Vermont Old Home Week

You've got some great cinderellas posted on these threads, Nells. I really like this one and the Collect airmail stamps one.
What's the year on this Vermont piece? All I see is 190_. Are you supposed to fill in your own?

I don't have any of those Cinderellas, but I was recently doing some on-line research about "Old Home Week" as it relates to Massachusetts, as it was apparently quite a popular event back in its day.

The following was taken from web site links:

Massachusetts Law designating "Old Home Week":



1902 Poster Stamps for Massachusetts Old Home Week:


1904 Poster Stamp for Massachusetts Old Home Week:


As I understand it, the event was intended to be a reunion of sorts, focused on encouraging young adults who may be either college students or having recently served in the military to return to their hometown setting, presumably to encourage them to settle down and make a living in their hometown, rather than move on to far away places.

It sort of looks like 1901 for the date. I'm pretty sure that is what it says. I don't actively collect labels, but a while back I was getting cover approvals, and I got a few with nice ones on them. I'm glad you all enjoy seeing them!

I bought a similar cinderella from Jeff (SCF) in Fbruary
mine is not on pink paper though

I remember that little puppy. It looks great in your display Rod. :)

For anyone really interested in "Old Home Week", here's a link to a free on-line book that tells the story all in verse, along with images of notable New England images from the past:

http://books.google.com/books?id=hM...ge&q&f=false

Found this in a small collection I bought off Craigslist yesterday. Found this thread while searching for what it was: