Lunch & Learn: Bloomington's Streetcar Era with Librarian Bill Kemp

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Did you know trolley cars plied the streets of the Twin Cities from the years after the Civil War into the Great Depression? Prior to the invention of the automobile, it was many people's primary mode of transportation! From the early days when teams of mules pulled streetcars to the arrival of those propelled by overhead electric wires, trolleys shaped the development—physical, economic, and social—of Bloomington-Normal. 

Take a ride (figuratively speaking) on the local street railway of yore in person or online via the Museum's YouTube Channel on Thursday, January 11, at 12:10 p.m. to learn more about Bloomington-Normal's Street Car Era (1867-1936) with Museum Librarian Bill Kemp. 

Photo Caption: A streetcar circa 1920 passes homes on the 1300 block of East Washington St. in Bloomington. This photo from the Pantagraph Negatives Collection has been preserved and digitized by the McLean County Museum of History as a part of the Museum's ongoing digitization efforts to save y(our) history. Please visit mchistory.org to learn more. 

Questions? Contact marketing@mchistory.org. 

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