It took quite a bit of tweaking to bring out some of the detail in this interesting view of South Clinton Avenue. The "Mazur ?" lettering on the panel truck in the foreground is blurred due to the motion of the vehicle when the photographer took the photo.
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Wednesday, July 25, 2012
1948: SO. CLINTON AVENUE HEADED TOWARD THE TRENTON TRAIN STATION
It took quite a bit of tweaking to bring out some of the detail in this interesting view of South Clinton Avenue. The "Mazur ?" lettering on the panel truck in the foreground is blurred due to the motion of the vehicle when the photographer took the photo.
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Tom:
Remember this strect of So. Clinton Ave. well. This was pre "Freeway days, when to the left, was the extention of Greenwood Ave. to it's terminus at So. Broad St. at Sacred Heart Church. As I remember there was a Coal yard with the hoppers holding the coal to be loaded on to trucks for delivery. Remember the commercials for "Blue Coal" and Diamond Anthracite ? Which one of these sponsored the radio show; "The Shadow"?
Murphys bar had a hell of a reputation, and many of the railroaders rented rooms above it.
The big house on the right was on Greenwood Ave. and was demolished and replaced by a gas station.
The "Manze's" Luncheonette was run by my Uncle Jimmy's brother Ralph, where he would serve you a bite to eat, and take your numbers bet at the same time.
The photo was taken a year before I began my trek to THS along this path of Greenwood Ave. BTW the THS class of 1951 will be holding it's 60th reunion Oct. 6th at the old Italian American Sportsman's club, now known as John Henry's Stone Terrace (?)
Hope to make the trek up for this great reunion, and see some old friends again.
Best wishes
Mike Kuzma
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Tom:
Hit the wrong key, it's the class of 1952!! Gotta take some Aleve for this arthretis! LOL
Mike Kuzma
The year I was born and how things changed. Where are the two hotels across from the station?
Regarding coal, did the anthracite or blue/hard coal have anything to do with the canals that came in from the north and south and gave us the "Coalport" area. It seems the delivery points may have been up river (Lalor) and down river from Stockton. I can still remember the fellows delivering down the front cellar window. Three bins per truck, I assume a bin was a ton? Their work coveralls and railroader hats with blackened faces to match. That Mazur name sparked a memory of Lawrence Station. They had a nursery before the main line of the Pennsylvania RR before the bridge was built. A fellow would come out of a "shack", waving a red lantern to stop cars before one of those mighty steamers came through.
Ed Millerick
Ed:
one of the two hotels you inquire of is just beyond the trestle ith the bif sign on it. The hotel Leonard had the Travelers Lunch on the first floor, and next to it was the Hotel Penn. The bus from Fort Dix would drop off the troops for the weekend in front of the RR station, and they would wound up in one of the two hotel bars, rather than the upscale Steak House "Pete Lorenzo's" across the street.
Best wishes
Mike Kuzma
HI TOM....LEONARD CAPUTI OWNED THE ICE CREAM PARLOR ADJOINING THE HOTELS AND LATER THE HOTELS. HE WAS A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY AND PRETTY ACTIVE AS A BUSINESS MAN. REGARDS.
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