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1. Advertisement for Lightweight Noiseless Electric Streetcar Company, Twin City Rapid Transit

Creator:: Lightweight Noiseless Electric Streetcar Company
Date Created:: 1925
Description:: The Lightweight Noiseless Electric Streetcar Co. built streetcars inside the Snelling Shops of Twin City Rapid Transit. This an ad shows a car built for Chicago.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

2. Advertisement for Lightweight Noiseless Electric Streetcar Company, Twin City Rapid Transit

Creator:: Lightweight Noiseless Electric Streetcar Company
Date Created:: 1925
Description:: The Lightweight Noiseless Electric Streetcar Co. built streetcars inside the Snelling Shops of Twin City Rapid Transit. This an ad shows cars built for Chicago and Grand Rapids.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

3. Advertisement for Northern Car Company, Robbinsdale, Minnesota

Creator:: Northern Car Company
Date Created:: 1885?
Description:: For a short time, the Northern Car Company of Robbinsdale built streetcars, such as the one in this ad.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

4. Advertisement for the "New Doubledecker to Lake Minnetonka," Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1906
Description:: Advertisement for new double-decker streetcar service from Minneapolis to Excelsior.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

5. Advertisement for women to drive streetcar during World War II, Twin City Rapid Transit

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1943
Description:: Newspaper Advertisement for women to drive streetcar during World War II
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

6. "And to think" advertisement for streetcars, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit Company
Date Created:: 1925?
Description:: Newspaper ad promoting the benefits of the streetcar system.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

7. Bankers Life & Casualty insurance car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1945?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for health insurance for Bankers Life & Casualty Company in Chicago.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

8. Bannon's Department Store car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1946
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for Bannon's Department Store. "Share Profits, Save Red Profit Sharing Stamps, Full Book Worth $2.00 Cash or $2.50 merchandise... Besides Lowest Prices Always, Bannons St.Paul's Oldest Large Home Owned Dept. Store."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

9. Beautiful Big Island Park, Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1908?
Description:: Large fold-out brochure promoting tours of Lake Minnetonka and Big Island Park via the streetcar company's streetcars and boats, with photos, drawings, maps and text.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

10. Big Jo Flour car card, Wabasha, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1920?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for Big Jo Flour. "Big Jo Flour, The Best in the World. Try it and you will use no other. Wabasha Roller Mill company, Wabasha, Minnesota."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

11. Bill the Motorman car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1944
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement promoting streetcar service.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

12. "Bill the Motorman" streetcar cards, Twin City Rapid Transit, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1925?
Description:: Three streetcar interior car cards with public service announcements by "Bill the Motorman," the company's fictional spokesman.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

13. "Bill the Motorman" streetcar cards, Twin City Rapid Transit, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1925?
Description:: Three streetcar interior car cards with public service announcements by "Bill the Motorman," the company's fictional spokesman.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

14. Bjorkman Furs car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1946
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for Bjorkman Furs. Bjorkman Furs offers: "Bjorkmanizing" Feezing Cold Fur Storage. The store was located in downtown Minneapolis at Nicollet Avenue and Tenth Street.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

15. Boutell's furniture store car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1945?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for radios at Boutell's furniture store in Minneapolis, Minnesota. "Immediate Delivery!! Table Radios, Boutells, Marquette at Fifth."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

16. Bur-Mil stockings car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1954
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for Bur-Mil stockings, with endorsement from Lana Turner. "Lana Turner Wears Bur-Mil Cameo Stockings with Exclusive Face Powder Finish."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

17. C.A.R.E. car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1950?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for C.A.R.E. (Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere).
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

18. Coolerator ice boxes car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1941
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for Coolerator ice boxes.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

19. Curtis Hotel car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1945?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for The Curtis Hotel, located at 10th Street at 3rd and 4th Avenue in Minneapolis. "Largest in the Midwest, Delightful Accomodations Always, Rooms $3.50 to $7.00, All Outside rooms with Bath, Garage. Dine in the friendly new Cardinal Room, Dinner Music by Dick Long's Orchestra."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

