Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statues in summer

Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statues in summer, ca. 1955

Bemidji's Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statues in summer, ca. 1955.

Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statues with Lake Bemidji in the background, 2019

Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statues with Lake Bemidji in the background, 2019

Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statues with Lake Bemidji in the background, at left. Photo by Wikimedia Commons user Nejones1987, June 14, 2019.

Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statues, ca. 1950

Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statues, ca. 1950

Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statues (Bemidji) with a horse and rider underneath Babe, ca. 1950.

Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statues, ca. 1950s

Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statues, ca. 1950s

Kodachrome slide of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statues, Bemidji, undated but ca. 1950s. Found by Flickr user Thomas Hawk and uploaded April 10, 2022.

Paul Bunyan and the Iron Range postcard

Paul Bunyan and the Iron Range postcard

Postcard depicting Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox in the Iron Range, created ca. 1950.

Paul Bunyan artwork by William B. Laughead

Paul Bunyan artwork by William B. Laughead

Paul Bunyan artwork by William B. Laughead, 1922. From the title page of The Marvelous Exploits of Paul Bunyan (Minneapolis: Red River Lumber Company, 1922).

Paul Bunyan Canoe Races, Minneapolis Aquatennial, 1940

Paul Bunyan Canoe Races, Minneapolis Aquatennial, 1940

Canoe teams prepare for the final leg of the Paul Bunyan Canoe Derby, a 450-mile race down the Mississippi. Organizers planned the race so that teams would finish the final leg through downtown Minneapolis on the first day of the inaugural Aquatennial. Used with permission of the Hennepin County History Museum.

Paul Bunyan Center, Brainerd

Paul Bunyan Center, Brainerd

Paul Bunyan Center (later known as Paul Bunyan Land), Brainerd, ca. 1955.

Paul Bunyan Festival participants

Paul Bunyan Festival participants

Participants in the Paul Bunyan Festival in Brainerd gather with a man dressed as the mythical lumberjack, ca. 1935.

Postcard illustration of the old Paul Bunyan House, Bemidji

Paul Bunyan House

Paul Bunyan House, Bemidji, ca. 1953.

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