The people of the 19th century let their imagination as well as their dreams fly away with pictures of future advances as below.
By the time the French postcards predicted what would happen in 2000, a German chocolate company was involved in predicting this future. For a short time, Theodore Hildebrand and Son had colorful cards attached to the product packaging, which printed what they believed would appear in 2000. A total of 12 types of cards were print, predict things that will become reality in the 21st century.
Police with X-ray camera
Somehow, in the future, X-ray cameras will be an effective tool for police to fight crime.
Airplanes
Predicting the future of indispensable personal aircraft. However, these machines don't seem to be really safe due to lack of protection devices.
Mobile homes
Only by steam engines, people of the last century believed they could help move large houses.
Airplane
More air transport vehicles. The style of 2000 is still the same as the 19th century.
Submarine
The idea was a breakthrough prediction, but the illustration was completely opposite because it was simply a wooden ship with protective glass around.
Arctic tourism
The ancient people believed that, only by balloon, their future could reach distant places like the North Pole.
Go on the water
Not only are the cars or shoes floating on the water, people also use balloons to travel on the water. Even horses are equipped with balloons to move.
Railway for ships
This is a confusing guess about the future with a fiery ship running on an undersea railway.
Covered city
On bad weather days, if a city is covered, no one will get wet when going out.
Live broadcast at the theater
Things that happen in a place are recorded and broadcast live in a completely different place. This was accurate with today's reality.
Mobile sidewalk
Appearing at airports, these conveyor belts are almost identical to those described in the pictures. Thanks to it, people can move faster than walking. However, it is not applied on a city scale as one imagined.
Weather controller
One of the wishes of the ancient people is that the future can invent the machine that can control the weather. However, until now, no such machine has been created.
