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Krauszer's convenience store, Hooper Avenue and James Street, Toms River, 2024

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Eating at a popular Wall Twp restaurant in 1954

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 Asbury Park Press 3 1 Jul 1954

VRTtual gaming arcade and El Ranchero Mexican restaurant, Hooper Ave, Toms River, 2024

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Bridgton and Saco River Employee handbook, 1906

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 And they misspelled 'employees' again.  Anyone wants the whole booklet, let me know.

New York, Ontario, and Western Railway schedule of rates of pay for locomotive engineers, 1930

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 I have the whole book if someone wants it.

KS Fitness, Hooper Ave, Toms River, 2024

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Bridgeton and Saco River RR employee handbook, 1913

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 I have the whole book if anyone is interested. (Note they  misspelled 'employees' !) 

Helen and Everett Stone part invitation, 1940

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 Not sure what connection this has to Ocean County, but it was in with a collection of photographs and post cards that came into my possession, many of which were from a family in Pine Beach.  So if you can identify these people, or want the invite, let me know in the comments.

William Wakefield charged with forgery, 1954

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 Asbury Park Press 2 Nov 1954

WWII Ration book belonging to Evelyn Carlyn Carson of Pine Beach

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Alonzo Chambers obituary 1942

 Lakewood Citizen, Friday January 30,1942: "Funeral service was held Monday for the Rev Alonzo Chambers, 94, who was believed to be the last Civil War veteran living in Ocean County and one the few in the state. Mr Chambers, a retired minister, died of pneumonia at the home of his daughter, Mrs Sarah Applegate, of Lakewood Road, last Thursday Night. He was a widower, his wife having died several years ago. Surviving him is a son, also a minister. A military funeral was conducted at the Pleasant Plains Methodist Church with the Rev Harold Smock officiating. Burial followed in Riverside Cemetery, Toms River".

Carol Ann Applegate birth announcement, 1945

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 Mrs. E.Carson of Merchantville gets a postcard from her daughter in Texas, Dec 1929 If you know this family and want this post card, let me know.

Hooper Ave looking south near Walnut Street, Toms River, 2024

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Can you identify the people in this postcard?

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Sent to Frank Shuster of Pine Beach from someone in West Virginia, 1945. If you're related to these people and would like the postcard, let me know.

Do you know this person?

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  It's part of a cache of photographs I came into possession of; we think there is a New Jersey connection, possibly to South River or Camden, but really anything could be true.  If you think you know who this is or want the photo, let me know.

Ambition Barber Lounge, Hooper Avenue, Toms River, 2024

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Do you know this woman?

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  It's part of a cache of photographs I came into possession of; we think there is a New Jersey connection, possibly to South River or Camden, but really anything could be true.  If you think you know who this is or want the photo, let me know.

Sea Girt furniture, 1948

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New bank building (built during Covid) on Hooper Ave in Toms River

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Girl born to Christian J. Hiering, 1915

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 Ocean County Review 23 Jan 1915

Do you know this man?

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  It's part of a cache of photographs I came into possession of; we think there is a New Jersey connection, possibly to South River or Camden, but really anything could be true.  If you think you know who this is or want the photo, let me know.

Joseph Klecan sells liquor to minors, 1954

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 Asbury Park Press 2 Nov 1954

Sidney Troy wins his case against Poultry Breeding Intn'l 1970

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 Asbury Park Perss 22 Jan 1970

Do you know these people?

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  It's part of a cache of photographs I came into possession of; we think there is a New Jersey connection, possibly to South River or Camden, but really anything could be true.  If you think you know who this is or want the photo, let me know.

City MD Urgent Care, Hooper Avenue, Toms River, 2024

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Do you recognize this house?

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  It's part of a cache of photographs I came into possession of; we think there is a New Jersey connection, possibly to South River or Camden, but really anything could be true.  If you think you know who this is or want the photo, let me know.

Lisa Contessa schoolboard campaign sign, Hooper Ave, Toms River

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 Over a month after the election.

Who are these people?

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Unidentified group of people.   It's part of a cache of photographs I came into possession of; we think there is a New Jersey connection, possibly to South River or Camden, but really anything could be true.  If you think you know who this is or want the photo, let me know.

TLC Sign and Banner, Hooper Avenue, Toms River, 2024

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9 on trial for armed robbery of Fairmount Hotel, 1971

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 Asbury Park Press 21 Jul 1971

Postcard from Camden, 1910

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  It's part of a cache of photographs I came into possession of; we think there is a New Jersey connection, possibly to South River or Camden, but really anything could be true.  If you think you know who this is or want the photo, let me know. This one is from "Miss Evelyn S___ (name is ripped so it can' t be read", 526 N Third St, Camden NJ"  1910

Provident Bank, Hooper Avenue, Toms River 2024

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Do you know who this is?

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  It just says "Marie" at the bottom.  It's part of a cache of photographs I came into possession of; we think there is a New Jersey connection, possibly to South River or Camden, but really anything could be true.  If you think you know who this is or want the photo, let me know.

Lot for sale, Hooper Ave, Toms River, just north of Walnut Street, 2024

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Margaret Henning's body found in swamp, 1923

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 New Egypt Press 23 Oct 1925

Train in Locust Gap, PA 4/3/1961

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 That's what's written on the back.  If you have a use for this photo, let me know---it was in a batch of stuff I was given and I really have no use for it but would love to find a home for it with someone who wants it.

Hackensack Meridian Primary Care, Hooper Ave, Toms River 2024

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 Formerly the 'Neighborhood Doctor Center' in the 90s

John Barbour gets shot, 1914

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 New Jersey Courier 30 Jul 1914

Black River and Western Railroad, Lackawanna, NJ

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 At least, that's what the sticky note someone put on the back of this unidentified photograph that came into my possession said.  If it's wrong, let me know, and if you're a train buff who would like the picture, let me know that as well as I really have no use for it but would hate to throw it out.

Mrs. Melvin M. May of Asbury Park, 1948

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 Asbury Park Press 14 Jun 1948

Keller Williams real estate offices, Hooper Ave, Toms River, 2024

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Ronald Brewer sells firearms to a minor, 1954

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 Asbury Park Press 2 Nov 1954

Photos taken by Ted Wurm in Nevada, 1938

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 Do you know who took these?  We think he may have been from NJ, possibly South River or related to an Applegate and I'd love to get them back in the hands of the family (or really anyone who can use them).  All are labelled on the back 'Eureka, Nevada 1938--photo by Ted Wurm'

Presbyterian Church, Hooper Ave, Toms River, 2024

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Carrie Pittman encounters rattlesnake, 1922

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 Lakewood Citizen 11 Aug 1922

Angeline Gravatt turns 100

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 New Jersey Courier 22 Dec 1910