Wyoming Avenue
Looking South

Wyoming Avenue, looking south

Two churches bookend the block, and both are still standing. Between them the card counts off a shopping and theatre district — the State and Comerford marquees, an A&P, Henry’s 5 & 10, the Savoy Restaurant, the Tip Toe Inn. Most of that stretch is a parking lot now.

Then	Linen postcard, “Wyoming Avenue Looking South, Scranton, Pa.” (no. 46079), mid-century. Collection of the Lackawanna Historical Society.
Now	Google Street View. Imagery © Google.
On the fit	The modern frame was shot from further back than the postcard, so the two churches line up but the background tower sits about 3% off. A closer Street View position would fix it.