Leo Rackow’s 1948 illustration of a bubble-top car of the future appears above. Its sleek, uber-streamlined design can be found in the book Out of Time by Norman Brosterman.
You may observe that there doesn’t appear to be cord coming from the driver’s phone. Is Mr. Future just listening to the ocean inside that handset? Or do you suppose that he’s so rude he can’t be bothered to speak with his mistress, who’s so clearly making breakfast for him in the backseat?
This post originally appeared at Paleofuture.com.
