Detail View: Streetcar Advertising Cards: M11138.jpg
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Filename:
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M11138.jpg
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Category:
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Transportation
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Company:
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Twin City Lines - Minneapolis & St. Paul, MN
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Coverage:
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Local
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Product Status:
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Company No Longer in Business
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Headline:
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BILL, the Motorman, Says:
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Card Text:
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BILL, the Motorman, Says: "Here's something for 'Believe-it-or-not Ripley' -- Since 1920 we've carried over 3 1/2 billion passengers without a single fatality. Seems to me that's some safe way to ride--convenient and economical too" Bill
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Border Text:
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None
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Date:
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1944
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Size:
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11" x 21"
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Remarks:
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Twin City Rapid Transit Company (TCRT) operated the streetcar and local bus common carrier system in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area from the 1890s until 1970. See link for more info: https://www.upress.umn.edu/press/extras/presskits/twin-cities-by-trolley-the-streetcar-era-in-minneapolis-and-st.-paul
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Source:
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Minnestota Streetcar Museum
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