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    Postcards To The Future

    Produced by German chocolate company Hildebrands, these faux postcards were released in the beginning of the twentieth century and depict what technologies we would have by the year 2000. You may be surprised how many of them have actually come true, though perhaps not in such fantastic fashion.

    Josh Fjelstad
    by Josh Fjelstad

    BuzzFeed Group Creative Director

    • 1. 'A Quick Stroll on the Water'

      'A Quick Stroll on the Water'

    • 2. 'The Moving Pavement'

      'The Moving Pavement'

    • 3. 'House-Moving by Train'

      'House-Moving by Train'

    • 4. 'Televised Outside Broadcasting'

      'Televised Outside Broadcasting'

    • 5. 'Personal Flying Machines'

      'Personal Flying Machines'

    • 6. 'Combined Ship and Railway Locomotive'

      'Combined Ship and Railway Locomotive'

    • 7. 'Weather Control Machine'

      'Weather Control Machine'

    • 8. 'Undersea Tourist Boats'

      'Undersea Tourist Boats'

    • 9. 'Roofed Cities'

      'Roofed Cities'

    • 10. 'Personal Airships'

      'Personal Airships'

    • 11. 'Police X-Ray Surveillance Machine'

      'Police X-Ray Surveillance Machine'

    • 12. 'Summer Holidays at the North Pole'

      'Summer Holidays at the North Pole'