These Vintage Ideas of the Future Were Actually Pretty Impressive

These Vintage Ideas of the Future Were Actually Pretty Impressive

Shannon Quinn - December 15, 2022

These Vintage Ideas of the Future Were Actually Pretty Impressive
Concept art of a couple reading the newspaper from their television screen. Credit: Rare Historical Photos

Retrofuturism Imagined Newspapers on a Screen

This advertisement says, “Can it be done? Television Newspaper. Some day you may be able to receive the front page of your morning newspaper this way- Fully printed and shown on the screen of a television set. Can it be done?” Yes, it can! Today, we have our computers, tablets, and phones to read the news on. We can even see scans of vintage newspapers and view them exactly like they were depicted in this artwork. Technically, you can put it on your TV screen, too. But would you really want to?

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