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Paleo-Future reader Tom T. sent me an amazing collection of postcards from the dawn of the twentieth century that depict what life would be like in the year 2000. According to Tom the postcards were originally featured here but have since been removed. The site claimed that the postcards were produced by Hildebrands (a leading German chocolate company of the time).
The Moving Pavement
House-Moving by Train
Televised Outside Broadcasting
Personal Flying Machines
Weather Control Machine
Combined Ship and Railway Locomotive
Undersea Tourist Boats
Roofed Cities
Personal Airships
Summer Holidays at the North Pole
Police X-Ray Surveillance Machine
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2 Users Responded To " Postcards From 1900 Show the Year 2000 "
Getty72 (7 comments) said,
7-22-2007 at 13:35:10What a fascinating post. It is so interesting to see how people a few years ago viewed the future. I remeber when I was 6yrs old at school, having to draw a picture of what I thought houses would look like in the year 2000. It’s scary to think that we are now in 2007, and houses are still the same as they were 30 years ago. I like the “moving pavement” the best. Best wishes ~ Graham
omega (74 comments) said,
7-25-2007 at 15:46:01Thanks Graham, yeah, these images are pretty funny. Especially i like that the people have the same clothes on, though it’s supposed to be 2000.
I also remember reading a russian book about space exploration, when i was a child. The book was from the 60’s, i think, and they were saying they are 100% certain, that in 1990’s people will inhabit Mars, plus there were drawings of how the houses on Mars would look like, all scientifically explained and proved that it’s possible. I was really excited about that at that time and was looking forward to that. Well, too bad, there’s still a long way to go until we’ll be able to have our vacation there.
