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

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1935?
Description:
Looking toward the front platform of a Twin City streetcar.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

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

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Interior of a streetcar outside the Snelling Shops.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

103. Streetcar front platform interior, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1920?
Description:
Interior of streetcar, front platform showing motorman controls.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

104. Streetcar employees, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1905 - 1910
Description:
Trainmen posed with streetcar outside East Side Station, badges 394 (maybe Harry B. Schermerhorn), 37 and 1030.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

105. Streetcar crew posed at east Side Station, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1905?
Description:
Trainmen posed with streetcar outside East Side Station.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

106. "Streetcar bodies $395," advertisement, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1953
Description:
Newspaper advertisement to sell streetcar bodies as buildings following abandonment of streetcar service.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Text
Format:
Advertisements

107. Streetcar at the Cottage City stop, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1906
Description:
A southbound Como-Harriet streetcar passes under William Berry Road, also known as the Cottage City stop, between Lake Calhoun and Lake Harriet.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Albumen prints

108. Streetcar at Snelling Shops, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1935?
Description:
Streetcar on transfer table, which moved cars between the Snelling Shops buildings.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

109. Streetcar at Snelling Shops, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1935?
Description:
Streetcar on transfer table, which moved cars between the Snelling Shops buildings.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

110. Streetcar along the southwest shore of the lake, White Bear Lake, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1904
Description:
Streetcar along the southwest shore of White Bear Lake. Rameley's pavilion on the west shore is in the distance.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

111. Steamboat "Excelsior" on Lake Minnetonka, Excelsior, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1920?
Description:
The Twin City Rapid Transit express steamboat "Excelsior" at the Excelsior docks.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

112. State Theater on Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1940?
Description:
Looking north on Hennepin Avenue between 8th and 9th Streets at the State Theater.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

113. Specialized streetcar work car, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1914
Description:
This specialized work car, called a cupola car, was built in 1914 to crush rock into gravel that could then be used as the ballast layer in track construction. It is pictured at Nicollet Station in south Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

114. "So you are riding the street cars now, Fred?" Twin Cities Lines, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1925?
Description:
Newspaper advertisement promoting streetcar ridership. The response to the question reads, "Yes, I got tired of trying to find a place to park."
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Text
Format:
Advertisements

115. 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

116. Snelling Station yard, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1940?
Description:
Streetcar parked outside Snelling Station.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

117. Snelling Station yard, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Looking west across the streetcar storage yard at Snelling Station.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

118. Snelling Station fire suppression system, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1925?
Description:
Viewed from the nearby Montgomery Ward building is a demonstration of the fire suppression system in the streetcar yard at Snelling Station
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

119. Snelling Station employees 1926, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1926
Description:
Collage of photos of every Snelling Station employee in 1926.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

120. Snelling Shops, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1908?
Description:
Looking east from Snelling Avenue at the north half of the Snelling streetcar shops, the Master Mechanic's Office, and the Truck & Machine Building. Montgomery Wards tower is in the distance.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

121. Snelling Shops, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1920?
Description:
Looking west over the Twin City Rapid Transit's Snelling Shops complex.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

122. Snelling Shops panorama, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1912 - 1917
Description:
Panoramic view of Snelling Shops east yard looking east at the Track Department area of St. Paul, Minnesota. The Cement and Oil House is at right, with a boxcar and workcar alongside. The wood storage shed is visible beyond it.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Panoramas

123. Snelling Shops panorama, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1912 - 1917
Description:
Panoramic view of Snelling Shops, in St. Paul, Minnesota, looking west down the transfer table pit. Two streetcars are on the table. North St. Paul pup converted to shop flat is at extreme left.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Panoramas

124. "Shop Best by Street Car" advertisement, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1925?
Description:
Newspaper ad promoting shopping by streetcar.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Text
Format:
Advertisements

125. "Shop Best by Street Car" advertisement, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1925?
Description:
Newspaper ad promoting shopping by streetcar.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Text
Format:
Advertisements

126. "Service to Business" advertisement, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1925?
Description:
Newspaper advertisement promoting the benefits of the streetcar system.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Text
Format:
Advertisements

127. "Service" advertisement, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1928
Description:
Advertisement spelling out free street maintenance services provided by Twin City Rapid Transit.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Text
Format:
Advertisements

128. Selby Tunnel plan, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1904
Description:
Plan of the Selby Avenue streetcar tunnel in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Transportation maps

129. Selby streetcar tunnel plans, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1904
Description:
Folio with seven pages of blueprint plans of the Selby Avenue streetcar tunnel in St. Paul, Minnesota
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Engineering maps

130. Seat inside lightweight streetcar, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1925
Description:
Close-up of seat designed for Twin City lightweight streetcars, at the Snelling Shops.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

131. Seat inside lightweight streetcar, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1925
Description:
Close-up of seat designed for Twin City lightweight streetcars, at Snelling Shops.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

