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Author:  Rob Barker [ Mon Dec 13, 2010 8:35 pm ]
Post subject:  What Germans in 1900 thought 2000 would be like

Found this link on the Steampunk forum. A chocolate manufacturer published these promotional postcards in 1900...

http://paleo-future.blogspot.com/2007/04/postcards-showing-year-2000-circa-1900.html

Author:  Dave Stubbs [ Tue Dec 14, 2010 11:08 am ]
Post subject:  Re: What Germans in 1900 thought 2000 would be like

Hi Rob.

A very interesting vision of the future!

But actually the "House moving by train" is almost true. Have you ever seen those "Monster Moves" programs on TV, where in America (of course!) they literally move an entire house by road to a new location?

Author:  Rob Barker [ Tue Dec 14, 2010 3:15 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: What Germans in 1900 thought 2000 would be like

Most of them have come true in some form, some were already true in 1900. They just put their own spin on the ideas.

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