Mail Pouch Tobacco Barn and Vintage Chevy Truck in HDR Detail
by Debra and Dave Vanderlaan
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Mail Pouch Tobacco Barn and Vintage Chevy Truck in HDR Detail
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Debra and Dave Vanderlaan
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Photograph - Photography
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Mail Pouch Tobacco Barn and Vintage Chevy Truck in HDR Detail
by Debra and Dave Vanderlaan
... These barns can be found in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, South Carolina, Tennessee, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Connecticut and California, although an increasing number have fallen into dilapidation or have been demolished. The barns, usually hand-painted in black or red with yellow or white capital lettering, read as: "Chew Mail Pouch Tobacco Treat Yourself to the Best." Sometimes, they are surrounded on the left and right by a thin vertical blue border.
Originally, Bloch Brothers advertised on the walls of businesses, such as this theater in West Virginia
Initially, barn owners were paid between $1 and $2 a year for the advertisement, equivalent in 1913 dollars to about $20–$40 today, but more importantly, they received a much desired fresh coat of paint to preserve the integrity of the wood. Mail Pouch painted their message on one or two sides of the barn (depending on viewability from the roadway) and painted the other sides of the barn any color the owner wished. Many of the barns were repainted every few years to maintain the sharp colors of the lettering.
After World War II, many of the barns were painted by Harley Warrick of Belmont County, Ohio. He once estimated that he had painted 20,000 barns in his life, spending an average of six hours on each. Warrick claimed that he always began each barn with the "E" in the word "Chew". Other barns were painted by Mark Turley, Don Shires, and several others. Their initials remain preserved on some of the barns with the date of the painting. These initials can be found on the blue border surrounding the front side, or nearer to the roof.
Shown here with a vintage Chevy pickup truck, this cool barn sports a quilt pattern painted on the side too! Enjoy our many fine art photography and digital art images in our big gallery! www.CelebrateLifeGallery.com
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