Photograph of W. J. Costello Sign Painting Shop

517 Lackawanna Ave, Scranton. Today the building houses the Scranton Hobby Center.

The building to the left, 515 Lackawanna Ave, is now the Coney Island Restaurant.

Both buildings are still standing.

The photo was taken on Nov 7, 1919 by Watson B. Bunnell, a prominent Scranton commercial photographer. In 1919, his studio was located at 116 Adams Ave. in the Clark & Snover Bldg., near the Hotel Casey. The original photo measures 15 x 20 inches. 

Along the north side of Lackawanna Ave, a team of six horses is pulling a long wagon holding an 8-ton girder.  One man is up on the wagon holding the reins; two men, one on each side, are walking on the street next to the lead horses.  The wagon was enroute to the New Wall Paper Co. at 116-20 N. Washington Ave., around the next corner. A touring car is parked at the curb in front of the Bronx Cafe, and three men are standing on the sidewalk..

Four store fronts, with first and second floor businesses,  are visible in the photograph.  

Left to right:

515 -  1^st & 2^nd floors: Wm. F. Kiesel & Son Insurance; Wm. Kiesel Steamship Agent; Mary C. Kiesel, Notary; Ernest L. Kiesel, Physician; Electric City Shoe Shining & Hat Cleaning;

517 -  1st floor: Foote and Becker Hardware; Hardware Specialties, Artistic Hardware

          2^nd floor:  W. J. Costello Sign Painting; Deckelnick Electric Co.; Electrical Contractors, Specializing in House Wiring

519 -  1^st floor, left: Chittendon Pharmacy, Soda & Cigars;

521 -  1^st floor, right: Bronx Café

519-21 – 2^nd floor: M & M Co. suits and coats

523 – 1^st floor, left: James E. Golden clothing; 1^st floor, right: Delaware Lunch/Café

          2^nd floor: Wm. J. Healey Pocket Billiards - “Bill’s Place”

525 – Entrance to the Hotel Casey Barber Shop

Hotel Casey - Corner of Lackawanna Ave and Adams Ave

Other businesses located in the 500 block of Lackawanna Ave. in 1919:

 Odd side of the street:

501 – Union National Bank

505 – Thomas F. Leonard Hardware Co.

507 – Western Union Telegraph Co; USA Recruiting Station

509 – Young’s Furniture Co.

511 -  Pepper Ainger Suits;  Paris Restaurant

513 -  Charles M. Steiff Pianos Inc.; Imperial Cloak and Suit Mfg Co.

Even side of the street:

500 -  Newrich Style Shop Inc

502 -  Blocks Restaurant

504 – Scranton Dist. & Mfg Co.

506 – Leonard Shoe Co.;  Nathan B. Cohen hair goods;  Caton & Hopkins Ladies Shop

508 – Globe Waist Co.; Crawford & Co. Cloaks; Wm. C. Cawley Milliner

510-12 – Finley Co. Dry Goods

514 – Prinstein Co. Opticians; Diefenbach Silk Shop