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

[Alameda County Central Railroad Society]

I like the the "artsy" aspect.  Sometimes we are so literal about our 
trains.  Advertising was an art form and part of society.

Larry

Alameda County Central Railroad Society wrote:

>Message From: Gary Lewis  glgslewis at comcast.net
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> I like the both styles.  The "artsy" changes things up a bit.  I think 
> they would be a nice change.
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> Gary
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> On 3/3/2019 8:58 AM, Alameda County Central Railroad Society wrote:
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>>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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