Dreaming of the CE 2000, the Year Formerly Known as the Future
May 22, 2020 1:12 PM Subscribe
People were dreaming of what the year 2000 might hold for well over a century, including illustrator and futurist Albert Robida (French fan site; works digitized on Internet Archive), whose illustrations and ideas seemed to foretell the future (Art Kaleidoscope / vsemart.com). Many focused on his visions of future wars (previously), but he also had a view of leaving the opera by air in 2000, as displayed and described by Public Domain Review, who also have a collection of other 19th century French visions of the year 2000. But now, looking back 20 years might be a bit of a future-past shock. 2000, the Year Formerly Known as the Future (Medium.com).
Really nice stuff, although I wish the image sizes weren't so ... stingy.
posted by bz at 1:58 PM on May 22, 2020
posted by bz at 1:58 PM on May 22, 2020
One of my favorites in this genre was Today Then, a collection of essays from the 1893 Columbia Exposition about what life would be like in 19393.
posted by the man of twists and turns at 2:03 PM on May 22, 2020 [3 favorites]
posted by the man of twists and turns at 2:03 PM on May 22, 2020 [3 favorites]
I miss the old future.
posted by The Underpants Monster at 4:52 PM on May 22, 2020 [5 favorites]
posted by The Underpants Monster at 4:52 PM on May 22, 2020 [5 favorites]
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Maybe I just should have stuck to the wise-assery of how olds used weird display orientation.
posted by Keith Talent at 1:25 PM on May 22, 2020 [1 favorite]