Let’s face it – most of us would like to see what the future holds. And while that’s not really possible, it did not stop some people in the past from trying – often with some pretty optimistic results.
When it comes to predictions of the future, it’s a hit-or-miss situation – while some people actually managed to predict it rather accurately, many of them look pretty hilarious today. From rolling bakeries to luxurious flying hotels – check out a collection of future predictions from the past in the gallery below!
#1 An Artists Depiction Of The Future, Painted In 1930
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#2 1940s Vision Of Food Delivery Future
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#3 Self Driving Cars Of The Future, Circa 1960
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#4 We Really Messed Up
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#5 The Future Of Phones, 1956
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#6 A Fifties Navigation System. Don’t Know Who Imagined This But I Love It!
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#7 1970s Futuristic Concept For Jetliner Air Travel
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#8 2022
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#9 Television Newspaper – Some Day You May Be Able To Receive The Front Page Of Your Morning Newspaper This Way
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#10 James Bond Receives A “Text” Via His Smartwatch In The Spy Who Loved Me
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#11 ‘ship’s Cat’ By Keith Spangle
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#12 1981 Vision Of Suburbia After There’s No More Room Left For Suburbs
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#13 How Nasa Imagined Life In Space
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#14 Artoo Deco
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#15 1969 Japanese Vision Of The Future Classroom, The Odd Part Is That Included Small Robots To Rap Students On The Head When Misbehaving
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#16 Fashions Of 1950, As Predicted On The Cover Of Life Magazine In 1914
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#17 Futuristic Road Trip With The Family (Bruce Mccall)
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#18 VR In 1989
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#19 Home Shopping In The 1940s
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#20 Soviet Vision Of The Future In The 1930s
