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Reader Photo: North Ocean Avenue in 1912
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Contributed by Al Chiuchiolo.
Attached photo is North Ocean Avenue in 1912 just north of Main Street.
My Mom is in the upstairs window behind the left telephone pole (not visible) with my oldest brother Michael who was only months old in the apartment occupied my Mom and Dad.
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My Dad had a tailor shop downstairs as you can see on the sign. The flooded street was a result of a lack of drainage and no sewer system at the time that was also a problem at the post office on East Main Street.
The cupola/dome in the upper part of the photo can possibly be a part of the that is .
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