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[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 18 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (1 children)

That is an impressively accurate-looking future TV for something drawn in 1934. TVs of the time looked something like this:

[–] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 5 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

This looks a LOT like a 1930s radio, combined with a microfilm viewer, which was very much available at libraries everywhere in the 1930s (and can still be found in archives today).

[–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 2 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago) (1 children)

A microfilm viewer is definitely the inspiration, but is this 1930s? It looks more like 1950s to me. Even then, notice that the thing holding the screen is huge. I can't find an image of a definitively 1930s one, but I did find this proof of concept for a home one from 1935. Pretty different form factor.

[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 hours ago

I don't think they had passenger dirigibles in the 1950s, they were phased out earlier. They crashed and burned too much.