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| Shark Statues (page 2) |
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| Grace the Shark Charleston, IL |
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| Grace the Shark is 16 feet tall and was installed in front of a residence in 2011. She is built with a steel and chicken wire frame. She is covered with fiberglass-coated papier-mache. The statue is dressed in costumes for holidays. For more, see this website. |
| Whale Shark Bloomington, IL |
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| This Whale Shark was sculpted by Tom Kirk in 2023. It is installed at the 410 Sculpture Park. [map] |
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More Illinois:
Elizabeth |
| Shark Lakeville, MN |
Shark St. Louis, MO |
Sharkheads Biloxi, MS |
Shark Grand Island, NE |
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The Shark in Lakeville is located at Hot Sam's Antiques. This photo is from 2012. It has a more realistic paint job in 2009. [map]
The Shark in St. Louis is located at Hoods Discount Home Center along with other animal statues. [map] The Sharkheads gift shop opened in 1977 as T-shirt City. In 2000, the store expanded and added a 32-foot-tall shark head entrance. The name was changed to Sharkheads. The building and shark were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. In 2012, the store and shark were rebuilt. For more, see this website. [map] The Shark in Grand Island is located at the Wave Pizza Company by 2008. The business opened in 2001 and the statue may have been installed then. In 2018, another location opened in Hastings, NE which has two shark heads. [map] |
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Minneapolis North Carolina:
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| Bargain Beachwear North Myrtle Beach, SC |
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| Bargain Beachwear features a shark mouth entrance. [map] |
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More South Carolina:
McClellanville [gone] Murrells Inlet Myrtle Beach Myrtle Beach Myrtle Beach North Myrtle Beach Tennessee:
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| Palace Beachwear and Gifts Corpus Christi, TX |
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| Palace Beachwear and Gifts features a shark entrance. Most of these souvenir shops only have mouth entrances -- not the entire shark body. [map] |
| Shark-Man Galveston, TX |
Gianni's Italian Bistro & Bar Galveston, TX |
Shark Attack 5D Theater Galveston, TX |
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This concrete Shark-Man was created by Don Canaday. It has been here for many years and withstood Hurricane Ike in 2008. [map]
The sharks at Gianni's Italian Bistro & Bar and Shark Attack 5D Theater are located next door to each other. The Gianni's shark has been there since at least 2007. The building previously housed Island Smoothie and Body Language Tattoo. The Shark Attack shark was built in 2017. [map] |
| Jaws Beachworld South Padre Island, TX |
Third Coast Beach Company Corpus Christi, TX |
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The Jaws Beachworld shark has been there since at least 2007. [map]
The Third Coast Beach Company shark has been there since at least 2007 when the store was known as Destination. [map] I believe both of these sharks were created by Bob Duato. |
| Mirage Beachwear Port Aransas, TX |
Destination Beach & Surf Port Aransas, TX |
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The Mirage Beachwear shark head has been here since at least 2006. [map]
The Destination Beach & Surf shark has been here since at least 2007. [map] |
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