Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Wilkes-Barre is a city in northeast Pennsylvania next to Scranton, Pennsylvania. The city is part of Scranton/Wilkes-Barre area.

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Media

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  A 1792 map of Pennsylvania with Wilkes-Barre visible in the northeast; at the time, Luzerne County occupied a vast portion of Northeastern Pennsylvania

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  Portrait of Isaac Barré by Gilbert Stuart, 1785. The city was named after Barré and John Wilkes.

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  An 1872 panoramic map of Wilkes-Barre

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  The Hotel Sterling, built in 1897

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  Children working in Wilkes-Barre's coal industry in 1906 prior to the implementation of federal child labor laws

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  South Main Street in Wilkes-Barre, c. 1940

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  Temporary flood walls on Market Street in Wilkes-Barre in September 2011

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  Wilkes-Barre during the September 2011 flood

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  Weiss Hall, built in 1895, is now part of the River Street Historic District

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  The public square in Wilkes-Barre