20. Cutty Sark Whisky car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1950?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for Cutty Sark Whisky. "America's No. 1 Selling Scotch, Cutty Sark."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

21. "Delightful Steamboat Excursions," Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1915?
Description:: Newspaper ad for steamboat excursions on Lake Minnetonka via Twin City Rapid Transit express boat.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

22. "Doctor told me to consider my nerves," Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1925?
Description:: Newspaper ad promoting streetcar riding.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

23. Duluth Van and Storage Company car card, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1920?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for Duluth Van and Storage Company. "Storage! The only first-class Warehouse for storing household goods in the city. Special room for pianos. Duluth Van and Store Company. Warehouse 510, 512, 514 East Superior Street. Office 210 West Superior Street."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

24. Federal Housing Administration car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1950?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for Federal Housing Administration home financing. "With a small down payment your rent money will buy a home. Consult your architect, builder, material dealer or any participating financial institution Federal Housing Administration."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

25. Girl Scout Cookies car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1935?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for Girl Scout Cookies. "Buy Girl Scout Cookies, They're Crackin' Good."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

26. Gluek Beer car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1950?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for Gluek's Beer. Gluek Beer was brewed in Minneapolis beginning in 1855, production ceased in 2010.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

27. Gluek Beer car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1945?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for Gluek Beer. Gluek Beer was brewed in Minneapolis beginning in 1855, production ceased in 2010.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

28. Gorton's Seafood car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1950?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for Gorton's Seafood. "Busy? ... Let Gorton's famous Seafood Chefs Cook for You."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

29. Grain Belt Beer car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1945?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for Grain Belt Beer. "Company Coming? Grian Belt America's Party Beer."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

30. Grain Belt Beer car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1950?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for Grain Belt Beer, brewed in Minneapolis,Minnesota. "Grain Belt Beer: It's light - It's Golden Grain Belt."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

31. Great Lakes Coal car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1925?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for Great Lakes Coal. "Service and satisfcation with our Quality Dustless Domestic Fuels, Great Lakes Coal & Dock Company."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

32. How to See Duluth and Superior on the Cars of the Twin Ports Electric Lines

Creator:: Duluth Street Railway
Date Created:: 1911
Description:: Multi-page brochure with map and photographs on how to see Duluth-Superior by streetcar.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Transportation maps

33. "I like to read on my way home…"

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1925?
Description:: Newspaper advertisement promoting streetcar ridership.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

34. I Read All the Advertisements…

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1925?
Description:: Newspaper advertisement promoting streetcar ridership.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

35. "I read all the advertisements…"

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1925?
Description:: Newspaper advertisement promoting streetcar ridership.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

36. "I read it this morning…"

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1925?
Description:: Newspaper advertisement promoting streetcar ridership.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

37. Joan Miller Juniors car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1941
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for Joan Miller Juniors. "Smart styles...Better Values. Featuring Joan Miller Juniors $2.98 Salets."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

38. Kildall's Old Style Ludefisk car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1920?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for Kildall's Ludefisk [Lutefisk]. "Kildall's Old Style Ludefisk, It's Good to Eat. The Harpoon in Every Fish Guarantees it Genuine. Holiday Cheer in Every Bite! Ask your Dealer for Geuine Old Style Ludefisk in new sanitary pacakages prepared only the Kildall Company, Importers Minneapolis."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

39. "Lake Harriet Pavilion Season of 1891," Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Minneapolis Street Railway
Date Created:: 1891
Description:: Advertisement for concerts and recreational activities at Lake Harriet, and instructions on how to reach there by streetcar.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

40. Lake Street Liquors car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1945?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for Lake Street Liquors. "For fast Service Lake Street Liquor Store, Lake St. [Street] at Nicollet [Avenue]."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

