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The Toronto Daily Star explains the brand new wire network that enables images to be transmitted over the phone line to and from newspapers across North America.

At top center, one of the first wire photos published by the Toronto Daily Star.

Article at top right announces that the Toronto Daily Star has joined the Associated Press wire network.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles King, rescued after 16 days in the Gulf of Panama, pose with reporter Louis Noli. This wire photo, received by the Toronto Star on April 3, 1939 was published the same day.

Father Francis X Quinn pleads with a robber holding an elderly couple hostage to give himself up to the New York police. This wire photo was one of the first to be received by the Toronto Star from the AP network. It was published on April 3, 1939.

Goalie Bert Gardiner of the New York Rangers congratulates Mel Hill on his overtime goal. Sent from Boston, this is one of the first AP wire photos received and published by the Toronto Star on April 3, 1939.

Toronto Star wire photo operator receives one of the first wire photos from the Associated Press network in April 1939. It is a photo of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.