what people thought of the year 2000 in 1910: illustrations

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French Artist Villemard Illustrated 20+ pictures of what he thought the year 2000 would be like for everyone. I love seeing the manual mechanics of “technology” used, obviously not knowing of computers or the power of microchips. My favorite would have to be the book grinder, Putting knowledge in our heads through wires.

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7 Responses to “what people thought of the year 2000 in 1910: illustrations”

  1. Eric Dye February 23, 2011 at 9:03 am #

    Sweetness.

    This style of tech art would make a great WP theme, eh!

  2. Craig Allen February 23, 2011 at 6:21 pm #

    The book grinder = the Internet?

    • inthecolosseum February 24, 2011 at 7:08 am #

      just awesome

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