41. Lake Superior Limited car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1920?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for the Lake Superior Limited. "Speeding daily betwen the Twin Ports [Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin] and St. Paul - Minneapolis. Northern Pacific."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

42. Lee's Broiler car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1948
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for Lee's Broiler. "Lee's Broiler Tenderloin Steak Served with Salad Bowl, French Dressing, Hot Bread, French Fried Potatoes, French Fried Onions, Ice Cream or Sherbert, Beverage." Located in Minneapolis at 701 2nd Avenue South and in St. Paul at 6th and St. Peter Streets.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

43. Mexico City streetcar service car card, Mexico City, Mexico

Date Created:: 1976
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for Mexico City streetcar service, featuring a former Twin Cities streetcar.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

44. Millers Cafeteria car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1938
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for Millers Cafeteria. "Wide Variety of Delicious Attractive Foods." Millers Cafeteria was located at 20 South 7th Street.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

45. Milton's women's wear car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1945?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for women's wear at Milton's. "Dresses, Coats, Suits, Sportswear, Finest Feminine Fashions." Milton's was located at 7 South 7th Street in Minneapolis, "Just 4 doors off Hennepin [Avenue]."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

46. Minnesota School of Business car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1945?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for Minnesota School of Business. "Learn Shorthand Increase Your Income!"
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

47. Minnesota State Employment Service car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1950?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement to employ disabled veterans. "Proved performance. Employ Disabled Veterans. Call your State Employment Service."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

48. Motorman Bill advertisement for Twin City Rapid Transit Company, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1925?
Description:: Motorman Bill was the fictional spokesman for the Twin City Rapid Transit Company. He appeared in advertisements to put a human face on the company.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

49. Nicollet Hotel car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1935?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for Nicollet Hotel in Minneapolis. "Where to Stop, When You Go to Minneapolis. Hotel Nicollet. 600 outside rooms from $2. Three Popular Priced Restaurants."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

50. Northland Greyhound Bus Time Tables, Minnesota

Creator:: Northland Greyhound
Date Created:: 1949
Description:: 1949 Northland Greyhound bus timetable that includes most of the intercity bus services in Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Schedules (time plans)

51. Northrop Auditorium concert car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1950?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for bus service to Northrop Auditorium concerts. "Music Lovers Go Transit. New bus service to and from Minneapolis Symphony & University artists course concerts. Busses will load and unload within one half block of Northrop Memorial Auditorium..."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

52. Northwestern Fuel Company car card, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1920?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for Scranton Coal available for purchase at Northwestern Fuel Company in Duluth, Minnesota at 403 West Superior Street. "Northwestern Fuel Co's Scranton 'The Coal That's All Coal' Prompt Delivery."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

53. "Prosperity and the Car Lines," Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1929
Description:: Advertisement by Twin City Rapid Transit against additional expense burdens placed by the public on the company.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

54. Radio Free Europe car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1950?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for Radio Free Europe. "Let George do it! Send your 'Truth Dollar' to Crusade for Freedom. Support Radio Free Europe." Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty RFE/FL) was founded as a propaganda news source in 1949.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

55. Red Cross "Give Blood Now" car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1950?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for the Red Cross. "It's time to roll up your sleeve... Give blood now Call your Red Cross Today, National Blood Program."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

56. Rossman Clemons Clothiers car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1945?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for men's wear at Rossman Clemons Clothiers.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

57. Safety poster, "The street is a dangerous playground," Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:: Duluth Street Railway
Date Created:: 1910?
Description:: This safety poster warned against reckless behavior around streetcars. It was cut down from a car card, and advertisement displayed inside a streetcar and was used as backing for another photo in a scrapbook, which is why part of the text is missing.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

58. Saint Paul Milk Company car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1945
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for St. Paul Milk Company. "In the New space saving T-square Milk Bottle, Easy to Store, Easy to Pour, Easy to Handle. Saint Paul's Puritan Brand, Homogenized Vitamin D Milk. Saint Paul Milk Company."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

