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prototype camera body

Date: 1968-1975
Inventory Number: 2004-1-0035
Classification: Camera
Subject:
photography,
Maker: George Edward Vanderpool (1926 - 2015)
Maker: Polaroid Corporation (1937-present)
Owner: Edwin H. Land (1909 - 1991)
Cultural Region:
United States,
Place of Origin:
Cambridge,
Dimensions:
16.8 × 10.3 × 9.2 cm (6 5/8 × 4 1/16 × 3 5/8 in.)
Material:
wood, glass, metal, imitation leather,
Description:
This is a prototype camera body for a Polaroid instant camera (perhaps a non-folding SX-70 model). The model camera body is made primarily of wood painted black. The camera is partially covered in panels of black imitation (?) leather. A circular piece of glass mounted in a model ring represents the camera lens on the face of the camera, and to the right of the lens is a slightly smaller circular glass piece representing either an electric eye or the viewfinder lens. Left of the camera "lens" is a metal "LAND CAMERA" plaque, and centered beneath the lens over the film compartment is a light blue colored "POLAROID" plaque. A slit along the top edge of the camera above the primary camera lens represents the socket for the flash bar attachment.
In Collection(s)
  • Polaroid and Land Collection [2]
Signedon front: POLAROID

on front: LAND / CAMERA

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