Early fax (wirephoto)
Fax fotográfico (telefotografía)
- Date
- 1902–1924 · confidence medium
- Place
- Munich, Germany
- Credited to
- Arthur Korn (Munich, 1902-1907); Édouard Belin (Belinograph, Paris, 1913); AT&T (transcontinental phototelegraphy, 1924); Herbert Ives
- People
- 👤 Arthur Korn1870–1945👤 Édouard Belin1876–1963👤 Herbert E. Ives1882–1953
- Field
- Communication
What it is
Transmission of photographs over a telephone line or radio by photoelectric scanning. It allowed images of distant events to be published the same day.
What it led to
- Instant photojournalism and agencies (AP Wirephoto, 1935)
- Office fax of the 1970s-80s
- Scanner and digital image transmission
Built on
- Electric clock and electrochemical fax1841-1843
- Telephone1876
- Telex network1933
- Caselli's pantelegraph (1865)
- Selenium cell
Made possible
- Mechanical television1925–1926
- Office fax machine
- Scanner