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How photos are cabled across the Atlantic (1926) (mander.xyz)
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[–] fkn 10 points 1 year ago

Fax, predating the telephone by about 7 years.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This link from the mastodon poster has a sample of what the images looked like. http://www.hffax.de/history/html/bartlane.html

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks, I was wondering about the resolution. Better than I expected, those dots are quite tiny!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Very cool, a true multimedia experience.