The Northern Ohio Railway Museum announces the availability of unique award winning posters as part of a fundraising effort. Details are below and the posters can be seen at our website http://www.northernohio.railway.museum

Award Winning Posters Available
At the 2008 Addy's competition these posters were entered as 2 sets of 3 posters in the Category Advertising for the Arts and Sciences and won two silver awards. The Addy's are annual awards presented by the American Advertising Federation. They were created by the Cleveland marketing firm of Liggett Stashower exclusively for the Northern Ohio Railway Museum.

High Quality Printing
These collectible fine art posters are printed on Matte Litho Realistic Paper with archival inks. It is a wood-free art paper with the look, feel and longevity of a heavy offset paper traditionally used for fine art reproduction. Printed with archival quality inks, Matte Litho can retain the highest image quality and ink density possible, for over 100 years in natural lighting. Poster size is 17 by 29 inches.

Get Your Own Collectible Posters
These posters are not for sale. They are available exclusively as thank you gifts for donations to the Museum Carbarn or Endowment Funds. They are available a la carte or as a bundled package. For each $100.00 donation, you can choose any one poster. Donate $200.00 and choose any two posters, etc. If you donate $500.00 or more you get all six posters. They are shipped in large sturdy shipping tubes.


Available only from:

Northern Ohio Railway Museum
P.O. Box 458
Chippewa Lake, Ohio 44215-0458
Phone: 330-769-5501
http://www.northernohio.railway.museum

> It is a wood-free art paper...

What the heck is wood free paper? Cotton or linen based instead maybe?

I like the artwork - the first two posters in particular are quite striking! I'll admit, though, that I think this is the first time I've ever seen the replacement of streetcars with buses likened to presidential assassination...

" It is a wood-free art paper...
What the heck is wood free paper? Cotton or linen based instead maybe?"

I can't answer your question specifically except to share the data I recieved from the printer when pursuing getting these posters printed for the museum. Below is the text directly from HP, the paper vendor.



HP Matte Litho-realistic Paper: An economical wood-free art paper that delivers exceptional print results with the look, feel and longevity of a heavy, matte offset paper. This natural-whitepaper enables short printruns for a wide variety of content, enabling better customer servicewhile minimizing costs associated with setup, inventory and related scrap. This paper is an economical alternative to high-end, smooth fine artpapers for cost-effective art reproductions.

Target customers • Print service providers for the graphic arts market • Art reproduction houses • Artists Applications • Art Reproduction • Photo Enlargements • Tradeshow and Event displays.

Benefits • Lasting litho-realistic output • Short-run capabilities • Outstanding image quality •Cost-effective output • Maximum productivity

HP Matte Litho-realistic Paper enables short-run, litho-realistic production capabilities via inkjet technology. The HP Matte Litho-realistic Paper mimics the physical and performance characteristics of a traditional matte offset paper and has an image permanence rating of greater than 100 years indoors. The paper offers an economical way to produce high-quality poster art, with instant handling and flexible processing, saving users time and money.

I liked a number of the posters... they would seem to be more powerful if they were linked to an activity like VISITING the NORM versus just letting people know norm is an entity.

Also, I hope these posters are part of the equation where the Northern Ohio Railway Museum gets most of the the Northern Ohio, Shaker Heights, and Cleveland Rapid Transit cars from the Trolleyville/ Lake Shore Electric collection. It would seem to be one of the best options for preservation these days.

Per HP's spec sheet(note primary material, not exactly wood free);

Overview & Specifications
Roll dimensions 610 mm x 30.5 m
Core size 50.8 mm
Printing material brightness Greater than 87% per ISO 2470 Test Method
Print material weight 270 g/m² per ISO 536 Test Method
Media finish Matte
Whiteness Greater than 75 per ISO 11475 Test Method
Primary material Wood fiber and Polyethylene
Recycling method Incineration for energy production
Country of origin Product of Switzerland

Operating conditions
Shelf life 1 year, unopened in original packaging

Dimensions/weight/warranty
Package dimensions (W x D x H) 660.4 x 150 x 150 mm
Package weight 5.77 kg
Warranty Hewlett-Packard large-format printing materials are guaranteed to meet HP published specifications, to be free of manufacturing flaws and defects, and are designed to resist paper jams when used correctly.