Showing some love for the Sacramento History Museum through printing! In this video, Jared letterpress printed some “I ❤️ Sacramento History Museum” cards with rhodamine red rubber base ink using a 3x5 Kelsey Excelsior tabletop printing press. The “I” is 36 point Cheltenham Bold font, the heart is a card indicator for the suit of hearts from a case of typographic accessories, and the cut is of our museum located in Old Sacramento. These were printed (roughly 100 in this press run) for our 2024 B

With students going back to school, Howard shared his thoughts while printing one of our school related cuts in our print shop exhibit at the Sacramento History Museum. In this video, Howard letterpress printed a photo engraving from the Brett from Pennsylvania Collection. The print depicts a group of college students in between going to class. This cut, made in the mid 1970s, was published in the AFL-CIO News. The artwork was designed by John Stampone, one of the editorial cartoonists for the n

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