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| Giant Pig Shakespeare, ON |
Giant Pig Topanga Canyon, CA |
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This Shakespeare Pig is installed in front of the Best Little Pork Shoppe. For more, see their website.
This Topanga Canyon Pig is mounted on a pole in someone's yard. Since this photo was taken in 2008, the pig was painted black for awhile. It has been repainted pink. |
| Pig Chef Lake George, NY |
Pig Chef Gilroy, CA |
Giant Pig Moweaqua, IL |
Giant Pig Brooklyn, NY |
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The Pig Chef statue at Lake George is just one of the many giant statues at Magic Forest.
The Gilroy Pig Chef is installed on the roof of the Cove restaurant which became Cafe 152 in 2007. For more, see this website. The Moweaqua Pig stands at the parking lot entrance of the Moweaqua Foods supermarket. There is another Pig Chef statue in Sioux Falls, SD and another in Haddon Heights, NJ There statues were popular with BBQ restaurants. I don't know if they were ever affiliated with a chain. The Brooklyn Pig stands on the roof with a giant cow at Giuseppe's Meat Market. There are other pigs of this type in Salisbury, MD and another in Brooklyn, NY. |
| Giant Pig Kewanee, IL |
Giant Pig Cincinnati, OH |
Giant Pig Dothan, AL |
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The Kewanee Pig is installed on the roof of the H&R Block office in the Midland Plaza shopping center. This pig appears to be covered with pennies. Kewanee claims to be the "Hog Capital of the World". For more, see this website. The Cincinnati Pig stands outside the BBQ Revue. The place also features a 1947 New York Central dining car as an ice cream stand (the Budd Ice Cream Car). For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. The Dothan Pig was built around 1967 from scrap steel. The pig is 26 feet long and about 13 feet tall. The head used to move from side to side. The sculpture was created for a feed mill. The sign originally read "Going Whole Hog for Bob's Feeds". Later, the sign read "Monument to the Hog". The pig is now owned by Schnitzer Southeast, a scrap metal recycling company. The "Save the Pig" sign is just a gimmick to draw attention to their business. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. |
| Cheap Charlie's Rochester, MN |
Oink Joint Birch Run, MI |
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This Rochester Pig is installed on the roof of Cheap Charlie's restaurant.
The Oink Joint was a temporary transformation of the former Ken's Diner for the 2008 filming of the movie "Whip It". This foam pig was installed on the roof during the shooting. It is about 18' long and is probably made of fiberglass. For more, see this website. [photos thanks Mark Comstock] |
| Flag-Holding Pig Cincinnati, OH |
Greene's Bar-B-Q Columbia, SC |
Poole's Bar-B-Q East Ellijay, GA |
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The Flag-Holding Pig is installed on the roof of the SpringDot Building next to I-75. The pig is dressed like Superman or Underdog. The statue might have been created in 2000 during the Big Pig Gig public art exhibit. Flying pigs are a symbol of Cincinnati which is nicknamed "Porkopolis". For more, see this website.
The Greene's Bar-B-Q pig is a wood-carving. Poole's Bar-B-Q is as well known for its Pig Hill of Fame as its food. The restaurant started out as a roadside shack in 1989. This pig statue is located on the roof at the restaurant's entrance. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. |
| Petal & Piglets Sioux Falls, SD |
Babe Sioux Falls, SD |
Razorback Hog Benton, AR |
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Petal & Piglets and Babe were part of the 2008 Sculpture Walk downtown. Petal & Piglets was created by Carrie Quade. Babe is the work of Mary Zimmerman. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3.
This Razorback Hog statue is installed on a pole in front of I-30 Concrete & Sales. The University of Arkansas in Fayetteville uses the razorback hog as its mascot. Images of this animal appear throughout Arkansas. |
| Razorback Hog Berryville, AR |
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| This Razorback Hog is installed on a trailer and is or was most likely used in parades. It appears that his legs moved somehow. This guy is located near Country Bazaar Honey but I don't know if there is any relationship with this business. Does anyone know more about this statue? |
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