This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Odd Jolts of Work From Fish Sniffers to Bone Men
The National Geographic Society notes odd livelihoods such as FDA fish sniffers who detect age in seafood, parking-meter flickers who clear slots, roller-skating plant runners, bone men who prepare skeletal displays, and sheet examiners who grade mutilated currency. Other quirky roles include piano punchers making lace, a bakery top cutter, and a teratogonist who crafts monsters for parties. Ant egg collectors and flea fishermen harvest eggs and water fleas for animal food.