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1. Fake streetcar in Albert Lea, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Back when having streetcars was the sign of a progressive town, towns without them were embarrassed. It was not uncommon to insert a fake streetcar into a street scene. In this case, the car is really from the Twin Cities.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

2. Streetcar on Rattlesnake Curve, Stillwater, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
A St. Paul-Stillwater streetcar traverses Rattlesnake Curve just west of McKusick's Lake on the outskirts of Stillwater.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

3. Lake Minnetonka streetcar through Meadowbrook Lake, Edina, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Looking west along the Lake Minnetonka streetcar line as it passes through Meadowbrook Lake.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

4. Park Point streetcar, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915?
Description:
A streetcar on double track rolls past a house in a wooded area of Park Point.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

5. Point of Rocks with streetcar, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
A streetcar on Superior Street passes the Point of Rocks outcropping.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

6. Selby Tunnel upper portal, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Looking east at the streetcar tracks in the middle of Selby Avenue descending to the portal of the Selby Tunnel.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

7. Lake Harriet pavilion, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
The third Lake Harriet pavilion, viewed from the west.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

8. Streetcar exiting Selby Tunnel, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1906?
Description:
Looking west at a streetcar emerging from the east portal of the Selby tunnel that permitted streetcars to descend Cathedral Hill.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

9. Selby Tunnel lower portal, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1906?
Description:
Looking west at a streetcar emerging from the east portal of the Selby tunnel that permitted streetcars to descend Cathedral Hill.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

10. Round tower with streetcar, Fort Snelling, Minnesota

Date Created:
1909?
Description:
A streetcar passes the vine-covered Fort Snelling round tower.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

11. State Fair entrance and streetcar yard from grandstand, Falcon Heights, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915?
Description:
Looking south from the roof of the Minnesota State Fair's grandstand at the Como Avenue entrance to the Fairgrounds and the streetcar holding yard.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

12. Approaching Big Island Park, Orono, Minnesota

Date Created:
1909?
Description:
View of Big Island Park from upper deck of approaching ferry.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

13. Third Avenue bridge and city skyline, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920?
Description:
Looking west from the east bank of the Mississippi at the Third Avenue bridge and downtown Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

14. Tonka Bay Hotel on Lake Minnetonka, Tonka Bay, Minnesota

Date Created:
1909?
Description:
The Tonka Bay Hotel on Lake Minnetonka, during its period of ownership by Twin City Rapid Transit.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

15. Main walk, Big Island Park, Orono, Minnesota

Date Created:
1909?
Description:
Looking down the main walkway of Big Island Park toward the steamboat dock, where a ferry is approaching.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

16. Point of Rocks with streetcar, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1909
Description:
Looking east on Superior Street as it curves past Point of Rocks at 14th Avenue West.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

17. Streetcar near Lake Harriet, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
A Como-Harriet streetcar runs on private right of way through the "Interlachen Glen" just northwest of Lake Harriet.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

18. Snelling carhouse and shops, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1908
Description:
Looking at the newly opened Snelling carhouse and shops from the intersection of Snelling and University.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

19. Streetcar in the Glen at Como Park, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
A Como-Harriet streetcar runs through a wooded area of private right of way in Como Park.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

20. Big Island ferry, Excelsior, Minnesota

Creator:
Sweet
Date Created:
1906
Description:
Three of these large double ended ferries shuttled between Excelsior and Big Island in Lake Minnetonka, from 1906 to 1911.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

21. Excelsior Dock Station, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1908?
Description:
The Excelsior Dock Station, where passengers transferred between streetcars and Lake Minnetonka steamboats.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

22. Express steamer boats at Wildhurst Dock on Lake Minnetonka, Tonka Bay, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Two of Twin City Rapid Transit's express boats (Harriet and Minnehaha) meet at the Wildhurst Dock to connect passengers with a streetcar to Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

23. Big Island Park promenade, Orono, Minnesota

Creator:
Sweet
Date Created:
1908?
Description:
Covered promenade at Big Island Park in Lake Minnetonka.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

24. Express boat at Zumbro Heights, Minnetrista, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
A Twin City Rapid Transit express boat docks at Zumbro Heights on Lake Minnetonka.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

25. Streetcar employees, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915
Description:
Trainmen, including badge numbers 1311 Johan Oakvik, 1705 Charles Peterson, 1627, 1729 Christ Deason, 1530, 1794, posed with streetcar at Snelling Station
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards
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