The first streetcars to St. Louis Park were operated by the Minneapolis Land & Investment Company, which was invovled in the development of real estate in the city.
Streetcar 78 was built for Duluth in 1892 by the Laclede Car Company of St. Louis. It survives today in the collection of the Minnesota Streetcar Museum and operates at its streetcar line in Excelsior.
Looking north from the south bank of the Mississippi River at an open streetcar crossing the Robert Street bridge, with downtown St. Paul in the background.
An early single truck streetcar, modified with the state-mandated enclosed front platform, poses with its crew outside the 31st Street Station on Nicollet Avenue.