Mail Pouch Barn Poster

A photograph of Mail Pouch barn along the Ohio National Road in Ohio taken by Carol M. Highsmith in 2004. Mail Pouch Barn on historic National Road in Ohio. The Ohio National Road is partof a six-state All-American Road that stretches over 700 miles, from Baltimore through Maryland, Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana and Illinois to East St. Louis. During her early career, Highsmith photographed interior and exterior architecture. But as she and her writer-husband, Ted Landphair, travelled the country to every state and major city to work on the Random House "Photographic Tour" and smaller "Pictorial Souvenir" book series, Highsmith’s scope broadened to be a photographic documentarian. She photographed ordinary people and everyday sites as well as soaring architecture, natural landscapes, national parks and monuments, Civil War battlefields, and engineering marvels. Her book subjects included the cities San Francisco, New Orleans, Washington, and Chicago; New York's five boroughs; the states of Florida, Colorado, and Virginia; the Pacific Northwest and New England Coast; as well as lighthouses, barns, Amish culture, and the Appalachian Trail.