I. WAS. PROMISED. FLYING. CARS!
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PopSci: Archive Gallery: From Chicago to Shanghai, 138 Visionary Years of World's Fairs
Direct links to the articles:
* Electricity Lights Up the World's Columbian Exposition: October 1893
* Rocket Cars at the Chicago World's Fair: September 1932
* PopSci's Mechanical Wonderland: August 1933
* Giant Volt Generator Electrifies Paris: November 1936
* New York Welcomes the World of Tomorrow: March 1938
* Flushing Meadows Enters the Future: March 1939
* General Motors Presents Futurama: July 1939
* A Permanent Fair in Florida?: April 1955
* Seattle Surveys the Year 2000: April 1962
* IBM's "Information Machine": July 1964
* The Geodesic Biosphere: March 1967
* Discovering Seville: May 1992
Direct links to the articles:
* Electricity Lights Up the World's Columbian Exposition: October 1893
* Rocket Cars at the Chicago World's Fair: September 1932
* PopSci's Mechanical Wonderland: August 1933
* Giant Volt Generator Electrifies Paris: November 1936
* New York Welcomes the World of Tomorrow: March 1938
* Flushing Meadows Enters the Future: March 1939
* General Motors Presents Futurama: July 1939
* A Permanent Fair in Florida?: April 1955
* Seattle Surveys the Year 2000: April 1962
* IBM's "Information Machine": July 1964
* The Geodesic Biosphere: March 1967
* Discovering Seville: May 1992
I think zarq is going for some kind of all time metafilter poster award. Keep up the good work, sir.
posted by shmegegge at 2:47 PM on September 21, 2010
posted by shmegegge at 2:47 PM on September 21, 2010
It's so funny that they thought we'd only get air cars by the year 2000. I remember being taken for my first ride in one back in 1982.
posted by shmegegge at 2:50 PM on September 21, 2010
posted by shmegegge at 2:50 PM on September 21, 2010
Keep up the good work, sir.
Thanks. :)
I must find the free time to read the rest of those magazines online. The ads alone look fascinating.
posted by zarq at 2:56 PM on September 21, 2010
Thanks. :)
I must find the free time to read the rest of those magazines online. The ads alone look fascinating.
posted by zarq at 2:56 PM on September 21, 2010
It was at the 1982 Worlds Fair that I saw fiber optics, lasers and touch screen computers for the first time. It was one of the most attended worlds fairs ever.
posted by UseyurBrain at 6:42 PM on September 21, 2010
posted by UseyurBrain at 6:42 PM on September 21, 2010
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