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1. Interurban fighting the snow, Hastings, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915?
Description:
A St. Paul Southern interurban is plastered with snow in downtown Hastings after a winter run from St. Paul.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

2. Mesaba Railway interurban railway, Eveleth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915?
Description:
Mesaba Railway interurban car at Park Hotel.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

3. Express boat "Harriet" on Lake Minnetonka, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1908?
Description:
Broadside view of the streetcar express boat "Harriet" on Lake Minnetonka.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

4. Streetcar yard at Lake Street Station, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1921?
Description:
Looking northeast from the roof of Lake Street Station over the streetcar yard. Minneapolis-Moline plant in the distance.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

5. Streetcar on 1st Avenue North at 2nd Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1954
Description:
Looking south on 1st Avenue NE at 2nd Street. The streetcar made its last trip on June 19th.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

6. Streetcar at 9th St. and Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1953?
Description:
Looking southwest at northbound streetcar and bus passing Orpheum Theater at 9th Street and Hennepin Avenue
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

7. Streetcar at 11th Street and Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1953?
Description:
Looking west at streetcar and bus at 11th Street and Hennepin Avenue passing streetcar company office building at left.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8. Streetcar at 13th Street and Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1953?
Description:
Looking west at northbound streetcar on Hennepin Avenue at 13th Street, passing Buick car dealership.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

9. Lake Harriet streetcar station, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1953?
Description:
Streetcar station for Lake Harriet at 42nd St. and Queen Avenue S.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

10. Streetcar on Nicollet Avenue at Minnehaha Creek, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1953?
Description:
A southbound Nicollet Avenue streetcar crosses the bridge over Minnehaha Creek.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

11. Streetcar at 1st Street and Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1947?
Description:
A northbound 2nd Street NE streetcar turns from Marquette onto 1st Street Pioneer Square at left.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

12. Minneapolis Filtration Plant Railway, Columbia Heights, Minnesota

Date Created:
1951?
Description:
Minneapolis Filtration Plant Railway runs along the west edge of Reservoir Boulevard on its way from the Soo Line interchange at 37th Avenue to the Filtration Plant.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

13. Streetcars at Selby and Western Avenues, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Mehlenbeck, Robert
Date Created:
1935?
Description:
Two Selby-Lake streetcars pass each other at Selby and Western. Note the Angus Hotel at left.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

14. Streetcars at 44th Street and Xerxes Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Ross, R. Donald
Date Created:
1948
Description:
A northbound Oak-Harriet streetcar is on Xerxes Avenue just north of 44th Street. It is on top of a temporary track crossover.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

15. Streetcar on temporary track, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Description:
A northbound Nicollet Avenue streetcar passes over temporary track to bypass repaving and track repairs just south of Diamond Lake Road.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

16. Mahtomedi streetcar line east of North St. Paul, Oakdale, Minnesota

Date Created:
1951
Description:
Looking east at the Mahtomedi streetcar line alongside Highway 36 east of Century Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

17. Hamline Lake streetcar stop, Mahtomedi, Minnesota

Date Created:
1951
Description:
The streetcar passed between Hamline Lake and Highway 244 near the end of the Mahtomedi line.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

18. Streetcar crossing Upton Avenue near 43rd Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1925?
Description:
Looking east at a downtown-bound Como-Harriet streetcar boarding passengers at Upton Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

19. Streetcar and railroad transfer station, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1911
Description:
Passengers transferred from streetcars to the gas-electric trains of the Dan Patch Line at this transfer station at Diamond Lake Road and Nicollet Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

20. Streetcar wye, Mahtomedi, Minnesota

Date Created:
1948?
Description:
Southbound streetcar from Mahtomedi to St. Paul approached the wye in Willernie.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

21. Streetcar at Long Lake Road crossing, Mahtomedi, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950?
Description:
Looking north at the Mahtomedi streetcar line tracks crossing Long Lake Road.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

22. Lake Street Station, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1947?
Description:
Twin City Rapid Transit's Lake Street Station, showing buses and streetcars ready for service.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

23. Streetcar to Nicollet Ball Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1948
Description:
Streetcar passes Nicollet Park at 31st and Nicollet Avenue
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

24. Streetcar at 9th Avenue, Hopkins, Minnesota

Description:
Streetcar is boarding passengers at 9th Avenue just before traveling over the Hopkins viaduct. Great Northern Railway Hopkins station is on the right.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

