[Leica] Muffler Man Statue

[Marty Deveney]

Chris - I love the photo.  That big fibreglass dude is seriously weird and
menacing looking.  But I have to say my favourite touch in this whole
curious investigation into Americana is that the Google algorithm
recognises him as a 'face' and blurs him out:

> https://tinyurl.com/y4rx95zh

too good.

Marty

On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 7:29 AM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:

> Interesting, Chris. I couldn't get any idea of the true scale of the
> size of it as your image doesn't have a definite comparison - the
> building and the fence are ambiguous. Mind you, having a look at Trump's
> Great and Perfect Wall does make me realise that you do seem to like big
> things over there - fences, walls, and especially bombast :-)
>
> So I had a look on Google and yes, it IS h-u-u-u-ge.
> https://tinyurl.com/y4rx95zh
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> Keep taking the shots!
>
> Douglas
> Here in Ireland where we're seeing a worrying spike in CoVid cases
> thanks to the unwitting, or is it uncaring, attitudes of the young.
>
> On 10/09/2020 22:24, Christopher Crawford wrote:
> > Back in the 1960s, thousands of these giant creepy-looking fiberglass
> men were sold to businesses all over the USA. A lot of them are still
> around today, often repurposed by new businesses that have inherited them.
> They are known as "Muffler Men" because many originally stood outside
> muffler shops.
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> > This one stands along I-69, a few miles west of Muncie, Indiana.
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> > https://chriscrawfordphoto.com/chris-details.php?product=3318
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> > Olympus Pen-F and 12-40mm f2.8 Olympus Pro lens.
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