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| Golfer Chesterfield, MI |
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| This Golfer is located in front of the Riverbend Driving Range. This statue was repainted sometime between 2005 (top row of photos) and 2011 (bottom photos). This driving range is next door to the World's Finest Frozen Custard which has a mini golf with other fiberglass statues including a Muffler Man holding a golf club. |
| Skier Bessemer, MI |
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| This Skier advertises for the Big Powderhorn Mountain ski resort. He has been here since the 1960s. The first photo is from 2007. The statue has been repainted since then (photos on the right from 2011). |
| Frontiersman Mackinaw City, MI |
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| This fiberglass Frontiersman statue is located at Trapper's Creek Adventure Golf. |
| Fisk Tire BoyFlint, MI | Fisk Tire BoyDetroit, MI | |
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The Fisk Tire Boy statue in Flint is located inside the Dort Mall.
The Fisk Tire Boy statue in Detroit is installed on the roof of Warholak Tire Service. The other statue there is located inside the shop's office. These statues originally held tires over their right shoulders and candles in their left hands. The Tire Boy was designed by Norman Rockwell. The character first appeared in advertising in 1907, using the slogan "Time to Re-Tire". These statues are probably from the 1950s. There are other examples in Rural Hall, NC and Bakersfield, CA. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. |
| Jesus ChristOssineke, MI | ||
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| This statue of Jesus Christ holding the Earth stands at the entrance to Dinosaur Gardens. Paul Domke built this statue, the dinosaurs, and the Paul Bunyan statue down the road. Domke was a devout Lutheran and believed that Christ was the master planner of the earth which included the dinosaurs. For more, see this website. |
| The BuildersCassopolis, MI | |
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| The Builders sculpture is installed on the property of K&M Machine Fabricating. The tallest piece is 50 feet tall and the men are roughly life-sized. The sculpture was fabricated by K&M employees around 1979. It is dedicated to the men and women of the metalworking industry. |
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