Sunday, August 28, 2011

Mail Pouch Media

West of New Market--Along the Old National Pike
This is the first barn ad that I have seen in these parts. I remember in the 50's BI (before interstates) these painted barns with "Mail Pouch" tobacco ads were ubiquitous. With the advent of the interstates they were seen far less often. I believe this is the smallest barn on which I've seen this kind of ad. It doesn't seem quite PC these days to advertise tobacco, and it might just be a bit of good political commentary. The other ad one used to see heading south along old US 27 from Lexington was "See Rock City". I never did though
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_City
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  1. Primus PilusAugust 29, 2011 at 8:59 PM

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mail_Pouch_Tobacco_Barn

    see more at this link on Mail Pouch Tobacco barn painting

    get it here!
    http://www.smokes-spirits.com/Productdetails.aspx/Tobacco/ChewingTobacco/opt/product/4125/store/16/category/16/campaign/0

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