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

[Alameda County Central Railroad Society]

After discussions Saturday during the workday and at the NMRA/PCR event on Sunday in Alameda, the consensus is we should do the posters for this fair. The one contention is on which frame to use. I am going to order the prints today and will get one of each frame for Friday. If you wish to have frame input, please stop in Friday to comment.

I will talk to the Michaels folks about the best way to mount the prints in the frames (just pressure or bonded to a backing).

Thanks for the kind words, we are all in this together 😊 Gary has been really great at building the relationship with the fair staff and Jerome.

Phil Edholm
Office 925-264-9420
Mobile 408-832-5618

From: Phil Edholm
Sent: Saturday, March 2, 2019 10:38 PM
To: 'accrs at mail.accrs.org' <accrs at mail.accrs.org>
Subject: Proposal for California Railroad posters on newly painted wall at Northern Entrance

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).

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.

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”.

Please respond if this makes sense. If so, I will order the posters and get some frames to look at next Friday.

Phil Edholm
Office 925-264-9420
Mobile 408-832-5618

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