25. Snelling Avenue and Como Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1928?
Description:
Looking east on Como Avenue at Snelling Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

26. Streetcar conductor S. W. Spencer, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936
Description:
Conductor S. W. Spencer at work on the University of Minnesota's Inter-Campus streetcar.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

27. Main Steam Station, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920?
Description:
The Main Steam Station, located just below St. Anthony Falls, generated most of the electricity that powered the streetcar system.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

28. Inside Snelling Shops, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920?
Description:
Interior of Snelling streetcar shops, showing car trucks under repair.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

29. Nicollet Station streetcar yard, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920?
Description:
Looking south from atop Nicollet ball park at the yard full of streetcars next to Nicollet Station.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

30. Evansville streetcar, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1926
Description:
Streetcar built in Snelling Shops for Evansville, Indiana, parked on 15th Avenue SE at University Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

31. Grand Rapids streetcar, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1925
Description:
Streetcar built in the Snelling Shops for Grand Rapids, Michigan parked on Snelling Avenue, south of Hewitt. Hamline University's Old Main building is visible in the background.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

32. Open air streetcar, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1908?
Description:
From 1890 to about 1910, Twin City Rapid Transit maintain a separate fleet of open cars for summer use only.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

33. 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

34. Removing the rails from Rondo Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1948
Description:
Following its 1948 abandonment, a streetcar company work car pulls the rails from the pavement of Rondo Avenue near Griggs Street.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

35. 6th Avenue North at about Morgan Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936
Description:
Looking east on 6th Ave. N. at Morgan Ave., before 6th Ave. was converted to Olson Hwy.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

36. 7th Street and Wabasha Street, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Mehlenbeck, Robert
Date Created:
1936
Description:
Looking west from Wabasha St. at eastbound streetcar passing Orpheum and Paramount theaters.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

37. Streetcars in Nicollet Station yard, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1921?
Description:
Looking south from the roof of Nicollet Station at the yard full of streetcars.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

38. Streetcars under construction, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1926
Description:
Inside Snelling Shops, where streetcars for Chattanooga are under construction.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

39. Streetcars in North Side Station yard, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1921?
Description:
Looking southeast from the roof of North Side Station at the yard full of streetcars.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

40. Tracks at Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1952?
Description:
Looking north along tracks paralleling the east side of Minnehaha Avenue through Minnehaha Park. Minnehaha Depot visible in distance.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

41. Interior of PCC streetcar, Twin Cities, Minnesota

Date Created:
1948?
Description:
Interior of PCC streetcar, looking toward the front. Car was built in 1947
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

42. Selby Tunnel and Cathedral of St. Paul, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1947?
Description:
Streetcar emerges from the Selby Tunnel, next to the Cathedral of St. Paul.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

43. New streetcars arrive in St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1949
Description:
Three PCC streetcars arrive on railroad flatcars at the Snelling Shops in the Midway.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

44. Streetcar in Uptown, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1953
Description:
Streetcar turning from northbound Hennepin Avenue onto eastbound Lake Street.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

45. Launching of Northern Ordnance streetcars, Fridley, Minnesota

Creator:
Northern Ordnance
Date Created:
1943
Description:
In 1943, a short piece of the Minneapolis, Anoka & Cuyuna Range trolley line was rehabbed to shuttle freight and employees to the new Northern Ordnance defense plant along East River Road. Here Navy women prepare to break champagne bottles over the bumper of a rehabbed streetcar.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

46. Dan Patch locomotive at Northern Ordinance, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Northern Ordinance
Date Created:
1944
Description:
Pioneer locomotive Dan Patch #100 posed in front of new owner, the Northern Ordinance defense plant.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

47. Tearing up the Anoka trolley line, Fridley Township, Minnesota

Creator:
Northern Ordinance
Date Created:
1943
Description:
Following its abandonment, workers remove the tracks of the Minneapolis, Anoka & Cuyuna Range trolley line along East River Road north of the Northern Ordinance plant.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

48. Tearing up the Anoka trolley line, Fridley Township, Minnesota

Creator:
Northern Ordinance
Date Created:
1943
Description:
Following its abandonment, workers remove the tracks of the Minneapolis, Anoka & Cuyuna Range trolley line along East River Road north of the Northern Ordinance plant.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

49. Streetcar crossing bridge to Fort Snelling, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Ross, R. Donald
Date Created:
1951
Description:
A Fort Snelling-bound streetcar crosses the West 7th Street bridge over the Mississippi River to Fort Snelling.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

