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546 BCE
Paper maps
Paper maps give you a labeled picture of the world or a certain location to view where everything is situated It was said that the first paper map was made in the early 546 BCE and in 2012 we saw a drop in the use for paper maps The reason that paper maps went obsolete because they were able to make maps digital and more convenient, so the use for the paper maps were not needed anymore -
5 BCE
Carrier pigeons
Carrier pigeons were used to carry messages from one place to another. They were often used in war to send messages to the other end They were first used in the 5th century BC. The year they became obsolete was by the end of the 1950's The reason why the carrier pigeons became obsolete because their technology became more advanced so the pigeons were retired -
Dance cards
The dance cards were a card that you carry around for writing down your name beside the song you want to dance with the girl. It keeps track of your dance partners Dance cards were first made in the 18th century, surprisingly they declined in popularity in the 1930's The reason why i think the dance cards became obsolete was because the dances became less formal as they use to be so the dance card slowly died off -
Card catalogue
The card catalogue was made to alphabetically keep track of what books they have in the libary The first card catalogue was made in 1780 and stoped using that style of organizing in 2015 The reason why I think the card catalogues became obsolete because computers came out so they were able to file and sort the books digitaly -
Milk man
Milk men were people who would go door to door selling/delivering jars of milk The first milk man started selling milk in 1785, the milk delivering job slowly died down during the 1990's I think the reason why the milk man job became obsolete because it was something that become out of date and not needed because people started to buy the milk at the supermarkets -
Type writer
A type writer is a machine that types letters onto paper, like a old computer The type writers were first used in 1874, then the type writers stoped being used in the 1980s The reason why type writers went obsolete because the computers started to come out, then the type writers died out -
Yellow pages
The yellow pages was a book that had telephone numbers of businesses The yellow pages came out in 1886 but then became obsolete in 2019 The reason why the yellow pages became obsolete because people started to go online to find the telephone numbers of the buisness from there -
Fax machine
The use of the fax machine is to transport documents between locations The fax machine was first introduced in 1964, during the late 90s the fax machine slowly stoped being used I belive the reasoon why fax machine became obsolete because the way of sending documents got more advanced. Email was made a couple years after the fax machine was so they weren't around for long -
Movie rental stores
Movie rental stores were a place where you could rent out movies or videos for a certain amount of time and then bring them back when the times up The first movie rental store started in 1977 but then saw a drop in the stores in 2015 I think the reason for the movie rental stores to become obsolete is because you were able to start streaming your movies and videos on Netflix or other online streaming services -
Walkman
Walkman were little machines that you could carry around so you could listen to your music The first Walkman was created in 1979, later on in 2010 was the last year they stopped manufacturing them . I think the reason the Walkman went obsolete was because they brought out the mp3 player which allowed you to download music instead of buying tapes and CD's