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Figure 1

Collage of 4 colour photographs showing a 1930s teleprinter on display along with detail close ups of its keys types and mechanism

© Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University

1930s teleprinter (and details) located at the entrance of the Autumn 2012 exhibition entitled Go ask A.L.I.C.E.: Turing tests, parlor games, & chatterbots. Photographs by Samantha van Gerbig. For more information, visit the exhibition’s website: http://chsi.harvard.edu/chsi_goa.html

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15180/160506/005