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That No Longer Exist

PowerPoint Show by Andrew

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1. BOWLING ALLEY PINSETTER

Bowling alley pinsetters were young boys employed at bowling alleys to set up the pins for clients.

2. HUMAN ALARM CLOCK

Knocker-uppers were essentially alarm clocks – they were hired to ensure that people would wake up on time for their own jobs. They would use sticks, clubs or pebbles to knock on clients’ windows and doors.

3. ICE CUTTER

Before modern refrigeration techniques became widespread, ice cutters would saw up the ice on frozen lakes for people to use in their cellars and refrigerators. It was a dangerous job often done in extreme conditions.

4. PRE-RADAR LISTENER FOR ENEMY AIRCRAFT

Before radar, troops used acoustic mirrors and listening devices like these to focus and detect the sound of engines from approaching aircraft.

Rat catchers were employed in Europe to control rat populations. They ran high risks of suffering bites and infections, but helped prevent these from spreading to the public.

5. RAT CATCHER

6. LAMPLIGHTER

Lamplighters used long poles to light, extinguish and refuel street lamps – until electric lamps were introduced.

When Supermarkets became popular, the milk delivery service evaporated.

7. HOME MILK DELIVERY DRIVER

Before the technology or infrastructure was available to transport logs by truck, log drivers would float and guide them down rivers from logging sites to processing areas.

8. LOG DRIVER

As telephone technology improved, switchboard operators were gradually eliminated.

9. SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR

Resurrectionists, or “body snatchers,” were hired in the 19th century to remove corpses from graves for universities to use as cadavers. Cadavers from legal means were rare and difficult to obtain, so universities had to resort to other means to procure cadavers for their students.

10. RESURRECTIONIST

Broadly speaking, a lector is simply someone who reads. However, they were often hired with money pooled from workers to read to large rooms full of manual laborers to keep them entertained. Some read left-leaning or union publications to the workers.

11. LECTOR WHO ENTERTAINED FACTORY WORKERS

They were in charge of taking passengers to their desired floor and keeping passengers safe. Only an individual who excelled at precision could be given this job.

12. ELEVATOR OPERATORS

Before television, people still needed a form of entertainment. This is where the radio came into play. Radio programs had people perform skits, similar to modern sitcoms on TV today.

13. RADIO ACTORS

Usually a job for teenage boys, they would literally sweep the streets and sidewalks. They were also required to pick up trash and other debris. They commonly performed their jobs during the late hours of the night or very early in the morning, before pedestrians were out and about.

14. STREET SWEEPERS

Before there was technology to keep ships running, they required human labor. Coal stokers were men of all ages who worked in the boiler rooms on large ships, shoveling coal into the furnaces to keep the ships running. This was an extremely demanding and dangerous job.

15. COAL STOKER