{"product_id":"scrantons-bygone-department-stores-the-globe-and-the-dry-9781467159500","title":"Scranton's Bygone Department Stores: The Globe and the Dry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRemembering two palaces of retail\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor generations, Scranton's two big department stores, The Globe Store and Oppenheim's Scranton Dry Goods Company, affectionately known as \"the Dry,\" dominated retail in the Electric City. Facing each other on Wyoming Avenue, they created special memories for those who walked their sales floors with attractive displays, special events, community service and elaborate Christmas decorations. Many fondly recall the steamship round of beef carved to order at The Globe's Charl-Mont Restaurant or waving to customers passing by on the escalator from the Dry's mezzanine Tea Room. Together, the two stores brought the best the world had to offer to Northeastern Pennsylvania. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoin Scranton-area native Daniel J. Packer Jr. and step through the iconic revolving doors into a bygone era of shopping in grand style.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781467159500\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224","brand":"Daniel J. Packer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51844001693877,"sku":"9781467159500","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_39959560-ed0a-4d90-b396-37a01cc5cd7b.jpg?v=1759848691","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/scrantons-bygone-department-stores-the-globe-and-the-dry-9781467159500","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}