Since we are a museum, we can’t pass this day up. March 2nd is National Old Stuff Day! While using our Washington hand press, which was made in 1852, Jared letterpress printed the oldest woodcut in our print shop exhibit at the Sacramento History Museum. We thought we’d take this opportunity to answer one of our frequently asked questions by our viewers and that is, “What is the oldest cut in the print shop exhibit?” The Lewis Winter Collection contains the oldest cuts at our museum, considering Winter was in business from 1888 to 1910. However, Winter purchased that business from someone else. In the Lewis Winter Collection, there is a box of miscellaneous unmounted electrotypes (they don’t have a wood block backing to make them Type High). In this video, Jared letterpress printed a cut made by Charles H. Holmes, who had a photo and wood engraving office at 627 J Street in Sacramento in the 1880s. He was hired to be the State Engraver in 1886 and eventually sold his business two yea...