Looking East Towards Mount Adams

Mike Finks Resturant

Tom worked on the boat as a deck hand while in high school. Later while in college he would work for Captain Beatty as a deck hand on his salvage rig.

Suspension Bridge with Belle of Louisville

Mike Finks

Painting Stand

Tom set up on Wednesday and finished Thursday. He was able to spend ten or more hours painting. The wind was blowing pretty hard and the 4' x 3' canvas took to sailing on several occasions.

The Cincinnati Landing above the Mike Fink, Covington, Kentucky

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The Race

They cleared the waterway for the race. It was a lot of fun to hear the barkers on board the boats.

The Winner

Preliminary Painting

Tom created this idea from a possible grant he proposed to the City of Cincinnati. He was going to painting a detailed version at Stenger's Cafe and place all the locals plus the leadership of the City in the painting. Later the painting would be blown up to billboard size and placed on the wall across from the Cafe on Vine Street & menton Street.

The City of Cincinnati, The City of Louisville and several other steamboats were caught in the ice flows while landed in Cincinnat in 1917. All were lost. A business man bought the boats and brought back the Cincinnati which later became the President, docked in St. Louis.