Ben Franklin had a lot of accomplishments in his life but he was most proud of his letterpress printing skills. Learn more about Benjamin Franklin in a new 2-part documentary by Ken Burns on PBS! It is premiering April 4 & 5 at 8pm on PBS KVIE! Let’s just say Howard and Jared will be tuning in to watch! | Sacramento History Museum

Howard shares an old printing joke while letterpress printing with a 10x15 Chandler & Price jobbing press for National Tell An Old Joke Day (July 24). Did you get this impressive joke? We hope you are font of these type of videos. #TellAnOldJokeDay #TellAJoke #museum #history #sacramento #joke #jokes #jokesvideo #letterpress #printingpress #printing #oldsacramento #sachistorymuseum | 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 2024 holiday cards (250 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. In this video, Howard demonstrates inking the press and operating the press recorded from different camera angles. This vid