Roes of The Big Red Tug Art Print

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Built in 1919 as an ocean-going tug, the John Purves has many exciting tales to share. She’s sailed everywhere from the Great Lakes to the Caribbean to the Bering Sea. She had at least 10 different action-packed lives, including rescuing foundered ships and serving in World War II.
The tug began her storied career as a floating U.S. Navy radio station in the Caribbean. Later, she worked towing barges of pulpwood on Lake Superior and then served in WWII as a supply boat to Army garrisons in the Aleutian Islands.
In December 1956, Roen Steamship Company of Sturgeon Bay purchased the John Purves and put her to work on all five Great Lakes taking on towing and salvage jobs. The Purves was well known throughout the Great Lakes for her strength and towing capabilities. In fact, due to her might, she made a good living after the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway, rescuing many a saltwater vessel that ran aground in the tricky channels of the Great Lakes.
In 2003, she was donated...

Artist Statement: Carol and Roy Toepke are a senior husband wife photography team living in NE Wisconsin. They are photographers and conservation artists. They believe photography is a rewarding way to explore and discover the world. They travel the globe "collecting moments, not things” and “have stories to tell” through their images. Their subject matter is focused in nature. Since retiring their goal is to explore and record as much natural beauty as they can, hopefully influencing others to consider the earth's loss of its biological diversity and to embrace conservation. They embrace the power of being able to adjust the digital raw camera data into works of art with the detail, authenticity and direct connection to the...

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