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| Giant Bears (page 1) |
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| Giant Bear Johnstown, NY |
Giant Bear Charlemont, MA |
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The Johnstown Bear stands on the roof of Bear Muffler. [second photo thanks DinerFan]
The Charlemont Bear is located at the Big Indian Gift Shop. |
| Giant Bear Brockton, MA |
Giant Bear Warrenton, VA |
Giant Bear Kinston, VA |
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The Brockton Bear is installed on top of the sign for Bear Brakes.
The Warrenton Bear is located on the roof of Clark Brothers Gun Shop. The Kinston Bear is installed at the entrance to Neuseway Nature Park. |
| Giant Bear Winter, WI |
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| The Winter Bear stands in front of the Big Bear Lodge. For more, see their website. |
| Giant Bear Vulcan, MI |
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| This Giant Bear was created by John Radlovic in 2000. It is 17 feet tall and 28 feet long. |
| Golden Bear Klamath, CA |
Grizzly Bear and Salmon Crescent, OR |
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This Golden Bear is installed at the foot of the Klamath River Bridge. There are four of these bears, two at each end of the bridge. I believe they have been here since at least the 1930s. The California Golden Bear is now extinct though it still appears on the state's flag.
This Grizzly Bear and Salmon statue has been on the roof of Ken's Sporting Goods since the late 1980s. The fiberglass statue is about 16 1/2' tall. Ken calls him "Griz". This store caters mostly to the hunting and fishing crowd but also sells liquor. For more, see this website. |
| Bear Traverse City, MI |
Bear and Cub Mackinaw City, MI |
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| The Traverse City Bear and Mackinaw City Bear are installed above the entrances to the Bear Company clothing stores. I believe there are only these two locations. The Traverse City location was built in 2008. |
| Bear and Moose Griffith, IN |
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| These Bear and Moose statues are located on the roof of American Natural Resources which specializes in taxidermy. The store opened in 1975. |
| Bears Dundee, MI |
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| This pair of Bears was installed in front of a Cabela's store in 2000. The 24 foot tall bronze sculpture is entitled "Fierce Encounter". It was created by Mike Hamby. For more, see this website. |
| Grizzly Bear Utica, IL |
Bear & Salmon Ottawa, ON |
Bear Richland, WA |
Big Blue Bear Denver, CO |
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This Grizzly Bear is installed in a fountain in front of Grizzly Jack's Grand Bear Resort.
This bronze Ottawa Bear & Salmon sculpture is installed at the entrance to the Sparks Street Mall. For more, see this website. This Richland Bear is located at the Uptown Mall in front of the Uptown Triplex Theatre. Does anyone know his history? This 40' tall Big Blue Bear, officially titled "I See What You Mean", is the creation of Lawrence Argent. It was installed at the Convention Center in 2005. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. |
| Teddy Bear Luxemburg, WI |
Teddy Bear Kansas City, MO |
Giant Bear Downington, PA |
University of Central Arkansas Conway, AR |
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The Teddy Bear statue in Luxemburg stands in front of Deb's Daycare.
The Teddy Bear statue in Kansas City is displayed at the American Jazz Museum. It was most likely part of a 2002 "March of the Teddy Bears" art project when 150 statues were displayed around the city. The Downington Bear sculpture is located in front of Firecreek Restaurant & Bar. The bear is the University of Central Arkansas's mascot. This concrete bear is installed at Estes Stadium. He was built around 1950. I believe this carved wooden bear is from the late 1990s. He is installed in a building next to the stadium. For more, see this website. |
| Wigwam Willie's Harrisville, MI |
Bear Owosso, MI |
Martin West Yarmouth, MA |
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This carved wooden Bear at Wigwam Willie's has mechanical paws with guns that move up and down.
The Bear in Owosso stands next to the Owosso Carpet Center. The statue was installed by the carpet store that was here previously. It is cemented in place to prevent it from being stolen for pranks. The bear was wearing an apron and chef's hat for Father's Day when this photo was taken in 2011. The store dresses him in different outfits throughout the year. In 2005, a naming contest was held. The bear was named Oliver after James Oliver Curwood, a famous author from Owosso. This type of bear statue is usually found at mini golf courses. Martin, a concrete grizzly bear statue, was created by T.J. Neil in 1975. Neil was a local artist that produced many statues for mini golf courses and other businesses. This nine foot tall statue is located in front of the ZooQuarium. |
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