Scranton, Pennsylvania: Home to The Office

Welcome to Scranton Photograph: Jocelyn Augustino/Freelance

Scranton was built on coal, but the mines have been closed for more than 70 years, sending the town into a prolonged depression Photograph: Jocelyn Augustino/freelance

Recent years have brought some economic revival. This once grand railway station has been preserved as a hotel Photograph: Jocelyn Augustino/freelance

This downtown square has received a facelift Photograph: Jocelyn Augustino/freelance

But the ailing economy is still central to the Democratic campaign. Here is Obama's campaign headquarters Photograph: Jocelyn Augustino/Freelance

This is the church where Hillary Clinton was baptised. Her father, Hugh Rodham, grew up in the neighbourhood Photograph: Jocelyn Augustino/Freelance

This is the house on Lake Winola, not far from Scranton, where Clinton spent her summers as a girl. She has been telling campaign rallies her father taught her how to shoot a gun here. The home is still in the family Photograph: Jocelyn Augustino/freelance

Hugh Rodham was buried in the family plot in Scranton Photograph: Jocelyn Augustino/freelance

Some of Hugh Rodham's former neighbours are supporting his daughter's campaign for the White House Photograph: Jocelyn Augustino/freelance

Locals are probably more impressed by Scranton's association with The Office than with Hillary Clinton. This is Roland Greco, a financial planner who won a lookalike contest for his resemblance to Michael Scott, the bumbling boss played by Steve Carell, at a fan convention last autumn. It's made him a local celebrity Photograph: Jocelyn Augustino/Freelance

There is a famous episode of The Office where the boss talks about the slow pace of life in Scranton. The builders of this building apparently did not get the memo Photograph: Jocelyn Augustino/freelance

Dunder Mifflin, the fictional paper company in The Office, is very loosely modelled on this firm, Paper Magic. John Krasinski, who plays Jim Halpert on the show, visited the firm. It makes boxed greeting cards Photograph: Jocelyn Augustino/Freelance

Robert Cohen, the personnel manager at Paper Magic, says fans of The Office often come to call Photograph: Jocelyn Augustino/Freelance

The Guardian gets a look inside Photograph: Jocelyn Augustino/Freelance

Check out the cubicle at Paper Magic; it's just like on the show Photograph: Jocelyn Augustino/Freelance

Now life imitiates art. The real paper company is making cards based on the TV one Photograph: Jocelyn Augustino/Freelance