132. Riverside Avenue at Cedar Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1905?
Description:
Street work around the tracks on Riverside Avenue east of Cedar Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

133. Riverside Avenue at Cedar Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1905?
Description:
Street work around tracks on Riverside Avenue east of Cedar Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

134. Retirement party at Snelling Shops, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1940?
Description:
Group portrait following shop foreman retirement party at Snelling Shops
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

135. 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

136. Rebuilding streetcars inside Snelling Shops, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1940?
Description:
Streetcar bodies lifted off trucks inside the Erecting Shop.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

137. Rear platform of streetcar, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1929
Description:
Interior of Twin City streetcar, showing farebox and rear platform.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

138. "Prosperity and the Car Lines," Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1929
Description:
Advertisement by Twin City Rapid Transit against additional expense burdens placed by the public on the company.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Text
Format:
Advertisements

139. Penn Avenue North at Lowry Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1935?
Description:
Streetcar tracks under construction at Penn Avenue North and Lowry Avenue, as part of paving the street. Temporary bypass track at left.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

140. PCC streetcar ready to be shipped to Cleveland, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1954
Description:
With the abandonment of streetcars in the Twin Cities, the 141 new PCC cars were sold. This one has been loaded onto a railroad flat car and is headed for Shaker Heights Rapid Transit in Cleveland, Ohio.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

141. Partially constructed streetcar, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1925
Description:
Partially constructed lightweight streetcar outside the Snelling Shops
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

142. Open streetcar, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1904
Description:
Broadside view of open streetcar in 1st Avenue NE in front of East Side Station.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Albumen prints

143. Open streetcar, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1904
Description:
Open streetcar parked outside the East Side Station.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Albumen prints

144. Opening the Selby streetcar tunnel, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1907
Description:
The Selby Tunnel lowered the gradient for streetcars to climb Summit Hill. This photo shows opening day.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

145. 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

146. Old and new streetcars, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1921
Description:
"The old and the new." Publicity photograph contrasting the horse-drawn streetcar with a new 1921 electric streetcar. The horse car features a sign that reads, "Ask Father He'll Remember."
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

147. Office workers at Snelling Station, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1925?
Description:
Women employees at Snelling Station pose outside with streetcars in the background.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

148. North St. Paul-Mahtomedi streetcar map, Ramsey and Washington Counties, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1937
Description:
Map of the Mahtomedi streetcar line from the St. Paul city limits to Mahtomedi.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Transportation maps

149. North Side Station, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1922?
Description:
North Side Station housed streetcars at Washington Avenue North and 24th Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

150. North Side Station, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1918
Description:
North Side Station at Washington Avenue and 24th Avenue North.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

151. Nicollet Station streetcar yard, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1925?
Description:
Looking over the streetcar yard from the roof of Nicollet Station. Nicollet Park across 31st Street is in the distance.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

152. Nicollet Station, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1926
Description:
The Nicollet Station housed streetcars at 31st Street and Nicollet Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

153. Nicollet Station, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1925?
Description:
Interior of the Nicollet Station.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

154. New streetcar with mailbox, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1908
Description:
Newly built Twin Cities streetcar, with a portable mail box hanging on the rear dash.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

155. New lightweight streetcar, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1925
Description:
Newly built lightweight streetcar for Stillwater service stopped in Como Park.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

156. New lightweight streetcars, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1925
Description:
Builder photograph of new lightweight streetcars.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

157. Motorman Bill advertisement for Twin City Rapid Transit Company, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1925?
Description:
Motorman Bill was the fictional spokesman for the Twin City Rapid Transit Company. He appeared in advertisements to put a human face on the company.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Text
Format:
Advertisements

158. Marquette Avenue at 9th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1905?
Description:
Looking south on Marquette Avenue from 9th Street. The Wesley Church is visible in the distance.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

159. Mahtomedi streetcar map, Washington County, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1917
Description:
Map of the Mahtomedi streetcar branch.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Transportation maps

160. Linden Hills Boulevard streetcar stop, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1906
Description:
The Linden Hills Boulevard stop near Lake Harriet on the Como-Harriet streetcar line.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

161. Lightweight streetcar truck, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1925
Description:
Disassembled lightweight streetcar truck inside Snelling Shops.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

162. Lightweight streetcar in the shop, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1927
Description:
Lightweight streetcar inside the shop about to be hoisted off its trucks.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

163. Lakewood Cemetery streetcar stop, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1906
Description:
Looking northeast at a downtown-bound streetcar leaving the Lakewood Cemetery streetcar stop near the southeast shore of Lake Calhoun.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

164. Lake Street Station, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1922?
Description:
Lake Street Station housed streetcars at 21st Avenue and East Lake Street.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

165. "I read it this morning…"

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1925?
Description:
Newspaper advertisement promoting streetcar ridership.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Text
Format:
Advertisements

