Former Vice President Walter Mondale died on Monday, April 19, 2021 at his home in Minneapolis at the age of 93.
In today’s Times-Tribune, staff writer David Singleton wrote about local politicians memories of meeting the former vice-president, one-time democratic presidential nominee and former Ambassador to Japan.
Here are few images from the Times-Tribune Archives of Mondale’s visits to Scranton and Wilkes-Barre over the years.
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- Vice President Walter Mondale is flanked by Scranton Mayor Eugene Hickey, left, and Wilkes-Barre Mayor Thomas McLaughlin during campaign stop at the Operating Engineers Temple in Plains Twp. on Sept. 15, 1980. Some 600 local union members were in attendance for the visit. TIMES-TRIBUNE ARCHIVES
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- Scrantn Mayor Eugene Hickey, background, looks on as Vice President Walter Mondale speaks to students at Scranton Central High School on April 21, 1980. The vice president was here to push President Carter’s re-election bid. TIMES-TRIBUNE ARCHIVES
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- Vice President Walter Mondale answers questions during a press conference at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport on Oct. 30, 1980. TIMES-TRIBUNE ARCHIVES
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- Vice President Walter Mondale does the honors as he introduces Atty. Robert P. Casey Sr. of Scranton, center, to a supporter during his whirlwind tour of the Wyoming Valley on April 14, 1980. Casey was the chairman of Pennsylvanians for Carter-Mondale. TIMES-TRIBUNE ARCHIVES
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- Vice President walter Mondale had a big smile and wave for those who greeted him on April 14, 1980 at his arrival at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport for a campaign swing on behalf of President Jimmy Carter. To his left is former U.S. Rep. Daniel Flood and U.S. Rep.-Elect Ray Musto. TIMES-TRIBUNE ARCHIVES
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- Democratic presidential candidate Walter Mondale gives a thumbs-up victory salute to cheering admirers at Public Square in Wilkes-Barre during a campaign stop on Nov. 2, 1984. Police estimated the rally’s crowd size to between 8,000 to 10,000. TIMES-TRIBUNE ARCHIVES
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- Walter Mondale, Democratic presidential candidate, left-center, greets well-wishers and party faithful who gathered at Courthouse Square on April 9, 1984 as the former vice-president continued his tour of Pennsylvania prior to the state’s presidential primary on April 10. TIMES-TRIBUNE ARCHIVES
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- Scranton Mayor James B. McNulty gives presidential candidate Walter Mondale the glad hand at a rally in Wilkes-Barre on Nov. 2, 1984. Lackawanna County Commissioner Ray Alberigi is partly obscurred by Mondale as Pittston Mayor Thomas Walsh reaches for the Democratic hopeful. At right is attorney Michael Cefalo. TIMES-TRIBUNE ARCHIVES
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- Walter Mondale, who is seeking to become president, tries his hand at cutting material during a campaign stop at the Leslie Fay garment factory in Plains Twp. on April 9, 1984. Looking on at left are John Pomerantz and Jim Simko, the real cutter. TIMES-TRIBUNE ARCHIVES
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- U.S. Sen. Walter Mondale, right, attempts to shake hands of potential voters when he arrived at the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton International Airport on Oct. 26, 1976. TIMES-TRIBUNE ARCHIVES
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Geraldine Ferraro, vice presidential candidate visit made history in early 1980s – Nov. 1, 2020
Brian Fulton has been the librarian at The Times-Tribune for the past 15 years. On his blog, Historically Hip, he writes about the great concerts, plays/musicals and celebrity happenings that have taken place throughout NEPA. He is also the co-host of the local history podcast, Historically Hip. He competed and was crowned grand champion on an episode of NPR quiz show “Ask Me Another.” Contact: bfulton@timesshamrock.com; 570-348-9140; or @TTPagesPast
