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' . ‘ their time is waning, so two low] community . f V a 7 t promoters named Sunshine Chen and Karl ' “‘9“. - * . ‘ _ . t t" ‘ Kessler decided to capture their work for pos- ‘ . J K” A» . ‘ . ~ . / . . , \ , f A terity. Usmg old time photo techniques and ,1 -1 5 black and white imagery they hope to cap 35“W titre jobs that were once considered main- ‘ e .5. stays but have been dying out because of g? ”'1‘? technological advances or other Changes in ~ the local economy: - Kart-ii \“zindenHri’nk, manager of museum ‘ and archiial collections for the city. said . Waterloo is no stranger to jobs of the past 3*"! . that are now no more. 'lhe city was once the a ‘; button tapital of the English empire and has .â€" _ since seen those trades pass into history, as ' .- ~ have the coupon and others employed at WWW Bent-Whaler “Mmmymnager (anbar to build barn-ls for the Seagram dis tillery, see anymore." said VandenBrink. “Most of "This is the history of innovation,” said ‘ “People in Waterloo would know about our brooms are manufactured and made VandenBrink. ‘Yes there is a lot of automa- i how these [obs have changed.” said Vandenr from other materials and are imponed from tion but there is still a lot of hand work out l Brink “A lot of these yobs were very common other countries.” there.” not only in this community but communities VandenBrink said it's amazing to see the We don't even know what jobs will be Cre- around here 40 pictures and profiles of professions that ated in the future, so it‘s important to have a ”Businesses use to hand paint their signs were once commonplace and will have Visi~ pictorial history of where we came from. on their windows for advertising. and there tors wondering about the kind of work it “They wanted to capture that hlstory are some unique things that have been lost to takes to be a projectionist or a furrier, or to before it gets to he pan of the distant memo- history, rhat is part of what Karl and Sun make shins in a local garment factory. ry," said VandenBrink. “We're down to a hand shine have been trying to capture Within our “It's how we've evolved as a community full ofpeople still doing this type ofworL region " and we have less and less of this history still “We want to preserve some of that history None of the jobs captured in the exhibit with us," said VandenHrink. ”For instant c the and showcase it and celebrate it.” till lode a shoemaker in the age of replace Ontario Seed Company has sortie automa l‘ne exhibit continues until lan it] .it the able shoes If you have a hole in one you just lion. but there's still that skill of measuring (tityofWaterloo Museum located at (“nestli- throvs it out. you don‘t usually have them out and packing the seeds hyhand ga Mall, made or repaired “lt's that by hand component that's really Chyhlmmuleum Mm! ‘llow did these things get done and how disappearing it's not that these companies Change is also coming to the city's muse did they happen." said Vandcnllririk " lhese art-tit relevant or staying ( urrent, it's inst um and collections strategy with the hiring are the fates behind the produt is voii‘n- there‘s still some steps in the prot i-ss where of ltll Management (Xinsultants With Reich viiiowd over many decades" you need these skills to carry out the tub iii i l’etth Design International l here is still lolin Haven port of llarncl that traditional manner " VandenHrink said the move is being done Brooms who produt t‘s torn brooms that Vaildanrink said she was pleased to pro to strengthen community connections used to be commonplace iii our garages btit \‘idt‘ the ('Xhlhlt space to Chen and Kesslt-r to through the sharing of local history “We're hau- sim I‘ been replaced by \ynlht‘llt or document those changes, She said they new looking at developing a plan and a strategy push brooms from foreign manufacturers inspired by photographer Harvey Wang's for the future," she said A final report is " lhat‘s a pretty unique skill that you don't work on the vanishing fat e of New Yorkt itv expected to go to coiincil in the new year This! mm we’IB just a.ound t... 7 r'\ T t i” It“ ammunition... ‘ ' I mmmmwonmu - .(l’fil). 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