Baldassare Noto unloads his catch in Gloucester, Mass. Fishing, once a mainstay in the Northeast, has declined as federal catch limits are slashed. Ann Hermes/Staff
Andrew Ballantyne, who works for Printlab in Chicago, exposes light-sensitive paper under an enlarger in the photo lab's black-and-white darkroom. Digital photography has eliminated most of these jobs. Being one of the last providers of such a service in the Chicago area has boosted Printlab's business, though. Ann Hermes/Staff
Emily Wensberg sews buttons onto a shirt in preparation for a New York fashion show at the Krista Larson Designs office in Brentwood, N.H. Ann Hermes/Staff
Nick Lazzaro made adjustments to the film 'Gremlins 2' at a midnight showing at the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, Mass. Digitally projected movies will eliminate most of these jobs in a few years. Ann Hermes/Staff
Andy Watkins scans and processes film at Photosmith Imaging in Dover, N.H. Opened over 30 years ago in Dover, Photosmith has changed with the industry while still providing traditional film processing. 'Everything outside of the wet darkroom process has changed,' says lab manager Jake Bouchard, 'we are a dying industry, but we are still trying to revise and stay relevant.' Ann Hermes/Staff
Manson Whitlock, works on a Royal manual machine in New Haven, Conn. Now in his 90s, Mr. Whitlock has already been fixing typewriters since 1930. Ann Hermes/Staff
Leo Sevilla stacks finished high-tech ballet pointe shoes at the Cardinal Shoe Corp. in Lawrence, Mass. The region was once home to a thriving shoe industry, nearly all of which has relocated overseas to find cheaper labor. Ann Hermes/Staff
Typeset and ink tests are scattered around Firefly Press in Allston, Mass. It has a Linotype and other hand-fed presses and does specialty printing, like wedding invitations and business cards. Ann Hermes/Staff
Pam Pham, with her father Cam Pham, works on a garment at Krista Larson Designs. As with shoemaking, most of the US clothesmaking jobs have moved abroad. Ann Hermes/Staff
Jesse Marsolais handles a page before running it through the letterpress at Firefly Press in Allston, Mass. Ann Hermes/Staff
Rebecca Chasse and Steve Frank review prints at Photosmith Imaging, on January 15, 2013, in Dover, N.H. Ann Hermes/Staff
From left, Andy Case and Jon Bass test new ballet shoe materials at the Cardinal Shoe Corp. in Lawrence, Mass. Cardinal Shoe Corp. was opened in 1962 as a women's dress shoe maker, now makes ballet shoes, and employs 38 workers. Ann Hermes/Staff
Manson Whitlock, works on a Royal manual machine in New Haven, Conn. He supposedly retired 23 years ago. Ann Hermes/Staff
Dolores Paradise converts a wedding dress into a first communion dress at her work office in Hudson, N.H. Paradise, who designs and creates skating and theater costumes, as well as dresses considers dressmaking to be 'lost art.' Ann Hermes/Staff
April jobs report shows a net 165,000 new jobs, as the unemployment rate drops to its lowest level since 2008. Federal government's workforce also drops to its lowest level since December 2008.
The economy turned out more jobs than expected in April and the unemployment rate fell to 7.5 percent, the lowest rate since December of 2008. Since January, the unemployment rate is down 0.4 of a percentage point.
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