Salem County Rewind offers a look back at Salem County's rich history through photographs and news tidbits from a century ago.
In this feature, which appears each week, we present a vintage photo of Salem County (along with a large number of other vintage Salem County photos in our accompanying gallery), and Salem County history tidbits.
SALEM COUNTY PICTURE FROM THE PAST
The latest addition to our gallery of vintage photos from Salem County shows a postcard view of the Delaware Memorial Bridge not long after its opening in August 1951. This view from the tower on the New Jersey side gives a view of Delaware's river shoreline. Notice the marshy area to the right which was later filled in and used as a landfill. Also notice on the bridge the lanes were separated by a center divider -- two lanes headed west and two headed east. This span was joined by a second one which opened in September 1968. (Times File Photo)
SALEM COUNTY HISTORY
Looking back 100 years ago in Salem County for this week in 1916, these news items were included in the Salem Sunbeam. They appear throughout the week in print today in the South Jersey Times in our Salem County History feature.
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Last Saturday, Penns Grove broke the record at the railroad station when 4,000 tickets were sold, nearly all to men employed at the Carneys Point Powder Mills.
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The Salem Driving Park Association has leased the racetrack grounds on Johnson Street in Salem for the 1916 season. This means that Salem will again see some good horse racing.
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Mr. Jere Chambers of Cape May has entered Slape and Higgins' grocery and meat market in Salem City as clerk.
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The Salem Aerie of Eagles will give a sauer kraut supper to all members in the aerie at 7 o'clock tomorrow evening. An orchestra will be present to make the super brighter and lighter.
The weather this week has been so warm and spring-like that the small boy has sought out his bag of marbles and the housewife has been raking the lawn.
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H.J. Heinz Co. is now taking tomato contracts for the coming season at $10 per ton. Call at the factory in Salem in person or call Bell 57.
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The annual Salem County Board of Agriculture meeting will be held at Patterson's Hall in Woodstown, Feb. 9, 1:30 p.m. The program topics will be "Fruit Growing" and "General Farm Management."
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