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Image of an ornate clock showing 2:05 with sculpted male figures sitting on each side of the clock face

My Job: Rachel Wetzel

Posted by: Mark Hartsell

Rachel Wetzel works in the Library's conservation lab, where she treats, assesses and preserves photos from across the Library, many of which are more than a century old. Many of these are torn, degraded, broken or otherwise damaged. They're printed on a varity of surfaces with different chemical compositions. It's a delicate job, as she often works on prints from the earliest days of photography.