August 5th is National Oyster Day! This day recognizes the mollusk that is is considered a delicacy around the world. Oysters have been a delicacy in Sacramento since the California Gold Rush. For today, Jared letterpress printed an image of an oyster, with a sailing ship in the background, from a woodcut from the Lewis Winter Collection. This rather large woodcut, compared to the other cuts in his collection, was hand carved by Lewis Winter (his name is even in the print) roughly 130-135 years ago. This was printed with yellow oil base ink using our Washington hand press. • • • #NationalOysterDay #Oyster #woodcut #powerofthepress #SacHistoryMuseum #sacramento #museum #history #letterpress #printingpress #asmr #printing #printmaking #oldsacramento