Memories of the Future

Reminicing about futures that never happened

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Flying machine from the 1901 French silent film Conquering the Skies (À la conquête de l'air), directed by Ferdinand Zecca.

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Robot vacuum cleaner, 1960s

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The 1939 world fair in New York - ”The World of Tomorrow”

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Architectural designs by Étienne-Louis Boullée (1728-1799)

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Paris by night (Paris la nuit), Albert Robida, c. 1883

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Illustrations for Jules Verne’s 1865 novel From The Earth To The Moon (De la terre à la lune), by Émile-Antoine Bayard.

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Flying machine from the 1901 French silent film Conquering the Skies (À la conquête de l'air), directed by Ferdinand Zecca.

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Leaving the Opera in the Year 2000, Albert Robida (c. 1902)