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Sunday, June 20, 2021

R E T R O F U T U R E . . . part 2

an 1872 illustration from a Jules Verne book, rocket to the moon, retrofuture
an illustration from a Jules Verne book:  past predictions of the future are
called RETROFUTURE ... they commonly showed a bright wonderful
tomorrow,  and always in the style of the illustrator's own times
             
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Albert Robida 1883, a flying machine, retrofuture
Albert Robida,  1883       click image twice for full size
       
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Albert Robida 1883 air traffic, retrofuture
Albert Robida
       
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a giant 1887 flying machine illustrated, retrofuture
1887
       
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a giant 1887 flying machine illustrated, retrofuture
1887
       
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1899 flying machine illustrated, retrofuture
1899       click twice
            
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a 1930 vision of the future in 1980, retrofuture
a 1930 future vision of 1980       click twice
        
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1932 retro-future car
a 1932 future car   "70 Miles Per Hour"
            
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a 1932 Norman Bel Geddes design of a giant ship, retrofuture
a 1932 Norman Bel Geddes design
       
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1933 retro-future flying illustrated
1933       see full size
        
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Norman Bel Geddes 1930s World's Fair, retrofuture
'Futurama' by Norman Bel Geddes at the 1939 World's Fair       click twice
       
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Futurama by Norman Bel Geddes at the 1939 World's Fair, retrofuture
Norman Bel Geddes,  1939       see full size
       
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1943 retro-future Canada, Can-Car Wings Over Canada
1943 Canada       click twice
       
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1930s retro-future
1930s retro-future
       
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a 1943 future giant monorail, retrofuture
a 1943 future monorail
       
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retro-future birdseye illustration
"2000 Years On!"
        
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a 1943 retrofuture transit illustration
1943 future transit       click twice
           
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1945 retro future television, an illustration of a future home entertainment studio
1945 future television
           
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1947 retro-future dinner delivery, an illustration
1947 future dinner delivery       click twice
       
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1947 retro-future lighting, an illustration
1947
       
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1947 retro-future radios, a photograph
1947 future radios
               
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1947 retro-future radios, a photograph
1947 future radios
            
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a 1956 future vision of 1962, retrofuture
a 1956 future vision of 1962       click twice
       
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a John Polgreen illustration
a John Polgreen illustration,  1950s?       click twice
       
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a Walter Molino illustration 1962, pedestrians in traveling cones, retrofuture
a Walter Molino illustration,  1962
       
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a Gray Morrow illustration, retrofuture
a Gray Morrow illustration,  1960s?
          
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1969 retro-future home in a color photograph
a 1969 future home       click twice
          
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an Andrei Sokolov 1976 illustration
an Andrei Sokolov 1976 illustration       click twice
       
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a John Berkey painting
John Berkey
             
  
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