An eastbound Inter-Campus streetcar skirts the north edge of the St. Paul campus on its private right of way, with experimental farm fields in the distance.
The camera is looking north on Central Avenue at the intersection with Ramsey Street. In the distance is the elevated West Duluth depot of the Duluth, Winnipeg & Pacific railroad.
On November 21, 1924 Captain A. R. Morse accidentally steered the 600-foot steam "Merton E. Farr" into the Interstate Bridge. The Interstate Bridge was the only non-railway bridge connecting Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin at that time. The Great Northern Railway, which owned the brdige, put eight barges and a crew of 100 men to work to clear the wreckage and rebuild the brdige. This image shows the efforts to rebuild the bridge seven days after the accident. Caption reads, "Broken span Dul-Sup Bridge taken from east end of open draw span 2:30 p.m. 11-28-24."
The Minneapolis-St. Paul line via University Avenue was always called "the Interurban". One prepares to cross Hennepin Avenue on 5th Street next to the Lumber Exchange building.