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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.