166. I Read All the Advertisements…

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1925?
Description:
Newspaper advertisement promoting streetcar ridership.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Text
Format:
Advertisements

167. "I read all the advertisements…"

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1925?
Description:
Newspaper advertisement promoting streetcar ridership.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Text
Format:
Advertisements

168. Interior view of Thomas Lowry's private streetcar, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1898
Description:
Interior of Thomas Lowry's private streetcar.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

169. Interior of Snelling Shops, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1920?
Description:
Interior of the Car Construction and Paint Building at Snelling Shops, showing streetcars under construction.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

170. Interior of Snelling Shops, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1920?
Description:
Interior of the Carpenter Shop at Snelling Shops.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

171. Interior of Snelling Shops, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1920?
Description:
Interior of the Shopmen's Dining Room at Snelling Shops.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

172. Interior of lightweight streetcar, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1921
Description:
Interior of experimental lightweight streetcar.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

173. Interior of lightweight streetcar, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1926
Description:
Interior of newly constructed lightweight streetcar.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

174. Inside motor shop, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Inside the motor shop at Snelling Shops.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

175. "I like to read on my way home…"

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1925?
Description:
Newspaper advertisement promoting streetcar ridership.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Text
Format:
Advertisements

176. How to See the Twin Cities, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Parks, Falls, Mounds, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1911
Description:
Large fold-out brochure promoting tours of the Twin Cities via the streetcar company's streetcars and boats, with photographs, drawings, maps, and text.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Transportation maps

177. Hopkins streetcar map, Hopkins, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1918
Description:
Map of the streetcar line in Hopkins, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Transportation maps

178. Hopkins line streetcar map, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1906
Description:
Map of the streetcar line from Lake Harriet to Hopkins.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Transportation maps

179. Hennepin Avenue at Nicollet Island, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1905?
Description:
Looking south on Hennepin Ave. across Nicollet Island.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

180. Hazel Park streetcar plan, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1917
Description:
Blueprint plan of the Mahtomedi line through Hazel Park. St. Paul, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Transportation maps

181. 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

182. Grand Avenue at dale Street with streetcar tracks, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1930?
Description:
Looking west on Grand Avenue at Dale Street
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

183. Fort Snelling streetcar map, Hennepin County, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1905
Description:
Map of the 1905 streetcar extension from Minneapolis to Fort Snelling.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Cartographic
Format:
Transportation maps

184. First PCC streetcar, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1945
Description:
The first modern PCC streetcar in the Twin Cities, diverted from an order for Pittsburgh.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

185. Fire suppression at Snelling Station, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1915?
Description:
Demonstration of fire suppression system in outdoor streetcar yard at Snelling Station.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

186. Express boat "Como" at Lake Minnetonka, Excelsior, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Twin City Rapid Transit express boat Como on wheeled dolly on shore.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

187. Experimental trolley bus, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1922
Description:
Experimental electrically powered bus, used briefly on Bloomington Avenue in Minneapolis.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

188. 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

189. 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

190. Employment Bureau at Snelling Station, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1920?
Description:
The Employment Bureau occupied the northeast corner of the Snelling Station, facing University Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

191. East yard of Snelling Shops, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1920?
Description:
Looking south across the east yard of Snelling Shops, where track and overhead wire materials were stored on the open ground.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

192. East Side streetcar station, Minnetonka, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
The East Side streetcar station was located on 1st Avenue NE between University Avenue and 4th Street. It housed streetcars from 1891 to 1954 and survives today as the Superior Plating Co.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

193. East Side Station, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
East Side Station, viewed from University Avenue and 1st Avenue NE.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

194. East Side Station, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1910?
Description:
East Side Station, viewed from 4th Street and 1st Avenue NE.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

195. East Hennepin Avenue passes under the Great Northern Railroad overpass, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1935?
Description:
Looking west on East Hennepin Avenue at the Great Northern Railroad overpass.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

196. East end of Snelling Station, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1930?
Description:
Looking west along University Avenue at the east end of the Snelling streetcar complex.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

197. Double deck streetcar, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1905
Description:
Experimental double deck streetcar for Lake Minnetonka service, probably photographed at 31st Street Station.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

198. "Doctor told me to consider my nerves," Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1925?
Description:
Newspaper ad promoting streetcar riding.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Text
Format:
Advertisements

199. "Delightful Steamboat Excursions," Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1915?
Description:
Newspaper ad for steamboat excursions on Lake Minnetonka via Twin City Rapid Transit express boat.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Text
Format:
Advertisements

200. Crane car sorting streetcar rails, St. Paul, Minnesota

Creator:
Twin City Rapid Transit
Date Created:
1920?
Description:
The Track Department occupied the east edge of Twin City Rapid Transit's Snelling Shops. A crane car sorts rail to be used in future track construction or repair projects.
Contributing Institution:
Minnesota Streetcar Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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