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origin of cameraman

#349
From: Stan Reeves
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 1992 20:41
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Does anyone know what the origin of the cameraman image is?  I understand
that the background of the picture is the MIT campus.

Also, does anyone know about the copyright status of the picture?

For those who don't know what the image looks like, here's an ASCII 
version (sorry, I was bored :-):

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Stan Reeves
Auburn University, Department of Electrical Engineering, Auburn, AL  36849
INTERNET: sjreeves@eng.auburn.edu
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From: sjreeves@eng.auburn.edu (Stan Reeves)
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Subject: origin of cameraman
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