Obsolete Items

By sofiatomei
  • 2003 BCE

    Maps

    Maps
    Maps were made in 2300 B.C. A drop in the use of maps began in 2003.

  • Getting Film Developed

    Getting Film Developed
    The first commercially successful photographic process was invented in 1839 and discontinued in 2010.

  • Phone Books

    Phone Books
    The first telephone directory was issued on February 21, 1878, and in 2012 they halted mass delivery.

  • Public Pay Phones

    Public Pay Phones
    The first pay phone was installed in May 1903 but they have withdrawn altogether in 2003.

  • Record Stores

    Record Stores
    The first shop was originally opened in 1921 and they started to close down around the year 2006.

  • Beepers

    Beepers
    The first beeper was made in 1949 and became obsolete in the late 1990s.

  • Slide Projectors

    Slide Projectors
    The first slide projector came out on May 11, 1965, and discontinued in 2004.

  • VCRs

    VCRs
    Were first released on September 9, 1976, and were discontinued in November 2015.

  • Movie Rental Stores

    Movie Rental Stores
    First Blockbuster video-rental store opened October 19th, 1985 and closed September 23, 2010.

  • PDAs

    PDAs
    The first PDA was introduced in 1993 and discontinued by 2007.