Keywords: ChartersOfFreedom 028.jpg When the glass enclosure containing the original manuscript of the Declaration of Independence was completely assembled it was clamped together with C clamps at each corner of the case The clamps prevented the cover plates from being pushed out of alignment with the lead strip and bracket in the soldering operation Dr Gordon M Kline of NBS watches Louis Gilles and Dr Roy Wampler of the Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company clamp the elements of the Declaration of Independence enclosure assembly together 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 |