Topic: Transportation / Location: / Subject Headings: Street Railroads

1. Streetcar on Lake Street at Grand Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Zubrycki, Fred
Date Created:: 1941 - 1948
Description:: Grand - Monroe lightweight streetcar 2010 about to turn from Lake Street onto Grand Avenue.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

2. Streetcar on Washington Avenue at Portland Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Young, Richard H.
Date Created:: 1947-05-02
Description:: Looking south at a westbound car on Washington Avenue.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

3. Streetcar mail transfer, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Wood, Lowell
Date Created:: 1946
Description:: A motorman transferring mail from the Hopkins Shuttle car to a Minneapolis-bound car.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

4. Work streetcar at Snelling Avenue and Hewitt Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Whittaker, Wilbur C.
Date Created:: 1946?
Description:: A work streetcar passes Hewitt Avenue on Snelling Avenue.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

5. University Avenue streetcar at Montgomery Wards, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Whittaker, Wilbur C.
Date Created:: 1947
Description:: An eastbound St. Paul-Minneapolis streetcar on University Avenue passes in front of the Midway Montgomery Ward store.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

6. 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Whittaker, Wilbur C.
Date Created:: 1945
Description:: A streetcar on Chicago Avenue passes the Nokomis Theater at 38th Street.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

7. 5th Avenue North and 5th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Whittaker, Wilbur C.
Date Created:: 1945
Description:: Streetcar passes the Downtown Honeywell plant on 5th St. at 5th Ave. N.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

8. Stryker and Annapolis with streetcar, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Whittaker, Wilbur C.
Date Created:: 1945
Description:: A Stryker Avenue streetcar lays over at the wye at Annapolis Street.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

9. Streetcars Hennepin Avenue and Washington Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Whittaker, Wilbur C.
Date Created:: 1948
Description:: Two streetcars meet at Hennepin Avenue and Washington Avenue.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

10. Streetcar passing the downtown Chevrolet dealership, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Whittaker, Wilbur C.
Date Created:: 1948
Description:: A northbound streetcar on Hennepin Avenue at Harmon Place passes the Downtown Chevrolet car dealership.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

11. Streetcar on the St. Paul campus, Falcon Heights, Minnesota

Creator:: Whittaker, Wilbur C.
Date Created:: 1945
Description:: An Intercampus streetcar arrives at the St. Paul campus of the University of Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

12. Streetcar on St. Clair Avenue at Kenneth Street, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Whittaker, Wilbur C.
Date Created:: 1945
Description:: A St. Clair Avenue streetcar passes Groveland School at Kenneth Street.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

13. Streetcar at 7th Street and Wabasha Street, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Whittaker, Wilbur C.
Date Created:: 1951
Description:: A Randolph-Hazel Park streetcar on 7th Street at Wabasha Street.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

14. Streetcar at 5th Street and Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Whittaker, Wilbur C.
Date Created:: 1948
Description:: A St. Paul-Minneapolis streetcar crosses Nicollet Avenue on 5th Street.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

15. Streetcar at 5th Street and Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Whittaker, Wilbur C.
Date Created:: 1947?
Description:: A northbound Como-Harriet streetcar on Hennepin Avenue crosses 5th Street. The Butler Building is in the background.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

16. Streetcar at the Snelling Avenue and Marshall Avenue underpass, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Whittaker, Wilbur C.
Date Created:: 1948
Description:: A work streetcar on Snelling Avenue at Marshall Avenue, passing under the Milwaukee Road.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

17. Streetcar at Marquette Avenue and 3rd Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Whittaker, Wilbur C.
Date Created:: 1953
Description:: Northbound streetcar on Marquette Avenue at 3rd Street.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

18. Streetcar at Hennepin Avenue at Harmon Place, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Whittaker, Wilbur C.
Date Created:: 1948
Description:: Looking south at streetcar on Hennepin Avenue at Harmon Place.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

19. Snelling Avenue at Selby Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Whittaker, Wilbur C.
Date Created:: 1948
Description:: A Snelling Avenue streetcar at Selby Avenue.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

20. Snelling Avenue at Hamline University with streetcar, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Whittaker, Wilbur C.
Date Created:: 1948?
Description:: A southbound streetcar on Snelling Avenue passes the Hamline University Old Main.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

21. Rice Street at Ivy Street, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Whittaker, Wilbur C.
Date Created:: 1945
Description:: A streetcar at the north end of the Rice Street line pull out of the wye at Ivy Street.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

22. Plymouth Avenue and Sheridan Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Whittaker, Wilbur C.
Date Created:: 1945
Description:: Streetcar at the end of the Plymouth Avenue line at Sheridan Avenue North.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

23. Penn Avenue at Minnehaha Creek, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Whittaker, Wilbur C.
Date Created:: 1945
Description:: A streetcar crosses Minnehaha Creek on Penn Avenue.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

