Sacramento’s March on Baseball in August 1987

Baseball connections in Sacramento in our exhibit, Play Ball! Sacramento in the National Pastime

Myths in the history of Sacramento baseball

Baseball connections in our new exhibit, Play Ball! Sacramento in the National Pastime

We received a gift in the mail from one of our followers in New Jersey of some assorted wood type.

The history of the Sacramento Valley Station

Discussing printer’s measurements: points and picas in the print shop

Shawn shares a river update across the river from Old Sacramento (February 3, 2026)

The growth of Sacramento during the California Gold Rush

Sacramento’s January 1862 flood and Leland Stanford’s inauguration as California’s 8th Governor

Delta recites “A Visit from Saint Nicholas”

Letterpress printing the inside text for Sacramento History Museum’s 2025 holiday card

Letterpress printing the Sacramento History Museum’s 2025 holiday card

The December 17, 1917 bombing at the Governor’s Mansion in Sacramento, California

KFBK Radio - 2025 Burnett Awards

Zelda's Pizza - 2025 Burnett Awards

Morgan Jones Funeral Home - 2025 Burnett Awards

ACC Senior Services - 2025 Burnett Awards

WeidnerCA House of Signs - 2025 Burnett Awards

Country Club Lanes - 2025 Burnett Awards

Printing posters to remind you to mind your P’s & Q’s with a 10x15 Chandler & Price jobbing press

Setting the record straight about Cincinnati against the Picked Nine on Oct. 5, 1869 in Sacramento

We received a box of wildlife related letterpress cuts from one of our followers in Nevada

The first commercial canning business in Sacramento and the “Sacramento In a Can” exhibit

The history of the Pony Express overland mail service which began on April 3, 1860.

A look at Sacramento’s baseball history and how the 2025 season is history in the making

We received a box of some letterpress cuts that can fly from one of our followers in Virginia

History of Sacramento’s second flood on March 7, 1852

We received a box of some letterpress cuts that can fly from one of our followers in Dallas, TX

We received a box of some fishy letterpress cuts one of our subscribers in Monterey, California

The history of Macy’s in Downtown Sacramento and the city’s redevelopment

Shawn gives an update on the status of the Sacramento River in Old Sacramento (February 5, 2025)

Sacramento’s biggest flood of January 1862

Typesetting a phrase & showing the full letterpress printing process for World Typing Day -January 8

The Orleans Hotel on Second Street in Old Sacramento

Ed “Big Daddy” Roth & the new “Hot Rod Monsters” temporary exhibit at the Sacramento History Museum

Letterpress printing the inside text of the Sacramento History Museum’s 2024 holiday card

Letterpress printing the Sacramento History Museum’s 2024 holiday card

Discussing the anniversary of the beginning of the 1861-62 flood in Sacramento (December 9, 1861)

Press run to print Howard powered posters with our 10x15 Chandler & Price Gordon-style jobbing press

November 2, 1852: The Great Conflagration in Sacramento, California

We received a box of letterpress materials from Roger in Southern California

Sacramento’s 20 day October-November 1850 Cholera Epidemic

Soroptimist International in Sacramento County - 2024 Burnett Awards

W. F. Gormley & Sons Funeral Chapel - 2024 Burnett Awards

Bogle Family Vineyards - 2024 Burnett Awards

Otto Construction - 2024 Burnett Awards

Bertolucci's Body and Fender Shop - 2024 Burnett Awards

The monsters on display in our new exhibit at the Sacramento History Museum

The La Grange Prison Ship in Sacramento in the 1850s

Alex from Belgium is Back at the Sacramento History Museum!

We received a woodcut in the mail from Washington DC

Discussing an old newspaper plate of comics and our new exhibit for National Comic Book Day (Sep 25)

May Hollister Woolsey and her trunk at the Sacramento History Museum

Showing the whole letterpress printing process & getting ready to print for Get Ready Day (Sep. 21)

Letterpress printing a wanted poster with our friend, Michelle, from @niceandgraphic in London

Howard discusses and prints type high for Type High Day September 18)

Discussing and printing some German type in our print shop

Cleaning rubber base ink off a 4x6 Golding Official No. 2 tabletop printing press using 1K kerosene

Dave discusses the Unintended Consequences portion of our new exhibit at our Museum