Mail Pouch Tobacco Barn
Object/Artifact
Historical Mail Pouch barn vertical siding reading, “Chew Mail Pouch Tobacco – Treat Yourself to the Best”
2006.0040.0001
The barn was located on south side of and faced State Route 62, two miles west of Lainesville, IN. Scott Hundinger, barn preservation consultant, dates the barn to the late 1880s or 1890s. The barn had not been maintained and was set to be dismantled by the then current owner. The barn is thought to have been last painted by Harley Warrick, the last Mail Pouch painter (deceased), in 1975. The vertical boards were numbered and removed one-by-one; the hayloft door was removed from its hinges intact.
Painted Wood
Signs/Displays
Harley Warrick
Attributed to
Sign Painter
1880 - 18891890 - 1899
Lainesville
Indiana
164 in
628 in
3/4 in
WoodPaint
Exhibit
Fair