59. Scripto Pens car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1950?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for Scripto Pens. "Scripto Super Dollar Ball Pen. Outwrites other ball pens - even at twice the price! New kind of ink writes smoother, longer! Can't clog or skip! $1.00 in 2 striking designs."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

60. "Service" advertisement, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1928
Description:: Advertisement spelling out free street maintenance services provided by Twin City Rapid Transit.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

61. "Service to Business" advertisement, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1925?
Description:: Newspaper advertisement promoting the benefits of the streetcar system.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

62. "Shop Best by Street Car" advertisement, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1925?
Description:: Newspaper ad promoting shopping by streetcar.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

63. "Shop Best by Street Car" advertisement, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1925?
Description:: Newspaper ad promoting shopping by streetcar.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

64. Shrine Circus car card, St. Paul, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1947
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for the Shrine Circus at the St. Paul Auditorium "March 10th thru 16th."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

65. Smokey the Bear car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1953
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for forest fire prevention, featuring Smokey the Bear.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

66. "So you are riding the street cars now, Fred?" Twin Cities Lines, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1925?
Description:: Newspaper advertisement promoting streetcar ridership. The response to the question reads, "Yes, I got tired of trying to find a place to park."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

67. St. Paul Winter Carnival car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1936
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for 1936 St. Paul Winter Carnival. "Winter sports capital of the nation, Saint Paul Winter Carnival, Jan. 29 thru Feb. 6th. Extra! World's Greatest ice show 'Gay Blades' starring Maribel Vinson and Karl Schaefer."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

68. "Streetcar bodies $395," advertisement, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1953
Description:: Newspaper advertisement to sell streetcar bodies as buildings following abandonment of streetcar service.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

69. "Street Cars For Sale" advertisement, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Minneapolis Street Railway
Date Created:: 1891
Description:: Advertisement for the sale of obsolete horsecars, steam locomotives and locomotive hauled coaches, all replaced by electric streetcars.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

70. "Street Cars: The Means to the End!" advertisement, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1925?
Description:: Newspaper advertisement promoting the benefits of the streetcar system.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

71. Street Railway Timetable, Duluth Division

Creator:: Duluth Street Railway
Date Created:: 1919
Description:: Pamphlet containing timetables of all the streetcars in Duluth.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Pamphlets

72. "The Helping Hand--Accounting and Stores," Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1924
Description:: Fifth in a series of advertisements showing the organization of Twin City Rapid Transit.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

73. "The Helping Hand--Builders," Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1924
Description:: Second in a series of advertisements showing the organization of Twin City Rapid Transit.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

74. "The Helping Hand--Operation," Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1924
Description:: First in a series of advertisements showing the organization of Twin City Rapid Transit.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

75. "The Helping Hand--Power," Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1924
Description:: Third in a series of advertisements showing the organization of Twin City Rapid Transit.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

76. "The Helping Hand--Track and Roadway," Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1924
Description:: Fourth in a series of advertisements showing the organization of Twin City Rapid Transit.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

77. "The Modern Streetcar," Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1923
Description:: Advertisement promoting Twin City Rapid Transit's new lightweight streetcar.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

78. "There is no substitute," Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1929
Description:: Advertisement by Twin City Rapid Transit against additional expense burdens placed by the public on the company.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

79. The Twin Cities, 1915, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1915
Description:: Large fold-out brochure promoting tours of the Twin Cities via the streetcar company's streetcars and boats, with photos, drawings, maps and text.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Pamphlets

80. The Twin Cities, 1914, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1914
Description:: Large fold-out brochure promoting tours of the Twin Cities via the streetcar company's streetcars and boats, with photos, drawings, maps and text.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Pamphlets

81. The Twin Cities Today, 1917, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1917
Description:: Large fold-out brochure promoting tours of the Twin Cities via the streetcar company's streetcars and boats, with photos, drawings, maps and text.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Pamphlets

82. Tour map, Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1911
Description:: Large fold-out brochure promoting tours of Lake Minnetonka and Big Island Park via the streetcar company's streetcars and boats, with photos, drawings, maps and text.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

