During the beginning of the 20th century, a lot of people imagined what the 21st century would look like. Different companies such as hildebrand company and French artist made series of illustrations which were commissioned in France for the World's Fair.

Those futuristic illustrations were issued from 1899 to 1910, first as cards in cigarette boxes and then, later, as postcards.

Even though a lot of people didn’t take this serious back then, It's surprising to see that in some respects, the artists were on point.

Welcome to the citizen network. These are the predictions.

Number 10.

Machine for creating good weather.

This is a crazy one. 20th century folks somehow believed that by the 21st century, we would‘ve figured out a way or built a machine that can create and change weather or divert rain. Sorry to them because we haven’t figured that out yet.

Number 9.

Hybrid rail-water warship.

You have to agree with me when I say these Victorian folks had high expectation. They expected us to have built a hybrid rail-water warship. Sorry to them once again, because we don’t have that yet, however we have aircraft carriers, which are basically mobile airports on sea. Amazing.

Number 8.

Riding on water.

This is another crazy one, back in the 20th century, it was believed we would be riding on water by the 21st century, even though we have nothing close to this illustration, but we have surfing boards, jet skis and other technology that gets the job done.

Number 7.

They called it "correspondence cinema."

We call it Facetime.

Number 6.

Steam relocation of mobile houses.

This is another good one. Not only do we have devices that can move houses, we also have foldable houses that can be transported wherever you want them

Number 5.

Roofed city.

Back in the 20th century, they believed that by the 21st century, we would’ve figured out a way to build roofed cities that would shield us from bad weather such as rain and storm. Even though we now have the means to do this, it would be meaningless, I mean why would we want to prevent rain and weather.

Number 4.

Watching a live performance while not in the theatre.

This is a very good one. You have to remember this prediction was made before the inversion of the television. Not only can we watch live programs now, with streaming platform such as Netflix, we can go back and watch our favourite show whenever we want to.

Number 3.

Personal airships.

It was the early 20th century, the concept of flying was completely brand new and only commercial flight were available on the very unstable airships, however, they believed that by the 21st century, we would have personal airships. Well we do, even better, we have private jets which are basically flying mansions.

Number 2.

Patrol from sky.

This diagram looks like that of a police office patrolling from the sky. Well, we have that now, police actually patrol from sky now.

Number 1 .

Mechanised farming.

Farming was a difficult job for the victorians and of cause they predicted and imagined a world where everything would be done automatically. It’s the 21st century now and we have mechanised farming.

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