And there’s the answer to yesterday’s puzzler. I think the “100” is more likely to be maybe a marker for other purposes, because they could easily have written “150.” And, as much activity as was still happening along the river back then, the idea of 150 tugboat operators is believable, but that says “50.”

So now we know: 50 Chicago Tugmen Vote Union. Or, if we want to quote it precisely, ☆Union☆.

You know that joke or cartoon that comes up every so often, “Advance Planning,” with the first letters taking up lots of space and the last ones missing or squeezed into a tiny space? This leans in that direction a bit, because it really didn’t make much sense to start on the left side of the ladder. There are plenty of those panels to the right. If the “T” in “Tugmen” was where the “G” is now, it would fit just fine.

July 15, 2012. Nikon D90 (DX sensor), 70–300mm Nikon zoom lens at 125mm (35mm equivalent: 187mm), f/16, 1/90, ISO 200.