December 30th is National Bacon Day! Like many of these “national holidays,” it gives us an excuse to highlight some of our cuts in our print shop exhibit at the Sacramento History Museum. However, we do not have a cut of bacon, nor many foods. For today, Jared letterpress printed a cut of the animal which bacon comes from. This small photo engraving of a pig was made in the 1960s and it is from the Stockton High School Print Shop Collection. The accompanying text, set in 24 point Caslon, states, “Don’t go bacon my heart!” This was printed with black rubber base ink using a Washington hand press. #NationalBaconDay #bacon #pun #art #typography #SacHistoryMuseum #sacramento #museum #letterpress #printingpress #printing #printmaking #oldsacramento