Tugboat Pup
2023.59.24
Print, photograph
Pup (boat) 1894-1915 (left Saugatuck in 1907)
Pup was a tug, a powerful boat used for towing larger vessels, like passenger steamships, in and out of the old Saugatuck harbor, which could be difficult to navigate due to shifting sands and silt in the river and harbor mouth. Pup was built in 1894 at the Rogers & Bird shipyard in Saugatuck. The photo was acquired from the Kit and Art Lane estate. This photo appears on page 176 of Kit Lane's 1993 book "Built on the Banks of the Kalamazoo."
NauticalTransportation: water
Winthers, Sally
13 in
15-1/2 in
005 A+B Nautical History
The digital image(s) were copied from the SDHC photo blog [or the Jack Sheridan drive if that was a superior version] in preparation for updating the SDHC website in 2023.
This image was featured as History Mystery #41 with the solution: The Pup is probably pulling a pile driver or a dredge barge during construction of the new piers in 1905 or 1906.
2023 auction description: Photograph, double mat. Approx. 13"x15.5" OA; 7 1/2"x9 1/4" SS. Piece has not been removed from frame for examination. Part of a Saugatuck/Douglas Art Collection.
10/22/2023
07/01/2024