[AT] Other related collections question for the list

[Grant Brians]

As someone interested in the very subject of the interaction of the post
office and communities, I have had an interest in this area for decades. I
did find the information on Evan Kalish interesting even if he clearly does
not have the amount of historical background I would hope for.... But that
is probably because I am now in my 50's, not 25 years old like him... LOL.
         Grant

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On Dec 20, 2011, at 2:16 PM, Grant Brians wrote:

> I collect other things than just antique tractors... the historical
> towns/rural post
> offices/rural gathering places that had post offices in our county ...

Grant,

There is just now on the BBC news web site a short video on a fellow
who is especially interested in the disappearing small town post
offices in USA.  He travels around and makes pictures of the Post
offices and gets a usually hand stamped letter or post card from the
place.  I suggest you have a look:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16192806

America's disappearing post offices
The post office has long been a core part of almost every community in
America, yet the future looks bleak for the United States Postal
Service.

In a bid to dig itself out of a $10bn deficit, the USPS is considering
cutting 120,000 jobs and shutting more than 3,500 post offices.

Evan Kalish, a 25-year-old graduate student, is trying to visit as
many as possible before they disappear. So far he has collected post
marks at more than 2,700 post offices across the US.

Crisscrossing the country, even going as far as Hawaii, Evan is
chronicling on his blog the slow death of an institution originally
founded in 1775. In this first person account, he explains why he
began this odyssey.


Roy Morgan
k1lky at earthlink.net
K1LKY Since 1958 - Keep 'em Glowing!



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