There’s more to today’s Mystery Photo that it may seem. Figure out where it is, and tell me about this photograph. Send your ideas to elliott@brack.net and include your hometown.
Charles Anderson, Lawrenceville, recognized the last mystery immediately. “It is the Maine Hunting Boot mobile at the L. L. Bean Company. Freeport, Maine. I have a pair that I bought in 1992. You can send them back to them to be resoled when they wear down, which I have done.” (The photo was made by the editor on a recent Maine vacation.)
Several people also spotted this photo, including George Graf, Palmyra, Va.; Billy Chism, Toccoa; Lou Camerio, Lilburn; Susan McBrayer, Sugar Hill; Gloria James, Lawrenceville; Mark Smith, Eatonton; Lindsay Borenstein, Atlanta; and Allan Peel, San Antonio, Tex.
Peel tells us: “This photo is of one of three L.L. Bean Bootmobiles, taken on the grounds of the L.L. Bean Hunting Fishing Store Freeport. With over three million visitors each year, this L.L. Bean flagship store is Freeport’s largest attraction, open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The Bootmobile is a 16.5-foot tall replica of the all-weather Bean Boot. If it was a real boot, its size would be 410!
“A second Bootmobile was added in 2013 and in 2019, Bootmobile 3.0 came to the fleet. The three Bootmobiles have covered more than 350,000 miles, appeared at hundreds of events in 25 states, two countries, and dozens of college campuses.”
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