facsimile signatures could be placed over a negative when a photo was developed making it a Type 1 photo with a facsimile signature. This was more common when acetate negatives took over and there are many team issued where this technology was used.
There is a debate in photography as to whether a digital photograph can ever be a "Type 1". On the one hand, it is as clear as anything done back in the day but on the other hand there is a deconstruction of the photograph done by the computer or camera and then a reconstruction of the image when it is printed (similar to a wire photo from years past but obviously much better quality). There will never be definitive answer but the debate is fun.
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