Stanley Cup Engraving History - Told By Doc Emrick

Happy birthday to us! On August 3, 1985, the Sacramento History Museum, then known as the Sacramento History Center, opened in Old Sacramento. In this video, Howard letterpress printed a modern photo engraving of our building. Our museum is housed in a reconstruction of Sacramento‘s City Hall and Waterworks building that was originally constructed at the same site in 1854. This was printed with black rubber base ink using our Washington hand press. From all of us at the building tucked away in t

Happy Labor Day from all of us at the Sacramento History Museum!For today, Jared letterpress printed a photo engraving from the Brett from Pennsylvania Collection. The print depicts a group of people gathering around a notice reminding people to register to vote for the midterm Congressional elections. This cut was made in 1978 because “LABOR DAY 1978” is to the left of the image. It was published in the AFL-CIO News. The artwork was designed by Bernard Seaman, one of the editorial cartoonists f