Clock detail, Spruce Street and Wyoming Avenue, Scranton, Pennsylvania
Summary
Scranton is the geographic and cultural center of the Lackawanna River valley. It is the largest city located in a contiguous quilt-work of former anthracite coal mining communities including the smaller cities of Wilkes-Barre, Pittston, and Carbondale. Scranton was incorporated as a borough on February 14, 1856, and as a city on April 23, 1866.
Title, date, and subjects provided by the photographer.
Credit line: Carol M. Highsmith's America, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.
Gift and purchase; Carol M. Highsmith; 2009; (DLC/PP-2010:031).
Forms part of: Carol M. Highsmith's America Project in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.
Tags
Date
01/01/2008
Contributors
Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-, photographer
Location
Scranton (Pa.), 41.40889, -75.66250
Source
Library of Congress
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