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Lanesville, KY. Mail Pouch chewing tobacco barn.

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I, along with many others, am a great fan of barn advertising. The golden years of barn advertising within the US were 1900-1940. The Mail Pouch chewing tobacco company of West Virginia commissioned the hand-painting of barns throughout Kentucky, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia from 1890 to 1992. Their primary artist, Harley Warrick, passed away in 1992. According to Harley, he hand-painted over 20,00 barns, each work of art commenced with the painting of the “e” in the word, chew. There were a few other artists who painted the Mail Pouch barns. Most of the barns have a blue border that surrounds the barn’s front side. Within the border, the artist’s initials and the date of painting can often be found. I didn’t check on this one.

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Susan Jones
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December 6, 2006 at 9:04 am

Nice shot! Enjoyable blog here, thanks for the share.

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Joshua P.G. Lane
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December 6, 2006 at 11:16 am

Thank you, Susan! Thanks for sharing the ride.

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Pasticciera
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December 7, 2006 at 1:16 pm

Having grown up in Southern Illinois, just across the Kentucky border, I have a lot of fond memories of Mail Pouch barns as well as See Rock City and Ruby Falls signs, cause it meant we were going somewhere. A road trip and it was fun! Sorry to hear about your Gran..Mail pouch makes me think of my farming grand dad gone many years ago. Thanks for the jog down memory lane…

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Joshua P.G. Lane
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December 7, 2006 at 7:08 pm

Pasticciera, thank you so much for your comments. I didn’t realize your early days were spent in this neck of the woods, before you landed in the Alps. Thanks for the condolences. I’m sorry to hear of your Grand Dad, as well. Glad to hear all brought back some good memories.

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Lora
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December 8, 2006 at 11:09 pm

Wow! I’m from Indiana and I grew up with barns that looked like that around. Brings back memories. Thanks for sharing the pictures.

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Joshua P.G. Lane
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December 10, 2006 at 12:55 pm

Thanks, Lora. Glad to hear of your roll down memory lane. Indiana is a great place, too!