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In the year 2000: The tennis lawn; the eaglet hunters; on the road to London (Pas-de-Calais)
19th century
National Library of France
Paris, France
See Database EntryThe French popular imagination was captured by the dream of flying. As usual during periods of great transformations, people saw the world as moving in a continuous, optimistic progress. It was very common to imagine the future as a science fiction novel.
1911
State Library of Modern and Contemporary History
Rome, Italy
Giuseppe Scalarini worked for the socialist newspaper Avanti! His anticolonial cartoons spoke out against the political interests of the war in Libya and the consequences of war on the population.
1913
Gramsci Institute Foundation
Rome, Italy
Giuseppe Scalarini worked for the socialist newspaper Avanti! His anticolonial cartoons spoke out against the political interests of the war in Libya and the consequences of war on the population.