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The first Hollywood movie ever shot in Seattle was Tugboat Annie, which turned into a movie series and a TV show celebrating a woman tugboat captain. It was a smash hit. Annie was a salty, formidable woman who was able to constantly outsmart her rivals.
In this age of tech, we often forget that Seattle is a seaport.
Our self-image was forged on the waterfront, from ferries to fishing boats, schooners to container ships, we have a Puget Sound maritime heritage all our own.
And one salty character spread that image far and wide. She was popular in print, on the silver screen and TV. She was “hearty, humorous and hard-boiled.” Meet Tugboat Annie. ....

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