["Bo Head" roadside attraction]

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Photograph of the "Bo head" or "the Hat" sculpture in Pittsburg, Texas, a roadside attraction. The sculpture is a bust of Lonnie "Bo" Pilgrim, a Caucasian man, wearing an old fashioned black pilgrim hat with a silver buckle. It is located on top of a white pavilion in front of the former headquarters of Pilgrim's Pride Corporation.

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Mallory, Randy July 1994.

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  • Main Title: ["Bo Head" roadside attraction]
  • Series Title: Pittsburg

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Photograph of the "Bo head" or "the Hat" sculpture in Pittsburg, Texas, a roadside attraction. The sculpture is a bust of Lonnie "Bo" Pilgrim, a Caucasian man, wearing an old fashioned black pilgrim hat with a silver buckle. It is located on top of a white pavilion in front of the former headquarters of Pilgrim's Pride Corporation.

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  • Preferred Citation: Randy Mallory Papers (AR0954), University of North Texas Special Collections

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  • July 1994

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Mallory, Randy. ["Bo Head" roadside attraction], photograph, July 1994; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1980266/: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.

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