I still have about 50 left of the print run of 100 of my Renascence
poster, which would make a great Christmas gift (to give or receive!)
Renascence is, of course, the wonderful watercolor painting of the
Pioneer Zephyr which adorned the 1935 Burlington Route annual
calendar. In 1935, this was hanging in every Burlington depot on the
system.
I scanned an original calendar top (which I purchased from Gerald
Edgar) at 600dpi on a good commercial-grade 24-bit scanner, and did
extensive digital restoration to remove tears, creases and
scuffs. The resultant image is over 547 MB.
The poster is printed in UV-resistant ink on 100-lb acid-free matte
poster paper by a commercial printer. The image is full-size
relative to the 1935 calendar top, i.e. 23 x 22 inches. It has a
2-inch white border all around to allow for matting, so the paper is
27 x 26 inches.
There is one visual difference to the original. The 1935 calendar
was printed by Brown & Bigelow (see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_&_Bigelow for some information on
the company.) On the original calendar top at the lower left corner
are the words "Talio-Crome Trade-Mark / Reproduction Brown &
Bigelow". To avoid any misidentification I have replaced that
wording with "Reprint 2008 American Lithographers".
See http://www.prototrains.com/renascence/renascence.html for more
details.
The cost is $40 including Priority Mail shipping within the
USA. Overseas customers please contact me for actual postage.
Thank you!
Best regards,
Randy