More odd extinct jobs
In
Supernova vol. 4.2 we present
a few odd jobs that no longer exist due to advanced technology.
Here are a few more of those bizarre jobs...
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| A night soil man at work |
Night
soil man
Before
sewage treatment facilities or septic tanks were around, human faeces
were collected at night from cesspools and privies. Night
soil is a polite way to refer to the faeces
collected. What a smelly job!
Ice
cutter
Try
and imagine a time without refrigeration. Difficult, isn’t it?
People kept ice in iceboxes to keep their food fresh, but without
freezers, where did they get the ice? An iceman delivered the ice to homes that they got from ice cutters. Remember the men in the opening sequence of Frozen? They're ice cutters. These brave men harvested ice
from frozen ponds and lakes during the winter and stored it to use
during the warm summer months. They had to saw and lift giant blocks
of ice, often in extreme conditions, risking death by hypothermia if
they fell in. Kinda sends shivers down your spine when you think
about it…
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| Ice cutters sawing ice |
Daguerreotypist
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Unidentified woman, circa 1850,
daguerreotype by Southworth & Hawes |
Huh?
What kind of typist? Daguerreotypists did not type anything at all.
They made daguerreotypes. Still not sure? Daguerreotypes are images
on polished silver, the earliest kind of publicly available
photographs. They were only really popular from the time they were
introduced in 1839 to the early 1860s when they were replaced by
cheaper and easier photographic processes.
There
are many more jobs that don't exist anymore. There are also many jobs
that came into existence not so long ago that may not be necessary in
the future... Can you think of a few?
Compiled
by Andrea Vermaak
Congratulations
to our JoJo Tank Rain Catchers Mathunya Angelina Relebohile, who wins
a Slimline JoJo Tank for her home, and Connor Magill, who wins a 5000
litre JoJo Tank for his school!
