30 jobs that no longer exist
Daniel Coughlin
13 July 2018
Outdated occupations that have bitten the dust
By Archives New Zealand from New Zealand [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Factory lector
By Burgert Brothers. Burgert's Studio - Tampa, Florida [Attribution or Attribution], via Wikimedia Commons
Knocker-upper
Courtesy Beamish Museum
Night soil collector
Nationaal Archief/Collectie SPAARNESTAD PHOTO/W.P. van de Hoef, via Nationaal Archief. [Attribution], via Wikimedia Commons
Doffer
Lewis Hine [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Rat-catcher
State Library of New South Wales [Public domain or CC BY-SA 3.0 au (https://creativecommons.org/licensesby-sa3.0audeed.en)], via Wikimedia Commons
Breaker boy
Lewis Hine [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Muffin man
PA Archive
Buggy whip maker
NVO [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Ice-cutter
By John Boyd [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Iceman/woman
National Archives at College Park [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Gas lamplighter
Arthur Tanner/Fox Photos/Getty
Caddy butcher
National Archives and Records Administration [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Whale meat seller
General Photographic Agency/Getty
Stoker
By Hudson, F A (Lt), Royal Navy official photographer [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Telegraph operator
Tropenmuseum, part of the National Museum of World Cultures [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Telegraph/telegram boy
By Lewis Hine [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Pinsetter
By Lewis Wickes Hine, 1874-1940, photographer. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Log driver
By User Obli on en.wikipedia (Swedish public domain photo taken in 1918) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Used teeth salesman
Vaagn Hansen/BIPs/Getty
Switchboard operator
By The U.S. National Archives [No restrictions], via Wikimedia Commons
Human computer
Courtesy NASA
Linotype operator
By Farm Security Administration [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Cigarette girl
Bert Hardy/Getty
Elevator operator/lift attendant
General Photographic Agency/Getty
Soda jerk
By The Library of Congress [No restrictions or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Projectionist
By Trikosko, Marion S., photographer. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Typist
By Archives New Zealand from New Zealand [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Encyclopaedia seller
Carsten/Three Lions/Getty
Rag-and-bone man
Peter Trimming/Flickr CC
Video store clerk
David Friedman/Getty
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