Poster has been stored rolled and kept in a dark drawer storage. No stains, tears, water damage, smudges, or odors.
There a couple small imperfections. These flaws would be extremely hard to notice in a framed or mounted to a backing.
This is an ideal poster for a railroad enthusiast, collector, or for a boy or girl who loves trains.
Background:
Number 10 is a S100 Class 0-6-0T built in 1942 by H.K. Porter for the U.S. Transportation Corps. The military ordered just shy of 400 of these engines and they were used domestically and abroad to support the WWII war effort.
This is fabulous redemption story of a hard working steam engine that worked for the U.S. Military in the 1940's (Assigned to an Army installation in Tracy, CA). After the war it was destined to the metal scrapper, but it's life was saved as Granite Rock bought her in 1947. For the next dozen or so years Number 10 became GRCX 10 and happily shoved hopper cars for the Granite Rock Company quarry in Logan, California near Watsonville California until it was retired in 1960. After many years of acquiring rust, Bruce Woolpert, CEO of Granite Rock had it shipped to the California State Parks Organization Railroad Museum in Sacramento, CA in 1988. With his help, it was successfully restored in 1997 and, with the exception of a multi-year refurbishment around 2014, has been continuously in service to Sacramento Southern tourist railroad line serving steam train enthusiasts who want to experience the steam, percussion, whistles, and bells of a real working steam engine in Old Town, Sacramento, California.
Number 10 can be seen happily working a string of passenger cars and happy rail fans on this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEJMuGnKDLY
There are 1800 surviving steam engines that have been saved in North America, but only about 200 of them are active.
I worked with the CEO of Granite Rock, Bruce Woolpert when he was a marketing executive at HP before he returned to lead his family's Granite Rock business as their President and CEO. He ended up making the decision to give Granite Rock's Number 10 a third life at the California State Railroad Musuem in Sacramento California's Old Town District where #10 continues to work to this day.