50. 6th Avenue North at about Morgan Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936
Description:
Looking east on 6th Ave. N. before it was widened and renamed Olson Highway.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

51. 11th Street and Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1935?
Description:
The Library Hotel, named for the downtown library in the same block, stood on the corner of 11th and Hennepin.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

52. 11th Street and Harmon Place, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1935?
Description:
Looking southeast on 11th St. from Harmon Place.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

53. 11th Street and Hawthorne Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1935?
Description:
Looking southeast on 11th St. from Hawthorne toward Hennepin. The Minneapolis downtown library is visible at left.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

54. Streetcar at the former Minnesota Historical Society location, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1953
Description:
Westbound PCC streetcar on Wabasha St., since renamed for Martin Luther King.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

55. Streetcar on Lowry Avenue at California Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Description:
A 2nd Street NE streetcar travels west on Lowry Avenue at California Street.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

56. Last streetcars in front of Coffman Union, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1954
Description:
On June 19, 1954, the last streetcars, chartered by the Minnesota Railfans Assn., stop on Washington Avenue SE in front of Coffman Union. The streetcar system had been abandoned the previous day.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

57. Driving streetcar on the Inter-Campus line, Falcon Heights, Minnesota

Date Created:
1953?
Description:
Looking over the motorman's shoulder as an Inter-Campus streetcar approached the Coffman Street grade crossing.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

58. Streetcar passing Pioneer Cemetery, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1947?
Description:
A Lake Street streetcar passes the Pioneer Cemetery at 21st Avenue South.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

59. Streetcar leaving Selby Tunnel, St. Paul, Minnesota

Description:
A westbound Selby-Lake streetcar rises into the middle of Selby Avenue at Nina Street after passing through the Selby Tunnel.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

60. Streetcar on 54th Street and Penn Avenue wye, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1953?
Description:
Streetcar facing west on the 54th Street leg of the wye, before returning to downtown Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

61. Last streetcar trip to University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1954
Description:
On June 19, 1954 the last two streetcars circle the turn loop at 15th Street and Pillsbury Avenue on the East Bank of the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis campus.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

62. Hazel Park streetcar bridge, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950?
Description:
The streetcar in Hazel Park crossed over the Omaha Railroad on a bridge aligned with Hazel Street.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

63. Henry Street streetcar siding, North St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950?
Description:
Streetcars on the single track Mahtomedi cars passed one another at Henry Street siding, located in then-unpaved 18th Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

64. Lower streetcar wye, Willernie, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950?
Description:
At this location from 1899 until 1932 the streetcars heading to Mahtomedi turned left, while those heading to Stillwater turned right.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

65. Adjusting brakes under streetcar, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1928?
Description:
Shopman adjusting brakes in pit under streetcar inside Snelling Shops
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

66. Streetcar interior at the Snelling Shops, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1915?
Description:
Interior of a streetcar outside the Snelling Shops.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

67. Bloomington Avenue at 48th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1930?
Description:
Looking south on Bloomington Ave. from 48th St.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

68. 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

69. Streetcar at Phalen Park, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1952
Description:
Streetcar waiting at the brick station in Phalen Park.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

70. Streetcar at 10th Street and Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Description:
A southbound Nicollet Avenue streetcar on Marquette Avenue between 9th and 10th Streets, with Foshay Tower in background.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

71. 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

72. Streetcar approaching the Lexington Avenue overpass in Como Park, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1952?
Description:
An eastbound streetcar on private right of way in Como Park approaches the Lexington Avenue overpass.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

73. Streetcar at 1st Avenue NE and 2nd Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950
Description:
A southbound streetcar on the 2nd Street NE line crosses 1st Avenue NE and the Yellow Taxi garage.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

74. Streetcar at Como Avenue and Eustis Street, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1953
Description:
An eastbound streetcar on the Como-Harriet line approaches Eustis Street.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

75. Express boat "Minnetonka" on Lake Minnetonka, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1945?
Description:
The last surviving streetcar express boat on Lake Minnetonka was the Hopkins, renamed Minnetonka. It is shown at the Water Street dock.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

76. Tugboat "Hercules" on Lake Minnetonka, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920?
Description:
To help service its Lake Minnetonka fleet of passenger carrying express boats, Twin City Rapid Transit built the tugboat "Hercules," shown here at the Excelsior docks.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

