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1. Minneapolis skyline, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Forbes, Charles
Date Created:
1885 - 1890
Description:
Streetscape in downtown Minneapolis, with horses and buggies.
Contributing Institution:
Macalester College
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

2. "There Are Some People Who Will Be Glad to Know That the Cars Are Not Always Crowded," an editorial cartoon by "Bart"

Creator:
Bartholomew, Charles Lewis (Bart), 1869-1949
Date Created:
1910
Description:
Published on June 2, 1910, this cartoon shows streetcars as "Official photograph taken at eleven a.m. by street railway co. for council committee" and "Snapshot, by most any of us, at time we have to use the street cars."
Contributing Institution:
Gustavus Adolphus College
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Drawings (visual works)

3. Hopkins right of way near Meadowbrook, Edina, Minnesota

Date Created:
1940 - 1949
Description:
Streetcar track, looking east in Edina.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

4. Streetcar on Hennepin Avenue at 4th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1892 - 1897
Description:
Looking east along Hennepin Avenue on a snowy day. The Brunswick Hotel is at right.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

5. Excelsior docks, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910 - 1915
Description:
The boat Stillwater docked in Excelsior. Captain Mann and crew are standing on the foredeck.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

6. Streetcar snow plows, Twin Cities, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900 -1925
Description:
Snowplow 31 with another snowplow at a carhouse in winter.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

7. Streetcar on 44th Street right of way at Drew Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Mehlenbeck, Bob
Date Created:
1950 - 1954
Description:
A color postcard from the Minnesota Transportation Museum of a streetcar just east of the 44th and France loop. Note that the image is reversed.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

8. Mining railroad, Inter-State Iron Company, Calumet, Minnesota

Creator:
Kreuzberger, Jim
Date Created:
1951
Description:
An electric locomotive coupled to a loaded train. Note the electric wire set off to the side of the track.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

9. Streetcar on Bryant Avenue south of 51st Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Stern, John
Date Created:
1950
Description:
Looking south at a PCC leaving Minnehaha Creek bridge.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

10. Snelling Shops, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1940 - 1947
Description:
Standard streetcar 1570 and another standard car on the Snelling Shops transfer table.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

11. Streetcar on Lake Street at 4th Avenue S., Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Olsen, H. B.
Date Created:
1939 - 1945
Description:
Looking west at an eastbound Selby - Lake car 1221 just after crossing 4th Avenue on Lake Street.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

12. Streetcar on Washington Avenue bridge, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1954-06-19
Description:
On the day after streetcars stopped running in Minneapolis, the Minnesota Railfans Association chartered two cars for a farewell trip around the city.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

13. Advertisement for Lake Harriet Pavilion, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1888-07
Description:
Card advertising 10 minute service to Lake Harriet and the Lake Harriet Pavilion.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Advertisements

14. Streetcar on Lake Street bridge, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Lukin, Dick
Date Created:
1953
Description:
Looking west at an eastbound Selby - Lake car on the Lake Street bridge over the Mississippi River.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

15. Streetcar on Hennepin Avenue at Nicollet Island, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1907 - 1912
Description:
A Lake Minnetonka interurban car deadheading to East Side Station.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

16. Horse-drawn trolley wire repair, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900 - 1910
Description:
Wire crew working on overhead using horse drawn tower wagon at Payne Avenue and York Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

17. Streetcar on West end of Lake Street bridge, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Lukin, Dick
Date Created:
1953
Description:
Looking west from west end of the Lake Street bridge at a westbound work car.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

18. Streetcar on Payne Avenue at Wheelock Parkway, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Whittaker, W. C.
Date Created:
1946
Description:
Looking north at a southbound streetcar approaching Wheelock Parkway.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

19. Streetcar at carhouse

Date Created:
1910 - 1915
Description:
A portrait of car 1412 with crew. Note that the car has snow scraper blades over each rail ahead of the front truck.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

20. Streetcar on Girard Avenue and Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Van Dusen, Eugene
Date Created:
1953-06-07
Description:
Looking northwest at a car facing south on Girard Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

21. Streetcar on 44th Street right of way at France Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Nelson, Edwin
Date Created:
1954
Description:
Streetcar 1559 is eastbound on the mainline as it passes the loop near 44th Street and France Avenue. Streetcar 1756 is in the loop at right.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

22. Freight car at the Street Paul campus, Falcon Heights, Minnesota

Creator:
Nelson, Edwin
Date Created:
1952
Description:
The University of Minnesota motor on the power plant spur at the Saint Paul campus. A hopper car is spotted in the distance.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

23. Streetcar on East Hennepin Avenue at Mississippi River bridge, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Nelson, Edwin
Date Created:
1954
Description:
Looking west at an eastbound car. The Great Northern depot is in the distance at right.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

24. Streetcar on Penn Avenue at 51st Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1945 - 1948
Description:
Looking north at a southbound car on Penn Avenue approaching 51st Street. Note a streetcar on the 50th Street and Pen Avenue wye in the distance.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

25. Streetcar on 44th Avenue and Fremont Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950 - 1953
Description:
A steel-sided streetcar turning from Fremont Avenue onto 44th Avenue. Note that the car has a white-on-black PCC-type destination sign, rather than the standard black-on-white.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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