Flying Firemenhttp://bp1.blogger.com/_sGYULzoQCgA/...ir+Firemen.jpgThe National Library of France (BnF) has an amazing collection of prints from 1910 which depict life in the year 2000. They are credited to Villemard.

There's speculation that they were included with "foodstuffs" of the era, much like the German postcards we looked at back in April.

Car Shoeshttp://bp3.blogger.com/_sGYULzoQCgA/...With+Roues.jpgThe Barberhttp://bp2.blogger.com/_sGYULzoQCgA/...r+new+Play.jpgThe Avenue of the Operahttp://bp1.blogger.com/_sGYULzoQCgA/...+the+Opera.jpgA Curiosity
I wonder if the "curiosity" referred to is the horse as an uncommon means of transportation, or the extinction of all animals as referenced in the 1900 Ladies' Home Journal article we looked at a while back.http://bp1.blogger.com/_sGYULzoQCgA/...+Curiosity.jpgThe Electric Train From Paris to Beijinghttp://bp2.blogger.com/_sGYULzoQCgA/...is+Peijing.jpgA Rescuehttp://bp1.blogger.com/_sGYULzoQCgA/...0/A+Rescue.jpg

Speak to the Caretaker
This image clearly takes its inspiration from another French futurist, Albert Robida, and his book The Twentieth Century.http://bp0.blogger.com/_sGYULzoQCgA/...+Caretaker.jpgSentinel Advanced in the Helicopterhttp://bp3.blogger.com/_sGYULzoQCgA/...Helicopter.jpgCyclist Scoutshttp://bp1.blogger.com/_sGYULzoQCgA/...s+cyclists.jpgPhonographic Messagehttp://bp1.blogger.com/_sGYULzoQCgA/...ic+missive.jpgOne For the Roadhttp://bp2.blogger.com/_sGYULzoQCgA/...r+the+road.jpgLady In Her Bathroomhttp://bp0.blogger.com/_sGYULzoQCgA/...her+Toilet.jpgHeating With Radiumhttp://bp0.blogger.com/_sGYULzoQCgA/...ith+Radium.jpgHearing The Newspaper


http://bp1.blogger.com/_sGYULzoQCgA/...+Newspaper.jpgCorrespondence

Cinemahttp://bp0.blogger.com/_sGYULzoQCgA/...elegraphic.jpgCars of Warhttp://bp0.blogger.com/_sGYULzoQCgA/...ars+of+War.jpgBuilding Sitehttp://bp1.blogger.com/_sGYULzoQCgA/...ngineering.jpgAt Schoolhttp://bp3.blogger.com/_sGYULzoQCgA/...the+School.jpgA Festival of Flowershttp://bp3.blogger.com/_sGYULzoQCgA/...he+Flowers.jpgA Chemical Dinner
It's amazing how long the idea of synthetic food has been with us. Before starting this blog I had assumed that the idea started with the Jetsons.http://bp1.blogger.com/_sGYULzoQCgA/...cal+Dinner.jpgAirship On The Long Coursehttp://bp2.blogger.com/_sGYULzoQCgA/...ong+course.jpgThe Tailorhttp://bp0.blogger.com/_sGYULzoQCgA/...+last+Kind.jpgFlying Policehttp://bp2.blogger.com/_sGYULzoQCgA/...nt+Aviator.jpg