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April 3rd is American Circus Day! This day commemorates the anniversary of the first circus performance in the United States, which took place on April 3, 1793 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For today, Howard letterpress printed the largest halftone that we have in our print shop, which is a poster for the circus performer, Clyde Beatty. This halftone was made in the 1930s. This was printed with reflex blue rubber base ink using our Washington hand press. This halftone is so large, two pulls of

January 11th is National Milk Day! This day commemorates what is believed to be the first day milk was delivered in glass bottles to homes in the United States (New York Dairy Company on January 11, 1878). Prominent through Sacramento, by in the early 1900s, were horse-drawn wagons delivering milk to customers. Who remembers having milk delivered to their home? For today, Howard letterpress printed a large halftone of a newspaper milk advertisement, likely from the 1960s. The print shows pouring