The Last of a Dying Profession – IOTW Report

The Last of a Dying Profession

There’s something nice and something very depressing and sad about the last of any profession.

YouTube- Gomberg Seltzer Works is the last seltzer company in New York City. There are eight seltzer men at Gomberg, who are all pretty entering old age. This is a story about the remaining few dedicated to the craft of old-fashion seltzer.

11 Comments on The Last of a Dying Profession

  1. Ooooh! I heard “Seltzermen” and I thought maybe there was a union of professional squirters.

    You never know when one will show up and squirt you in the face. Heey! There’s an idea. Splash-n-Dash for hire.

  2. Videos like this really bring back some memories. I remember as a kid on L.I., late 50’s the guy that sharpened knives, scissors out of his old Ford Apache. Good times baby….gooood times. That seltzer machinery though…..

  3. If I couldn’t post the human interest, the depraved, the good news, the sappy, the animals, the pop culture, the ribald, the funny, and just had to do straight politics, I doubt the site would still exist.

    I appreciate immensely that the readers appreciate the smorgasbord.

  4. My great grandfather used to make buggy whips.
    I used to work in a factory that made phone booths
    I have never seen a seltzer bottle in my life. Except a photo.
    Nothing is forever.

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