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| Seal Crescent City, CA |
Harbie the Seal Bisbee, AZ |
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This Seal statue is one of a pair installed at the entrance to Ocean World.
Harbie the Seal was the mascot of Harbor Gasoline, a chain of gas stations in Los Angeles and Orange County. This statue is now installed at Shady Dell. I don't know what happened to his back. The other Harbies that I have seen aren't slotted like this. |
| Harbie the Seals Garden Grove, CA |
Harbie the Seal Los Angeles, CA |
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There are two Harbie the Sealsin Garden Grove at the entrance to CC Camperland-RV Park.
The Los Angeles Harbie the Seal stands outside of Sonny Alexander's Flowers. For more, see their website. |
| Giant Seahorse Mattapoisett, MA |
Blue Dolphin Diner Apalachin, NY |
Giant Dolphin Marathon, FL |
Giant Octopus Port Isabel, TX |
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The giant Seahorse was built in the 1940s. The Sea Horse Gift Shop it promoted is long gone. It is built of plywood and stands 38' high. Several years after it was built, it was coated with fiberglass to protect it from the elements. At night, the seahorse's blue eye (it's only a one-sided figure) lights up. The Seahorse was restored in 2000. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3.
The Blue Dolphin Diner features this giant dolphin on its roof. The Giant Dolphin (with the Baby Dolphin) stands at the Dolphin Research Center. He/she is 30' tall. The dolphin that starred in the TV show "Flipper" is buried at the Center. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. The Giant Octopus has seen better days. My guess is that the store below was some sort of souvenir stand on this coastal strip. Does anyone know its history? |
| Bargain Beachwear North Myrtle Beach, SC |
Sea Serpent Crosby, MN |
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Bargain Beachwear features a giant shark mouth entrance. There are many other examples of these tourist shop sharks around the U.S. and elsewhere. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3.
This fiberglass Sea Serpent was created in 1977 and installed in Crosby Memorial Park, next to Serpent Lake. The Serpent is 20' tall. For more, see this website. [photos thanks Mark Comstock] |
| Shell Panama City Beach, FL |
Shell Fort Myers, FL |
Shells Port Isabel, TX |
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The Panama City Beach Shell stands next to a gift shop on Route 1. This shell might be gone as I did not notice it in 2009.
The Fort Myers Shell is located at the Shell Factory. For more, see their website. These Port Isabel Shells stand in front of Coastal Decor which has a castle-shaped building. This business has (or had) the same owners as the larger store in Los Fresnos, TX which has even larger shells and other giant sculptures. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. |
| Squirting Clam Long Beach, WA |
Pismo Clam Pismo Beach, CA |
Pismo Clam Pismo Beach, CA |
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The Squirting Clam is about 5' tall and appears to be made of driftwood. It squirts water during the opening ceremonies of the annual Clam Festival. Another source says it squirts on the hour, every hour during the festival. For more, see this website.
This first concrete Pismo Clam statue is located at the entrance to town. It previously had a much less grandiose display. For more, see this website. The second Pismo Clam is at the Chamber of Commerce. This one is painted and decorated for various holidays. There is a third giant clam like this one at an RV dealership in town that is decorated in the same manner. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7. |
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More Sea Creatures:
Oyster: 1, 2 (New South Wales, Australia) Octopus (Xiamen, China) Shark (Puerto Nuevo, Mexico) |
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