These 35 Illustrations Show How 100 Years Ago Artists Thought The Year 2000 Would Look Like

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By Mayukh Saha / Truth Theory

French artist Jean-Marc Cote and others were asked what they thought the year 2000 would look like. So, these imaginative geniuses from way back in the years between 1899 and 1910 took up their paintbrushes and let their imagination flow.

Each of the artworks illustrates what their creators thought the year 2000 would like. Obviously, they took what they saw around them and expanded on those. And this is what adds to the creative quality of these illustrations.

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It’s not like they drew absolutely whacky stuff! Some of these images are actually quite similar to how we experience life in this new century. And to think someone imagined all these a hundred years back! 

Be it robotic pieces of equipment, farming machines, or even flying machines, we have them all, don’t we?

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And for the ones yet to turn into reality, what’s stopping us? We might as well have to ride those sea-horses if social distancing needs to be followed for a couple of years now!

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Now that you have got enough inspiration, share with us what you think the world would look like in the next century! Who knows, maybe the way these artists imagined the year 2000 and how many of these are a reality now, your imagination could also lead to someone’s reality in a hundred years!

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