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Edward Hazen's 1837 Panorama of Professions and Trades described hundreds of occupations to which a young person might aspire in Jacksonian America. Match the names of the occupations below with Hazen's illustrations of them:
1. Glassblower
2. Milliner—a maker and trimmer of hats and other accessories
3. Schoolmaster
4. Cooper—a maker of barrels and other casks
5. Dyer
6. Cabinetmaker
For more engravings and descriptions of early 19th-century careers, skim through the full text of Edward Hazen's The Panorama of Professions and Trades. It covers more than 60 occupations, including soapboiler, comb-maker, goldbeater, and lithographer, with descriptions of the work of each craftsman and of the products he or she created.
Though originally printed in London in 1807, The Book of English Trades, and Library of the Useful Arts was reprinted in the U.S. in 1811. Like Edward Hazen's Panorama, the Book provides a brief description of many occupations, but also offers a history for each, and a summary of the education and certification necessary to pursue each trade.
For something a bit more contemporary, Eric Sloane's A Museum of Early American Tools presents line-drawn illustrations of tools from early American craftsmanship.
- Hazen, Edward. The Panorama of Professions and Trades. Philadelphia: U. Hunt, 1836.
