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1. Washington Avenue horsecar, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1875?
Description:
An early horsecar of the Minneapolis Street Railway poses at an unknown location on Washington Avenue near downtown.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

2. Motor Line near Lake Calhoun, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1879
Description:
A train of the steam powered, narrow gauge Motor Line just north of the Lyndale Hotel.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

3. Soda motor streetcar, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1880
Description:
Experimental steam engine powered by expanding gases, built for Motor Line.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

4. Steam motor, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1880
Description:
Builder's photo of steam motor #1 of the Minneapolis, Lyndale & Lake Minnetonka Railroad.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

5. Early horse drawn streetcar, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1880 - 1886
Description:
A bobtail car on the Minneapolis Street Railway.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

6. Streetcar on Hennepin Avenue at Mississippi River, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1880 - 1888
Description:
Looking down on the west end of the Hennepin Avenue suspension bridge with horsecars on the bridge.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

7. Either Hennepin Avenue or Washington Avenue downtown, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Nowack, Michael
Date Created:
1880 - 1889
Description:
Looking down at a crowded street from a tall building. Many horsecars are visible.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

8. Streetcar on Marquette Avenue at 4th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1880 - 1889
Description:
The Motor Line that connected Minneapolis with Lake Minnetonka is shown at Marquette Avenue and 4th Street.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

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

Creator:
Nowack, Michael
Date Created:
1880 - 1889
Description:
Looking east on Washington Avenue from Hennepin Avenue. Many horsecars fill the street.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

10. Riverside Avenue horsecar, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1880?
Description:
Minneapolis horse-drawn streetcar turning from Riverside Avenue onto 24th Avenue South.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Albumen prints

11. Streetcar barn, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1882
Description:
Streetcar barn; Dinky and mules; workmen and boys; barrels; girl with lunch pail; street
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

12. Streetcar pulled by mules, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1882
Description:
Streetcar pulled by mules; Dinky car number 5; streetcar with passenger on Duluth street; Misfit Clothing Parlor
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

13. Horsecar barn on Superior Street, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1883 - 1890
Description:
Horsecar barn at Superior Street and 11th Avenue West in Duluth, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

14. Horsecars, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1883 - 1890
Description:
Looking west from Fifth Avenue West at horsecars on Superior Street in Duluth, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

15. Horsecars, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1883 - 1890
Description:
Looking east from Point of Rocks at horsecars on Superior Street in Duluth, Minnesota. Building at right between the horsecars is the carbarn at 11th Avenue West.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

16. Horsecars on Superior Street, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1883 - 1890
Description:
Looking east from Fifth Avenel West at horsecars on Superior Street, in Duluth, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

17. Horse drawn street car, Anoka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1885 - 1895
Description:
Horse drawn street car. First street car in Anoka was located on Ferry Street.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

18. Advertisement for Northern Car Company, Robbinsdale, Minnesota

Creator:
Northern Car Company
Date Created:
1885?
Description:
For a short time, the Northern Car Company of Robbinsdale built streetcars, such as the one in this ad.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Text
Format:
Advertisements

19. Minneapolis Street Railway Monroe horsecar barn, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1885?
Description:
Minneapolis Street Railway horsecar and crew posed outside the Monroe barn at Broadway and Monroe Street.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

20. Steamboat and Motor Line at Lake Calhoun, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Tenney, Charles A.
Date Created:
1885?
Description:
Viewed from the Lyndale Hotel, the steamboat Hattie is visible on Lake Calhoun, with the Motor Line tracks in the foreground.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

21. Steam motor on the Motor Line, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1887
Description:
The Minneapolis, Lyndale & Minnetonka Railway ran steam powered trains between downtown Minneapolis, Lake Minnetonka and Minnehaha Park. Within the city they ran down the street. This is 31st Street and Nicollet Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

22. Streetcar on Selby Avenue at Summit Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1888
Description:
Looking east at an eastbound cable train starting to descend the Selby hill.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

23. 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

24. Motor Line in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Fairman, George
Date Created:
1888?
Description:
Steam motor of the Minneapolis, Lyndale & Minnetonka, better known as the "Motor Line." The train has just arrived at 7th Street and Marquette Avenue (then 1st Avenue S.).
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

25. 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

26. Grip Car, Minneapolis Street Railway Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1889-01-11
Description:
Design drawing, including plan and elevation of Twin City Rapid Transit cable grip car for Minneapolis that was never built.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Design drawings

