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1. Awaiting scrapping, St. Paul, Minnesota

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Date Created:
1954
Description:
A row of streetcar bodies, up on blocks, await scrapping at Snelling Shops.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

2. Boarding streetcar passengers in Dinkytown, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Creator:
Nelson, Edwin
Date Created:
1954
Description:
Passengers board a downtown-bound streetcar on 4th St. SE at 14th Ave., the middle of Dinkytown.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

3. Brookside streetcar loop, Edina, Minnesota

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Creator:
Parsons, E. Dudley
Date Created:
1954
Description:
In 1951, the streetcar to Hopkins was shortened to this turning loop at 44th Street and Brookside Avenue in Edina.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

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

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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

5. Como-Harriet Line, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Creator:
Langdon, Vernon
Date Created:
1954
Description:
Cottage City stop on the Como-Harriet line at William Berry Road.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

6. Como-Harriet Line, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Creator:
Langdon, Vernon
Date Created:
1954
Description:
Streetcar passing under Linden Hills Boulevard on the Como-Harriet line.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

7. Como-Harriet streetcar at Chowan Avenue, Columbia Heights, Minnesota

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Date Created:
1954
Description:
West of the Linden Hills business district, the Como-Harriet line paralleled 44th Street on private right of way. This view looks east from France Avenue at a westbound streetcar at Chowan Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

8. Converting Snelling Shops from streetcar to bus, St. Paul, Minnesota

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Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1954
Description:
Bus bays are under construction to convert the erecting shop to a bus garage.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

9. Crane cars at Snelling Station, St. Paul, Minnesota

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Date Created:
1954
Description:
Crane streetcars parked in the yard at Snelling Station.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

10. East Side Station for sale, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Date Created:
1954
Description:
East Side Station with streetcars lined up out front, for sale.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

11. East Side Station for sale, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Date Created:
1954
Description:
Viewed from the intersection of 1st Avenue NE and University Avenue, the East Side station (the last operating Twin Cities streetcar barn) is for sale.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

12. East Side Station, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Date Created:
1954
Description:
Looking west on 1st Avenue NE in front of East Side Station, the last operating streetcar barn in the Twin Cities.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

13. East Side Station, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Creator:
Nelson, Edwin
Date Created:
1954
Description:
The back side of East Side Station, facing University Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

14. East Side Station, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Creator:
Nelson, Edwin
Date Created:
1954
Description:
Looking southeast from the roof of the East Side Station at streetcar 1298 on 1st Avenue Northeast. The switchman behind the streetcar is Charlie Fisher.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

15. East Side Station, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Creator:
Nelson, Edwin
Date Created:
1954
Description:
Two women standing in front of the cafe across the street from East Side Station.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

16. Entering City of Lakes, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Date Created:
1954
Description:
A Como-Harriet streetcar at 44th Street and France Avenue South passes a Minneapolis City of Lakes sign.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

17. Eustis Street near Como Avenue, Lauderdale, Minnesota

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Creator:
Nelson, Edwin
Date Created:
1954
Description:
The photographer is riding on the University of Minnesota's electric work streetcar, as it makes its way to Snelling Shops for scrapping. The location is along Eustis Street, just north of Como Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

18. Glenwood and Penn Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Creator:
Rusterholz, Arthur
Date Created:
1954
Description:
Streetcar passes the former Ripley maternity hospital at Glenwood Avenue and Penn Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

19. Great Northern railroad overpass, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Creator:
Nelson, Edwin
Date Created:
1954
Description:
A streetcar passes under the Great Northern Railroad overpass on 15th Avenue SE.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

20. Hennepin Avenue and 31st Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Creator:
Nelson, Edwin
Date Created:
1954
Description:
A streetcar turns from eastbound 31st Street onto northbound Hennepin Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

21. Hennepin Avenue and 1st Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Creator:
Rusterholz, Arthur
Date Created:
1954
Description:
Streetcar on Hennepin Avenue at 1st Street.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

22. Hennepin Avenue and 27th Street with streetcar, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Creator:
Langdon, Vernon
Date Created:
1954
Description:
Looking south on Hennepin Avenue at 27th Street.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

23. Hennepin Avenue and 27th Street with streetcar, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Creator:
Langdon, Vernon
Date Created:
1954
Description:
Looking north on Hennepin Avenue at 27th Street.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

24. Hennepin bridge, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Creator:
Nelson, Edwin
Date Created:
1954
Description:
A streetcar crosses the Hennepin Avenue bridge over the Mississippi River from Nicollet Island.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

25. Inside East Side Station, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Date Created:
1954
Description:
Streetcars lined up inside the East Side Station streetcar barn on 1st Avenue NE at University Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

26. Inside the streetcar shop, St. Paul, Minnesota

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Date Created:
1954
Description:
Inside the shop portion of Snelling Station, with several streetcars on pit tracks.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

27. Inter-Campus streetcar at Cleveland Avenue, Falcon Heights, Minnesota

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Date Created:
1954
Description:
The Inter-Campus streetcar line stopped at a waiting shelter just east of Cleveland Avenue next to the agricultural test fields.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

