Jobs from the past that no longer exist. Can you think of any?

My big sisters first job was a telephone operator. Our phone did not have a dial in those days.

My friends father started out as a telegraph operator for the Santa Fe railroad.

Worst job I ever performed was elevator operator. Did it for 4 hours when I was in the Navy. You couldn't quit and leave.
 

My Mother and my wife both were "call girls" and then became "hookers"! Both spent many years as telephone operators. My Mother was operator in our small town. Folks would call her and say, "Don't ring me for an hour. I'm gonna go take a bath." When I met my wife, she was a telephone operator for Southwestern Bell. i.e. "Call girls". My Mother taught my wife how to crochet. When my Mother was near the end with her cancer, she could still sit upright and crochet. My wife's hands are getting quite arthritic, but she still crochets some... i.e. crochet hooks/"hookers".

Hard to find today...
Watchmaker/watch repair shop
Shoe repair shop
Full service gas station where they wash the windows, check the oil, and offer to vacuum the car.
Brakeman on a freight train riding in the caboose. No cabooses anymore.
 
I had a family member many many years ago who went on the road with a red flag to stop the traffic on the road at ungated railway crossing. I had another who, according to his death certificate was a gas mantle maker.
 
Remember shoemakers? We had one in town that did shoe repair. They resoled and reheeled our shoes so we would get more wear out of them.
 
Jeannine said:
We have a great shoe repairer herw
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I haven't seen or heard of any around here in years. We were always taking shoes in for repair! He would sometimes shine them for us and make them look like new. We always waxed or polished shoes on Saturday night for church the next day. I had to wear oxfords and I hated them!
 
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