Sacramento marks Hanukkah amid global tragedy

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, which 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 operate

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Printing the Sacramento History Museum’s 2025 holiday card (Shorts version)

Howard prints a green wreath for Wreaths Across America Day (December 13)

On December 17, 1917, just minutes before midnight, a bomb exploded at the southwest corner of the Governor’s Mansion at the corner of H and 16th Streets in Sacramento. It was determined that the bomb was thrown from the alley in an assassination attempt against Stephens. Eyewitnesses reported that a man dressed in black was hiding behind an elm tree in the alley when the bomb went off. No culprit was ever found but many groups were blamed. In this video, Shawn discussed what took place that nig

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