The Minnesota state seal design chosen by a State Emblems Redesign Commission in December of 2023.

The design chosen by a State Emblems Redesign Commission in December of 2023.

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

Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox statues in Bemidji, 2008. Photo by Wikimedia Commons user Longlake reader, February 22, 2008.

Pinback button with illustration of Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox used to promote “Minnesota Kick Butts Day,” an event held to support people quitting smoking. Manufactured for the Minnesota Smoke-Free Coalition, 1999.

Paul Bunyan Minnesota State Lottery game sign created between 1990 and 1996.

Postcard illustration of Nanabozho fighting with Paul Bunyan. Distributed by the Tribal Council of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa no later than 1995.

A Paul Bunyan and Babe salt-and-pepper-shaker set, ca. 1970s.

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

Edith Ebringer of Bemidji and Dorothy Blanchard of Thief River Falls light the pipe of the Paul Bunyan statue in Bemidji, 1940.