Postal History Boutique Quiz

Bonjour!

At a flea market last weekend I got a 'Souvenir Folder' of an American city from, I think, the inter-War years. The first person who can identify which city it is wins the the Souvenir Folder.

The folder contains lots of facts about the city in question. Here are some about its Postal History:

* "Largest Valentine factory in the world" [Honest! I didn't make it up]

* "Envelope factories, capacity over 10,000,000 items a day" [That would keep the local Mail Artists busy!]

* "A central post office, 1' sub-stations, 315 employees, annual revenue over $550,000" [Now we know what happened to all those envelopes: they got posted locally]

Other clues that might help you identify it are:

* "Largest factory in the country manufacturing organ materials"

* "Has art museum school, teaching drawing, painting, modelling and designing, with the best fitted shops in the country to study metal work and book binding."

* "More graduates from high schools in proportion to attendance than any other city in the country."

* "Third greatest art museum in US endowned with $4,000,000"

* "Oldest music festival in the world giving a series of programs every year."

Can you identify the city*?

The first person to do so wins the Souvenir Folder.

Regards, Val

* Further clue: it's in New England

Replies to This Discussion

Permalink Reply by David Stafford on March 8, 2011 at 5:28pm

Worcester, MA?

Permalink Reply by Mary Jo Cartledgehayes on March 9, 2011 at 12:29am

Boston.

Permalink Reply by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 9, 2011 at 2:46am

Largest Art Museums in USA:

1. Museum of Modern Art NYC

2. Art Institute of Chicago (has art school)

3. Boston Museum of Fine Arts (has art school, too)

Boston, Massachusetts

Permalink Reply by Katerina Nikoltsou (MomKat) on March 9, 2011 at 2:51am

Tanglewood music festival had its beginnings in 1936...near Boston.

Permalink Reply by David Stafford on March 9, 2011 at 4:50am

Boston may have the art but "Worcester Envelope Company began operations in 1893 in the heart of the city of Worcester, MA. From that beginning we have grown to become a world class leader as a provider of quality envelopes, mailing resources, and packaging."

Permalink Reply by Valentine Mark Herman on March 9, 2011 at 5:19am

THE WINNER IS..... DAVID STAFFORD

The City in question is ....WORCESTER, MASS.

Well done, David. I'll post the Souvenir Folder to you today.

Thanks to everyone who participated.

Regards, Val

Permalink Reply by David Stafford on March 9, 2011 at 2:05pm

Hooray! Thank you, Val.

--sent from my sousaphone

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