83. Tower Liquors car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1950?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for Tower Liquors. Tower Liquor was located "in the shadow of the Foshay Tower on Marquette" Avenue in downtown Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

84. Trail of the Lonesome Pine, Twin City Rapid Transit car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1936
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement that promotes the riding of the street cars. "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, Fred MacMurray, the Star says 'You're never lonesome when you ride the street cars.' The Trail of the Lonesome Pine at your theater." The advertisement refers to the 1936 Paramount Studio's motion picture "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine" starring Fred MacMurray, Sylvia Sidney and Henry Fonda.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

85. Travel by Bus, Minnesota Motor Bus Association, Minnesota

Creator:: Minnesota Motor Bus Association
Date Created:: 1924
Description:: Pamphlet containing timetables of most of the buses operating in Minnesota. "A publication issued for the information and convenience of the traveling public by the Minnesota Motor Bus Association. Joint schedules of member lines are correct, the service dependable and comprehensive."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Pamphlets

86. Twin Cities Sight-Seeing Tours by Bus, Cab, Streetcar

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1925 - 1928
Description:: Pamphlet promoting and explaining sightseeing tours of the Twin Cities.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Pamphlets

87. Twin Cities Sightseers, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1906?
Description:: Multi-page brochure promoting sightseeing tours of the Twin Cities
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Pamphlets

88. Twin City Rapid Transit car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1944
Description:: Streetcar interior safety advertisement for streetcars. "The Safest Place on the Street is in the Street Car. Twin City Lines."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

89. Twin City Rapid Transit car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1950?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for transit service. "Stop Worrying about Traffic. Go regularly by Transit."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

90. Twin City Rapid Transit car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1950?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for transit service. "Lucky You! No parking problems, No traffic worries because today you travelled Transit. Ride Transit Regularly."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

91. Twin City Rapid Transit car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1945?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for streetcar riding. "Take this Car on Your Shopping Trips - for Safety, for Certainty, for Comfort, for Convenience!"
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

92. Twin City Streetcar and Bus Guide 1948, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1948
Description:: Fold-out brochure promoting the Twin Cities streetcar bus system with photos, maps and text.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Pamphlets

93. Twin City Trolley Trips 1906, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1906
Description:: Large fold-out brochure promoting tours of the Twin Cities via the streetcar company's streetcars and boats, with photos, drawings, maps and text.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Pamphlets

94. Twin Zephyrs passenger trains car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1940?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for the Twin Zephyrs passenger trains. "Morning or Afternoon, Twin Zephyrs to Chicago. Leave Minneapolis 8:00 a.m. or 4:00 p.m. Leave Saint Paul 8:25 a.m. or 4:30 p.m. Arrive chicago 2:55 p.m. or 11:00 p.m. Diesel Powered Stainless Steel."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

95. United States Marines car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1953
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for United State Marines. "O'er the ramparts they watch, since 1775 Regular... Reserves United States Marines."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

96. War Memorial Blood Bank car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1950?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for War Memorial Blood Bank. "Deposit Blood for your Family and Community! Deposit Blood... That Others Might Live. The Minneapolis War Memorial Blood Bank 1914 LaSalle Ave."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

97. Washington Shirt Company car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1945?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for Washington Shirt Company, located in both downtown St. Paul and Minneapolis. "Our Famous 'Senate' Shirt $1.65 Wear Washington Shirts, Promoted, Guaranteed, Tested, Lower Priced Highly Styled, Durotex Collar, Keenly Competitive, Advertised."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards

98. West Hotel car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:: 1920?
Description:: Streetcar interior advertisement for the West Hotel. "In Minneapolis your choice should be The West Hotel. 400 Modern Rooms, Coffee Shop Food at Reasonable Prices, Bar, Fine Wines and Liquors. Conveniently located at 5th and Hennepin. Garage accommodations."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Car cards