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Wirephoto

[wahyuhr-foh-toh] / ˈwaɪərˌfoʊ toʊ /


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Oddest Wirephoto of the week: a burglar in a St. Louis tire shop stumbling over a trap that sounded a horn alarm, set off a flashlight, took his own picture.

From Time Magazine Archive

After his first big splash in California, Snead saw his picture, a Wirephoto, in the New York Times.

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In a group he resembles almost anybody he happens to be standing next to; by himself he has a vague, muzzy look, as though instead of being born he had been sent by Wirephoto.

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His lines of communication were greatly extended in 1935 when the Associated Press inaugurated its first Wirephoto transmission service.

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And instead of eight scattered Telephoto stations, often far from the news, Wirephoto has 24 to start with, any of which can send and receive pictures with all others.

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