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All images and text Copyright 2004-9 Susan White Pieroth
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Board of Trade Building, Scranton, Pa. mailed in 1917. The sign says,
"Scranton
The Electric City."
Right: Board of Trade Building, Scranton, Pa. mailed in 1915. The sign says "Watch Scranton Grow." |
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 Left:
Mear's Building, Scranton, Pa.
Right: Lauer & Marks Clothier, Haberdashers & Hatters, 321-323 Lackawanna Ave., Scranton, Pa. |
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 Left:
Wyoming Ave., Scranton, Pa.
Right: The Scranton Times "First with the News; First in Circulation; First in Advertising. One Cent a Copy, 6 Cents a Week." Mailed in 1910. |
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 Left:
Wyoming Ave., Scranton, Pa. (hotel Jermyn on the right).
Right: Hotel Jermyn, Scranton, Pa. about 1905. An early Brochure of the Hotel Jermyn. |
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 Left:
Wyoming Ave. Looking North. Right: Scranton, Pa., Wyoming
Avenue "one of the principal
thoroughfares of the city, is two miles in length, and for three blocks
shows substantial business houses; for the remainder of its course, it
is devoted to high-class residences." About 1905. |
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Hotel Terrace, Scranton, Pa. mailed in 1907.Right: The same building, without the stairs at the corner and now named Hotel Vine. |
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 Lackawanna
Ave., A Glimpse
of the Busy Shopping
District, Scranton, Pa. The Hotel Casey is at the right at the corner
of Adams Avenue. The view on the right is newer. For more on the Hotel
Casey, including construction views, click here. |
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 Left:
Scranton, Pa., Lackawanna Ave., Looking East. The Lackawanna Valley
House is
on the left corner. Another view
of Lackawanna Avenue looking East. Right: Lackawanna Valley House with
a sign welcoming Firemen. |
Jonas Longs' Sons Store,
Scranton, Pa. |
 Right: "Lackawanna
Avenue is one of Scranton's principal
business
thoroughfares. It is wide and well-paved, and although but seven blocks
in length, an enormous amount of business is transacted within its
limits.
The buildings are tall, substantial and of the character seen in all
large
cities." About 1905. |
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 Left:
Lackawanna Ave., Scranton, Pa. about 1905.
Right: Poli's Theatre, 200 block of Wyoming Avenue, Scranton, Pa., about 1907, when it opened. More on the Poli Theatre. |
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 Left:
The back of the postcard, shown at the right, advertising Charles B.
Engel, Jeweler and Optician, 217 Lackawanna Avenue, Scranton.The card was mailed in November of 1911 to promote all the items available for Christmas shopping. "All our goods have been selected from the best lines on the market..." |
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Heidelberg, 206-210 Penn Avenue, Scranton. It was a popular
place for the people from the Capitol Theatre next door. Established in
1878. Right: the bar, Albert Zenke, Proprietor.
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