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."
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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.
The intersection of Franklin Avenue and 27th Avenue Southeast with streetcar tracks. The view is looking northeast from the east end of the Franklin Avenue bridge.
Looking east at a westbound car. The Snelling Avenue line crosses in the foreground. Snelling Station is at right. At the intersection is a Twin City Rapid Transit welding truck parked over a manhole. It has a stinger drawing power from the overhead.
Looking east at car 1313 crossing 42nd Street with Lake Harriet in the background. The cross street between the streetcar and the photographer is Queen Avenue. This section fo the streetcar line has been preserved by the Minnesota Streetcar Museum.
The Navy dedication ceremony for the streetcar rebuilt for defense plant service. WAVEs prepare to break champaign bottle across the fender as a military and civilian crowd looks on.
Lake Harriet station after abandonment of the streetcar system. The view is looking south under the station canopy across 42nd Street. This section of the line has been preserved by the Minnesota Streetcar Museum.
View of the express boat "White Bear" including the rear of the boat at a 3/4 angle. This image accompanied an engineering student's thesis "Speed Trials and Service Tests on the Steamboat White Bear."
Looking west from the east edge of the Snelling Station yard at the yard full of streetcars. This photo was taken in the winter following the abandonment of streetcars use in the Twin Cities metro.