Historical News Databases: Television

New York Daily Times  (November 3, 1929) 

This article refers to the progress being made in television research.

Chicago Tribune (September 12, 1909)

This article refers to the term television as a “curious machine” that is finally a concrete reality.

Los Angeles Times (February 6, 1910)

This article refers to how the television helped to aid the creation of the “telephote,” which was a device that transmitted pictures of objects or people to another device miles away.

ProQuest (November 1948)

This article is about Truman being elected for president and how it was the closest presidential race at that time. The announcement was aired on the television.

Project Muse (1994)
This article is talking about popular television shows. They now refer to television as TV at this point in time.

JSTOR (Mar. 1, 1926)

This article is talking about how when television is perfected, they will be able to share suspect’s pictures to a large audience and can hopefully catch the suspect before they do something else.

The earliest television can be traced back to the late 1800s. Articles written about televisions in the early 1900s were focused on the functions of televisions and how they were able to produce images on a screen because it was such a new and exciting technology at the time. The last article surprised me that at such an early point in time they were using television to catch criminals. Today, many articles refer to televisions, but about the new additions made, such as 3-D screens. Television is no longer an exciting new invention, but rather a staple to every household.