wirephoto
/ˈwaɪərˌfoʊtoʊ/
noun
- A photograph transmitted electronically over wires or radio waves, especially in early news photography.
- Before digital cameras, journalists relied on wirephotos to share images across the country.
- The newspaper received a wirephoto of the president's arrival within minutes.
- The museum displayed an old wirephoto machine used by reporters in the 1930s.