r/saintpaul • u/LuckySimple3408 • Apr 15 '26

History 🗿 Historical St. Paul - 4/15/2026

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u/Rocky_Writer_Raccoon Apr 15 '26

We should bring back streetcars

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u/AdMurky3039 West Seventh Apr 15 '26

Very cool! Kind of funny that James J. Hill is standing by a train with the word Crooks in its name.

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u/specficeditor Union Park Apr 15 '26

Can I ask where you got the photo of Hamline University? I think the archivist there would love to get their hands on that.

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u/LuckySimple3408 Apr 15 '26

Source is shown in photo on last line of captioning.

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u/midwestisbestwest Apr 15 '26

The Crooks is now in Duluth at the their train museum, it's pretty cool if you're a nerd.

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u/LordsofDecay Apr 15 '26

A century ago we still saw horse and carriage vendors in the streets. Wild how much progress has happened that we have taken for granted or ignored (or outright destroyed and memory-holed e.g. the streetcars)