Wednesday 9 July 2014

Land Of The Fiberglass Giants

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If you've taken a lot of car trips around the USA, you've seen them - 18- to 25-foot figures of dark-haired, square-jawed men in a short sleeved shirt and work pants. Their arms are extended at the elbow, with the right hand facing up and the left hand facing down, often holding something, like a muffler or a roll of carpet.

What you might not know is that there are more than 150 of these gigantic fiberglass figures dotting America's highways, advertising everything from tires to burger joints to amusement parks. Almost all of them were made by one man.

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