Save Time and Money: Read as You Ride

These photos of Duluth Streetcar 166 were purchased recently on eBay from a reseller who didn’t know anything about them or the other Duluth transportation photos in the lot. This one above is labelled with the time 2 p.m., date 10/27/30 and the initials ETM.

Other photos in the lot include shots of tracks in the road, and diners made from old streetcars, buses, and other assorted street scenes. Why? Why are there no people in any of these shots? Was this a transportation nerd collecting photos for fun? Did it have something to do with modernization efforts or accident documentation? The mystery may always remain.

But it is nice to know that you could “Save Time and Money: Read as you Ride!” on Duluth’s streetcar system in 1930.