24. Lyndale and Franklin Avenues with streetcar, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Whittaker, Wilbur C.
Date Created:: 1948
Description:: A southbound streetcar on Lyndale Avenue South at Franklin Avenue.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

25. Lake Street and Cedar Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Whittaker, Wilbur C.
Date Created:: 1945
Description:: An eastbound streetcar on Lake Street at Cedar Avenue.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

26. Hennepin near the Basilica, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Whittaker, Wilbur C.
Date Created:: 1948
Description:: A streetcar on Hennepin Avenue at 15th Street, with the Basilica in the background.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

27. Great Northern depot, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Whittaker, Wilbur C.
Date Created:: 1948
Description:: A streetcar passes the Great Northern depot at the foot of Hennepin Avenue.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

28. Descending Lowry Hill, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Whittaker, Wilbur C.
Date Created:: 1948
Description:: A Bryant streetcar on Lyndale Avenue at Groveland Terrace passes the statue of Thomas Lowry.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

29. Descending Lowry Hill, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Whittaker, Wilbur C.
Date Created:: 1948
Description:: A streetcar on Hennepin Avenue descends Lowry Hill at Douglas.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

30. Streetcar on Snelling Avenue at Marshall Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Whittaker, W. C.
Date Created:: 1948
Description:: Looking northeast at southbound streetcar 1845 in the intersection.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

31. 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

32. Streetcar on Hennepin Avenue at Washington Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Whittaker, W. C.
Date Created:: 1948
Description:: Looking northwest at a northbound car crossing Washington Avenue.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

33. Streetcar on 5th Street at Robert Street, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: W. F. Armstrong
Date Created:: 1953-08-18
Description:: Looking west at an eastbound car loading on 5th Street, about to turn onto Robert Street.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

34. Streetcar employee, Duluth Minnesota

Creator:: Westberg, L. E.
Date Created:: 1910 - 1920
Description:: Studio portrait of motorman #113.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

35. Track crew working at 3rd and Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Wenzel, Chester
Date Created:: 1946?
Description:: A streetcar company track maintenance crew has dug up the cobblestones surrounding the tracks at 3rd St. and Hennepin Avenue
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

36. First electric trolleys, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Warnock, A. W.
Date Created:: 1889
Description:: The first electric streetcars in Minneapolis ran on 4th Avenue South from downtown to 24th Street.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

37. Early Minneapolis streetcar, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Wallof, William
Date Created:: 1892?
Description:: An early streetcar poses at the end of the Kenwood line at 21st Street and Penn Avenue South.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

38. Trainmen, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Wallin, Charles A.
Date Created:: 1909 - 1912
Description:: Trainmen posed with streetcar and police officer at unknown location, probably St. Paul, Minnesota. Badge 1910 may be C. Emil Lindstrom.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

39. Streetcar on Concord Street, South St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Wallin, C. A.
Date Created:: 1905?
Description:: Crew posed with streetcar, perhaps on Concord Street at Linden.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

40. Streetcar on Lake Street at 27th Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Van Dusen, Eugene
Date Created:: 1953-06-07
Description:: Looking northwest at eastbound and westbound cars passing each other just west of 27th Street.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Color photographs

41. 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

42. Lake Street bridge, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Van Dusen, Eugene
Date Created:: 1951 - 1953
Description:: Car 1513 on the Lake Street bridge operating the Selby - Lake line.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Color photographs

43. "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

44. Work car at the storehouse dock, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1910?
Description:: A work streetcar is parked at the storehouse within the Snelling Shops complex.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

45. Wildwood Park streetcar map, Mahtomedi, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1918
Description:: Map of Wildwood Park and the streetcar lines serving it.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Cartographic
Format:: Transportation maps

46. Wildwood Park pavilion, Mahtomedi, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1910?
Description:: Wildwood Park on the southeast shore of White Bear Lake offered a wide variety of amusements for the public, including this pavilion.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

47. Wildwood Park on Beautiful White Bear Lake 1916, Mahtomedi, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1916
Description:: Large fold-out brochure promoting Wildwood Park with drawings, map and text.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Pamphlets

48. Wildwood Park, Mahtomedi, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1925?
Description:: Swimming area, bath house and roller coaster at Wildwood Park.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

49. "Who Uses the Street Car?" advertisement, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1925?
Description:: Newspaper advertisement showing shoppers boarding streetcars.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Text
Format:: Advertisements

50. "Who Uses the Street Car?" advertisement, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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

51. West end of Snelling Station, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1925?
Description:: View of the west end of Snelling Station, facing Snelling Avenue The corner of the building at left housed an electrical substation.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

52. View from the rear platform of a streetcar, Twin Cities, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1925?
Description:: Twin Cities streetcars were built with a semi-open rear platform enclosed by wire gates, and were referred to as gate cars. This is the view an exiting passenger would have seen.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

53. Underbody of streetcar, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1930?
Description:: Streetcar turned on its side for rebuilding inside Snelling Shops.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

