From human alarm clocks to a global ice cutting industry, here are 6 once-common jobs that no longer exist thanks to technology.


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LINKS LINKS LINKS:

Knocker-ups:
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-3...

Switchboard Operators:
Archive footage:    • [Bell Telephone Switchboard Operators...  
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switchb...
https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2...
Bell Telephone film:    • AT&T Archives: Operator! (1938) (Bonu...  

Elevator Operators:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevato...
http://www.mowreyelevator.com/industr...
   • Meet One of the Last Elevator Operato...  

Ice Cutters:
https://money.howstuffworks.com/10-ex...
https://www.theledger.com/news/200801...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_trade
How to make everything:    • Ice Cutting Refrigeration | How to Ma...  

Link Boys:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link-boy
https://lookup.london/snuffers-link-b...

Pinsetters:
How it works:    • Video  
Old school bowling:    • 1952 BPAA All Star - Don Carter - PIN...  
http://www.historybyzim.com/2014/07/p...