The year 2000 by the 1910's

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The year 2000 by the 1910's

Postby PyscoUno » Fri Sep 14, 2007 8:32 am

The National Library of France has an amazing collection of prints from 1910 which depict life in the year 2000.


http://paleo-future.blogspot.com/2007/0 ... -1910.html

our year 2000 is so boring
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Re: The year 2000 by the 1910's

Postby Neuvost » Fri Sep 14, 2007 8:51 am

Very cool!
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Re: The year 2000 by the 1910's

Postby iamnotachicken » Fri Sep 14, 2007 9:03 am

Yes, that was cool indeed!
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Re: The year 2000 by the 1910's

Postby stock » Fri Sep 14, 2007 10:07 am

Wow, it's amazing that some of those things actually exist in some form now. Like the correspondence cinema (video chat) and the flying sea rescue vechicles. Very cool stuff indeed.

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Re: The year 2000 by the 1910's

Postby Neuvost » Fri Sep 14, 2007 10:12 am

Yes, but I still won't be able to fulfill my dream of being a flying firefighter.
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Re: The year 2000 by the 1910's

Postby bakaryu » Fri Sep 14, 2007 2:08 pm

They Might Be Giants wrote:I'm trapped in a world before later on,
I'm trapped in a world before later on,

Where's my hovercraft?
Where's my jet pack?
Where's the font of acquired wisdom that eludes me now?

We're trapped in a world before later on,
We're trapped in a world before later on,

Where's our telray?
Where's our space face?
Where are all the complications we won't see around?


On that note, what in god's name is that extremely hairy car that man in holding onto under "A Curiousity"?
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Re: The year 2000 by the 1910's

Postby pie » Fri Sep 14, 2007 4:31 pm

Surprisingly accurate. *Flies away to fight fire*
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Re: The year 2000 by the 1910's

Postby Tekkactus » Fri Sep 14, 2007 6:52 pm

I like how in school they teach kids to grind up books.
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Re: The year 2000 by the 1910's

Postby Knight » Fri Sep 14, 2007 6:54 pm

Spectacular.
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Re: The year 2000 by the 1910's

Postby Shido » Fri Sep 14, 2007 8:15 pm

I wish we had airships.
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Re: The year 2000 by the 1910's

Postby Jim North » Fri Sep 14, 2007 10:22 pm

We would live in Final Fantasy.
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Re: The year 2000 by the 1910's

Postby Shido » Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:11 pm

Exactly.
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Re: The year 2000 by the 1910's

Postby Noc » Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:32 pm

Well, at least we tried airships. They worked for a little while.
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Re: The year 2000 by the 1910's

Postby Jim North » Fri Sep 14, 2007 11:36 pm

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Re: The year 2000 by the 1910's

Postby Noc » Sat Sep 15, 2007 12:12 am

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