Radium dial workers: back to the future.
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Workers involved with the painting of dials and instruments included painters, handlers, ancillary workers, and chemists who fabricated the paint. Dial painters were primarily women and, prior to the mid to late 1920s, would use their lips to give the brush a …
Workers involved with the painting of dials and instruments included painters, handlers, ancillary workers, and chemists who fabricat …