
Television
Television spread through postwar homes, transforming entertainment and advertising. Newspaper pages from 1945 to 1963 on a map and timeline.
US News Map searches Chronicling America, the Library of Congress collection of digitized American newspapers, and maps every matching page by where and when it was printed. Play the timeline to watch a word or a story move across the country.
Each result links to the full page image at the Library of Congress. US News Map is maintained by Trevor Goodyear.
23,766,177 pages from 4,691 newspapers, 1736–1963.
Sample results
190070 matching newspaper pages in total. Washington, DC has the most hits (85788 pages). Showing up to 10 earliest results from this city.
Evening Star — 1945-01-04, page 15
… 1944, Vice President George A. DuToit, jr, said. R. H. Macy A Co. started regular television broadcasting from Du Mont station WABD. R-K-O Tele vision Corp. is producing the …
The Washington Daily News — 1945-01-04, page 35
… INSTITUTE HObart 15M h e| training to Kadlo-Eleetranie, Eagiaoering, Broadcast A Television Enginw "‘“least A Telvvlaloa Arrvleiug Ctoaseg aow la avaaion ENTER AT ANY TIME …
Evening Star — 1945-01-05, page 2
… Curriculum changes will Include teaching new fields of science—elec tronics and television for example— more safety and physical education instruction and more classes for …
The Washington Daily News — 1945-01-05, page 17
… stressing vocational education in new fields of science, such as electronics and television. Among other main points Include ex pansion of health and physical instruc tion …
The Washington Daily News — 1945-01-06, page 8
… Communications services were in cluded, and under these came tele graph, telephone, television, certain di visions of film-making, some types of magazines, and newspapers and …
The Washington Daily News — 1945-01-06, page 10
… a:w •uir.c’* changes bearing on vocation:,; eent^. tion in new fields of scmi.u television and electronics. The plan is designed to create njghj schools for returning war …
Evening Star — 1945-01-07, page 53
… in Radio-Electronics Engineering, Broadcast A Tele vision Engmeerng. Broadcast & Television Servicing. Classes now in session. ENTER AT ANY TIME. CREI training now available …
… Combustion Engines Air-Conditioning Eng. Airplane Design (Aero—Diesel—Auto) Radio and Television Basic Electric Eng. Building Design Surveying and Mapping Building Blueprints. …
… Engineering I Rodio Communication Laboratory Techniques of Frequency Modulation and Television Theory of Reinforced Concrete Design Thermodynamics Topographic Drafting Admission …
The Washington Daily News — 1945-01-08, page 25
… Fred erick Brooks. Mrs. Owen J. Roberts and others. Air Conditioning En*. Radio A Television Surveying and .Mappin* Combustion Eaginra Aero Drisei Auto) Building Design Fashion …
… Engineering Radio Communication Labora tory Techniques of Frequency Mod ulation and Television Theory of Reinforced Concrete Design Thei mody namics Toffographic Drafting
Evening Star — 1945-01-10, page 17
… Goodrich, U. S. Rubber, Goodyear, Anaconda, Dupont, Doug las Aircraft, Farnsworth Television, Radio Corp.. Emerson Electric, Ze nith Radio, American Smelting and Western Union …
Evening Star — 1945-01-12, page 15
… announced by the company. Mr. Gibson recently was elected vice president of the Television As sociation, Inc. daily Rationing ^Reminderrift Canned Goods, Etc.—Book 4, blue …
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