opposes Park Loan
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Realty Men Oppose County Park Loans

Resolution Denounces Borrowing of Funds for Projects Not Self-liquidating One of two resolutions adopted yesterday afternoon by the Taxation Committee of the Camden County Real Estate Board opposes the borrowing by Camden county or city of any funds for projects that are not self-liquidating.

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East-Camden-Bank-1920-03-28
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East Camden Bank

Organizers Announce Sale of 600 Shares of Stock Prominent East Camden citizens are forming the East End Trust Company and at a meeting of the organization committee yesterday secretary Leon Todd presented a report showing that 600 shares of the 1000 shares of stock have been subscribed for.

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Camden Democrats to Invade Trenton, Philadelphia Inquirer, December 14, 1919
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Camden Democrats to Invade Trenton

The Camden Democratic Club prepares to send a thousand men to Trenton for the inauguration of Governor-elect Edwards; John T. Cleary is named among the committee aiding chairman George Fisher.

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Philadelphia Inquirer clipping, March 3, 1912: Camden Masons' Home, on a contract for a new Masonic Home on Fourth Street
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Camden Masons’ Home

Camden Masons signed a contract with George Bachman to build their new Masonic Home on Fourth Street below Market, a building expected to cost about $100,000 and be finished by October.

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