Mail Pouch Tobacco Barn – Pennsylvania
When I see a vignette like this scene with the lovely Mail Pouch barn and the carefully placed old cars, it is hard not to imagine that the caretaker doesn’t want to share this...
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White Mail Pouch Tobacco Barn – Dillonvale, Ohio
In early 2024, I shared a post about trying to relocate a white barn which I’d seen years before in Pennsylvania ~ Mail Pouch Barn: My White Whale a Decade Later. At the time...
Ghost Sign: Bull Durham, Mail Pouch, Crown Gasoline, and Polarine – Augusta, Kentucky
This multilayered ghost sign on Elizabeth Street in Augusta, Kentucky is one of my favorites that I’ve ever seen. There are so many interesting little details that can be picked out. Some of the...
Mail Pouch Tobacco Barn Not Long for this World – Reedsville, Ohio
When I snapped the photos of this formerly two-sided Mail Pouch Tobacco barn on Ohio 7 in Reedsville in October of 2024, it looked as if it would come crumbling down into a pile...
Winter Wandering: Two Mail Pouch Ghost Signs – Lisbon, Ohio
This winter I’ve made it a point to not languish at home and to get out and do some roadtripping. Even though everything here on the east coast is freezing cold, salty, and snowy,...
Mail Pouch Tobacco Barn: My White Whale a Decade Later
Last summer, I posted about finally relocating where I’d seen this white Mail Pouch barn. While I was out near Pittsburgh last weekend, I stopped to see it again. It’d been over a decade...
Red Mail Pouch Tobacco Barn – Boswell, Pennsylvania
Over the long January weekend, I spent some time wandering the backroads in western Pennsylvania. I seem to have good luck with finding interesting sights out towards Pittsburgh. One of my favorite sights was...
Mail Pouch Tobacco: Uncovering the Secrets of the White Whale
With decades of photos tucked away for someday, as I previously mentioned, on occasion I have a little difficulty remembering where I might have snapped a photo of something. Generally speaking, I have fairly...
Mail Pouch Tobacco – Christ is Coming Soon Barn – McVeytown, Pennsylvania
Mail Pouch Tobacco barns and ghost signs stay firmly in my top 10 must-see or favorite sights while I’m out bumming around. Because part of their enduring appeal is directly correlated to familiarity and...
Mail Pouch Tobacco Ghost Sign – Ford City, Pennsylvania
This restored Mail Pouch Tobacco wall ad in Ford City, Pennsylvania sure is a looker. It is clear that love and care went in to making it vibrant once again. There is so much...
Mail Pouch Tobacco: Bloch Brothers Tobacco Works – Wheeling, West Virginia
On Thursday morning, I stood outside of the old Bloch Bothers Mail Pouch Tobacco factory in Wheeling, West Virginia waiting for the sun to rise. The Ohio River, silently snaked behind me while I...
Pennsylvania: Double Mail Pouch Barn Goodness
Just a hop, skip and a jump up the road from Pennsylvania’s great welcome sign, I serendipitously saw a double Mail Pouch barn. Aside from the two visible sides in the picture, the small...
Gorgeous Coca-Cola and Mail Pouch Ghost of Winchester, Virginia
File this firmly under the Things I Love category. I first got wind of this ghost while scrolling through states on Dr. Ken Jones’ fantastic American Ghosts site. It is an awesome resource for...
See Rock City Barn – Grainger County, Tennessee
While my love for Mail Pouch Tobacco barns and murals is well documented, I do find other olde tyme advertising campaigns appealing, too. Even though I find smoking and tobacco use totally gross, the...
Scenes from a Rainy Thursday
Thursday was the reckoning. I’d enjoyed mostly dry weather the whole week prior so it was time for me to pay the toll. The rain dogged me all day long varying from mist, drizzle,...
2017 in Review: Photos of Great Ghost Ads Seen in My Travels
My love for the ghost ads of yesteryear is strong. While out and about in 2017, I saw some excellent examples: Mail Pouch Tobacco – Point Pleasant, West Virginia Mail Pouch Tobacco – Point...
The Mail Pouch Tobacco Ad of Grafton, West Virginia
One of my favorite Mail Pouch Tobacco wall ads is in downtown Grafton, West Virginia. There is so much going on, it is a feast for the eyes. Is it just me or is...
Hunting Ghosts: Mail Pouch, Uneeda Biscuit and the Circle Dot
On Sunday I stopped by to take a peek at the Mail Pouch Tobacco ghost ad on East Main in Beacon, NY. Though I’d been to Beacon before, I never saw the sign. It...
Mail Pouch Tobacco: Looking For Ghosts
This morning I was trying to recall when and where I was first exposed to a Mail Pouch Tobacco barn or ad. I’ve come up with nothing concrete. My first blog post related to Mail...
Fading Away – Renovo, Pennsylvania Ghost Ads
I’ve passed through Renovo a few times over the last couple years. Each time I’ve stopped to snap a photo of the Mail Pouch Tobacco ad on the corner of Huron and 11th. The...
