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Published 10 years ago by hxxp with 4 Comments
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22 Incredible Images Show What the Future Looked Like 100 Years Ago

These amazing, almost 100-year old covers of the weekly French magazine Le Petite Journal are from the online collection of the french National Library. They show what were the most exciting innovations of the 1920s, and how people in Europe imagined the future of technology and science.

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  • doodlegirl
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    That setting in the picture looks incredibly dangerous.

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    • manix
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      A man up around 40-50 stories, with no harness, carrying/balancing a 100 LB metal block, on a 6 inch wide metal beam. I see nothing wrong that can happen.

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