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Silver Leaf Rapid Transit
"Not Quite" Silver Leaf
publications
Several
times over the years, Paul and Irv Matus, Silver Leaf's partners, produced
publications for others that did not bear the Silver Leaf imprint. Since
these were designed by the brothers, and often included writing,
illustrations and printing arrangements by the pair, a few are included
here. Thanks to Lawrence Gault for the "Unofficial Number 4" front
page.
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Electric
Railroaders' Association, New York Division Bulletin ,
"Volume 5, Unofficial Number 4" July 1962. Free to ERA NY Division members. 12
pp. 8.5" x 11". In a very real sense,
this was the first Silver Leaf publication. The regular editors of
the Bulletin were unable to produce the July 1962 issue, so
ERA member Paul Matus agreed to write and produce it that month.
Growing ambitious, Paul and Irv decided to make it the first "beautiful"
issue. It included offset printing, photos, an editorial and even a
fiction piece (by Irv) entitled "The Case of the Missing Brighton."
For various reaons, the NY Division officers proved to be Not
Amused, so an "Official Number 4" (mimeographed) appeared
in August. Thus rebuffed, the idea of Silver Leaf began to form. |
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Electric
Railroaders' Association, New York Division
Bulletin
, "Volume 6,
Number 2" April 1963. Free to ERA NY Division members. cover
only. 8.5" x 11". By April
of the next year, feathers were unruffled enough that Paul and Irv
produced this cover with a fairly poor reproduction of a nice
old photo of Brooklyn Bridge in cable railway / street car
days. This was stapled together with an additional four pages
produced by the regular Bulletin staff by mimeograph and,
yes, it was "Official." The previous "unofficial" Bulletin was nevertheless sold by the
Division for some time at its sales tables until the copies were all
gone.
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"A Guide to
Brooklyn Street Railways, including The Rapid Transit Elevated
Railroad and Excursion Roads to
Coney Island and Rockaway Beaches, 1886" 1971. price not known. 16 pp.
plus cover. 5.5 x 8.5". Friend and long-time patron of rail
transit Paul Renault had an interesting but crumbling 1886 Brooklyn
transit guide that he wanted to reprint. Paul Matus set it in new
type, adding some hand-traced illustrations and historic commentary.
Paul Renault added a list of street name changes to aid the
historically curious. |
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