We've long been fans of the Harbie the Seal statues and were thrilled to learn of a surviving small (truck top) Harbie statue.
The statues in our collection were formerly displayed at Harbor Oil stations in the southern California area in the late 1960s and early 1970s and are around six and a half feet tall. Over the years a few vintage photos have popped up online showing Harbor Oil pickups with a small version mounted on the roof. Our searches had come up blank each time we've looked for any surviving versions of the little statue so we were thrilled to receive an email letting us know the sender had a little Harbie on their nightstand.
Big Harbie on left and little Harbie on right. |
If anyone runs across a Harbie of any size needing a new home we'd love to hear from you. We've always got room for one or two more.
Harbie the Seal road trip. |