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| Keywords: nara:arcid=532737 u.s. national archives usnationalarchives lewis hine lewishine blackandwhite monochrome people indoor black and white Original Caption: D. W. Jones, Route #5, Kingsport, Tennessee. Mr. Jones is shown here gilding, or laying gold, at the Kingsport Press. This is a most delicate and exacting operation, requiring a very skillful operator, as great care must be exercised in handling and placing the thin sheets of gold to prevent excessive spoilage and waste. Jones lives five miles from the plant on a farm of his own. He is a master craftsman, trained entirely by Kingsport Press, Inc. He has had from 7 to 10 years' experience, November 1933 U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 142-H-119 Photographer: Hine, Lewis Subjects: New Deal, 1933-1939 Rural areas Tennessee (United States, North and Central America) state Water projects Persistent URL: research.archives.gov/description/532737 Repository: Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. For information about ordering reproductions of photographs held by the Still Picture Unit, visit: www.archives.gov/research/order/still-pictures.html Reproductions may be ordered via an independent vendor. NARA maintains a list of vendors at www.archives.gov/research/order/vendors-photos-maps-dc.html Access Restrictions: Unrestricted Use Restrictions: Unrestricted Original Caption: D. W. Jones, Route #5, Kingsport, Tennessee. Mr. Jones is shown here gilding, or laying gold, at the Kingsport Press. This is a most delicate and exacting operation, requiring a very skillful operator, as great care must be exercised in handling and placing the thin sheets of gold to prevent excessive spoilage and waste. Jones lives five miles from the plant on a farm of his own. He is a master craftsman, trained entirely by Kingsport Press, Inc. He has had from 7 to 10 years' experience, November 1933 U.S. National Archives’ Local Identifier: 142-H-119 Photographer: Hine, Lewis Subjects: New Deal, 1933-1939 Rural areas Tennessee (United States, North and Central America) state Water projects Persistent URL: research.archives.gov/description/532737 Repository: Still Picture Records Section, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives at College Park, 8601 Adelphi Road, College Park, MD, 20740-6001. For information about ordering reproductions of photographs held by the Still Picture Unit, visit: www.archives.gov/research/order/still-pictures.html Reproductions may be ordered via an independent vendor. NARA maintains a list of vendors at www.archives.gov/research/order/vendors-photos-maps-dc.html Access Restrictions: Unrestricted Use Restrictions: Unrestricted | ||||
