Non-paywall versions: https://wapo.st/3vhsJ8J https://wapo.st/3vhsJ8J or https://archive.vn/OCh2P https://archive.vn/OCh2P This is worth reading for the photo

Non-paywall versions: https://wapo.st/3vhsJ8J https://wapo.st/3vhsJ8J or https://archive.vn/OCh2P https://archive.vn/OCh2P This is worth reading for the photo of the pneumatic tube operator, the nut sorters, and the list of job titles. Click "+ Show 117 more" at the bottom of the list to see them all. I have a vivid memory from when I was a kid in Oregon around 1960 and my mom took me to the downtown department store: the pneumatic tubes. At the checkout counter, your order slip and check or cash would go into a carrier and whoosh up to the accounting department on the second floor. Then another whoosh and you got your change and stamped receipt. A few of my favorite jobs from the list: Cutter-and-Paster, Press Clippings Getterer Telegraph-Service Rater Vamp-Strap Ironer Wafer Breaker, Semiconductors