Tugboat Thea
There are so many things left to do.
— Thea Foss
This is our fourth broadside, printed in recognition that a woman’s work is never done. The illustration is inspired by Thea Foss—Norwegian immigrant, business pioneer and entrepreneur. Thea founded the Foss Tugboat company in our home town of Tacoma, WA at a time in history when it was both courageous and nearly unheard of for a woman to do so. Today Foss is one of the largest tugboat companies in the world. Our broadside portrays Thea as the figurehead of her own tugboat, surrounded by crashing waves and sea life native to her home waters of Puget Sound.
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Year created
2009
At issue
Women entrepreneurs
Edition size
89 prints
Significance of edition number
Thea Foss arrived in Tacoma the same year Washington entered statehood, in 1889