UPDATE: 3/7/07
Oh so that's what happened to the sign and the "Mr." got some new paint.
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ORIGINAL POST: 2/6/07
Hiding in someones back yard in Portland are these gems. Lots more of these A&W classics looming around the country: LINK.
Land of Giants has the details:
The Portland Burger Family and Papa Burger are located in the backyard of a private residence. The Papa Burger was originally in Santa Clara, CA. In the 1970s, he was moved to a pumpkin patch / produce stand and remodeled to look like a farmer. He was moved to Portland in 2006 and will be restored.
The same owners acquired the Burger Family in 2007. These figures were found in a field in SD around 1995 and then brought to northern CA
Photos from Jeff at Vintage Roadside
4 comments:
I'd loves to have those chillax in my backyard if I had one.
Actually our scruffy "Uncle" Burger statue is still waiting for an overhaul. You can just see his head back behind the shiny Papa Burger:-) His time will come one of these days!
That Kupie Cone sign was out on the corner of 39th and Holgate for like 50 years. Used to eat there when I was a kid. Good burgers, but even better cones. Dad likes to talk about the "demise" of the neighbor hood after that thing was taken away.
There is a full set of these statues on display in Hillsboro near the Aquatic Center.
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