Harley Warrick and the Mail Pouch Barns

The vanishing billboards of the back roads of America. Features Harley Warrick, "the last of the mail pouch barn painters" at work in the mid 1980s, an interview then as seen on the news magazine "Capital Edition", and an updated interview with Harley at home in 1999. Finally, a 2019 addendum brings viewers up to date on the barns and Harley. Story reported by Jan Thompson Goldsmith, from a 1999 broadcast of "Picture This, AMERICA."
© 2019 Goldsmith Productions, LLC

[@Thewaywefarm]

We just painted Mailpouch on the side of our barn! Great video! Thanks

[@jmgind]

This video makes me feel warm everytime I view it. Things like this are very important and can't be recreated. Thank you

[@eg8419]

Great Video. Thank you from Eve Green San Raphael Ca.

[@americawhowereallyare6002]

Thank you for writing. Sorry we're late saying that. John G. and Jan.

[@rawbacon]

Awesome, every time I see a barn decaying and breathing its last it makes me sad.

[@johngoldsmith5084]

Thank you for commenting. WE very much enjoyed profiling Harley...twice. John G.

[@bigvrocks2480]

Tom, thanks for the tribute to Mail Pouch Barns and Burma Shave. Harley, thanks for your work. Thanks Jan for the report! I'm 71. Lived in Buffalo, NY in the 50's & 60's. My Uncle, Eddie and Aunt Martha Nowak owned a 175 acre plot of land, on the top of the Hill, in Machias, NY from the mid 50's until he passed on in the late 80's / early 90's. Back when I was a little kid, we drove Route 16 all the way up from Buffalo, East Aurora, South Wales, Holland, Chaffee, Yorkshire, Delevan, Lime Lake, until reaching the Machias Town Hall. We saw many Mail Pouch barns along the way as well as a number of Burma Shave sayings along the road in the late 50's early 60's. For us city kids, it was always a treat to try to keep up with the Burma Shave signs. Great days for sure...

[@americawhowereallyare6002]

So glad you enjoyed. During all the years and through all the hundreds of stories, one of Jan and John Goldsmith's favorites. If you haven't already, check out "Past Times". JG

[@americawhowereallyare6002]

Missed this when you sent it. Many thanks for taking the time to comment. John G.

[@americawhowereallyare6002]

And now the old man (me) realizes he did respond.

[@zone-hb1to]

Something about thoes photos like memories that aren't mine but are familiar. Its weird feeling nostalgic about these photos because i was born in 08