The NBA basketball season is underway and we here at the Sacramento History Museum are, of course, rooting for the home team! It has been a rough season so far but Alex letterpress printed something for the @sacramentokings who are on a 3 game win streak! We had to get out some large wood type that was made in the late 1880s by the Hamilton Wood Type Company for this occasion. The typeface is French Clarendon. The text reads “GO KINGS LIGHT THE BEAM!” The beam appears over the Golden 1 Center wh
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January 13th is National Public Radio Broadcasting Day! On this day in 1910, the first radio broadcast in the United States took place in New York during a live performance at the Metropolitan Opera House. While we don’t think too much about radio for entertainment these days, radio had its beginnings in Sacramento 104 years ago. The radio station KVQ 833 AM debuted on February 2, 1922 its first broadcast, making it the first radio station in Sacramento. The radio studio was in the Sacramento Be
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We had to jump on the owl impression trend and show our impression of an owl in print. This electrotype (copy) of an owl is from the Lewis Winter Collection. This was printed with black rubber base ink using our Washington hand press. #owlimpression #owl #owls #art #SacHistoryMuseum #sacramento #museum #history #letterpress #printingpress #asmr #printing #printmaking #oldsacramento | Sacramento History Museum
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Howard shares a joke about a frog wearing shoes while letterpress printing with a 10x15 Chandler & Price jobbing press. #museum #history #sacramento #joke #jokes #jokesvideo #letterpress #printingpress #printing #oldsacramento #sachistorymuseum | Sacramento History Museum
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It’s the last day of 2025! For today, New Year’s Eve, Howard letterpress printed “Farewell 2025” using wood type. This was printed with black rubber base ink using our Washington hand press. We want to thank you for joining us this past year as we’ve shared Sacramento history with you all. We hope you stick with us in 2026! #SacHistoryMuseum #newyearseve #nye2025 #printing #museum
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