Thanks,Schnoutts! I've changed the city. But I suspect that Hibourassa is correct -- or at least, I don't have any other information. Perhaps the artist has a pseudonym that plays on the name of Robert Bourassa.
“Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race.”
-Calvin Coolidge