Alan Mays' photos with the keyword: folklore

Sign: "Paul Bunyan, 1937." Caption (the white lettering at the bottom is almost unreadable): "Paul Bunyan and Babe, His Blue Ox. HAK, Bemidji, Minn." A real photo postcard of a man standing between the statues of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox , which were originally constructed for a winter carnival in Bemidji, Minnesota, in 1937. Compare this image with a snapshot of similar statues in Ossineke, Michigan:

A snapshot photo of the giant statues of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox located in Ossineke , Michigan. For additional information and more recent photos, see the Paul Bunyans: Michigan page on RoadsideArchitecture com .