[GreenKeys] news wire photos

[Sam Hallas]

Rokumon Cat wrote:

>  I was wondering, how did "they" send photos over the news wires in
>  the forties and fifties?

By FAX, Joe. Evidently the technology is older than you think. Principle 
patented by Alexander Bain in 1843. Commercial applications in the early 
1900s and in common use by the 1930s.

There's some history on Wikipedia.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fax>

Cheers,
Sam