Vintage Headlines | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/vintage-headlines/RSS feed for Vintage HeadlinesenTue, 23 Mar 2021 12:30:00 +0000The Press Made the Polio Vaccine Trials Into a Public Spectaclehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/press-made-polio-vaccine-trials-public-spectacle-180977304/As a medical breakthrough unfolded in the early 1950s, newspapers filled pages with debates over vaccine science and anecdotes about kids receiving shotsTue, 23 Mar 2021 12:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/press-made-polio-vaccine-trials-public-spectacle-180977304/When Newspapers Reported on Gun Deaths as "Melancholy Accidents"https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-americas-gun-epidemic-was-referred-series-melancholy-accidents-180958594/A historian explains how a curious phrase used by the American press caught his eye and became the inspiration for his new bookTue, 29 Mar 2016 15:06:35 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-americas-gun-epidemic-was-referred-series-melancholy-accidents-180958594/After Pearl Harbor, Vandals Cut Down Four of DC's Japanese Cherry Treeshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/after-pearl-harbor-vandals-cut-down-four-dcs-japanese-cherry-trees-180950249/In response to calls to destroy all the trees, officials rebranded them as "Oriental" rather than "Japanese"Mon, 07 Apr 2014 13:38:22 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/after-pearl-harbor-vandals-cut-down-four-dcs-japanese-cherry-trees-180950249/The New York Times' 1853 Coverage of Solomon Northup, the Hero of "12 Years A Slave"https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/new-york-times-1853-coverage-solomon-northup-hero-12-years-slave-180949944/Northup's story garnered heavy press coverage and spread widely in the weeks and months after he was rescuedMon, 03 Mar 2014 16:21:08 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/new-york-times-1853-coverage-solomon-northup-hero-12-years-slave-180949944/When the Beatles Arrived in America, Reporters Ignored the Music and Obsessed Over Hairhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-beatles-arrived-america-reporters-obsessed-over-their-hair-180949653/They'd go on to change American music forever, but the press focused on the moptopsThu, 06 Feb 2014 15:43:41 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-beatles-arrived-america-reporters-obsessed-over-their-hair-180949653/What Reviewers Said About the First Mac When It Debuted https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-reviewers-said-about-first-mac-when-it-debuted-180949448/They nitpicked the hardware, but reviewers appreciated the groundbreaking features that would redefine the personal computerThu, 23 Jan 2014 18:30:02 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/what-reviewers-said-about-first-mac-when-it-debuted-180949448/