Keywords: ChartersOfFreedom 024.jpg The outer gold frame was placed over the completely enclosed and sealed Declaration of Independence after the flushing operation was completed Mr Gilles and Dr Wampler of Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company fasten the last screws in the assembly The lead from the bottom of the container enabled the leak detector meter to be connected to the leak detecting cells without removing the enclosure from the Shrine at the Library of Congress National Institute of Standards and Technology National Institute of Standards and Technology The images in the ChartersOf Freedom Photographic Collection are in the public domain and are not subject to copyright in the United States However please pay special attention to the individual works to make sure there are no copyright restrictions indicated Individual works may require securing other permissions from the original copyright holder Use of the images from NIST Digital Collections is not restricted but a statement of attribution is required Please use the following attribution statement National Institute of Standards and Technology Digital Collections Gaithersburg MD 20899 PD-USGov National Bureau of Standards National Institute of Standards and Technology Libbey-Owens-Ford Company United States Declaration of Independence |