As Halloween approaches, we are printing some of the letterpress cuts in our print shop exhibit that fit the holiday. Also, October 26th is National Pumpkin Day! For today, Channey letterpress printed an image from a modern photo engraving, which was made about 20 years ago. This was used to help promote a previous Halloween festival that was held in Old Sacramento. The print depicts a head of a scarecrow with carved pumpkins on each side. This was printed with a gradient of red, yellow, blue, and purple ink using our Washington hand press, which was made in 1852. #SacHistoryMuseum #printing #pumpkin #halloween #museumtok