Mail Pouch Barn
by Jurgen Lorenzen
Title
Mail Pouch Barn
Artist
Jurgen Lorenzen
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
A ragged white horse grazing in a field along Route 60 calls one of the few remaining Mail Pouch barns its home in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.
A Mail Pouch Tobacco barn, or simply Mail Pouch barn, is a barn with one or more sides painted with a barn advertisement for the West Virginia Mail Pouch Chewing Tobacco company. The program ran from 1891 to 1992, and at its height in the early 1960s, about 20,000 Mail Pouch barns were spread across 22 states.
With the advent of the auto, Midland Trail / U.S. Route 60 became America's first coast-to-coast highway - stretching from Virginia Beach to the Pacific Ocean at Los Angeles. U.S. Route 60 is the Main Street of America's small towns, including Rainelle, Rupert, Lewisburg, and White Sulphur Springs in Greenbrier County.
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May 2nd, 2022
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Comments (98)
Rick Davis
I wanted to comment on this again because I think it is one of the best country farm scenes you will see! l/f
Sarah Irland
Congratulations, Jurgen, on your Win in the Old Barns in the USA Contest for this wonderful photograph! Voted. L/F
Robert Gardner
Love the Mail Pouch Barn. The composition with the white horse in the foreground is perfect.
Pamela Williams
Congratulations! ♥️ Your work has received a SPECIAL ELITE FEATURE & been showcased on the homepage of the aRt diStrIct! You are invited to archive your work in the 2023 ELITE SPECIAL feature discussion thread. BRAVO! #CountrtLife #TheArtDistrict
Morris Finkelstein
Fabulous rural farm photograph, Jurgen! Congratulations on your First Place in the Showcasing The South - Best of 2022 contest! F/L
Joan Bertucci
Wonderful rural capture Jurgen and congratulations on 1st place win in the Best of 2022 contest! Well deserved! F
Jennifer Jenson
Congratulations on your 1st Place win in the Showcasing The South Best of 2022 contest! Well deserved, excellent work!
Debra Kewley
Congrats on your first-place win in THE BEST OF 2022-SHOWCASING THE SOUTH contest, Jurgen!
Joseph Schofield
Congratulations on your FIRST PLACE finish in the Showcasing The South Best of 2022 contest.Well deserved!!
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