In the 1950s and ‘60s, illustrator and futurist Arthur Radebaugh thrilled newspaper readers with his weekly syndicated visions of the future, in a Sunday strip enticingly called “Closer Than We Think”. The newspaper cartoonist dreamed up a madcap utopia, filled with flying cars and fantastical skyscrapers.
1. Rejuvenated Downtowns
“Closer Than We Think” ran for five years in newspapers across the United States and Canada, reaching about 19 million readers at its peak. Enjoy these future visions, like mailmen making their daily rounds via jet packs, schoolrooms with push-button desks, tireless robots working in warehouses.
2. Solar-Powered Cars
3. Glass Domed Houses
4. Super-sized Crops
5. Robot Warehouses
6. Push-Button Education
7. Walking Machines
8. Flying Carpet Car
9. Jetpack Mailmen
10. Highway to Russia
11. Space Mayflowers
12. Wristwatch TV
13. Pogo Cop Cars
14. One World Job Market
15. Driverless Cars
