Burglars of the Future (1910)

This illustration, from the September 10, 1910 New York Tribune, imagines the rooftop burglars of the future.

BURGLARS LEARN TO HANDLE THE AEROPLANE WITH PRECISION AND SILENCE: Our artist takes a look into the future and foresees the time when roofs must be secured as carefully as any other part of the home.

Previously on Paleo-Future:

• Computer Criminals of the Future (1981)
• Crime Will No Longer Exist in 2007 (1907)
• City of the Future Postcards (circa 1910)

Comments

[Harb]

Yeah, in 1910 were probably a lot of misconceptions about planes and the limits of their capabilities around, from that illustration you get the impression a plane is a noiseless hover vehicle.

[Anders]

They where right!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8270619.stm

[Lurker]

Their vision of dangers from airplanes to NYC skyscrapers wasn't quite correct, but the date on the newspaper (September 11) was ominously prescient.

[yaos]

How many people have a house you can enter from the roof in the first place? It would be much easier to just climb onto the roof and then saw your way through.

[locksmith-jim]

I work as a locksmith in dudley, iv been to work at a house where burglars had waited on the roof for owners to leave and then entered by removing tiles and cutting through, scary really

[Wheel Alignment Equipment]

Well I bet future cops can handle them with future weapons. Maybe, they can be better chased by future cars.