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Driving Mr. Clay’s Car
As friends and family say their final goodbyes to the Muhammad Ali today in Louisville, I wanted share an interesting story about the champ from his clipping file in the Times-Tribune Library. On July...
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Miller’s Tony Win
43 years ago, a play by a Scranton writer won the Tony Award for best play. The play was “That Championship Season” by Scranton actor and playwright Jason Miller. Sunday night another play by another...
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The Confession of George Pritchard
In today’s Sunday Times, local history columnist Erin Nissley writes about the burglar ring from 1913. Below is the confession of one of young man who was part of the gang who committed burglaries in...
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Auto Maniacs
“If you could play Scranton, you could play anywhere” was an old vaudeville circuit phrase. But how about “if you can build it in Scranton, you could build it anywhere.” 100 years ago this week the...
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Opening of the Strand
100 years ago, the grand movie palace The Strand, opened in Scranton. The $300,000 theater was constructed by the Scranton Amusement Company on the site of the old Merchants and Mechanics Bank on...
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WVIA is on the Air
50 years ago tonight, WVIA-TV went on the air. Here is the article from the September 26, 1966 edition of the Scranton Times detailing the launch of the new educational television station -
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Safety Patrol
With a badge and belt, thousands of students served an important role in making sure their fellow students arrived to school safely. The students of the safety patrol would stand on the street corners...
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USS Shenandoah visits Scranton
The United States Navy’s dirigible, the Shenandoah, paid a visit to Scranton on July 24, 1924. The airship’s visit was to marked West Scranton’s Old Home Week celebration. The visit was arranged by...
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Halloween in Scranton in 1916
Charlie Chaplins, Red Cross nurses and clowns filled the streets of downtown Scranton 100 years ago. There were six costumed dances at various clubs and halls in Scranton on Halloween. The largest of...
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George “The Animal” Steele 1937 -2017
Scranton Times – July 30, 1972 “I’ll win if I have to eat his forehead off” was George “The Animal” Steele’s comment about his match against World Wide Wrestling Federation heavyweight champion Pedro...
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