My friendBrian Horrigan , co - author of the retro - futurism bibleYesterday ’s Tomorrows , writes a web log for the Minnesota Historical Society calledCovering 1968 . Brianrecently bloggedabout the screen of the December 14 , 1968 Saturday Evening Post . Its headline , “ Are We Heading Toward the Day Everything Stops ? ” is an odd collocation against the colourful ( though certainly crowded ) world depict by illustratorGene Holtan .
As Brian banker’s bill , the illustration style pay homage to popular futuristic paradigm of the late 19th and early 20th century , likethis onefrom an 1895 effect of Judge cartridge clip . An excerpt fromBrian ’s postappears below .
The editors of the Saturday Evening Post suggest here that 1968 was similarly full of warning Vanessa Bell – and this clock time the “ future jounce ” had to do with monumental infrastructural gridlock . ” We are going very fast just to detain where we are , ” the editor write . The nation has a choice of where it will be in 25 year ( that is , 1993 ): ” Either an expeditiously computerized and integrated transportation organisation . . . or an air - country - and - sea traffic jam so enormous that it will bring our intact guild to a practical standstill . ”
If you hold up in the Twin Cities and do n’t yet have plans for Groundhog Day ( I realize this is a very busy vacation for people ) come to theTurf Clubin St. Paul where Brian Horrigan and myself will be verbalize ( and drinking ) at the Minnesota Historical Society event , The History of Hip : Yesterday ’s Tomorrows .
Previously on Paleo - Future :
What We Are add up To ( 1895 )
Futuristic Pollution Deflector ( 1968 )
The Prophetic Year 2000 ( 1968 )
Family Life to Be Greatly Altered by 21st Century ( 1968 )
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