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Post Quiz: New Job Titles

What is the job/device that took the place of…?

  1. …steward/stewardess?
  2. …office mailroom supervisor?
  3. …secretary?
  4. …knocker-upper?
  5. …iceman?
  6. …computer (human)?
  7. …book canvasser?
  8. …gandy dancer?
  9. …switchboard operator?
  10. …breaker boy?

Did that make your head swim? None of these jobs goes back more than a hundred years, most less. Click the picture for answers.

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