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11 jobs from 1850 that are now extinct

  • <p class="MsoNormal">Chimney-sweeps - Someone who inspects and cleans chimneys. The job typically requires a certain level of dexterity since it involves a lot of climbing, squatting, kneeling, and stretching.</p>
    1/11

    Chimney-sweeps

    Chimney-sweeps - Someone who inspects and cleans chimneys. The job typically requires a certain level of dexterity since it involves a lot of climbing, squatting, kneeling, and stretching.

  • <p class="MsoNormal">Daguerreotypists - These people were the pioneers of photography using the camera obscura, an optical device that projects an image of its surroundings on a screen. </p>
    2/11

    Daguerreotypists

    Daguerreotypists - These people were the pioneers of photography using the camera obscura, an optical device that projects an image of its surroundings on a screen.

  • <p class="MsoNormal">Drover - Someone who drives cattle or sheep.</p>
    3/11

    Drover

    Drover - Someone who drives cattle or sheep.

  • <p class="MsoNormal">Hemp dresser - Someone who worked in the linen industry separating the coarse parts of hemp. They were also known as hacklers, the instruments they used to separate hemp.</p>
    4/11

    Hemp dresser

    Hemp dresser - Someone who worked in the linen industry separating the coarse parts of hemp. They were also known as hacklers, the instruments they used to separate hemp.

  • <p class="MsoNormal">Lapidaries - An artist who collects precious gemstones and minerals and forms them into decorative items.</p>
    5/11

    Lapidaries

    Lapidaries - An artist who collects precious gemstones and minerals and forms them into decorative items.

  • <p class="MsoNormal">Lathmaker - Someone who works to set up, operate, or tend wood sawing.</p>
    6/11

    Lathmaker

    Lathmaker - Someone who works to set up, operate, or tend wood sawing.

  • <p class="MsoNormal">Match Makers - Someone whose job consists of matching two people up, usually for the purpose of marriage.</p>
    7/11

    Match Makers

    Match Makers - Someone whose job consists of matching two people up, usually for the purpose of marriage.

  • <p class="MsoNormal">Occultists - People who study magic, alchemy, extra-sensory perception, astrology, spiritualism, and divination.</p>
    8/11

    Occultists

    Occultists - People who study magic, alchemy, extra-sensory perception, astrology, spiritualism, and divination.

  • <p class="MsoNormal">Quarrymen - A man who works in or manages a quarry, which is a type of open pit mine for extracting rocks and minerals.</p>
    9/11

    Quarrymen

    Quarrymen - A man who works in or manages a quarry, which is a type of open pit mine for extracting rocks and minerals.

  • <p class="MsoNormal">Shoe peg maker - This is a traditional form of shoe-making using pegged construction.</p>
    10/11

    Shoe peg maker

    Shoe peg maker - This is a traditional form of shoe-making using pegged construction.

  • <p class="MsoNormal">Salaeratus makers - A person who makes baking soda. </p>
    11/11

    Salaeratus makers

    Salaeratus makers - A person who makes baking soda.

<p class="MsoNormal">Chimney-sweeps - Someone who inspects and cleans chimneys. The job typically requires a certain level of dexterity since it involves a lot of climbing, squatting, kneeling, and stretching.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Daguerreotypists - These people were the pioneers of photography using the camera obscura, an optical device that projects an image of its surroundings on a screen. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Drover - Someone who drives cattle or sheep.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hemp dresser - Someone who worked in the linen industry separating the coarse parts of hemp. They were also known as hacklers, the instruments they used to separate hemp.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lapidaries - An artist who collects precious gemstones and minerals and forms them into decorative items.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lathmaker - Someone who works to set up, operate, or tend wood sawing.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Match Makers - Someone whose job consists of matching two people up, usually for the purpose of marriage.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Occultists - People who study magic, alchemy, extra-sensory perception, astrology, spiritualism, and divination.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Quarrymen - A man who works in or manages a quarry, which is a type of open pit mine for extracting rocks and minerals.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Shoe peg maker - This is a traditional form of shoe-making using pegged construction.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Salaeratus makers - A person who makes baking soda. </p>
Updated

The recent recession may have turned the job market on its head, but larger economic factors have drastically changed the market over the last century.  The once stable, middle-class jobs that were commonplace for your great-grandparents have been virtually eliminated. Here are 11 jobs from 1850 which are now considered to be extinct.