Tuesday, April 29, 2008

The Future That Was

Hildebrands Chocolate promotional campaign, 1900




A Quick Stroll on the Water in the Year 2000




Combined Ship and Railway Locomotive in the Year 2000




House Moving by Train in the Year 2000




Personal Airships in the Year 2000




Personal Flying Machines in the Year 2000




Police X-Ray Surveillance Machine in the Year 2000




Roofed Cities in the Year 2000




Summer Holidays at the North Pole in the Year 2000




Televised Outside Broadcasting in the Year 2000




The Moving Pavement in the Year 2000




Undersea Tourist Boats in the Year 2000




Weather Control Machine in the Year 2000


future, n. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true, and our happiness is assured.

Ambrose Bierce, The Cynic's Word Book, 1906

Verso XI

The Past That Is




Steampunk Desktop




Steampunk Laptop




Steampunk Mouse




Steampunk Watch




Steampunk Robots and Bike




Steampunk Robots




Steampunk Tank




Steampunk Gunship





Steampunk Spider




Steampunk Spider


The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.

Winston Churchill