Obsolete Occupations of Yesteryear
NPR lists a few once-common jobs that are no more:
- Lector
- Elevator Operator
- Copy Boy
- Pinsetter
- River Driver
- Iceman
- Lamplighter
- Milkman
- Switchboard Operator
- Typist In A Typing Pool
- Typesetter
- 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?

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