Future predictions

MANDATORY BYLINE PIC FROM MARY EVANS PICTURE LIBRARY/ CATERS NEWS - (PICTURED: Correspondance Cinema-Phono-Telegraphique - A futuristic cine-phono-telegraph, which allows people to speak over the telephone and see each other on a screen at the same time.) - These old postcards created by artists more than a century ago reveal the scarily accurate predictions made of life in the 21st century. The intriguing colour sketches, called En LAn 2000 (In the Year 2000), look strangely familiar despite being created between 1899 and 1910. The quirky cards show a host of recognisable scenes including one picture, called Correspondance Cinema-Phono-Telegraphique, which depicts a man relaxing in a chair while he makes a video phone call - just like the Skype or Facetime of today. Another image, entitled A bord dun Paquebot sous-marin, shows a couple observing marine life through a giant window which bears more than a slight resemblance to the aquariums we have today. SEE CATERS COPY.****DIRECT SALES ONLY****

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