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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.
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Source File:NBSFirstScanImage.jpg and 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.
Warning: this does not include Standard Reference Data, as per Standard Reference Data Act (P.L. 90-396; 15 U.S.C. 290-290f) which may be copyrighted by the NIST.

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One of the first scanned images, of Walden Kirsch, son of the leader of the team that developed the image scanner.

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current02:49, 9 May 2025Thumbnail for version as of 02:49, 9 May 20254,869 × 5,933 (19.68 MB)JayCubby=={{int:filedesc}}== {{Information |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. |Source = File:NBSFirstScanImage.jpg and [http://www.nist.gov/public_affairs/techbeat/tb2007_0524.htm National Institute of Standards and Technology] |Date = 1957 |Author = [[:en:Russell A. Kirsc...

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