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1000 Block of Line Street
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Line Street

Line Street was named for the final division line between the Cooper and Kaighn properties. Laid out as a twenty-foot alley and widened to fifty feet in 1848, it became the boundary between the Middle and South Wards.

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Charles L Alcott Baseball Card
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Charles L. Alcott

CHARLES L." SHAD" ALCOTT was born in New Jersey around 1857. The Census indicates July of 1858. Sorting him out can be confusing as there was a Charles M. Alcott, born February of 1857, who lived in Camden at the same time.

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Courier-Post front page and page 3 clipping, Fire Destroys Toy Shop, 2 South Camden Homes, March 8, 1967
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Fire Destroys Toy Shop, 2 South Camden Homes

A general-alarm fire raged for four hours on March 7, 1967, destroying the L-shaped building at 613 Broadway that housed Anthony Corradetti Sales Enterprises, a distributor of toys, novelties and household goods, along with two nearby residences on Line Street, before almost 100 firemen brought it under control.

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