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

[Alameda County Central Railroad Society]

I like the both styles.  The "artsy" changes things up a bit.  I think 
they would be a nice change.

Gary

On 3/3/2019 8:58 AM, Alameda County Central Railroad Society wrote:
> Message From: Dennis Stokely  dstokely at sbcglobal.net
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> I like the concept but not the posters other than the Santa Fe which 
> has a realistic train and background.  The others are just more 
> "artsy" than train emphasis.  I also prefer the black and brown frame 
> to the solid black.
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> For the cost, I would say do it for this years fair and keep an eye 
> out for something to replace the posters after that, unless someone 
> knows a source to get the for rr's in better pictures now.
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> Dennis
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> On Saturday, March 2, 2019, 11:57:28 PM PST, Alameda County Central 
> Railroad Society <accrs at mail.accrs.org> wrote:
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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*
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> Message From: Phil Edholm pedholm at pkeconsulting.com 
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