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I'm wondering why they are so many pictures of underwater activities ?

I presume it's because underwater adventuring and photography was very new and exciting: http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/archeosm/archeosom/en/sca...

Or the concept of multistorey building is not caught-on yet

It's not as though the Eiffel Tower was built in 1889 or anything...

it's not a multistorey building, it's a tall radio tower

Looking at it, the concept of a multi-story building must seem so alien and far-fetched as to naturally conclude the future is underwater.

Perhaps they suspected that we would run out of land by now.