Scranton in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

The Big Band Mural

Artist Eric Bussart

— Dedicated Friday, October 4, 2024 —

The Big Band Mural Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 23, 2025

1. The Big Band Mural Marker

Inscription.

In Recognition of
The Scranton Sirens, Big Band Leader Bill Lustig,
The Dorsey Brothers and Duke Ellington

Erected 2024 by Scranton Tomorrow Mural Arts Program and Concerned Citizens and Organizations.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment. A significant historical year for this entry is 1918.

Location. 41° 24.565′ N, 75° 39.88′ W. Marker is in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in Lackawanna County. It is on Wyoming Avenue south of Linden Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 217 Wyoming Avenue, Scranton PA 18503, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Pennsylvania’s Wyoming Valley.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in the Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

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least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Cathedral Square (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Mellon Bank Building (about 300 feet away); Pope Saint Pius X (about 400 feet away); Scranton Times Business Corner (about 400 feet away); Grand Army of the Republic Memorial (about 500 feet away); Route of the First Successful Electric Streetcar (about 500 feet away); Penn Avenue Business District (about 500 feet away); William M^cKinley (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Scranton.

Also see . . . The Big Band Mural. (Submitted on November 23, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

The Big Band Mural and Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 23, 2025

2. The Big Band Mural and Marker

The Big Band Mural image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 23, 2025

3. The Big Band Mural

The Big Band Mural Marker QR Code image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., November 23, 2025

4. The Big Band Mural Marker QR Code

Credits. This page was last revised on November 26, 2025. It was originally submitted on November 23, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 46 times since then and 14 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on November 23, 2025, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.