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C. 1920s Folk Art Eagle by Everett Pratt, Freeport, Maine pun and I swear not aIt seems eagles were the primary subject of Everett Pratt of Freeport, Maine, who carved this one in the 1920s or so. Ive found a few auction records of a couple of other eagles by him, from the same period, as well as a mention in a book by John Gould titled This Trifling Distinction: Reminiscences from Down East that tells us Everett stood about 7 feet tall! This eagle, too, has quite a large presence I think, proudly perched, wings spread, on a cut