Duluth streetcar conductresses

photograph of a group of uniformed streetcar conductresses

Description

The Duluth Street Railway hired twenty-one women as streetcar conductors (or "conductresses," as they termed them) in 1918. Some of them posed outside the streetcar barn at Twenty-sixth Avenue West and Superior Street for this photo taken June 21, 1918.

Holding Location

Minnesota Streetcar Museum

Articles

Motorettes

Topics

Transportation
Women