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

Printing a birthday greeting to Sacramento’s oldest television news stations, KOVR (September 6)

The explosion of the steamboat Washoe and a piece of its boiler at our museum (September 4, 1864)

Myths and Legends: the Star Wars portion of our new exhibit at the Sacramento History Museum

Discussing, while printing, the first newspaper published in California on August 15, 1846

Our new exhibit “America’s Monsters, Superheroes, and Villains: Our Culture at Play” is now open!

Printing a quote by Mark Twain about public speaking for Professional Speakers Day (August 7)

Howard letterpress prints a large cut of the original cowboy for National Day of the Cowboy -July 27

Printing and celebrating 4 years of posting videos on social media at the Sacramento History Museum

Discussing someone we reference a lot in videos, Lewis Winter, for National Be Someone Day (July 21)

On July 20, 1969, we put a man on the moon and we’re printing about this event 55 years later.

Printing an old wedding gift certificate for National Wedding Invitation Day (July 16)

Printing some woodcuts of horseshoes for National Farriers Week (Second week in July)

Printing some examples where stamps are not necessary for National Postage Stamp Day (July 1)

Printing an example of our train robber wanted poster and discussing the Central Pacific Railroad

We received a large letterpress cut from Strausberg in Germany

Howard explains that we don’t have a typewriter in our shop for National Typewriter Day (June 23)

Letterpress printing green Father’s Day cards with a Golding Official #2 tabletop printing press.

Howard discusses how to print the American flag for National Flag Week (week of June 14)

Printing our Museum logo and monogram for International Museum Day (May 18)

Printing some images instead of drawing them for National Drawing Day (May 16)

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

We recently received some large wood type at the Sacramento History Museum and Howard is excited!

Thank you for supporting the Sacramento History Museum for Big Day of Giving