Ninety years ago, on Jan. 1, 1935, The Associated Press, using groundbreaking technology, marked an industry first: sending a photograph on the wire.
The single image of a plane crash in upstate New York was transmitted to 25 cities across the country via cutting edge technology, called Wirephoto, which was developed exclusively by AP engineers.
It revolutionized news coverage by enabling photographs to be delivered alongside AP stories, enhancing the wire service’s coverage of global events.
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