Arthur Foss
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Arthur Foss, built in 1889 as Wallowa at Portland, Oregon, is likely the oldest wooden tugboat afloat in the world. Its 79-year commercial service life began with towing sailing ships over the Columbi
Arthur Foss in her slip at the Historic Ships Wharf at Lake Union Park, March 2021.
This photograph is believed to be the earliest surviving image of Wallowa, taken in the 1890s during its Columbia River service. The lightship in the background is probably on station at the Columbia River entrance.
This early photograph of Wallowa towing is believed to have been taken somewhere in Alaska during the Klondike Gold Rush (1898–1900).
During its PSM & T Co. service, Wallowa was rarely seen in southern Puget Sound ports. Even rarer was a transit of the Hiram N. Chittenden Locks in Ballard. This photo was taken in August 1923 as Wallowa headed back into salt water.
Tugboat Annie
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Tugboat Annie is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy-drama film directed by Mervyn LeRoy, written by Norman Reilly Raine and Zelda Sears, and starring Marie Dressler and Wallace Beery as a comically quarr
Theatrical release poster
Lobby card featuring Dressler and Beery.