Original site of the Muffler Man Holding Hot Dog in Cicero Illinois on 66

At 6150 W Ogden Ave., Cicero. The 19 foot tall that stood here is now located in Atlanta, Illinois, as the Muffler Man Holding Hot Dog. Also known as Paul Bunyon (yes, Bunyon with an "o" and not Bunyan with a "u") it was originally from Cicero.

Atlanta's Muffler Man was originally installed at the Bunyon's hot dog stand in Cicero, Illinois (see image), on Ogden Avenue.

Hamlet Stephens owned the stand and he purchased the gigantic fiberglass statue of "Paul Bunyan" to promote his business in 1966 and it stood over his shop for 38 years.

He deliberately spelled its name "Bunyon" (with an "o" instead of an "a") to avoid copyright issues. This "Paul Bunyon" held a gigantic hot dog in its hands.

In 2002 the stand closed and in 2003 the Bunyon Giant was moved to Atlanta. Stephens died in 2012 but his work lives on. The original building is still standing, as you can see below in the "Then and Now" sequence.

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