77. Streetcar at 18th Avenue and Como Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1925?
Description:
Streetcar boarding passengers on Como Avenue SE at 18th Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

78. Streetcar at 4th Street and East Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1953
Description:
Streetcar turning from 4th Street SE onto East Hennepin Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

79. Streetcar at Diamond Lake Road and Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1953
Description:
Streetcar backing into wye at Diamond Lake Road and Nicollet Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

80. Streetcar at 7th Street and 3rd Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1939
Description:
A Chicago-Penn streetcar has just crossed over the railroad throat on the north edge and is crossing 3rd Avenue on 7th Street. The curving track in the foreground was used by Anoka streetcars to access their downtown depot, shared with the Dan Patch and Luce Line trains.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

81. 12th Street and Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1935?
Description:
Looking east from the roof of the Hotel Hastings at the intersection of 12th St. and Hennepin Avenue. Visible in the distance are the Minneapolis Auditorium, the Wesley Temple Building and the Wesley Temple.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

82. 12th Street and Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1935?
Description:
Looking north from a building roof over the intersection of 12th Street and Hennepin Avenue. Hotel Hastings in the distance.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

83. West Broadway at Penn Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1935?
Description:
Looking northwest on Broadway from Penn Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

84. Streetcar at Grant Street and Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1935?
Description:
Looking east across Nicollet Avenue at a streetcar turning off Grant Street Wesley Temple and Minneapolis Auditorium in the distance.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

85. Streetcar tracks at 44th and Browndale Avenue, Edina, Minnesota

Date Created:
1948?
Description:
Como-Hopkins line streetcar tracks, looking east at Browndale Avenue from the Highway 100 overpass.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

86. Streetcars at 10th and Hennepin, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Schumacher, Robert
Date Created:
1953
Description:
Streetcars pass each other on Hennepin Avenue at 10th Street. The Orpheum and State Theaters are visible.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

87. Minneapolis Filtration Plant Railway, Columbia Heights, Minnesota

Creator:
Rinke, Herman
Date Created:
1951
Description:
Minneapolis Filtration Plant Railway car hauling materials to the filtration plant.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

88. Streetcars on 2nd Street at 18th Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Schumacher, Robert
Date Created:
1953
Description:
Two streetcars on the 2nd Street NE line wait at 18th Avenue for a freight train to cross.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

89. Nicollet track extension to 62nd Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1947
Description:
A work car at 56th Street and Nicollet Avenue is assisting with the extension of track to 62nd Street.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

90. Woman boarding streetcar, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1953?
Description:
Interior of streetcar showing woman boarding and streetcar conductor.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

91. Motorman with switch rod, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1953?
Description:
Inside streetcar showing motorman demonstrating the use of a switch rod to turn track switch without leaving the car.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

92. Motorman Edwin Nelson, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1953?
Description:
Motorman Edwin Nelson, a scholar of Twin Cities streetcar history, at the controls.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

93. Streetcar entering Minneapolis University of Minnesota campus, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1954
Description:
Streetcar #1300, now preserved, entering the University of Minnesota's Minneapolis campus on 15th Avenue SE.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

94. Streetcar loading at the Honeywell Plant, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1953?
Description:
Looking north at southbound 4th Avenue line streetcars loading workers in front of the Minneapolis Honeywell Plant on 28th Street.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

95. Minnesota State Fair streetcar yard, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Gibson, C. P.
Date Created:
1912
Description:
Streetcars fill the State Fair storage yard as crews prepare to take the public home. In the distance is the Minnesota State Fair's grandstand.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

96. Experimental lightweight streetcar train, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1921
Description:
Twin City Rapid Transit built several experimental lightweight streetcars in an attempt to reduce operating costs. This pair is pictured on Snelling Avenue next to Snelling Shops, where it was built.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

97. Minnesota State Fair streetcar yard, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
The Minnesota State Fair streetcar staging yard along Como Avenue, viewed from the roof of the State Fair's grandstand.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

98. St. Paul Southern interurban on display in downtown St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915
Description:
One of the first arrivals of the St. Paul Southern interurban from Hastings has drawn a crowd in front of 382 Robert Street in downtown.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

99. 12th Street and Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1935?
Description:
Looking north from a building roof over the intersection of 12th Street and Hennepin Avenue. Hotel Hastings in the distance.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

100. Streetcar tracks at West Broadway at 26th Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1935?
Description:
Looking southeast on West Broadway toward 26th Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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