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This might be a better source, with all of the images. https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/a-19th-century-vision-of-the-year-2000/ https://publicdomainre
by dado3212 3y ago
This might be a better source, with all of the images.
https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/a-19th-century-vision-of-the-year-2000/ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/a-19th-century-vis...
- geor9e 3y agoMy favorite one is "Chemical dinner". Literally just people eating dinner. The idea of chemicals in their food was science fiction to them. https://the-public-domain-review.imgix.net/collections/a-19th-century-vision-of-the-year-2000/En_lan_2000_00039.jpg https://the-public-domain-review.imgix.net/collections/a-19t...
- eastbound 3y agoThey are all my favourite. “Radium heating” with everyone gathered around a futuristic fireplace.
- geor9e 3y agoThat one reminded me of soviet UV baths https://natgeofound.tumblr.com/post/48043261031/children-circle-around-an-ultraviolet-lamp-to-get https://natgeofound.tumblr.com/post/48043261031/children-cir...
- bombcar 3y agoChemical may be also translated something like medicinal - note the butler has tiny pills on his plate; it’s the “meal in a pill” that comes up now and then (famously in Willy Wonka).
- geor9e 3y agoThat makes much more sense. Now I see that it's a plate of pills, with a woman's hair behind it. I thought it was a cupcake.
- layer8 3y agoHere is a higher-resolution picture: https://c7.alamy.com/comp/A675JC/chemical-dinner-party-A675JC.jpg https://c7.alamy.com/comp/A675JC/chemical-dinner-party-A675J... You can see they have all plates of pills.
- tsimionescu 3y agoThere is also a hand holding a pipette to refill a glass in the background.
- RamRodification 3y agoHere's the chef! https://the-public-domain-review.imgix.net/collections/a-19th-century-vision-of-the-year-2000/En_lan_2000_00060.jpg https://the-public-domain-review.imgix.net/collections/a-19t...
- Jensson 3y agoIt is cool they realized that horses would now be curiosities and something people would see at events rather than an everyday thing. People turn their heads today when they see a horse drawn carriage.
- timeon 3y agoInstead they have managed to enslave whale there.
- dkarras 3y agokinda surprising how much of these are about doing leisure activities under water. and also nothing relating to space so they probably didn't think space was in the cards for the next century.
- naasking 3y agoOr space seemed boring and empty because we didn't know much about it, where we knew even then that the ocean was teaming with life and mysteries and myths like Atlantis.
- forgotusername6 3y agoOne of these shows an electric train. That's interesting because the first electric train was demonstrated in 1879.
- Anotheroneagain 3y agoThe key part there is Paris-Beijing.
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