Bowling Alley Pinsetter Or Pin Boys
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Here’s another job that was replaced thanks to modern automation. Before pins could be reset through machinery, the pinsetter or pin boys would wait in the background and manually prepare pins after they were struck down by a bowler. In 1936, inventor Gottfried Schmidt created the mechanical pinsetter and this job quickly disappeared. Today, a single technician is often responsible for making sure the mechanical pinsetter is operating properly on a daily basis. This photo was captured at the Arcade Bowling Alley in Trenton, New Jersey in 1910.
