Microsoft announced the development of Windows in 1983, a graphical user interface (GUI) for its own operating system (MS-DOS). The 3.x and 4.x family includes DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows ME. The DOS-based Windows for Workgroups 3.11 achieved the breakthrough from 16- to 32-bit networking and 32-bit disk access. Windows NT family started with NT 3.1 in 1993. Modern Windows operating system versions are based on the newer Windows NT kernel.
A compilation of screenshots of Windows versions since Windows 1.0 with their release dates & Info is as listed :
Windows 1.0
Release date : 20 November 1985 (info)
9 December 1987 (info)
Release date 22 May 1990 (info)
Release date 27 July 1993 (info)
Release date 6 April 1992 (info)
Release date 24 August 1995 (info)
Release date 25 June 1998 (info)
Release date 17 February 2000 (info)
Release date 14 September 2000 (info)
Release date 25 October 2001 (info)
Release date 30 January 2007 (info)
Release date 22 October 2009 (info)
No screenshots yet !! And , Probable release would be in the year 2012.
AFAIK WIndows 3.o was the first original GUI based OS
This article demonstrates that windows evolved and yet more are expected such as easily switch from a version to another, I believe some would like to experiment older windows without making partitions and instal uninstal exercise.