Future Collection (page 13)

General Franco and his daughter, 1938
Photograph showing General Francisco Franco (1892-1975) and his daughter, Carmencita, with her dog, Dick, 1938. By 1938 Franco had become Leader of Nationalist Spain and his future

AIR TRAVEL
A lady flies over a city with her dog on her lap, and suddenly she drops her bag!

William Hodges, Artist
WILLIAM HODGES Landscape painter to the Prince of Wales (the future George IV)

Duke of Cornwall & Wife
GEORGE V The future George V and his Queen, Mary, as the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall. Taken during their tour of Canada

Futurist designer dress, 1913
A design by the Futurist artist, Leon Bakst, expressing the spring time of the earth, 1913. Bakst designed dresses and scenery for the Russian ballet at this time

Papins Experiments
The experiments of Denis Papin with a steam cylinder lay the foundations of future steam- power development

The world of tomorrow- some dreams of invention run riot; se
Comical illustration of a scientific idea for the future (note date, 1st April 1905), of a man on the telephone shaking hands with a mechanical type hand protruding from the wall

Suggestions for the homes of tomorrow: High frequency cooker
Photograph of a woman demonstrating the cooker of the future, in which the high frequency waves cook right through the food. The invention was a forerunner of the microwave oven, commonly in use today

The Workless man-of -all-work
Illustration of a man reading the paper whilst all the household work is done by machinery. The sketch depicts what was then considered a glimpse into the future

Crown Prince of Germany
FRIEDRICH WILHELM The future Friedrich III of Germany while still Crown Prince of Germany. Married to Princess Vicky of GB he died after ruling only 3 months

Railway of the future
The railway of the future, travelling 300 miles an hour. Mr E. W Chalmers Kearneys working model of his high speed railway, where, he claimed, 300 mph could be obtained in safety

Rocket Train Predicted
A rocket-powered train predicted

Young Victoria & Dogs
The young Princess Victoria, future queen of England, commands obedience from her childhood subject, a dog, in the gardens of Kensington Palace, London

Elevated Railway / London
A Perspective View of the London Railway - a future prediction for an elevated railway running close to current buildings in the capital

Palmistry / Young Lady
A young lady learns what her hand reveals about her future prospects

Emigrants See Canada
A soul stirring moment for emigrants to Canada as they see their future home for the first time. The ship is arriving by the St Lawrence route, " Canadas Gateway"

Servius Tullius
SERVIUS TULLIUS sixth legendary king of Rome When as a child his head is surrounded with flames, this is seen as a marvellous portent for his royal future

Power from the Skies
Atmospheric energy will be captured by kite-like devices, putting to good use the forces that are otherwise dissipated as lightning

Artificial Sunlight
The use of artificial sunlight will make it possible to have three crops every year

Underground Harvesting
Crops will be cultivated underground under ideal conditions, using chemicals to enable accelerated growth and so greatly enhance production

Power from the Tides
The massive force of the tides will be captured and converted into energy, driving turbines which in turn will generate electrical power

Giant Windmills
Giant windmills will harness the power of the winds on a vastly greater scale than the traditional type, providing an efficient - and free ! - energy resource

Tunnel under Channel ?
One day it may be possible to realise the age-old dream of a tunnel beneath the English channel, providing a direct high-speed link between France and the off-shore island

Power from the Seas
Future power stations will harness the enormous thermal energy of the seas and convert it into usable power, along the lines proposed by Claude and Boucherot Date: circa 1935

Future Overpopulation
A vision of Britain in the future - over populated

Future Scientists
INTO THE SUBCONSCIOUS (Ray Avery Myer) Future scientists develop machines that read the subconscious mind and project its thoughts as images

Maeterlinck / Bluebird
The Kingdom of the Future emerges, dream like, above the childrens beds. Blue birds fly and the galley sails to deliver the as yet unborn to Earth

Sailing Back to Normandi
Sailing from Syria back to Normandie in this tiny ship, Robert l Ermitte sees a vision concerning the future of his country

Franklin in France 1778
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Visiting France, he is received at the Palais Royal by the duc (the future Louis- Philippe) and duchesse d Orleans

Mary Qos and Darnley
MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS with Henry Stuart, lord Darnley, her cousin and husband, in 1565 : though she bore him a son (the future James I) she was disgusted by his debauchery

Female / Scanty Dress 1927
A scantily-dressed woman of the future

Edward / Black Prince / Stru
EDWARD, PRINCE OF WALES known as the Black Prince eldest son of Edward III with his son, the future Richard II

Future Flying Machine
Two years before the Wright brothers flight, illustrators were already predicting that flying machines like this would be among things to come

The Resistant Ray
THE RESISTANT RAY (Francis Flagg) Germans develop a gravity- resistant ray : they shoot down the heros plane, then invite him to walk to them Date: 1932

Science / Tv Forseen 1884
In the 20th century a gentleman will be able to experience the theatre in his own living room via the Telephonoscope

Future Street Scene
Traffic control will be tighter in the city of the future, but parking will still be a problem

Aeroplane Airship Duel
A duel between an aeroplane and an airship - foreseeing the aerial warfare of World War One

Body / Plastic Renovation
Neo-plastic renovation therapy - a mechanical fountain of youth which rejuvenates the human body, in a beauty parlour of the future

Religious card with quotation from Revelation 2: 7
A religious card with a quotation from the Book of Revelation, Chapter 2, Verse 7 -- " To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the Tree of Life which is in the midst of the Paradise of

Customs in the Future
Even when we have air travel, travellers will have to observe customs formalities when crossing the frontier between Belgium and France

Henri II of Navarre wooing Marguerite de Valois
Henri II de Navarre (1503-1555, reigned from 1517), wooing his future wife Marguerite de Valois (1492-1549) -- they married in 1526, and she then became known as Marguerite de Navarre

Robot servant polishing shoes
The servant of the future -- a robotic servant polishes a mans shoes while he sits reading in his armchair

Solar Powered Aircraft
A flying machine fills its tanks with solar power derived from the suns energy

Customs / Knighthood
Training a future knight Handing a small boy a tray with a goblet on it

The Angels of the Euphrates
Scene from The Apocalypse, depicting The Angels of the Euphrates

1900 Flying Machine
A flying machine of the future

Practice Gas Attack
At Osaka, a mock gas attack is staged, involving not only the military but also the civil population, to prepare them for what is likely to happen in a future war

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