Polaroid model 440 Automatic Land camera
Date1971
Inventory Number2004-1-0501
ClassificationCamera
Subject
Maker
Polaroid Corporation
1937-present
User
Edwin H. Land
1909 - 1991
User
Rowland Institute
founded 1980
Cultural Region
Place of Origin
Dimensionsclosed: 12.7 × 20 × 6.5 cm (5 × 7 7/8 × 2 9/16 in.)
Material
Accessoriesinstruction manual, cold clip, strap.
DescriptionPolaroid model 440 camera with bellows and removable front plastic cover. Clipped into the cover is an instruction manual, cold clip #193, and customer service post card. Strap.
The faux leather on the rear of the camera body is sticky.
Original retail: $99.95
Similar to model 340, which is similar to model 230, which is similar to model 100.
Model 100 features:
• Lens: 114mm f/8.8 3-element glass
• Shutter: Electronic; 10 seconds - 1/1200
• Separate window view/rangefinder assembly (has a hinged base-- flips up for use and is held in place with a magnetic catch-- folds down for storage and fits inside the camera's plastic cover)
• Viewfinder has projected framelines and automatic parallax compensation.
• Aperture-priority automatic exposure only
• Has settings for film speeds of 75, 150, 300, and 3000 ASA.
• Has "scene selector" switch which gives choice of two different aperture settings for each film speed setting; lens can be used at full aperture with 3000 ASA film.
• Has exposure compensation dial with range of -1/+2 stops ("Lighten/Darken" control).
• Has metal body and metal shutter/lens housing; h
The faux leather on the rear of the camera body is sticky.
Original retail: $99.95
Similar to model 340, which is similar to model 230, which is similar to model 100.
Model 100 features:
• Lens: 114mm f/8.8 3-element glass
• Shutter: Electronic; 10 seconds - 1/1200
• Separate window view/rangefinder assembly (has a hinged base-- flips up for use and is held in place with a magnetic catch-- folds down for storage and fits inside the camera's plastic cover)
• Viewfinder has projected framelines and automatic parallax compensation.
• Aperture-priority automatic exposure only
• Has settings for film speeds of 75, 150, 300, and 3000 ASA.
• Has "scene selector" switch which gives choice of two different aperture settings for each film speed setting; lens can be used at full aperture with 3000 ASA film.
• Has exposure compensation dial with range of -1/+2 stops ("Lighten/Darken" control).
• Has metal body and metal shutter/lens housing; h
Signedon front of camera face to left of lens: 440
on front of camera face below lens: POLAROID AUTOMATIC LAND CAMERA
serial number: CX130485
on removable camera cover: POLAROID / 440
on cold clip: Polaroid / Made in U.S.A.
on instruction manual: 450 / 440 / HOW / TO USE / YOUR / POLAROID / LAND / CAMERA / MODEL / 450 / OR / MODEL / 440
on rear cover of manual: 3/71
on postcard to record serial number: Polaroid Corporation / P.O. Box 18S / Boston, Massachusetts 02118
on postcard to record serial number: Customer Service / Polaroid Corporation / Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Curatorial RemarksRowland Institute - Case 5, shelf C, left (#44).
Removed manual (moved to object file) and removed battery - documented and deaccessioned it. 4/2/2024.
ProvenanceEdwin H. Land, Rowland Institute, Cambridge, MA; gift to CHSI by the Edwin H. Land Family, 2004.
Polaroid Corporation
Date: circa 1969
Accessories: film (1988-0027b); POLAROID COLD CLIP #193; instruction booklet (in object file); and battery
Object number: 1988-0027a
Polaroid Corporation
Date: 1964-1967
Accessories: instruction manual (in object file); protective cover
Object number: 2004-1-0197
Polaroid Corporation
Date: circa 1967
Accessories: Accessories include a hard plastic carrying case with a metal latch, a plastic cover for the front of the camera, twelve flashbulbs and a portrait kit.
A stitched leather case for the camera is also included and contains many flashbulbs, both the M3B size and 5B sizes, as well as a roll of Kodachrome slide film (2010-1-0014).
Object number: 2010-1-0013a
Polaroid Corporation
Date: circa 1967
Accessories: Accessories include a hard plastic carrying case with a metal latch, a plastic cover for the front of the camera, twelve flashbulbs and a portrait kit.
A stitched leather case for the camera is also included and contains many flashbulbs, both the M3B size and 5B sizes, as well as a roll of Kodachrome slide film (2010-1-0014).
Object number: 2010-1-0013b
Polaroid Corporation
Date: circa 1967
Accessories: Accessories include a hard plastic carrying case with a metal latch, a plastic cover for the front of the camera, twelve flashbulbs and a portrait kit.
A stitched leather case for the camera is also included and contains many flashbulbs, both the M3B size and 5B sizes, as well as a roll of Kodachrome slide film (2010-1-0014).
Object number: 2010-1-0013c
Polaroid Corporation
Date: circa 1967
Accessories: Accessories include a hard plastic carrying case with a metal latch, a plastic cover for the front of the camera, twelve flashbulbs and a portrait kit.
A stitched leather case for the camera is also included and contains many flashbulbs, both the M3B size and 5B sizes, as well as a roll of Kodachrome slide film (2010-1-0014).
Object number: 2010-1-0013d
Polaroid Corporation
Date: circa 1967
Accessories: Accessories include a hard plastic carrying case with a metal latch, a plastic cover for the front of the camera, twelve flashbulbs and a portrait kit.
A stitched leather case for the camera is also included and contains many flashbulbs, both the M3B size and 5B sizes, as well as a roll of Kodachrome slide film (2010-1-0014).
Object number: 2010-1-0013f
Polaroid Corporation
Date: circa 1967
Accessories: Accessories include a hard plastic carrying case with a metal latch, a plastic cover for the front of the camera, twelve flashbulbs and a portrait kit.
A stitched leather case for the camera is also included and contains many flashbulbs, both the M3B size and 5B sizes, as well as a roll of Kodachrome slide film (2010-1-0014).
Object number: 2010-1-0013g
Polaroid Corporation
Date: circa 1967
Accessories: Accessories include a hard plastic carrying case with a metal latch, a plastic cover for the front of the camera, twelve flashbulbs and a portrait kit.
A stitched leather case for the camera is also included and contains many flashbulbs, both the M3B size and 5B sizes, as well as a roll of Kodachrome slide film (2010-1-0014).
Object number: 2010-1-0013e
Polaroid Corporation
Date: circa 1967
Accessories: carrying case and strap (b); flash (c); portrait kit (d); print coaters (e); extra black and white film (f); Polaroid Cold-Clip.
Object number: 1996-1-0009a
Polaroid Corporation
Date: circa 1967
Accessories: carrying case and strap (b); flash (c); portrait kit (d); print coaters (e); extra black and white film (f); Polaroid Cold-Clip, instruction manual and papers in object file.
Object number: 1996-1-0009
Polaroid Corporation
Date: 1969-1971
Accessories: instruction manual (in object file); cold clip
Object number: 2004-1-0203