Printed Encyclopedias: Once crucial to research and study, paper encyclopedias have been replaced by the abundance of online information available on a wide range of topics.
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I wonder how many Encyclopedia Britannica’s are still in the attic of your parents home.
Or rotting away in some landfill.
Shortwave Radio.
My homeschooled grandchildren still use encyclopedias.
Pre 1955. My daughter makes the kids use them for accurate research.
Telephone operators are obsolete.
Post cards are still used. A lot. I deliver mail.
Drive in are still around. We have on in Vermont.
Old Britannicas fetch good money on ebay.
I still own a late 1800s set of encyclopedias and a 1903 set of Americana encyclopedias.
I also used to sell encyclopedias door to door in Texas, Kansas, and Missouri, I also had up to a dozen employees although the turn over was constant except for the rare person who could handle it.