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Swisher and Mail Pouch Building

The Elmwood estate dazzles on the Naitonal Road in Wheeling, West Virginia.

With its Mail Pouch sign, the Bloch Brothers factory in South Wheelin was later owned by the Swisher Company, manufacturer of Swisher Sweets cigars.

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