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Mar
24

Obsolete Occupations of Yesteryear

NPR lists a few once-common jobs that are no more:

  1. Lector
  2. Elevator Operator
  3. Copy Boy
  4. Pinsetter
  5. River Driver
  6. Iceman
  7. Lamplighter
  8. Milkman
  9. Switchboard Operator
  10. Typist In A Typing Pool
  11. Typesetter
  12. Telegraph Operator

What else belongs (or soon will) on this list?

How much longer will we have people selling tickets at movie theatres? Or operating toll booths? Or printing newspapers?

2 years ago

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  1. kelmitchell answered: Stenographer
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