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Curious Trades Parade Reveals Odd City Occupations
A lengthy survey details unusual Philadelphia and Paris crafts from doll dressers to wicker chair makers for dolls and chandlers who craft artificial marble from broken gins. It notes a rat catcher in New York and a host of other odd professions sustaining urban life amid changing trades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia
Tinnie Rucker
Joe James
Ben Hill
W. J. Kiliis
Rucker
James
Coth
Charmer
Cleveland
State Department
Atte
J Illie
Scott Harrison
Washington
Missouri
Kansas City
Kansas City Star
Garrison
White House
Harrison
Parent
Col
John T. Hillman
Memphis
Mexico
Simpson
San Antonio
Nuevo Laredo
Perry H. Smith, Jr
Dickens
Venus
Philadelphia
Jennie Wren
Garman
Bleecker-st'et
New York
Paris
Ciar
Adolph Isaacen
Fulton Istreet
England
London
Pavement
Upper Broadway
Erie Medical Co
Buffalo, N.Y