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1. Young woman poses at an auto show in St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Wright, Kenneth
Date Created:
1950?
Description:
Nancy Westergren poses with a Volvo, possibly at an auto show. The sign advertises a Volvo dealership in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
American Swedish Institute
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

2. War Memorial Blood Bank car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950?
Description:
Streetcar interior advertisement for War Memorial Blood Bank. "Deposit Blood for your Family and Community! Deposit Blood... That Others Might Live. The Minneapolis War Memorial Blood Bank 1914 LaSalle Ave."
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Text
Format:
Car cards

3. Twin City Rapid Transit car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950?
Description:
Streetcar interior advertisement for transit service. "Stop Worrying about Traffic. Go regularly by Transit."
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Text
Format:
Car cards

4. Twin City Rapid Transit car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950?
Description:
Streetcar interior advertisement for transit service. "Lucky You! No parking problems, No traffic worries because today you travelled Transit. Ride Transit Regularly."
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Text
Format:
Car cards

5. Tower Liquors car card, Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950?
Description:
Streetcar interior advertisement for Tower Liquors. Tower Liquor was located "in the shadow of the Foshay Tower on Marquette" Avenue in downtown Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Text
Format:
Car cards

6. Top of the sewer, 101 feet northeast of the manhole on the north side of Maryland Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Minnesota Department of Highways
Date Created:
1950 - 1959
Description:
Black-and-white photograph of the inside of the Trout Brook sewer extension near Maryland Avenue. Trout Brook once ran from McCarrons Lake in Roseville to the Mississippi River. During the development of St. Paul, the brook was buried and rerouted into a storm sewer. The brook was later partially uncovered and turned into the Trout Brook Nature sanctuary. St. Paul, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Department of Transportation, MnDOT Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

7. 4th Street and Sibley Street with streetcar, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950
Description:
Two streetcars meet at 4th Street and Sibley Street.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

8. 13th Street and Marquette Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950?
Description:
Looking north at chartered streetcar on Marquette Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

9. 5th and Hennepin streetcar, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950
Description:
Loading passengers on 5th Street at Hennepin Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

10. Streetcar work car with crane, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950?
Description:
The streetcar company employed a number of specialized work cars, including this one equipped with a crane.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

11. Streetcar work car with crane, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950?
Description:
The streetcar company employed a number of specialized work cars, including this one equipped with a crane. It sorted rail behind the the Snelling Shops.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

12. Streetcar on Wabasha Street between 7th and 8th Streets, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950 - 1953
Description:
Looking northwest at a southbound car on Wabasha Street.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

13. Streetcar on Wabasha Street at State Capitol, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Schumacher, Bob
Date Created:
1950 - 1953
Description:
PCC 417 in front of the Minnesota State Capitol building.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

14. Streetcar on 44th Street right of way at Minnehaha Creek, Edina, Minnesota

Creator:
Scholes, Cliff
Date Created:
1950 - 1954
Description:
A streetcar crossing Minnehaha Creek just before reaching Brookside.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

15. Streetcar on 44th Street right of way at Drew Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Mehlenbeck, Bob
Date Created:
1950 - 1954
Description:
A color postcard from the Minnesota Transportation Museum of a streetcar just east of the 44th and France loop. Note that the image is reversed.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

16. Streetcar on 4th Street at Wabasha Street, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950 - 1952
Description:
Looking west at an eastbound car in front of Lowry Hotel with doors open.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

17. Streetcar on 5th Street at 2nd Avenue N., Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950 - 1953
Description:
Looking northwest along 5th Street from the roof of the Wyman Building at 2 PCC's in the block of 5th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenue N. Booth Cold Storage is at right, along with the Ford Building.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

18. Streetcar on 44th Street at France Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Scholes, Cliff
Date Created:
1950's
Description:
PCC 359 near the 44th Street and France Avenue turning loop.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

19. Streetcar on 36th Avenue South at Milwaukee Road underpass, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950 - 1953
Description:
Streetcar 1492 passing under the Milwaukee Road viaduct on 36th Avenue in Minneapolis. The photo is facing north and the streetcar is southbound.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

20. Streetcar on 10th Avenue SE at Great Northern underpass, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Selle, Robert A.
Date Created:
1950 - 1953
Description:
Looking north at a southbound car passing under the Great Northern.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

21. Streetcar on 4th Avenue at 48th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950 - 1954
Description:
PCC 365 at the wye track at 48th Street on the 4th Avenue South line.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

22. Streetcar on 44th Avenue and Fremont Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950 - 1953
Description:
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.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

23. Streetcar on Reservoir Boulevard at 37th Avenue, Columbia Heights, Minnesota

Creator:
Olsen, Bill
Date Created:
1945 - 1952
Description:
Minneapolis Filtration Plant railway motor with motorman Myron Handy.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

24. Streetcar on Reservoir Boulevard at 37th Avenue, Columbia Heights, Minnesota

Creator:
Olsen, Bill
Date Created:
1945 - 1952
Description:
A head-on view of the Minneapolis Filtration Plant railway motor just north of 37th Avenue on Reservoir Boulevard.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

25. Streetcar on Penn Avenue at Minnehaha Creek, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Scholes, Cliff
Date Created:
1950 - 1953
Description:
A northbound streetcar on Penn Avenue crossing Minnehaha Creek.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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