Listen to “The Jewelry Archaeologist”

Written by Alison Main
Narrated by Dinah Berkeley

Through years of painstaking, often combative detective work, Hugo Kohl rescued an era of early American jewelry manufacturing technology that was on the brink of extinction. And what Kohl makes with these old machines turns out to be superior, in many ways, to the finest modern jewelry.

Written by Alison Main

Introduction by Summer Brown

Narrated by Dinah Berkeley

Produced by Larry Rosen

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Alison Main is a freelance writer, graphic designer, and art director.
Dinah Berkeley, originally from Chicago, holds an MFA from A.C.T. and a BFA from Ohio University.

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