Friday, September 28, 2012

I ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT THE 21st CENTURY WAS A BIT OF A DISAPPOINTMENT

whale bus postcard


The year 2000 may have passed some time ago – but no one has yet invented underwater tours in which a submerged bus is powered by a tame whale.  And despite the wizardry and fast pace of modern technology, we are yet to be saved from burning buildings by flying firemen – or enjoy a game of underwater croquet.  They may sound ridiculous ideas now but this set of 19th century postcards show just what artists thought we would be doing at the turn of the 21st century.

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