# @sachistorymuseum on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DTvFMHJFHyi
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/53210445-sachistorymuseum-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/9a925734ac.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-01-20T14:20:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Sacramento History Museum (@sachistorymuseum) — https://gondola.cc/sachistorymuseum

## Caption

January marks the anniversary of when James Marshall found gold in 1848 at Sutter’s Mill 40 miles east of present-day Sacramento. This would lead to the California Gold Rush and Sacramento grew as the closest major city to the gold fields. 

For today, Alex letterpress printed a halftone copy of a lithograph that illustrated Sacramento at the time of the Gold Rush. This print depicts J Street between 5th and 6th Streets in 1854. This was printed with black ink using our Washington hand press. 

#halftone #goldrush #SacHistoryMuseum #sacramento #museum #history #letterpress #printingpress #printing #art #oldsacramento #printmaking

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## Tags

museum, sachistorymuseum, history, halftone, goldrush, letterpress, art, printing, oldsacramento, sacramento, printingpress, printmaking

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