Victorian Postcards From 1900 About the Year 2000
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These postcards, handed out by a German chocolate company at the turn of the century, attempted to predict what life might have been like in the year 2000 based on the developing technology of those days. I think my favorite is either the city with a ceiling or the weather machine… But wouldn’t they have been mutually exclusive?

X-Ray Surveillance Machine
x-ray_police

Weather Machine
weather_machine

Aqua Train
water_train

Walking on Water
walk_on_water

Broadcasting Sound & Images
the_theater

Underwater Boat / Submarine
submarine

Escalator / Moving Walkway
moving_walkways

Movable City Blocks
moving_buildings

Flying Contraptions
flying_contraption

City w/ Ceiling
city_ceiling

Hot Air Family Zeppelin, pre-Hindenburg
balloon_travel

Arctic Vacation Fly-By
arctic_vacation

Via The Card Mine

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  1. culture fiend
    6:58 pm CET on November 4th, 2009

    That’s so rad, I love em