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HOFMANNs 1901 PROJECTJ HOFMANNs PROJECT as it will appear, if its inventor ever gets it into the air... Date: 1901
KRESSs 1900 PROJECTKRESSs PROJECT The flying machine of Wilhelm Kress, prior to testing on an Austrian lake Date: 1900
Mania / Railway PlansPlans for new railway projects being rushed to the Board of Trade, Whitehall, London, in order to meet the deadline on 30 November 1845 Date: 1845
Hensons Aerial CarriageHENSONs AERIAL STEAM CARRIAGE the most practicable of the early projects : though it never flew, it was a remarkable prevision of the flying machines to come. Date: 1843
Leys Ion Space DriveWilly Leys Ion Space Drive project Date: 1958
Low Gravity on MoonWhen Man finally lands on the Moon, he will discover the pleasures of comparative weightlessness Date: 1928
Reynaud Projecting ZootropeReynauds Projecting Zootrope, a very sophisticated device, but also, doomed to be made obsolete by the praxinoscope and even more so by the first cinematograph projects. Date: 1890
Future City /Autogyros and other aircraft land on rooftops in the city of the future Date: 1931
Projects for a road & rail link between Britain & FranceA double page spread from The Illustrated London News demonstrating a number of rival proposals for building a road and rail link between France and Britain
Tubular HousesA model design for a futuristic set of tubular houses, France. Date: 1930s
Alfonso LombardiALFONSO LOMBARDI Italian sculptor, in a splendid surround showing classical females working on sculptural and architectural projects. Date: 1487 - 1536
The Paris of TomorrowA stark vision of the high rise buildings of the Paris of tomorrow. Date: early 1930s
George Cruickshank Taxi Balloons - A scene in the Farce of Lofty Projects (1825) [Cuthbert-Hodgson Collection]
Bairds NoctovisorJohn Logie Baird demonstrates his Noctovisor. The military were very interested in developing this technology for their own purposes. Date: circa 1929
Curtis Road-Air ProjectAmerican designer Glenn Curtiss is one of several who envisage a vehicle that is both automobile and aeroplane, proposing this Flying Commuter Date: 1927
Airship Station ParisAn airship station on the towers of Notre-Dame, Paris, will be convenient for inner- city travellers and tourists Date: 1905
Exhibition of work done by children in the free art classes of the Federal Art Project Works Projects Administration. Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of childrens art produced in WPA
The Work Projects Administration is cooperating in the national campaign to stamp out syphilis! Please let us have your help!. Poster encouraging cooperation in eradicating syphilis
American guide week, Nov. 10-16 Take pride in your country : State by state the WPA Writers Projects describe America to Americans
Works Progress Administration presents an exhibition of selected skills of the unemployed Div. of Womens & Professional Projects
Exhibition Oil paintings from the easel division : NYC. WPA Art Project, Work Projects Administration. Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of oil paintings. Date between 1936 and 1941
The Federal Arts Projects for New York City welcome the National Education Association of the United States Presenting plays, concerts, radio programs, art exhibits, publications, historical records
Sculpture exhibition New York City art project : Work Projects Administration. Poster announcing exhibit of sculpture from the New York City Art Project, showing sculpture of a seated woman
Exhibition of housing photographs Produced by Federal Art Project, Work Projects Administration. Poster for Federal Art Project exhibition of photographs. Date between 1936 and 1939
Work Projects Administration riverfront improvement project, Saint Louis, Missouri. Date 1939 Jan
Wife of a homesteader with her WPA (Work Projects Administration) music class. These children walk eight miles for their music lessons. Pie Town, New Mexico. Date 1940 June
London / Project / VictoriaProposed monument to Victoria at Buckingham Palace, by Aston Webb Date: 1902
Early AeroplaneA rather precarious-looking aeroplane, flying very low over the sea. Date: early 1900s
Steam Motorcycle
Prince George and war ambulancePrince George, later Duke of Kent (1902-1942), fourth son of King George V and Queen Mary, in the courtyard of Buckingham Palace with Mr Hansell
Seti I, PharaohSETI I also known as Meryenptah or Menmaatre or Sethos (19th dynasty) renowned for his ambitious building projects
Space Ship StationWhen mankind start to explore space they will find it practical to anchor space ship stations at convenient locations, where travelers can transfer to smaller craft
Glider of GanymedeThough Ganymede, a moon of Jupiter, is the largest moon in the solar system, they rely on their abundant air currents (its a windy place) to carry gliders wherever they travel
Future RoadThe road of tomorrow may be a kind of track, along which huge bubbles will run, containing accomodation - a kind of super-caravan
Airship of PlutoThe people of Pluto solve the problem, how to fly when theres no atmosphere, by developing this flying wing which uses electro-magnetic force for propulsion
Future City 1942The city of the 21st century will be a city of science, of atomic power, of space travel, and of high culture
Radium AirshipOther worlds will surely develop their own technologies for space travel : this radium-powered airship of Saturn uses the planets natural resources
Airship of IoOn Io, third of Jupiters moons, atomic power has been harnessed for the purposes of aviation : this airship is really a rocket ship with wings
Airliner of 1988Predicted for 1988, powered by gasoline or hydrogen, this air liner will travel in the stratosphere; its amenities include a television theatre and a cocktail lounge
Airship of EuropaOn Europa, Jupiters fourth largest moon, the science of plastics is advanced to its ultimate in this light and transparent airship
Hensons Steam CarriageWilliam Samuel Henson along with John Stringfellow designed the Aerial Steam Carriage. Prints like this foretold a success that was sadly not forthcoming
London / Project / BlackfriaBuilders involved in various tasks atop two huge arches under construction. One of the arches clearly shows the scaffolding required to form such a huge structure
GUSMAOs 1709 DEVICEGUSMAOs PROJECT The magnetically steered barque of Bartolomeo Lourenco da Gusmao flew from the tower of the Casa da India to the Terreiro de Pace, Lisbon
Cross-Channel on TopA French inventor proposes an amphibious train which rides over any water that flows in its way. Think, all that money invested in the Channel Tunnel could have been saved !
Train-Passing ProjectBy enabling trains to pass each other on the same track, the cost of building railways could be substantially lower. So could the life-expectancy of rail travellers
Stringfellows Model
Landing Project ParisProject for an airport on the roof of Galeries Lafayette, in the heart of Paris, whose convenience would outweigh the danger, the noise and other minor drawbacks