{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "The original Futurama, 1939. By far the most popular exhibit at the 1939 New York World\u2019s Fair, the General Motors-sponsored...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/143721647823/", "html": "<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http://twostriptechnicolor.tumblr.com/post/114873892591/the-original-futurama-1939-by-far-the-most\" target=\"_blank\">twostriptechnicolor</a>:</p>\n\n<blockquote><p><b><i>The original Futurama, 1939.</i></b></p><p>By far the most popular exhibit at the 1939 New York World\u2019s Fair, the General Motors-sponsored Futurama (contained in its Highways and Horizons pavilion) was a gigantic diorama showcasing a proposed futuristic world of 1960, created by industrial designer Norman Bel Geddes. Unlike most utopian predictions, the Futurama turned out to be surprisingly accurate, in that it presented a country joined by a network of interstate highways which , for better or worse, did become a reality in the 50\u2032s. Other predictions included helipads on skyscrapers, genetically modified food, and automatic highway systems.</p><p>After the simulated flight over this world of 1960, visitors exited into a full scale replica of one of the intersections seen in the diorama, which included elevated sidewalks.\u00a0 Upon exiting, visitors were given a small pin that simply read \u201cI Have Seen The Future\u201d<a href=\"http://www.zazzle.com/cih1939\" target=\"_blank\"> (Incidentally, I still have replicas of those on my old zazzle store!)</a><br/></p></blockquote>\n<img src=\"/media/tumblr_nlxy6udzGs1rku5g7o1_500_e78cfdb5784c.gif\" />\n<img src=\"/media/tumblr_nlxy6udzGs1rku5g7o2_500_7c3b62ad0e65.gif\" />\n<img src=\"/media/tumblr_nlxy6udzGs1rku5g7o3_500_5cdcb7cf628c.gif\" />\n<img src=\"/media/tumblr_nlxy6udzGs1rku5g7o4_500_ff774ad2cecf.gif\" />\n<img src=\"/media/tumblr_nlxy6udzGs1rku5g7o5_500_33be6dbd3a5d.gif\" />\n<img src=\"/media/tumblr_nlxy6udzGs1rku5g7o6_500_6381f3fe39c1.gif\" />\n<img src=\"/media/tumblr_nlxy6udzGs1rku5g7o7_500_9a73a86e41d8.gif\" />", "thumbnail_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/media/tumblr_nlxy6udzGs1rku5g7o1_500_e78cfdb5784c.gif", "thumbnail_width": 480, "thumbnail_height": 353}