These futuristic visions of the year 2000 from around 1900 are almost too deliciously steampunk to be true, but apparently they are the genuine article:
Yes, especially when you compare this (and the Du Maurier mentioned by nineweaving) to visions of the future from the 1960s, when innovations in clothing seemed to be quite a focus.
But when you watch science fiction, you can always date it by the clothes - even though they think they're being terribly futuristic, with hindsight they're absolutely of their own time.
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Date: 2011-09-19 10:13 pm (UTC)I've always loved George Du Maurier's Telephonoscope (1879).
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