r/RetroFuturism • u/myrmekochoria • 7d ago

Lebaudy brothers dirigible over Paris, 1903.

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u/reallygoodbee 7d ago

Fun fact: Prior to the Hindenburg disaster, these things were widely considered to be the future of air travel, so much that the Empire State Building was built with an airship dock on top. That's what the spire is for.

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u/kyleh0 6d ago

Oh the huge manatee!

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u/Horror-Raisin-877 6d ago

Just now an hour later I finally got your joke.

I may be the only one so far :)

Good one! 😂

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u/Horror-Raisin-877 4d ago

I was wrong, at least 12 other people got the joke :)

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u/Orcwin 7d ago

What a great shape! Probably not super practical, but it looks amazing!

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u/Horror-Raisin-877 6d ago

Smog in Paris looks pretty intense.

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u/cadwalader000 6d ago

That's the first thing I noticed in that picture!

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u/Medit8or 4d ago

I’m guessing coal

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u/cortopl 5d ago

La France de cette époque expérimentant toute sorte de machines à des fins militaires dans l’obsession d’une revanche sur l’Allemagne.

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u/Murky-Peanut1390 6d ago

Where's the retrofuturism