This announcement deserves a new ink color. Thank you, everybody, for your support and helping the Sacramento History Museum reach 300,000 YouTube subscribers! Here’s some 24 point Caslon and some yellow ink as we letterpress print an announcement using our Washington hand press made in 1852. Check out our other videos on our YouTube channel here: https://youtube.com/c/SacramentoHistoryMuseum #youtube #typography #hotoffthepress #letterpress #museumlife | Sacramento History Museum

It has become a tradition here at the Sacramento History Museum to send out holiday cards to our donors and supporters of our institution. These holiday cards (300 this year) were printed using one of our printing presses we have on display in our print shop exhibit, the 10x15 Chandler & Price Gordon-style jobbing press that was manufactured in Cleveland, Ohio in 1902. While many visitors, especially school children who have visited during a school program, may have seen how this press operates,