Lake Winnipesaukee in the Future – Edwardian Retro-Futurist Postcard, NH
Rendered in flat chromolithographic printing with bold outlines and limited spot-color washes, this charmingly optimistic novelty postcard imagines New Hampshire's Lake Winnipesaukee transformed by technology. Submarines, dirigibles, motorboats, ocean liners, a satellite-like device, and a flying fish crowd an impossibly busy harbor scene. The naive draftsmanship and deadpan labeling — 'Submarine No. 13' — give it an outsider-art quality that makes the futurism feel both earnest and absurd.
Cheerfully chaotic rather than dramatic, this postcard earns its middle ranking through sheer imaginative density — submarines, blimps, satellites, and flying fish sharing the same New Hampshire lake with zero apology. It's retro-futurism at its most folksy.
“SUBMARINE No 13 Lake Winnipesaukee in the Future, Laconia, N. H.”
