[Accrs] Proposal for California Railroad posters on newly painted wall at Northern Entrance

[Alameda County Central Railroad Society]

Regarding the idea of using the stove to support a table for a guest 
register.   I think it is a good idea but when people come in they face 
the caboose chair and layouts and the stove woulod be behind them in 
kind of a dark corner.  I think the stove is fine but we may need to 
move it to a more visible spot.

Larry

Alameda County Central Railroad Society wrote:

>Message From: Paula Bursley  pbursley at comcast.net
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> I like the posters and I also like the black frame best.  The only 
> comment I have is that I would prefer to see the posters spaced out a 
> bit on the wall, and we might even consider hanging three on the main 
> entry wall and one behind the chair if it would be visible.  We could 
> experiment with the positioning.  Just my preference but others may 
> feel differently.  Phil, thanks for researching this and putting it 
> together.  I think this art would really add a lot to the atmosphere 
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>> On Mar 2, 2019, at 10:38 PM, Alameda County Central Railroad Society 
>> <accrs at mail.accrs.org <mailto:accrs at mail.accrs.org>> wrote:
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>> Message From: Phil Edholm  pedholm at pkeconsulting.com 
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>> Attached is a pdf with a proposal for putting up four 36”x24” “arty” 
>> posters of the four major California railroads. The idea is to change 
>> the look of the North Entrance after the great paint job and make it 
>> much cleaner and modern looking, but with art that is evocative of 
>> the golden age of passenger travel by rail. These will represent the 
>> four primary (Class 1) railroads focused to California: SF/ATSF, SP, 
>> UP, and the WP. The posters are of signature passenger trains of each 
>> railroad, generally in the art deco to realism period (not photos). I 
>> think there is a story to be told using them, some thoughts in the 
>> pdf. The four posters shown in the pdf are from eBay and are $35 each 
>> (free shipping) in a 24”x36” poster configuration. So four posters 
>> would be $140. If anyone has other poster options for the railroads, 
>> please suggest (or if you have a good one at home).
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>> Also shown are three frame options from Michaels. They range from 
>> $110 to $154 for the four frames (after discounts). I personally 
>> thing the black frame that is about 1.25 inches wide is best and 
>> those are $127 for four, so the total for the posters and frames is 
>> $267. 
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>> After discussing it Friday after the business meeting, there seemed 
>> to be general agreement this makes sense. Much of the existing 
>> artwork is either faded or wrinkled. Putting up a bunch of misc. art 
>> or a bunch of Orchard things is going to look cluttered. This will be 
>> a very clean and new look and will be very noticeable to anyone who 
>> has been coming for the last few years (especially Jerome). I think 
>> the investment is a good one for the new look it will give our “lobby”.
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>> Please respond if this makes sense. If so, I will order the posters 
>> and get some frames to look at next Friday.
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>> Phil Edholm
>> Office 925-264-9420
>> Mobile 408-832-5618
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