Obsolete jobs

17 of them, some with funny names, from "knocker-upper" (not what you think) to "gandy dancer." Plus, 7 other things worth your time.

I’ll be taking off Monday for Labor Day. This year’s holiday comes during a time when work is changing quickly.

With that in mind, I have a list of interesting, obsolete, formerly commonplace jobs that I’ve compiled over the years. The folks at genealogy and DNA-testing company MyHeritage came up with a few of them, so I added to it over time to create …