Harley Warrick died Friday in Wheeling, W.Va., of an aneurysm in his abdominal area, his daughter, Lena Williams of Cincinnati, said yesterday. The barn painters had fanned out over America’s ...

WHEN: This photo was taken the afternoon of Feb. 20. THE STORY: From the 1920s to the 1970s, teams of painters painted as many as 20,000 Mail Pouch chewing tobacco advertisements on barns along rural ...

SANDYVILLE, W.Va. (WCHS) — Mail Pouch barns used to dot the American landscape from Michigan to Missouri, and from California to New York. The company sent painters across the country utilizing barns ...

One of the lost Americana landmarks of San Luis Obispo is the Mail Pouch Barn. The story includes a long-time farming family, a recently controversial construction company owner and an advertising ...

A freshly painted sign along Route 322 in Elizabeth Township has been turning heads. It's on the side of a barn. It reads: "Chew Mail Pouch Tobacco." There was a time, not so long ago, when such signs ...

A historic Mail Pouch barn has been restored by a Fayette County couple, preserving a piece of American advertising history. Tim and Becca Kosky decided to restore the barn near Perryopolis after ...

MIFFLIN TOWNSHIP - There's something about a Mail Pouch Tobacco sign on an old barn. "When you're driving down the road and you see one of these, you have to slow down and take a look," Ken Cunningham ...

Mail Pouch Tobacco barns still pitch nostalgia on country roads in West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Ohio and other nearby states. They offer both beautiful American folk art and a haunting reminder of a ...

For those who favor winding country roads over interstates, the sign is a familiar one: “CHEW MAIL POUCH TOBACCO: TREAT YOURSELF TO THE BEST.” The message, painted on old wooden barns in bold block ...

HASKINS, Ohio — Connor Brown moved to Colorado more than a decade ago, playing music and working in bars. He recently returned to northwest Ohio a few years ago and saw an opportunity in Haskins.

The Mail Pouch Tobacco Barn on Highway 1 at the base of Bishop Peak carried a chewing tobacco advertisement on the roof for many years. It was a popular subject for artists but when the roof ...