Credits

Archival material in the set pieces comes from open archives and is public domain, CC0 or CC BY. All other art is drawn by our own code. Fonts come from Google Fonts.

Images

• Anna Atkins algae cyanotype. wikimedia commons, PD
• Ham telegraph operator. wikimedia commons, PD
• Barclay telegraph instrument. Stamping machine with woman operator LCCN2013647214. wikimedia commons, PD
• Miss Ethel Wakefield, a Western Union telegraph PBX operator 8d30863v. wikimedia commons, PD
• Agatangeghos palimpsest. wikimedia commons, PD
• First medical X-ray by Wilhelm Röntgen of his wife Anna Bertha Ludwig's hand - 18951222. wikimedia commons, PD
• Edison stock ticker. wikimedia commons, PD
• Automatic ticker apparatus, New York Stock Exchange. Central control station LCCN2013647237. wikimedia commons, PD
• PurkinjeCell. wikimedia commons, PD
• Marbled-paper-1869. wikimedia commons, PD
• Broadside ballad entitled 'A Huy and Cry After Sir John Barlycorn'. wikimedia commons, PD
• Tragical Ballad 18th century. wikimedia commons, PD
• A woman with a sword and a balance; representing justice. Etching, 16--.. wellcome, PD
• Londons Conduct stands the Test, or Bristol & Nottingham weighed in the Balance & found Light with the Sketch of a M-l Forge, and the Worcester Magician. wikimedia commons, PD
• The weight of Gods word against mans traditions. wikimedia commons, PD
• Pigeon vest blueprint. wikimedia commons, PD
• BD Weighing of the Heart. wikimedia commons, PD
• Papyrus of Hunefer. wikimedia commons, PD
• NASA Blue Marble 2007 West. nasa, PD
• Black Marble - City Lights 2012. nasa, PD
• Concrete Floor Worn 001. polyhaven, CC0
• Concrete Layers 02. polyhaven, CC0
• Rusty Metal 04. polyhaven, CC0
• Redacted CIA document. wikimedia commons, PD
• HOUSE OVERSIGHT 000460 REDACTED EMAIL. wikimedia commons, PD
• Famine in India Natives Waiting for Relief in Bangalore. wikimedia commons, PD
• Hessian 230. polyhaven, CC0
• Bread Line, 41st St. LCCN2014698346. wikimedia commons, PD
• Bowery bread line LCCN2014683026. wikimedia commons, PD
• Impressão em risografia em dua cores, 2014. wikimedia commons, CC-BY. "Impressão em risografia em dua cores, 2014" by Mario Felipe, via wikimedia_commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Impress%C3%A3o_em_risografia_em_dua_cores,_2014.jpg. CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0).
• Wanted poster for William McDonald. wikimedia commons, PD
• John Wilkes Booth wanted poster new. wikimedia commons, PD
• Old Wanted Poster for Chris Evans and John Sontag, California Train Robbers. wikimedia commons, PD
• James Stephens wanted poster. wikimedia commons, CC0
• Vaudeville show billing in Kansas newspaper, 1908. wikimedia commons, PD
• The Hohenzollerns in America newspaper ad. wikimedia commons, PD
• Front page of newspaper Wilnaer Zeitung with Lithuanian Vytis (Waykimas), published on 12 April 1918. wikimedia commons, CC0
• Neratja front page, October 26, 1918. wikimedia commons, PD
• Front page of Het Vrije Woord Nov 16 1918. wikimedia commons, PD
• Front Page of DE PREANGER-BODE Nov 4 1918. wikimedia commons, PD
• woman sword balance; representing justice. openverse, CC0
• Polaroid SX-70 (51888994424). wikimedia commons, CC-BY. "Polaroid SX-70 (51888994424)" by Joost J. Bakker IJmuiden, via wikimedia_commons, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Polaroid_SX-70_(51888994424).jpg. CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0).
• A Scene in Shantytown, New York (1880). wikimedia commons, PD
• Letraset-boegen. wikimedia commons, PD
• Golem and Loew. wikimedia commons, PD
• Mikoláš Aleš - The Maharal of Prague and the Golem. wikimedia commons, PD
• Ales golem. wikimedia commons, PD
• Clay Floor 001. polyhaven, CC0
• Clay Plaster. polyhaven, CC0
• Coster Joe - Ventriloquist Dummy. wikimedia commons, PD
• Al Baker and his ventriloquist dummy Dennis. wikimedia commons, PD
• Crowd outside nyse. wikimedia commons, PD
• Berliner Gramophone 3301Z. wikimedia commons, PD
• Standard Disc Record 78 rpm License Label, Undated (November 1909?). openverse, CC-BY. "Standard Disc Record 78 rpm License Label, Undated (November 1909?)" by takomabibelot is licensed under CC BY 2.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/.
• Voyager Special Cargo: The Golden Record. nasa, PD
• Solar System Portrait - Earth as Pale Blue Dot. nasa, PD
• Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope, China. nasa, PD
• StateLibQld 2 49524 Studio portrait of a young girl, 1890s. wikimedia commons, PD
• StateLibQld 1 74319 Studio portrait of a Brisbane family, 1890s. wikimedia commons, PD
• Hosemann Münchhausen 10. wikimedia commons, PD
• Hosemann Münchhausen 04. wikimedia commons, PD
• Hosemann Münchhausen 03. wikimedia commons, PD
• Hosemann Münchhausen 02. wikimedia commons, PD

Film

• Newspaper Story (Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, 1950), Prelinger Archives. Internet Archive, public domain.
• Newspaper Story, Prelinger Archives. Internet Archive, public domain.
• On Guard! The Story of SAGE (1956), Prelinger Archives. Internet Archive, public domain.
• Operator Toll Dialing: Teamwork (1949), Prelinger Archives. Internet Archive, public domain.
• Telegram for America (Western Union, 1956), Prelinger Archives. Internet Archive, public domain.
• Telegram for America, Prelinger Archives. Internet Archive, public domain.

Audio

• Coins dropped in metallic moneybox. wikimedia commons, PD
• broadcast-news-keyer.wav. openverse, CC0
• Teleksi, kaukokirjoitin, lähetys / Telex, teleprinter, switch on, sending a message, ticking, paper off. openverse, CC-BY. "Teleksi, kaukokirjoitin, lähetys / Telex, teleprinter, switch on, sending a message, ticking, paper off" by YleArkisto is licensed under CC BY 4.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
• Small Film Projector. openverse, CC0
• Tape Hiss. openverse, CC0
• I might be your once-in-a-while. ia 78rpm, PD

Reference

The dot-field medium was studied from posts by @yashisinghh. Nothing was copied.