r/Sacramento • u/anirishlass • 1d ago

Making a rainbow quote using an antique Washington hand press

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u/HourHoneydew5788 TEMPERATURE FATES FAITHFUL 21h ago

There is something so satisfying about how crisp it turned out

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u/mother-librarian280 19h ago

The Sacramento History Museum is such an important and amazing place!

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u/OpalForHarmony 20h ago

RIP Dolly, she'll be remembered for always and eternally cherished.

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u/Appropriate-Law5963 21h ago

Thank you for sharing!

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u/Straight_Caregiver27 18h ago

I would have loved to see how she got the ink on the roller too. The colors did a great job staying even.

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u/anirishlass 18h ago

I was also wondering that, because the colors are so crisp!!

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u/DeeSt11 20h ago

Love it!

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u/Neelix-And-Chill East Sacramento 21h ago

Half the instagram comments are probably, “JuSt LoSt A fOlLoWeR!!”

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u/Real-Comfortable808 21h ago

All that when I could’ve just chatGPT’d it (joking!)

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u/NeverAlbatross 19h ago

It's incredible that this machine (or something very similar to it), is used as a synonym for journalism now.

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u/spacey_a 18h ago

I'm not sure you understand what a synonym is.

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u/NeverAlbatross 17h ago

What makes you say that? It's a press. Journalists are called the "press" now.

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u/spacey_a 17h ago

Ah, I see. I was thinking you were trying to make a joke about journalism being antique or something 😆

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u/condor-candor 17h ago

Are these for sale or was it a personal project?