The watermark in the lower right corner of the image will not appear on the final print.
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10.00" x 6.50"
Overall:
10.00" x 6.50"
The Electric City Canvas Print
by Jim Cook
Product Details
The Electric City canvas print by Jim Cook. Bring your artwork to life with the texture and depth of a stretched canvas print. Your image gets printed onto one of our premium canvases and then stretched on a wooden frame of 1.5" x 1.5" stretcher bars (gallery wrap) or 5/8" x 5/8" stretcher bars (museum wrap). Your canvas print will be delivered to you "ready to hang" with pre-attached hanging wire, mounting hooks, and nails.
Design Details
Scranton Electric Building... more
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3 - 4 business days
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Artist's Description
Scranton Electric Building
507 Linden Street
Scranton’s first skyscraper. Completed in 1896
Built by local businessmen and meant to impress railroad tycoons visiting from NY.
- The electric sign on top of the building, symbolizing Scranton as "The Electric City," is a local landmark. It is situated in the heart of Scranton between City Hall and overlooking the Courthouse.
On Dec 06 1880 Dickson Locomotive Works installed electric lights just months after Mr. Edison refined the bulb suitable for commercial use. Electric street lights soon followed and shortly afterwards the first Electric Street Cars to be run solely on Electric power in the country began to run
Credit for the city nickname has been credited to Rev. David Spencer, D.D, a Pastor at the Penn Avenue Baptist Church.
The Beaux Arts design features Indiana limestone, a copper gabled roof and dormers, a decorative cornice, paired windows, and a row of Renaissance-style arched windows with flankin...
About Jim Cook
My body of work ranges from photographic digital art to the more traditional use of a camera photographing scenes of landscapes and everyday life. My photography has its roots going back to my experiences with infrared film. It was there that I saw how an image could be manipulated to something much more different than what was first seen. I still compose some photos from the infrared spectrum only now I use a camera converted to IR. When digital came along it was an easy move to software and all the possibilities that were and are now possible with their use. Still the initial composition in camera is paramount and once the shutter is closed and image transferred to computer, I can turn my imagination loose and enhance or create...
$68.00
Jim Cook
Thank you to the recent buyer of this framed print from Washington DC!
J Paul Smith
Awesome, congrats
Jim Cook replied:
Thank you!
Barbie Corbett-Newmin
Congrats on your sale! A favorite of mine!
Jim Cook replied:
Thank you very much!
Michelle Reid
So glad you post this in the group. I miss it and It is a great image of the structure. Congrats on the Sale.
Jim Cook replied:
Thanks Michelle!
Kim Sy Ok
Congrats on your sale :)!
Jim Cook replied:
Thank you!
Jim Cook
Thank you to the buyer from San Francisco who purchased a matted framed print.
John Bailey
Congratulations on being featured in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Aimee L Maher Photography and Art
Beautifully done
Joe Schofield
Classic ! Great shot, Jim. Good description. l/f
Sharon Elliott
Well done. SE l
Karen Adams
Wonderful capture of days of yesteryear....the huffing and puffing of wealthy chests trying to impress!!....vf
Bedros Awak
Very nice capture, with dramatic sky colors.l,f,p,
Fei A
Nicely captured !
John Turner
Wonderful capture Jim, great details
Sandra Clark
cool art work
Stuart Litoff
Great find and capture!
Kimberly W
Interesting!!
Angelina Sofronova
Electric sign and roof frontons are remarkable!
Nancy Ingersoll
nice capture. L
Nina Prommer
well done
Elena Nosyreva
Great find!
David and Carol Kelly
Beautiful
BASANT SONI
GRAND composition with beauty of title
Reynold Jay
Cool! Oh so very cool! Stunning Jim!!! Love everything about this. L/F