Nells250 recent post about a Cinderella commemorating Stonington, Connecticut's Tricentennial (1949) prompted me to post this example from Springfield, Massachusetts (1936) commemorating the same sort of milestone:
Again, I don't own this example, it was merely found while doing some ancillary research on Springfield, however, I must say that these Tricentennial Poster Stamps seem to have been very popular in their day.
From a historical perspective, it did prompt me to look up and learn about the founder of Springfield, Massachusetts, William Pynchon, whom I never had read about before seeing this Cinderella, and discovered he was the author of the first book "Banned in Boston"!
http://www.springfieldlibrary.org/P...pynchon.htmlIt just goes to prove that you can still get a historical education through stamps ... even Cinderellas!
Here's a old-time poem (circa 1936, I suppose) that pushes Springfield (Massachusetts, that is):
Quote:
There's a Springfield in Ohio,
and there's one in Illinois;
There's another in Kentucky,
where the blue grass waves in joy.
Even Hoosier Indiana
claims a Springfield as her own,
While Missouri boasts her Springfield
and is waiting to be shown.
There's a Springfield in Nebraska,
and Wisconsin also counts,
While the Springfield, Colorado,
rears its head among the mounts.
Oregon and South Dakota
do not have to seek in vain,
Washington on the Pacific has its Springfield;
so has Maine.
In New Jersey and New Hampshire,
in Vermont and Tennessee,
Minnesota, West Virginia,
there are Springfields, three and three.
'Way down south in Alabama,
Georgia, Florida, as well,
Still we find the name of Springfield,
still we feel its mystic spell.
But when people mention Springfield,
none of these comes to mind;
There's another, better Springfield,
that the others all combined——
Yes a bigger, grander Springfield
which I all ways can surpass,
The score of other Springfields——
Here's a health to Springfield, Mass.
Posted 10/26/2011 4:21 pm
