Ever wonder how photography was introduced in printing? In this video, Howard explains how halftones were used to introduce photography in newspapers and books starting in the late 1880s. Howard also shows and prints a large halftone as an example. The press Howard uses in the video is our Washington hand press manufactured in 1852 in Cincinnati, Ohio by the Charles Foster & Brother Company. #printing #printingpress #halftone #sacramento | Sacramento History Museum

5.2K views · 185 reactions | When looking around our print shop exhibit, Howard found a halftone that you wouldn’t know what was on it until you printed it. In this video, Howard uses a printing press to print an image from a halftone of another printing press. To learn more about the halftone process and early photography in printing, check out: https://youtu.be/CkKiJDeML5c #sacramento #printing #halftone | Sacramento History Museum | Facebook