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MUSEUM COLLECTIONS
Advertising items collection
Over 900 advertising items for trade and industry dating from
the mid 19th century to the present.
Air transportation equipment
Over 165 items of transportation equipment related to air travel,
dating from the mid 19th century to the present.
Scale model collection
Over 375 scale models, miniature and replicas of technology,
transportation, structures, etc.
Motorized
land vehicle collection
Over 15 motorized land vehicles dating from the early 20th
century to the present.
Wheel
sports equipment collection
over 90 items of wheel sports equipment dating from the
late 19th century to the present.
PHOTOGRAPHS
Search the Minnesota Historical Society’s Visual
Resources Database for images relating to transportation.
Bicycles
Northwest Airlines
Great Northern Railway
Roller Skating and Skateboarding
Airplanes, 1910-1930
Automobiles, 1880-1910
Steamboats, 1850-1890
Northern Pacific Railway
Streetcars
Cross country skiing and snowshoeing
OTHER LIBRARY RESOURCES
Railroad records collection, 1854-1900
Records of three northern transcontinental railway systems
headquartered in the Twin Cities (Northern Pacific Railway
Company, Great Northern Railway Company, and Soo Line Railroad
Company) and of a regional carrier (Duluth, Missabe and Iron
Range Railway Company) serving the northeastern Minnesota
iron ranges.
Jefferson Transportation Company records,
1883-1996
Records relating to a Minneapolis-based Midwestern bus company.
Burma-Vita Company records, 1949-1954
This material is primarily related to the promotion of the
Burma-Shave road sign jingle contests and sales of the product
to druggists.
Northwest Airlines corporate records, 1917-1998
Financial records, photographs, and subject files of a St.
Paul-based commercial airline.
Republic Airlines record, 1940-1986
Corporate records and subject files related to Republic Airlines
(1979-1986) and its predecessor and acquired lines, including
North Central Airlines (1952-1979) and its predecessor, Wisconsin
Central Airlines (ca. 1940s-1952); Southern Airways (ca.
1940-1979); and Air West/Hughes Airwest (1968-1980) and its
predecessors, Bonanza Air Lines (ca. 1940s-1968), Southwest
Airways (ca. 1940s-1958), Pacific Air Lines (ca. 1958-1968),
and West Coast Airlines (ca. 1940s-1968).
Street railway research files, 1881-1996
Research notes, background information, compilations of statistical
and financial data, and other material pertaining to the
Twin City Rapid Transit Company (TCRT) and to more than 25
other street railway systems in Minnesota and adjacent states.
Pan Motor Company records, 1918-1919
Promotional literature, newspaper clippings, financial statements,
a stock certificate, and other materials relating to a St.
Cloud, Minnesota-based automobile manufacturing company and
its founder, Samuel C. Pandolfo.
Soo Line Railroad Company records, 1855-1994
Records of Minneapolis-based Soo Line Railroad Company, a grain
and timber products carrier serving the upper Midwest and
providing U.S. connections for the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Twin City Rapid Transit [TCRT] records, 1872-2001
Records of the company (and its subsidiaries and successors)
that operated the streetcar and local bus system in the Minneapolis-St.
Paul metropolitan area from 1891 until 1970.
Luverne Automobile Company records, 1910-1917
Includes correspondence, job sheets, a production summary list,
and a contract associated with a Luverne (Minn.) automobile
manufacturer.
Helen J. Richardson papers, 1989
A photocopied typescript reminiscence (1989), a letter (June
15, 1989), a photocopied reunion booklet, and a photocopied
newspaper article that recount the experiences (1939-1942)
of the third stewardess hired by Northwest Airlines.
Historical sketch of the Hibbing Bus Line,
1936 Apr. 15
An historical sketch (notarized) describing the beginnings
of the Hibbing Bus Line in 1914, written by one of the founders
and operators.
Minnesota. Dept. of Transportation. Audio-visual
materials, 1907-1986
Photograph prints and negatives and movie reels depicting highway
construction and repair projects; road-building equipment and
technology; road crews and field camps; dedication ceremonies
for completed transportation projects; project sites prior
to road construction, showing neighborhoods, commercial buildings,
residences, and bridges; historic site markers; and miscellaneous
Transportation Department activities.
Phillips Community Television presents History
of the Phillips Neighborhood. Part 1, c1994.
Program examines
how the development of transportation corridors for the railroad,
streetcars, buses and automobiles has effected
the growth and development of an inner city neighborhood south
of downtown Minneapolis.
A Catalog of Minnesota-made Cars and Trucks
by Alan Ominsky
Guide to Minneapolis Bicycle Paths, 1902
written and compiled by Isaac Houlgate
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