A Counterfactual Cartoon: "Historical Ifs" from 1914

In researching the evolution of counterfactuals in the years between 1850 and World War I, I've been struck by the many different terms for "what ifs" that were in circulation at the time.

Among the various terms that were competing with one another were “hypothetical histories,” “probable histories,” “imaginary histories,” “subjunctive histories,” and “historical ‘ifs.’”

With regard to the latter, I was recently stumbled upon a cartoon published in the journal, Popular Electricity and Modern Mechanics, which employed the concept of "Historical Ifs" to speculate about the impact of modern technology on earlier eras of history.  

Here it is:

The art is vaguely evocative of Winsor McCay and presents a lighthearted take on how history might have been different.

Stumbling upon sources like this is one of the joys of historical research.