Technology has eliminated many jobs over the years. Buggy whip makers have been out of business since McKinley was in the White House. The iceman hasn’t made home deliveries in nearly as long. And ...

The knocker-upper was a professional who emerged and persisted during the Industrial Revolution when alarm clocks were expensive and unreliable. By the 1940s and 1950s, this occupation had largely ...

Before automation and technology took over, people held some pretty fascinating (and, let’s be honest, slightly bizarre) jobs. From switchboard operators plugging in calls to knocker-uppers rapping on ...

Technology has eliminated many jobs over the years. Buggy whip makers have been out of business since William McKinley was in the White House. The iceman hasn’t made home deliveries in nearly as long.

It wasn't until the beginning of the 1920s that alarm clocks became readily available, in any kind of reliable form, so how was it that the hard-working people of Ireland and Britain managed to get up ...

In 2014, The Economist predicted that robots are going to replace telemarketers, accountants, and retail workers, and Bill Gates has said that software bots will take even more jobs. This isn’t the ...

A knocker-upper at work in 1947 in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. A knocker-upper at work in 1947 in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. Technology has eliminated many jobs over the years. Buggy-whip makers have been ...

Technology has eliminated many jobs over the years. Buggy whip makers have been out of business since McKinley was in the White House. The iceman hasn’t made home deliveries in nearly as long. And ...