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Polaroid filter
Polaroid filter

Polaroid filter

Datecirca 1937
Inventory Number2007-1-0524
ClassificationFilter
Subject
    Maker Polaroid Corporation 1937-present
    Cultural Region
      Place of Origin
        Dimensions5.3 × 5.4 × 0.7 cm (2 1/16 × 2 1/8 × 1/4 in.)
        Material
          DescriptionCircular polarizing filter formed by a sheet of polarizing material sandwiched between glass and held in a rubber ring. The filter has a amber tint.
          In Collection(s)
          Signedin raised letters on ring: POLAROID / U. S. A.
          Inscribedin raised letters on the rubber ring: PAT. NOS. 1,918,848 - 1, 989,371 - 1,951,664 - 1,956,867 - 2,011,553 - OTHER PATS. PENDING -
          Curatorial RemarksThe latest patent listed on the filter is from 1935.
          Polaroid filter
          Polaroid filter
          Polaroid Corporation
          Date: circa 1937
          Object number: 2007-1-0525
          color filters and polarizers
          color filters and polarizers
          Polaroid Corporation
          Date: 1970-1985
          Object number: 2004-1-0265
          Polaroid type 541 filter kit and type 620 exposure meter
          Polaroid type 541 filter kit and type 620 exposure meter
          Polaroid Corporation
          Date: 1950
          Object number: 1988-0007d
          Image Not Available for Polaroid filter kit, model 595
          Polaroid filter kit, model 595
          Polaroid Corporation
          Date: 1965-1976
          Object number: 2004-1-0509
          red filter
          red filter
          American
          Date: circa 1950
          Object number: 2007-1-0504
          Image Not Available for Polaroid all-purpose goggle kit no. 1021
          Polaroid all-purpose goggle kit no. 1021
          Polaroid Corporation
          Date: 1939-1945
          Object number: 2004-1-0479
          set of 4 polarizing filters
          set of 4 polarizing filters
          Polaroid Corporation
          Date: 1937-1940
          Accessories: box
          Object number: 2003-1-0106
          orange filter from instant camera, Model 150
          orange filter from instant camera, Model 150
          Polaroid Corporation
          Date: 1957-1960
          Object number: 2004-1-0120e
          polarizing filter, PL 052
          polarizing filter, PL 052
          Object number: 2008-1-0116h
          polarizing gel fragments (2)
          polarizing gel fragments (2)
          Polaroid Corporation
          Date: 1970-1985
          Object number: 2004-1-0275
          purple filter
          purple filter
          American
          Date: circa 1875
          Object number: 2007-1-0523
          interference filter
          interference filter
          Gerätebau-Anstalt, Balzers
          Date: circa 1960
          Object number: 1997-1-2197