Image: NBSFirstScanImage

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Description: One of the first scanned images. Produced by NIST in 1957, the image shows Walden Kirsch, son of the leader of the team that developed the image scanner. This is a composite of two binary scans to produce approximate gray levels.
Title: NBSFirstScanImage
Credit: National Institute of Standards and Technology
Author: Russell A. Kirsch
Permission: This image is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States Federal Government, specifically an employee of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code. English | Nederlands | +/−
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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