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Built: 1969
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Was erected as a roadside sign for Harvey's Vegetable Stand.
Author Henri Robideau considers this statue as likely a self potrait.
There is a face on each side. Below is an old postcard and a photo by the
late T. Clifford Hodgson (the second photo appears to
be the original photo for the postcard). The girl on the right is his daughter
June, the other girl is unidentified. It was taken in 1970:

Winston Bronnum also designed the Shediac, NB Lobster , the St. John, NB Horse , the Penobsquis, NB Broken Down Race Horse , the Cow Bay, NS Moose , and the St. Thomas, ON Jumbo the Elephant .
Information Source: Jo-Ann Mills and Canada's Gigantic! by Henri Robideau
Picture Source: Paul McCloskey, Donald Hodgson and postcard