Alan Mays' photos with the keyword: oxen

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 .

Snapshot of an oversized covered wagon (or prairie schooner) and concrete oxen located along the Lincoln Highway in Kearney, Nebraska. For more recent images, see the Giant Vehicles page (scroll down to the "Covered Wagon, Kearney, NE" section) on RoadsideArchitecture.com and a Google Maps Street View of the location.