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Giant Piggy Banks [gone]
McClure, IL
These Giant Piggy Banks were installed at The Pony, a strip club. They were created in 2002 by Turtle Transit. The pigs were made of fiberglass. There was also an oinking soundtrack. The pigs were commissioned for the True Majority by Ben Cohen of Ben & Jerry's ice cream fame, to protest the Pentagon's budget surplus. The larger piggy bank represented the Pentagon budget while the smaller ones represented the budget for education and world hunger. The mobile pigs were paraded around the Northeast, Florida, Iowa, and probably other states. I don't know how or when they wound up in at The Pony. I believe the pigs were still in use by the True Majority in 2007. That year, the organization merged with USAction. So, the pigs were probably sold at that point. According to the management at The Pony, they bought the pigs around 2007, possibly from a barbecue restaurant. In 2015, the pigs were driven to Memphis to The Pony's other location for the Memphis in May festival. The McClure location closed in 2023. Although the Memphis location is still open, the Piggy Banks are not there. For more, see this website.

Piggy Bank
Hatch, NM
2012: 2017:
This Piggy Bank advertises for Sparky's restaurant. The 15-foot-tall fiberglass statue was installed in 2010. After a legal battle with the city, the pig was granted a sign exemption and was allowed to remain. Around 2016, the pig was moved across the street from Sparky's and stands with several other statues. [map]

Piggy Bank
Casey, IL
This Piggy Bank was installed in front of The Butcher Shop in 2022. It was built from a propane tank and other recycled materials. [map]

Petal & Piglets [gone]
Sioux Falls, SD		 Babe [gone]
Sioux Falls, SD
Petal & Piglets and Babe were part of the 2008 Sculpture Walk downtown. These photos are from 2008. Petal & Piglets was created by Carrie Quade. Babe is the work of Mary Zimmerman. I believe both of these sculptures are gone now.

Truffles
Colorado Springs, CO
The bronze sculpture of Truffles was created by Walt Horton in 2007. It was installed at this location by 2014. [map]

Rachel
Seattle, WA
The giant bronze piggy bank statue is known as Rachel. It was created by Georgia Gerber and installed in front of Pike Place Market in 1986. The statue was modeled after a real pig named Rachel. Donations deposited to the statue go to the Pike Place Market Foundation which supports low-income and elderly downtown residents. [map]

Billie the Piggybank
Seattle, WA
Billie the Piggybank was located at the Pike Place Market. This bronze statue was also created by Georgia Gerber. It was originally installed at the Market Heritage Center in 2000. It was moved to Pike Place Market in 2011. Donations deposited through the slot in Billie's back go to low-income charities. In 2017, the statue was moved to the Pike Place MarketFront expansion.

Maximus Minimus [gone]
Seattle, WA
The Maximus Minimus food truck was designed and built by Colin Reedy in 2009. The food truck featured pulled pork sandwiches and was moved around town to various locations. These photos are from 2016. The food truck has been in storage since 2017.

Kahnie
Cincinnati, OH
2012: 2026:
Kahnie is 13 feet tall, fiberglass statue that was built in 1960 for Kahn's, a local meatpacker. It was used to promote the business in local parades and events. The pig is hollow inside and originally had hinged windows on the sides that could be folded down to sell things like hot dogs. Kahnie was retired in 2009 and replaced with an inflatable pig. She has been at the American Sign Museum since 2010. In 2019, a Hobby Pig fundraiser was held for the museum. The statue has since been painted entirely pink again. [map]

Pig
Erin, TN
This Pig has been installed at Papa's Old Fashioned BBQ since at least 2023. She is nicknamed "Penelope the Pig." It appears to be from the same mold as the one in Cincinnati shown above. This one in Erin has a larger door in back and still has the windows on each side. This statue was displayed in Clarksville, TN by 2005. By 2012, it had been moved to someone's front yard in Clarksville. The statue was purchased by Papa's by 2018. [map]

There is another one of these Pigs, known as Petunia the Pig, in Altoona, IA which has been at Adventureland Park since 1974. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2.

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