Saturday, January 29, 2011

Expert artist to restore Mail Pouch tobacco sign in Ford City



(pittsburghlive.com) Go to the corner of Fourth Avenue and Ninth Street and you'll notice the Mail Pouch Tobacco ad painted on the side of a brick building.
The words "Mail Pouch" 'A high grade ribbon cut tobacco' and a picture of a tobacco pouch have weathered the decades but the sign is showing its age. The sign was hidden and preserved for years before a fire destroyed the abutting building, exposing it to plain view. Continued

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