Future Collection (page 14)

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

The Ruins of London
One day in the future, a visitor from New Zealand will come to London, and sit and contemplate the ruins of this once-great city

Set Sail for Europe
All sails set for a United Europe - the flags of the participating nations take the place of sails as the saucy Europa heads into a future of peace and prosperity

Roosevelt / Eleanor / School
ANNA ELEANOR ROOSEVELT Future wife of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd US President - seen here in her class at the Marie Souvestre school, Wimbledon, south-west London

Levelling Mountains
Massive mobile drills mounted on caterpillar tracks will blast at rock to level inconvenient mountains

Undersea Transport
Vehicles capable of travelling on the sea-bed will enable us to explore the floors of the oceans

Train of Tomorrow
The railway train of tomorrow will be totally streamlined for greater speed and economy

Car of Tomorrow
Tomorrows car will be aerodynamic in shape, to give it maximum speed

100-Passenger Air-Liners
Todays air-liners will seem tiny compared with the huge passenger carriers of tomorrow, which will carry as many as One Hundred people, at speeds of 350 km/h !

Mid-Ocean Landing Pads
Long-distance aircraft will stop off at mid-ocean landing platforms to re-fuel

Beacons for Aircraft
Aircraft will be guided to their destinations by beacons - vertical lights positioned beside motorways, indicating the route from town to town

Aircraft in Storm
The powerful passenger aircraft of the future will be able to fly in all weather conditions, even a desert sandstorm like this

Automatic Pilot
An automatic pilot will control an aircrafts flight, instructions coming from the ground : the pilot takes control only if something unexpected happens

Future Atlantic Liner
Transatlantic passenger liners will be aerodynamically shaped for faster travel. This vessel is based on a project by American designer Norman Bel Geddes

Jack Dempsey / 1920S
JACK DEMPSEY, world heavyweight champion between 1919 and 1926, was once described as " 187 pounds of unbridled violence" ; here he asks the cards to tell him his future

Advert for Australia
A young couple have a rosy and prosperous future predicted for them if they emigrate to Australia

Upright Telephone 1897
This hand-held instrument replaces the pillar model, with a lift-off combined receiver and speaker, standard for all future models

Aerial Recce Foreseen
A flying machine capable of carrying out reconnaisance over the battlefield will be of great help in tomorrows wars : this fantastic device shows how it might look

Futuristic dinner party
A futuristic chemical dinner party -- a few tablets are served for each guest. Just think -- no washing up!

THE AMERICA YACHT
The American sailing yacht America which will win the sailing match at Cowes for the Club Cup : the race will in future be known as the Americas Cup race

THE AMERICA YACHT
The sailing yacht America which will win the sailing match at Cowes for the Club Cup : the race will in future be known as the Americas Cup race

New Year in Ancient Gaul
ANCIENT GAUL In Lutece - the future Paris - the new year is celebrated in La Fete des Nautes by dancing girls and sailors from the riverboats

Blind Fortune Teller
A blind Chinese fortune-teller tells a client her future, with musical accompanimeent

Fortune Telling Hen
These Russian peasants hope that their hen will tell them what the future holds for them

Buddha / H Dore / On Own
BUDDHA Siddhartha Gautama Maitreya, the Buddha of the future

Fortune Teller, Grandvil
A young lady spreads out the cards to learn what they offer her by way of a future

Building on Rubbish
Terrace of the future on refuse of the past : building on rubbish dumps

Boyhood of Cheops
The boyhood of Cheops, future Pharoah and visionary who ordered construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza as a personal mortuary chamber of unpresidented magnificence

Signposts of Future
Tomorrows roads will be well signposted with illuminated overhead signs and loud- speakers so that even when travelling at speed you won t miss your way

Country Road of Future
This is what country roads will be like in a few years time - the entire leangth of the road is lit by discreet lighting

Birth of Guillemette
The birth of Guillemette Babin, future witch, is accompanied by ominous signs, which the wise women of the village interpret as portents of an unusual destiny

Jet-Propelled Snowmobile

Interplanetary TV
Interplanetary Television

Observing Sea Depths
Observation of the Sea-Bed from Transparent-Bottomed Boats, Using Atom-Ray Illumination

Anti-Atomic Radar
Giant Radar Installations for Defence against Atomic Attack

Atomic Forest Clearance
Forest Clearance by Means of Atomic Rays

Inner-City Airport
INNER-CITY AIRPORT

Jet-Propelled Steamship
Jet-Propelled Passenger Liner

Interplanetary TV
Interplanetary Television

ROCKET GUN
Rocket-Launcher Capable of being Fired Round Corners

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