27. Early Woodland Avenue, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890
Description:
Recently built single track on Woodland Avenue in Duluth, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

28. Main Central Powerhouse, 3rd Avenue North at 2nd Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1892
Description:
The Main Central Powerhouse.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

29. Open streetcars with crew, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1893
Description:
Open Bloomington Avenue car posed with crew, E.E. Smock and Fred Carlson. Car carries concert and opera advertisements.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

30. Hennepin Avenue at Union Depot, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1894
Description:
Looking north on Hennepin Avenue from 1st Street toward Nicollet Island during a parade. The old Union Depot is at right.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

31. Streetcar employees, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Corbey, Eugene
Date Created:
1890 - 1897
Description:
Portrait of motorman Swan Person, Hancock�s grandfather, who worked for TCRT in St. Paul until 1897.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Studio portraits

32. Downtown, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1899
Description:
Looking east on Superior Street from Sixth Avenue West in Duluth, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

33. Duluth Belt Line, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1909
Description:
Looking down the Belt Line from the Bayview Heights station in Duluth, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

34. Streetcar traveling down Cedar Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890 - 1910
Description:
Cedar Avenue at 3rd Street; Cedar & Emerson sign displayed on the front of the streetcard. Photographer could be the same as for stereographic card MS0151.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Stereographs

35. Plans, Elevations and Sections of Summer Cars, Minneapolis Street Railway Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890-02-22
Description:
Design drawing, including plan, elevations and section of Twin City Rapid Transit single truck open streetcar #369. Typical plan of the 1890s.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Design drawings

36. Street Paul's first electric streetcar, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890-02-22
Description:
Streetcar 169 with trailer 136. This photo shows the first electric streetcars on the first line in Saint Paul on February 22, 1890. Thomas Lowry and Archbishop John Ireland are in the front row on 169.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

37. First electric Streetcar, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Newton, George A.
Date Created:
1890-11
Description:
First electric streetcar in Duluth; Duluth Street Railway Company; car 19 and open sided car with passengers and motormen
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

38. Electric Streetcar in winter, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890?
Description:
Electric streetcar in winter; snow banks; passengers; houses; car says fortieth avenue west
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

39. St. Paul & White Bear Railroad steam train, North St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1890?
Description:
An enclosed steam locomotive and four car trains of the St. Paul & White Bear Railroad. The North St. Paul power house is visible in the background.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

40. "Lake Harriet Pavilion Season of 1891," Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Minneapolis Street Railway
Date Created:
1891
Description:
Advertisement for concerts and recreational activities at Lake Harriet, and instructions on how to reach there by streetcar.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Text
Format:
Advertisements

41. Streetcar on Greenbrier Street between Jenks Avenue and Case Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1891
Description:
Looking northwest at a southbound car on Greenbrier Street. The caption reads "1880, and this is last car on Greenbrier before the line was moved to Payne Avenue" The caption appears to be incorrect as the line stayed on Greenbrier. The car depicted wasn't delivered until 1884.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

42. "Street Cars For Sale" advertisement, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Minneapolis Street Railway
Date Created:
1891
Description:
Advertisement for the sale of obsolete horsecars, steam locomotives and locomotive hauled coaches, all replaced by electric streetcars.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Text
Format:
Advertisements

43. Plan, Elevation and Section of Closed Car, Minneapolis Street Railway Company, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Carr, W. F.
Date Created:
1891-01-03
Description:
Design drawing, including plan, section and elevation of a typical Twin City Rapid Transit single truck (four-wheel) streetcar of the 1890s.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Design drawings

44. 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

45. Beacon Hill Pavilion, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1892 - 1900
Description:
The Beacon Hill pavilion, at the top of the Seventh Avenue Incline in Duluth, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

46. Incline on Seventh Avenue, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1892 - 1900
Description:
The Seventh Avenue incline, as it appeared in the 1890s, in Duluth, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

47. Incline on Seventh Avenue, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1892 - 1900
Description:
The Seventh Avenue Incline, as it appeared in the 1890s, in Duluth, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

48. Incline on Seventh Avenue, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1892 - 1900
Description:
The Beacon Hill pavilion, at the top of the Seventh Avenue Incline Duluth, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

49. Early Minneapolis streetcar, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Herrington, H. B.
Date Created:
1892-12-28
Description:
An early single truck streetcar poses with crew members in the snow outside Bloomington Station at 32nd Street and Bloomington Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

50. 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
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