In 1899, commercial artist Jean-Marc Côté and his team were commissioned to create an artistic series for the 1900 world's fair, "Exposition Universelle," held in Paris, France.

Swipe ahead to see the images created by Côté of what he thought the year 2000 would look like.

Flying Cars

As evidenced by shows like The Jetsons, flying cars have always been a popular prediction for the future. Sadly, it’s one we’re still waiting to see come to fruition.

Robotic Barbers

While we certainly have replaced many jobs with machines, thankfully cutting hair is not one of them.

Winged Firefighters

These firefighters look like the monkeys in The Wizard of Oz! Good thing fire departments have the technology to get first responders to great heights quickly – no wings necessary.

Communicate by Video

This prediction was spot-on. Video conferencing has become a widely used substitute for face-to-face interactions in many scenarios.

Domesticated Whales

In terms of training whales and using them as a method of transportation, as suggested by the artist, this one is wrong. However, places like SeaWorld do validate parts of this prediction.

Underwater Seagull Hunting

It’s hard to follow the line of thinking with this prediction. Unless we’ve underestimated the value of seagulls to our survival, humans are fine with their fish-catching abilities.

Cleaning Automation

Robotic vacuums and electric mops and steamers are all the rage these days, making this one of the few accurate predictions!

High-Tech Education

Taken literally, the dystopian world depicted in this piece has not yet come to fruition. But, it is true that technology plays a much bigger part in education today than it did 120 years ago.