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Summary

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.
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Source National Institute of Standards and Technology
Author Russell A. Kirsch
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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.

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Public domain
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.

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1957 - early experimental digital image, showing face of a baby

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current06:38, 16 February 2016Thumbnail for version as of 06:38, 16 February 20164,869 × 5,933 (18.42 MB)Ktr101Higher resolution, taken from duplicate File:SEACComputer 032.jpg
03:28, 18 June 2008Thumbnail for version as of 03:28, 18 June 2008816 × 1,042 (71 KB)JRaber{{Information |Description= |Source= |Date= |Author= |Permission= |other_versions= }}
21:08, 20 July 2007Thumbnail for version as of 21:08, 20 July 2007149 × 190 (30 KB)CmprinceThe first scanned image. Produced by NIST in 1957, the image shows Walden Kirsch, son of the leader of the team that developed the image scanner. Source: http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/techbeat/tb2007_0524.htm

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