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

[Alameda County Central Railroad Society]

I like the brown and black frame, but in our environment, dust will 
accumulate in the intricacies of the frame, so I suggest the plane black 
one.

Gary

On 3/4/2019 7:55 PM, Alameda County Central Railroad Society wrote:
> Message From: Theodore Tully  tullyme2 at gmail.com
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> Phil,
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> Yes. I support it.
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> Ted
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> On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 6:38 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
>     <mailto:pedholm at pkeconsulting.com>
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>     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.
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>     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).
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>     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.
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>     *Phil Edholm*
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>     Office 925-264-9420
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>     Mobile 408-832-5618
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>     *From:* Phil Edholm
>     *Sent:* Saturday, March 2, 2019 10:38 PM
>     *To:* 'accrs at mail.accrs.org <mailto:accrs at mail.accrs.org>'
>     <accrs at mail.accrs.org <mailto:accrs at mail.accrs.org>>
>     *Subject:* Proposal for California Railroad posters on newly
>     painted wall at Northern Entrance
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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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>     Office 925-264-9420
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>     Mobile 408-832-5618
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