Visions of the year 2000 by 20th century French artist are half hilariously wrong, half weirdly prescient
France in the Year 2000 (XXI century) is a gorgeous series of fanciful, retro-futuristic illustrations, created by commercial artist Jean-Marc Côté between 1899 and 1910. According to The Public Domain, the artwork was originally printed in the form of paper cards, which were subsequently enclosed in cigarette boxes. Later they were produced as postcards. Fifty…