28. Inter-Campus streetcar at St. Paul campus loop, St. Paul, Minnesota

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Date Created:
1954
Description:
Inter-Campus streetcars terminated at this loop near Gortner and Buford Avenues on the St. Paul campus and returned to the Minneapolis campus.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

29. Inter-Campus streetcar, Lauderdale, Minnesota

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Creator:
Callender, Harlow
Date Created:
1954
Description:
Looking west at the Inter-Campus streetcar track crossing Eustis Street.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

30. Inter-Campus streetcar on north edge of St. Paul campus, Falcon Heights, Minnesota

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Date Created:
1954
Description:
An eastbound Inter-Campus streetcar skirts the north edge of the St. Paul campus on its private right of way, with experimental farm fields in the distance.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

31. Lake Calhoun 35th Street stop, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Creator:
Nelson, Edwin
Date Created:
1954
Description:
A southbound Como-Harriet streetcar passes the 35th Street stop on the east shore of Lake Calhoun.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

32. Lake Harriet station and underpass, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Creator:
Nelson, Edwin
Date Created:
1954
Description:
A month before the end of service, a Como-Harriet streetcar stops at the Lake Harriet Station. In the foreground is the pedestrian underpass that remains in place today.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

33. Lake Harriet station, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Creator:
Langdon, Vernon
Date Created:
1954
Description:
Streetcar crossing 42nd Street next to Lake Harriet station.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

34. Lake Harriet station, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Creator:
Royer, Ken
Date Created:
1954
Description:
Streetcar crossing 42nd Street next to Lake Harriet station.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

35. Lake Harriet station, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Creator:
Brown, Charles A.
Date Created:
1954
Description:
Streetcar crossing 42nd Street next to Lake Harriet station.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

36. Lake Harriet station, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Creator:
Holmberg, Robert D.
Date Created:
1954
Description:
Looking south at NB car stopped at Lake Harriet station and viewed from under the canopy.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

37. Lake Harriet station, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Creator:
Langdon, Vernon
Date Created:
1954
Description:
Streetcar approaching 42nd Street next to Lake Harriet station.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

38. Lake Harriet station, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Creator:
Holmberg, Robert D.
Date Created:
1954
Description:
Looking south at SB car south of 42nd Street.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

39. Lake Harriet station, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Creator:
Holmberg, Robert D.
Date Created:
1954
Description:
Looking north at SB car about to cross 42nd Street at Queen Avenue South, at the Lake Harriet station.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

40. Lake Harriet station, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Creator:
Holmberg, Robert D.
Date Created:
1954
Description:
Looking north at SB car about to cross 42nd Street at Queen Avenue S., at the Lake Harriet station.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

41. Lake Street and Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Creator:
Rusterholz, Arthur
Date Created:
1954
Description:
Looking east on Lake Street from Hennepin Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

42. Last day Minneapolis streetcar parade, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Date Created:
1954
Description:
June 18, 1954 was the last day of regularly scheduled streetcar service in the Twin Cities. A special streetcar parade, shown here on Hennepin Avenue at 6th Street, delivered the press and dignitaries to Snelling Shops, where a streetcar was ceremonially burned. Everyone returned to Minneapolis by bus.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

43. Last day streetcar, Edina, Minnesota

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Creator:
E. Dudley Parsons
Date Created:
1954
Description:
Chartered streetcar on the last day of service at the Brookside loop.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

44. Last streetcars in front of Coffman Union, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Date Created:
1954
Description:
On June 19, 1954, the last streetcars, chartered by the Minnesota Railfans Assn., stop on Washington Avenue SE in front of Coffman Union. The streetcar system had been abandoned the previous day.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

45. Last streetcar trip to University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Date Created:
1954
Description:
On June 19, 1954 the last two streetcars circle the turn loop at 15th Street and Pillsbury Avenue on the East Bank of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis campus.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

46. Linden Hills streetcar, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Creator:
Langdon, Vernon
Date Created:
1954
Description:
A Como-Harriet streetcar crosses York Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

47. Lowry Hill on Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Creator:
Nelson, Edwin
Date Created:
1954
Description:
Looking down Lowry Hill of Hennepin Avenue at Douglas Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

48. Main Post Office, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Creator:
Rusterholz, Arthur
Date Created:
1954
Description:
Streetcars on Marquette Avenue at the Main Post Office.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

49. Motorman Carl Johnson and conductor Hans Erickson on 1st Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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Creator:
Nelson, Edwin
Date Created:
1954
Description:
Motorman Carl Johnson and conductor Hans Erickson pose in front of their streetcar on 1st Avenue North at 1st Street.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

50. Near Como Avenue and Eustis Street, Lauderdale, Minnesota

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Creator:
Langdon, Vernon
Date Created:
1954
Description:
The streetcar is eastbound on Como Avenue approaching Eustis Street. The track in the foreground is for the Inter-Campus line, running alongside Eustis.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs
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