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Annie and Eric, a fibreglass cow and calf at the Anderson Erickson Dairy headquarters in Des Moines, Iowa. In April 2025 Ottumwa Radio described Annie as a 14-foot-tall, 2,500-pound statue near the Iowa State Fairgrounds.
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Annie and Eric Anderson Erickson Dairy cows
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Approximate location · 41.602° N, 93.577° W
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A fibreglass cow and her calf have long marked the Anderson Erickson Dairy headquarters in Des Moines, a short way from the Iowa State Fairgrounds.
Ottumwa Radio, in April 2025, described Annie as a 14-foot-tall, 2,500-pound fibreglass statue at the dairy's headquarters near the Iowa State Fairgrounds, with the smaller Eric the Calf added in 1977.
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Two cow statues at the Anderson Erickson Dairy headquarters, near the Iowa State Fairgrounds, as described by Ottumwa Radio in 2025.
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At the Anderson Erickson Dairy headquarters in Des Moines, near the Iowa State Fairgrounds, as described in 2025.
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