In between are a quick and uninterrupted series of pictures that show information such as photos, documents and legible text related to the data.

While letterpresses produced legible text, the photoengraving dots that formed pictures often bled or smeared and became fuzzy and indistinct.

Thus, the facsimile, as published in 1909, provides the most legible text.

And it takes a while for the messy visuals to coalesce into legible texts and numbers.