# @sachistorymuseum on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Dc0_ap0hE2i
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/70027770-sachistorymuseum-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/dd15c7f3cc.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-09-03T14:12:32.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Sacramento History Museum (@sachistorymuseum) — https://gondola.cc/sachistorymuseum

## Caption

September 3rd is National Skyscraper Day! This day honors the engineering and architectural marvels of the world’s tallest buildings. We don’t have a lot of examples of buildings, let alone tall ones, but we found something that should work. 

For today, Howard letterpress printed a halftone of The Travelers Insurance Company building in Hartford, Connecticut. This halftone was made between 1906, when the building was constructed, and 1912 when additions were added. This is also an example from the Lewis Winter Collection in our print shop that was not actually made by Lewis Winter. This was printed with purple oil base ink using our Washington hand press, which was made in 1852. 

#skyscraper #SacHistoryMuseum #museum #letterpress #printing

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letterpress, printing, skyscraper, museum, sachistorymuseum

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