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Polariod instant camera, Automatic 360

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Polariod instant camera, Automatic 360

Date: 1969-1971
Inventory Number: 2004-1-0206a
Classification: Camera
Subject:
photography,
Maker: Polaroid Corporation (1937-present)
Maker: Zeiss Ikon (founded 1927)
Owner: Edwin H. Land (1909 - 1991)
Cultural Region:
United States, Germany,
Place of Origin:
Cambridge, Dresden,
Dimensions:
camera: 11.3 × 19.5 × 7 cm (4 7/16 × 7 11/16 × 2 3/4 in.)
box: 27.3 × 41.3 × 26 cm (10 3/4 × 16 1/4 × 10 1/4 in.)
Material:
leather, cardboard, plastic, metal, styrofoam,
Accessories: storage box (b); electronic flash (c); fast charger model #363 (d); instruction manual (in object file)
DescriptionThis is a 300-series folding camera, model 360, with a black and metallic body and collapsible bellows on scissor struts. It is equipped with a 114 mm f/8.8, three-element glass lens, an electronic shutter, a hinged flip-up single-window viewfinder and rangefinder made by Zeiss Ikon, an aperture-priority automatic exposure system only, settings for B&W and color films, a built-in electronic development timer, and an exposure compensation dial. It also has a leather neck strap and a protective plastic cover for the lens. Numbers have been added to different parts of the camera to help explain how it was used.

This camera comes in a box containing an electronic flash (to provide auto flash exposure) that runs on rechargeable batteries. Also provided is the Fast Charger Model #363 rechargeable unit.

Similar to model 350, its original retail price was $199.95.

This information and much more is found on the very useful Land List website.
In Collection(s)
  • Polaroid and Land Collection [2]
Signedon lens frame: POLAROID
Curatorial RemarksThere is a promotional brochure for this camera (2004-1-0297) in the CHSI Library, on shelf C6-D2.

Instruction manual and other papers were removed to object file and have been scanned. EMC 4/2/19

2004-1-0206a-d housed together in same blue-board container. SMS 1/22/2019
ProvenanceThis object belonged to Edwin H. Land and came from the Rowland Institute, Harvard University. Gift of the Edwin H. Land Family.

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