Polaroid instant camera, Swinger
Date: 1965-1970
Inventory Number: 2004-1-0052
Classification: Camera
Subject:
Maker: Polaroid Corporation (1937-present)
Owner: Edwin H. Land (1909 - 1991)
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Place of Origin:
Dimensions:
13.4 × 15 × 13 cm (5 1/4 × 5 7/8 × 5 1/8 in.)
Description:
Gold chrome roll-film camera, named Swinger (model 20), made of a rigid plastic body. It has a meniscus lens (single element, plastic), a single speed rotary shutter, everset, 1/200 second, a built-in flashgun for AG-1 bulbs (missing here), a fixed focus and a plastic wrist strap. The exposure setting is assisted via a built-in photometer.
Original retail price: $19.95 (which was very cheap in comparison to the other Polaroid cameras that had been previously put on the market).
This information and much more is found on the very useful Land List website.
Original retail price: $19.95 (which was very cheap in comparison to the other Polaroid cameras that had been previously put on the market).
This information and much more is found on the very useful Land List website.
In Collection(s)
Signedon front: POLAROID / LAND CAMERA
FunctionFor an early 1970s advertisement of this camera, see the following YouTube movie.
ProvenanceThis object belonged to Edwin H. Land and came from the Rowland Institute, Harvard University. Gift of the Edwin H. Land Family.