On the male side there were the various artisans' workshops: brick layers; brush makers; carpenters; cobblers; electricians; painters; plumbers and upholsters.
en.wikipedia.org Although many were cobblers, watchmakers, and weavers, most of them were farmers and winemakers.
en.wikipedia.org After he recovered, his father seized the boy and enrolled him as an apprentice cobbler at the shoe factory where he worked.
en.wikipedia.org Along with street scenes, his work includes portraits of scribes, tailors, cobblers and fishmongers, and images such as shtetls, lighthouses, and wedding scenes.
en.wikipedia.org Aside from shopkeeping, the "sangleys" earned their livelihood as carpenters, tailors, cobblers, locksmiths, masons, metalsmiths, weavers, bakers, carvers and other skilled craftsmen.
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