"Bobtail" Horsecar 94
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The St. Paul City Railway Company. The sign on the car reads, "Rice Street to West St. Paul via Robert, Ducas and Concord Streets." Rice Street was a horsecar route from 1880 to 1891.
Date: 1883 - 1889
Image courtesy of Minnesota Historical Society
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Remnants of the Streetcar Era
All along Rice Street commercial buildings predominate, designed for profit, not for show. Between 1880 and 1925, both sides of the street from Sycamore to Maryland filled with storefronts and workplaces.
These were grocers, barbers and beauty…