Postcards

Postcards with images of Minnesota's streetcars were published by several agencies, including the Acemgraph Company (Chicago, IL), V.O. Hammon Publishing Company (Chicago, IL), and Wayne Paper Box & Printing Corporation (Fort Wayne, IN), among others.

Postmarked in 1915, this postcard shows the round tower at Fort Snelling Park.

This postcard shows a streetcar looking north on 2nd Street in Hastings, Minnesota.

This postcard showcasing the Como Park platform in St. Paul was printed in 1908.

(Above) Urban streetcar lines connected to "streetcar boats" on Lake Minnetonka. The fleet of boats ran from the early 1900s to 1926, when they were phased out and deliberately sunk by Twin City Rapid Transit. The steamboat Minnehaha was raised in 1980 and restored. She provides passenger serivce on Lake Minnetonka to this day.

(Above) Postmarked in 1908, this postcard shows the interior of a Minnetonka high speed streetcar.