54. Underbody of streetcar, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1930?
Description:: Streetcar turned on its side for rebuilding inside Snelling Shops.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

55. 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

56. Twin City streetcar covered in safety slogans, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1925?
Description:: Streetcar covered in safety slogans, including "The Safest Place Upon the Street."
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

57. 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

58. 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

59. 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

60. Trainmen's dormitory at Lake Street Station, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1925?
Description:: Upstairs at each of the streetcar stations was a trainmen's dormitory, where they could sleep between work shifts. This one is at Lake Street Station at 22nd Avenue.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

61. Trainmen's club room at Lake Street Station, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1925?
Description:: Upstairs at each of the streetcar stations was a trainmen's club room. This one is at Lake Street Station at 22nd Avenue.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

62. Trainmen's club room at Lake Street Station, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1925?
Description:: Upstairs at each of the streetcar stations was a trainmen's club room. This one is at Lake Street Station at 22nd Avenue.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

63. Trainmen's club room at Lake Street Station, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1925?
Description:: On the ground floor of each of the streetcar stations was the trainmen's room, where they gather to prepare for work. This one is at Lake Street Station at 22nd Avenue.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

64. Track entrance to Snelling Station, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1935?
Description:: Looking south at track entrance to Snelling Station at Snelling Avenue and University Avenue.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

65. 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

66. Thomas Lowry's private streetcar, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1902?
Description:: Twin City Rapid Transit Company President Thomas Lowry toured the streetcar system in a custom-built private streetcar, shown here outside 31st Street Station.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

67. Thomas Lowry's private streetcar, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1902?
Description:: Twin City Rapid Transit Company President Thomas Lowry toured the streetcar system in a custom-built private streetcar, shown here outside 31st Street Station.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

68. Third Avenue Bridge, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1925?
Description:: Looking west across the Third Avenue Bridge over the Mississippi River, with downtown in the distance.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

69. 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

70. 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

71. 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

72. "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

73. The Private Car, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1898
Description:: Interior of Thomas Lowry's private streetcar.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

74. The Private Car, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1898
Description:: Interior of Thomas Lowry's private streetcar.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

75. "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

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 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

78. "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

79. "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

80. "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

81. Street railway emergency truck, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1925?
Description:: New street railway emergency truck posed at Snelling Shops.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

82. Streetcar trucks, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1910?
Description:: These are the wheel sets (trucks) of a Twin Cities streetcar, manufactured at the company shops. Each four-wheel truck had a pair of 50 horsepower motors geared to the axles. The metal blades in the foreground are snow scrapers.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

83. Streetcar tracks on Hennepin Avenue at 10th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1938?
Description:: Looking south on Hennepin Avenue at a northbound streetcar at 10th Street passing the Minneapolis Central Library.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

84. Streetcars under construction, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1925
Description:: Streetcars under construction inside the Snelling Shops.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

85. Streetcars under construction, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1925
Description:: Streetcars under construction inside the Snelling Shops.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

86. Streetcars under construction, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1926
Description:: Lightweight streetcars for other cities under construction inside the Snelling Shops.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

87. "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

88. Streetcars ready to be shipped to shipping Nashville, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1926
Description:: Streetcars constructed at Snelling Shops, on flatcars for shipping to Nashville, Tennessee.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

89. Streetcars on flatcars awaiting shipment to Nashville, St. Paul

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1926
Description:: Streetcars built at Snelling Shops on flatcars for shipping to Nashville.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

90. Streetcar snowplow, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1930?
Description:: Streetcar company snowplow in the yard at the Snelling Shops.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

91. Streetcar snowplow, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1893
Description:: Experimental streetcar snowplow on Nicollet Avenue near 32nd Street.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

92. Streetcars being constructed for Chicago, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1924
Description:: Streetcars constructed at the Snelling Shops for Chicago, on the shop transfer table.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

93. Streetcars at Como Park, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1926
Description:: Builder photograph of new lightweight streetcars on display at Como Park.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

94. Streetcar repair at Snelling Shops, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1925?
Description:: Streetcar laid on its side inside Snelling Shops as part of the streetcar overhaul or rehabilitation that happened every 5 years.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

95. Streetcar rear gates, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1910?
Description:: Close-up of open rear gates and back platform of streetcar inside the Snelling Shops.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

96. Streetcar posed with passengers, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1912?
Description:: Along the University Avenue side of Snelling Station, passengers are posed boarding and alighting from a streetcar for a publicity shot.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

97. Streetcar passing Rameley's pavilion on the west shore of the lake, White Bear Lake, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1904
Description:: White Bear Lake streetcar passing Rameley's pavilion on the west shore.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs

98. Streetcar lifted off wheels at the Snelling Shops, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:: Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:: 1915?
Description:: Inside the Snelling Shops, a streetcar has been lifted off its wheels by an overhead crane as part of routine maintenance.
Contributing Institution:: Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:: Still Image
Format:: Black-and-white photographs